Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-12-06

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ne sscsption sDDseh - mas b 0ensvss
Daniel 3. S,cklsa. and Il II worthy u COM
nsndAtisn TT ~ coucilistory spirit What
u oeFss6bls contrssl u afforded brtwscn
~ s6essh Of Gen. Eickles and the violent
and tnesmpsvass hsrangues q scms Of the
vwy s'loysr' people. Gen. sick'es said:
n. ths ,n,a.t q this triumph. il il just
ana proper 70 ny that sosssehing y due.
: snr.6 r due to the minority. W: owe Z"
ehst minority the respect wi,irh belongs -
! large mass III men. actustcd by pure pa
tr,otism, but, in our judgment. m'sIed ~
erronsuus convictions a. 70 their path Of
duty. We owe 70 them the respect which
& CHALLENGED. not only from Ms, but viii
ev,rtvtrre be commented, in the manly
Ara cheerful acouiescence in the peoples
verdict which. up To this hour, has every
where been exhibited. [Applausc. And.
". I am sure, do no Justice to the SEN
fiments Of those whose suifragcs you re-
ceivcd, when have said that the heart o.
our people both the majority and the mi
nori in the present canvass--wiIl welcome
mo : gladly than any other word that could
be pronounced in their hearing, the t'dlngs
Of IN honorable pesce-a peace that brings
hack % ~ union-a peace that gives to our
future = se..rity-a peace that has about u
nothing that can offend the just pride and
scns. Of honor III either Of the great sections
or the Union. We do not seek 10 subjupa'e
the South. We do not seek its txternl"a
ton. We AK. we demand, just what W.
would claim f.,r ourselves. We c0ncede TO
then, eonality within The Union which
Washington founded. We require that they
shall submit to no law, 10 no Constitution
that we do not 1--we under. Sir, with less
than this wc will never he content. More
than this. / trust, We sh II never demand
Garens Rspabllcma Frauds ln New
York.
From the Buffalo Courier.
The discovery made in the canvass Of the
vote in New York city, that from eight hun
drcd to one thousand soldiers votes were
changed from Provost Marshal Manniere I"
WIN. +. Dodge, in the 9Th congressional
dis riot. su,passes in cnortnty and Grimm
alitv any fraud heretofore brought to light
under the soldiers suffrage act. These bal
lots we're sent from the Army Of the Poto-
mac for Mr. Mannierc. for Representative. IN
Congress. His defamation, few days be-
fore the election, made the votes useless. NJ
far m the defeat Of the democratic candidate
vas concerned. The point was to make
them cff.ctual against Brooks and for Dodge
In order TO accomplish the desired result.
the envelopes were opened in New York ,,
some convenient process, aud chang. n
desired. The Albany Argus remarks in re-
gard to this matter
..This criminal act was openly charged
upon the republican leaders in the Board OF
Supervisors, without provoking denial Of
the damaging nc. usation. fhe opening Of
seal. d envelopes by hundreds and the chang
ing ol ballots 10 suit the sspr'ces Of manag
ing politirians, is no otcnsc when It is done
by republicans. The detection in the mails
OF thousands of Dc,noc,a attic votes was an
Other part Of the programme, carried out o"
. much larger scale. II was to cover ~
such cutravcs a. these. that Democrat
sv.n we're arrested and summoned before
d, umhead court mart ais on charges over
which a military court has no rightful jnris
diction. Assuming thus 10 try Democrats.
will the administration see to It that these
outragcs perpctratcd by its friends upon the
sol,l;crs and the elective franchise, are cX-
posed and punished?