Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-27


40 worth Of cotton ives captured. bot u Is
doubtful Vhsebef even enc m''s,oe o. sn's
money Ter tescled theV :. Iyeasu1
Il vas Ill gdbIed uRLbN the ccsnoeents
That hung abput tho irss Of thenrml 81
food ssd grizzly vale Res TIT etlend Don
the slain ~ our battlefields.
In addition to Acknowledgement and con-
fl.cation the Radicals would visit upon the
= rebels every description Of pains. penal
ties and forfeiture Of rights know, to the
most bxrSsrpus AGES dT 0fs world, = Bat
let it ue Understood that these prosecutions
II conquered foe, come not from the sol
dseru themselves, bat from the miserable
snsAks who never smelt powder or heard
the whistle Of . buIlet. They come from
the srAy H. huDA<. many Of whom we're
original rebels, and who undeH ke TO prove
their Loyalty BY denouncing the rebellion
they never dared 10 confront.
What have the supes loysl Radical lead
crs in Missouri done Aavssys6W Of ulem
have COIN handed regiments Of Home
,iusrds just long enough 70 secure their
Votes FIR office, and then aband med tire
rough fields Of war for the congenial PROBES
,ien ot poitics. To secure aud perpetuate
IN. power osee gained shev des6srdts nee
essay ts&lsut oue fsom the franchise III
cxc(pt their Own clique. and hsep persecu-
,iona a0d pDlitisaA dlsA bsliliss up0A Ill who
ave been III any way connected with the
rebellion.
The Indians have some customs which
our K.d,cvi le .ders have attempted to !mi-
,ate. When the red men 60 to war they
| paint themselves in n hideous fashion and
,Art off tor raid upon some OF their neigh
| ,ors. The squAws remain at home, ana II
| he warriors are successful IN capturing
| ~ son.rs they are brought home fvf the
.1uaws to tDs,nent b. making them run The
| gauntlet, and the infection Of every con
| ccivable torture and humiliation. Even the
| Grave indian gives uD this work 70 the
| m,~aner members of his tribe Our Radical
leaders have undertaken to play the role OF
Indian squaws and the way they paddle the
| poor REDS as they run the guantlet would
% esiiiying % the oldest squaw in America,
our women, thank Uod. have too. mueh,
| refinement and good fee ing to engage in
mis- work Of prosecuting fallen foe. but
hose who have und -rtaken il substitute the
woman by the crueties Of q wild beast.
lasnui srly opposed TO the Radical poll
y of snfrage-to the wholes lie robbery
and petty tyranny excerc sed towards the
;onquered enemy, and arm in favor Of my
own race, in preference to all others.
Those who know nv history. gill not &C
:nse me OF anything unfrendly to the ne
gro. Nearly twenty years ago, stsnck the
.irst blow for emancipation in Missouri. |
,tood alone in the Missouri Legislature, and
advocated this doctrine in the face Of pro-
lavcry sentiment that called its opponents
naIeiaOtors aud doomed them. to the Peni
trnt,ary. But, in spite of,he obloquy heap
d upon me, I denounced the the pro sla-
very party then, and. when their net insri
.utiOn involved the nation in war, fought
Them four years upon the battle field VI the
Vuntry until the system was annihlated
" TIE var it had provoked. But when
tie war closed and the enemies Of the Re
,ubl,c LAID down their arms, was for
peace. am now for peace. the extension
| Il amnesty and the iestpration Of vii
rights 10 all who give proof Of present 10y
atty.
At the head of the radical party in Ms
souri, is a man who, in the spring Of 1861,
and before that tlm", was fierce sdvOcts
Of pro slavery doctrines. After the cap
| lure of Camp JAG <son this man hrrangucc
he people upon the streets OF ST Louis AND
abused LYON and BLAIR for their pa. tIcipa
Ton in what he styled an infamous pro
cc.ding." need not tell you this man was
Charles l.. Drake, the author Of the new
| Const,tutioh, and "a Pharisee Of the Phar
sees a" amongst oil ULTRA Radicals BY his
narsngues at jefferson City and through
the State, hundreds of young men were Sc
duced into the rebel ranks. These have
passed through scenes Of suffering il
the last four years, and those who hav'
survived the perils Of battle and returned
10 their homes are met by the same maj
| who seduced them into rebellion, VIII
stands ready now to immediate them for tn
| very co,sdn which hi recommended.
Drake is perfect tvpo 81 an extreme rad
cal Like R0h~-t'ierre, Murat and Dantor
IN, fierce I.c"bins Of the French Revoiut io
whc .au- ed rivers of blood to flow, hut wer
ready to faint ut the sight Ot dro", ne ha
no stomach for facing rebels in the field. b'I
is ready to deal damnation to them nov
that the war 10 over.
The radical leaders were opposed to IN
n, " Constitlon, and wrote letters eApressin
their opposition. Drake called them to
gether at St Louis and made them submit
Ii he had power to turn from their convlc'
IONS such men a. Fletcher, Brown and Her
derson, how could boys resist the power {
his eloquencei In fact, If had known a
the time the course he was pursuing wit
regard to Lyon and myself, might hav
feared for the consequences. This man frs
leads the young men Of Missouri into til
tolls of rebellion, and then slips off to tn
radicals, and stands ready to punish hi
dupcs "a they return from their delude
course. Who most deserves punishment
Fellow citizens. who are the guilty one
IN this rebelliony CA voice" Rebels an
reb lsympathises.' Most true, my frient
and that will involve thousands who no
profess to have all the loyalty in the country
Buchanan, Stanton and Holt suffered III
conspiracy to go on month after month, an
ripen into armed and bloody rebellion, will
''ut moving finger to stop its course :
Diake did still " rse, for his teachings &
vored the very course taken BY the rebel
| but he Is good pi0us, radical man. SO
Mr.. Stanton. They are very much alike
Look at the case Of A. II. Stephens, Just r
ieAsed from prison by order Of the 1residen
Before the outbreak OF the rebellion
made . better union speesh than ever EN-
mated from Stanton or Drake lie urge
the people with all the eioquence he ",
master OF. to stick to the Union at all Ia
,ris. He stood almost alone, and could 2
neither counsenance or support from WssI
ington. He Was Overb0rne and carrie
. Away by the flood. Stanton, the man vi
! should hate sent aid to the union,sts Of Il
South by reinforcing and protecting o,
ports, has been his ja,lor. Was the gres
, ct traitor inside or outside the walls Of Il
/ prisons
At the outset Of the rebellion, the vc
moment when bold stroke would ha
saved myriads OF lives, the Governme
failed to felp union men. What did =,
get hcrss In st. Louis we had no Or,
: except those We purchased. The State Ga
ernment, under Uia,b jackson, had eve,
hing his own way, and thousands OF YOU
men were led of and b came involved in 1
+ rebellion. Shall those who have surviv
0 its bloody hc' rors be punished when tn