Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-08

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ably ao& . Ht,ls fault hsding, For instance .sr
II IN rsfP 10 the Presidents Restoration
POLICY. while We don't see that he has devi-
assd from the grounds previously taken; and
while Ne sken Inst that policy inp'iss On
/" invitation 10 inc late insuryent ststss.es
rssuus their plsses in the Union" he does
not aurke bic pan upsa H. attention Of
Congress with that degree Of pertinancy
that many could have wished. From his
laosuas. va iusss thst be desires ths sdmis-
sion Il sssthsrn representatives where
States have complied with his plan Of resto-
ration. aud leavea II 10 the honor snd good
faith Of Copgess 70 carry that policy into
s6sst. Il 4 qdiA iikdy, however, that he
will b mistaken in this, for, unless We
greatly uistaks the present temper Of that
body, Il u il discrimination 70 admit no
ssprsssotAtiens fpm the states recently in
rebellion. unlsss thsy accept the radical
ultimatum Of adopting the negro suffrage
dogma. ss u.t
% lhs question Of universal Suffrage, the
President very plainly maintainsths ground
he has previously taken. that the question
Of permitting negroes TO vote. shall be de
tsrmined BY the states themselves. Thu
will, Of courss, raise The political dandcs o
the RsAicdle- ~ 10 fact, it has already done
That part Of the message that relates u
the foreign policy Of the administration ma,
Be subject to two Interpretations but in i
W fail to Gee anything like ., DISPOSE
ton to est any British or French
dirt, although those powers are not told il
% many words that il they do not conn
right straight forward and square up
England settle for the damage she has IN
Aicted upon this country through aidinl
and abstting rebellion, and France get out 0
Mexieo--war will b. declared. yet We SCI
nothing that leads US TO. infer that he il
disposed to forego any claims our people
may have against the fotmer, or 10 quietly
accede 70 perpetual violation ofthe Monros
doctrine, on the part Of the latter
The construction that Congress puts up
on the seemingly passive portions Of thu
messsgs will soon be made apparent, aftc'
which there will be better opportunity Il
determine whether President johnson in
tends to stand firmly by his policy or sllds
into any plan that radicalism may present
We have confidence in his steadfastness o.
purpose.
LARGE AN0 HM A Ii. ARNa&.
The feet 10 beginning to be patent to ou'
farming public, that small farms arc mor,
profitable, Is . general thing, than lArg
ones. In some parts Of this State, and VI
believe the central portion Of it il not en-
tirely exempt from the charge, the large
farmers are the poorest of, while those VIII
cultivate from twenty to forty acres arr
getting rich and live like white folks" every
day. The solution Of this difference is, thu
one with the few acres works his land t
advantage. He puts in his crops rs they
should be, while most Of those with biI
farms put 10 their crops in slovenly, slip
slop manner, and let's them take care o
themselves the best they can until they ar
ready for harvest, aud the result is poo
crops and poverty. We know it sound
pleasant to call mans acres by the quartz
or half section; vet it's not always profit
able. Forty acres well taken care Of is "a
moro profitable than four times that numbe
not . quarter titled. A man with fort!
acres Of land within convenient distanc
Of Davenport, Chicago or St. Louis can &c
Independently rich in dozen years. il h
chooses. The products Of farm will Away
cell readily At either Of those places and a
. good profit. With energetic and well ap
piled labor an Immense amount Of produc
can b raised from..a few acres Of land an
by raising such things Is will sell mos
readily, and for the best prices, with
decent economy wealth would be sure Il
follow.
Most Of our farmers cannot can.ent them
selves on forty acres Of land. The spac,
looks too circunscrlbed for them, and thej
cannot bear the idea Of having only forty
while their neighbor have some three or fou
times - much. Such men forget that it /
not in the number of acres that wealth lies
but in the manner in which it is cultivated
And II our farmers would take the matte
INTO consideration, and practice on the plat
which will bring competence and wealth I
the possessor, there would be . create
number of we'll titled small farms than "
now have, and = less number Of large hal
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