Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-24

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Wfos,fi ph1hps Delivered lecture ct
. seesion Adic asll on y nth inst.
sIlA Ssesllsd .,Tas South IstsriSus."-
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~. Phillipe Aew pes1eded 70 rijiculs The
Prssidents dfnhitiop viiberty, utssrsd. q
b ssid, IN : thrics ~. bsated q .ssment. =
~ sighhhe work - knjoy the frvita Of \,
Dor. Nevss. ~ spsAkss, fssa Gfotius
doVtte kiebe. ~ hsrs bseo gwen % an,
gEoaeas ds0atlik Of vhas REPUBLICAN lib>
esty means. II whole speech Of The Pre-.
idess dsdnss e(tty By il duties, end makes
No Allusion 70 3 rwhts. Thsse are various
S:eae 81 libs9y the Asiasic ides, which u
elmply nPaSaaRsfy; ne Napoaeoslc or de-
eeotss tdea, Of everything for the people,
ana nothing BY thspeople; and the modern
seee. OF the poseesai6p. Of al natural rights.
an9e4e so6ow nsbt oil civn rghes . pre-
eect the natural Ones vhe President ofths
Unsesd Sestes looks intdAhe faces OF the sol
d.sss Of the republic, entiv ed 70 have liberty
egthe costliest mint, andcsn only assure
.the9 Of liberty 70 work. That speech 100
- hsocs Tie historian TN bold ia his
nssd - marvsloos exhic ition Of what
AossieA could 81 before ,hssl W - > lseder
" teo1Foot hour.
IL. Phillips vidiculed The I'd kice given by
~ Fssdtst, and By etbsrs, q the cslosed
psepse - oncallsd for, and Il bors Appro
pirate to lasge elAss Of white oeisens. and
said that America might lot of2T - CON
stossvd the country Of the lon1Sst fivsri,
nfvsss lakes, and Highest mountalba, but Of
shs pss' impudent white men. dSd grant.
eaid be, that no future Jurrold Sw.ft, or
Rab.lsis, with immortal pen. may Ida up
~ that speech 70 the ridiculs Of ptStsritv.
But It NAY b said, You 0isskke tn.
President This 10 an experiment his"
II uds p -, Why do the public journals
argue for il, and half or two thirisSof the |
Republican conventions indorse II The |
Nsw Bedford ksrcs01 attributes the s1psra-
IN Of ~ church { misunderstanding Of
~ wortings Of Pr Hence. But the (rsss
and the conventions understand the wOrk
ings Of the White House The press hays
suffrage 10 right 81 the colored people, hnd
Il IL disgrace0 70 deprive them Of il but
greet 10 Andres johnson The New &rk
Fret says Il means TO leave the suffihge |.
question to the oligar Thy Of the South, aho
scout II, and IN oil heir conventions declare
It II be s'surd. The Iost knows that Gin
1850. notwithstanding the guarantees iof
Tree speech Ia oil the Southern constitutions
that eheet could not have been publishetltn
the South. nor could its editor, Mr.. Brysbt,
have lived safely in Charleston. |;
1t has been said that the President senda
eat agents to the Sou.h to ascertain De
working Ofhis experiment Mr.. Chase gers
70 Charleston, savannah aud Mobile h4t
Why does h. avoid Washing ton on his q
ssss bs Sss~ ~~s"S WIN ~ way w tuc w u / 1
Hillsr Covode went to New Orleans, hit
~ facts he obtained there were too hsavt.
and he sid not return to w ashington. Col
SchuTx, also, on his return from his appoint
Cd mission to the South, spent last Friddy I
In the Presidents ante>room, and could not
ct hearing.
There was a notion, Mr.. Phillips said, bf
taking refuge in Congress. Who made CD ,
gresss William Penn, while travelling w&h ,
The Governor Of Pennsylvania, encountered
On insolent official. who haughtily proclain>
- himself justice Of .the piece, To which
Penn replied "Mx4riend HEN makes sAch
things ~ thee" We know pho IND les
C.ngrsss. The PEOPLE make ID The BE-
publican party has spoken, and bot dseuAed
Il expedient to after word on be suffrage
Question. or deny the President plan. The
Republican party does not cxis1 A spectre
has been walking about the country. shroud-
Cd in its babiliments; but the party
died at Baltimore, in the w,lltf Abraham
Lincoln. has no opinions. llensag the
Cabinent believes in suffrage 70 the colored
man. Show me . member d the Cabinet
whe has spoken one word to ehe President
OF the people since the l4ttrbf April, on
suffrage. No whisper in public OF in pri-
vate has been heard from Ilkmbets Of the
Cabinet il favor Of the plan jhick they con
Tess involves the salvation olthe county
Do you expect the stream 10 rise higher
than the fcriatMny When did politicians
make bricks without straw
The lecturer nov considered the proba
billy OF the representatives Of the sec ded
states being pla' I'd on t. e roll Of congress
at the beginning of the coming session, and
considered Il not unlikely thai Mr.. McPher.
con. the clerk, though he now pronounces
such proceeding infamous, may be easily
persuaded by thdcongrcssional admirers Of
the Presidents plan to adopt this course
But Il he did NOD. LouiSanan would come
knocking 1t the door A pilrt balloon is
let Of In advshce 0fthe larger balloon,
and il would 9obD be 4 uud that the Presi.
dsnt's plan vi No Experiment., but fixed |
policy. The HfesiAentlhas, In fact, put |
bsyonet in support Of very southern claim |
and spiked every northern cannon. The |
Prssidents ulap Was not an experiment,
but fcrti6cptjon. Andrew J6hHson might |
not be traittf, but he wss6kS bemy.
Men ask. stid tho speA5t, when these
nissortunes tre coming ur6n ~ They are
upon 10 alrs13iy. The ke6nblioln party had
quailed tefori the Std1h, Al Ne might
trust in congress whdr watervuns up hill.
He bod, during the afhinistf alton II. Pros
Asnt uncelt, been advised GOT to endAnger |
Tie unity q the republican. pas5 u Ills |
criticisms. The policy aAop(kd bS the |
leaders Of I 10 party had, indejd, kept 1t : |
unit, but p omit lad been 10 the brink Of
Niagara an4 sacrificed. Hen6 Wilson had
asked the resident IL b ijtEnded 10 per
escuts the advaoetes Of sutfssge, to which |
the Presidey1f eAied, ON d." Mr.. Will
con asked ietl.e Offices would &c taken from |
then. sndHhs President said they would
not be wMls he 3cted, they might discuss.
The Pr<sident'slsvery step was fortifica- |
ton. The people had sometimes defeated
the President: congress. never. The people |
checkmatsd Sherman when he surrendered |
TO johnson. The people could checkmate
Andrew Johnsyk when he surrendered to
Davis; and il they did not dot, II would |
not be done.
In conclusion, Mr.. Philips said. the |