Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-06-21

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From Tho Washington Chsoaiels. Juss 18th.
Last Tuesday Afternoon committee eP'
pointed BY the yearly meeting Of ne Nsw
York Friends 10 present memetmi 70 ~
President and Cabinet, ~ - intefvev 4
with President johnson. After sssNneg. I
with simple elqssuees totes Hannss o.
the death Of PrGaosut Un1eln, ny cane
70 the QUESTION a the snslavsd millions In
the So,ish, aod then made the following ap-
peal: tsA ats.. .-t,.un
petition that, in he se-oe0A niN1lenof 49,
States which have wantealy re6ooe4 against
the federal authority, The in6usaes end pow.
sr OF the government may Be % exercised -
to secure 70 al psrsoos, wti1Due d3sl1ns1lsa
Of color an equality ofrights and franchises.
Thus would We practically carry cut In
spirit those s.lf-evident lsuehe eootAined in |
the declaration Of indspsndsnce, that I'll |
men are created equal; that they ase 81 |
lowed BY their creator with certain tnalten. |
bic rights; that among theee rights ~
life liberty, and the pursuit Of hApptnese."
In Response, President JehnGon aid Be
would not make speech, but would TIM
to them in the spirit Il .ftieadship aad n
ternal regard. lie wiSKed % talk = thsm
as though they wers I'll membsrs Of the
same family. He told them 81 The dif1cul.
ties in the way q soulsssiag Ne heht Of
suffrage As they desired, and gave them
many instances Of his experience smeng the
slaves Of the South, whose habits and FEEL
ings hs prsfesssd thoroughly 70 undsrstsad.
But one great act might b. said e haze bsen
fully accomplished BY the war, aftsr the r.
storation Of the Union, and that 10 he com
plets abolition Of slavery. There were
many other things that weuld require time
to accomplish. and among thsas night b
the question ofsuflfaes. The PEssldeaf ~.
icrrcd 70 his own sxpssienee IN he rsbsllios,
and to the fact that Whils b had suffered
personally and pecuniarily, and in other
ways, be bad no complaints 70 make, but
would do his best TO bring psaos and order
to tho country.
Tho kind, frank, and familiar manner
with which he met and treated this comnit.
tee Of Friends made . profound impression
upon them, and they left Washington yes
terdAy fully convinced that they could re-
pose implicit confidence in Andrew John
son. They felt and saw thaths was ANNA.
ted by true Christian spirit, and BY those
teachings Of the immortal Jefferson 10
which they referred in their memorial. Al.
ter . fervent benediction had been pro.
nounced by one Of tho lsmale msnbefs Of
tho coumittss, they called upon the Cabi-
net.
From the Toledo Commercial, June sth.
Yesterday the Hon. J. n. Ashley took
his departure from his city for prolonged
visit TO the territories, first going to Virgin.
ia CITY, and thence in succession to ether
portions Of those rich and interesting re-
gone On Tuesday night meeting Of the
honorable genusman's friends and support
ers was improvised for the purpose Of bid
ding him God speed in his new undertaking
and interchanging with him counsel and I'd.
vie, - to future political action. After some
time spent in social converse, Mr.. Ashley, in
obedience TO the expressed desire Of his
friends, proceeded TO formally address them.
lie said:
recently went to Washington
at my own expense, OF course, ~ have
alT-ays gonc-to present what conceive
ere the views Of the earnest men Of the
country to the President. In the interview
which had with him-With him alsue-I
for.r I'd tho belief that the President desires
.scstly to carry out the wishes Of thu
Union men Of tho country. asked him Y
vit. draw the amnesty proclamation Of Mr.
Lincoln, SO that tho rebels who had commit
tSd treason since its issue should not have
the benefit of its promises or provisions.
asked him to withdraw il 20 that these reb
a. could not demand, a. cfright, the benefit
OF that proclamation. asked him 70 do 30
because l believed that no executive officer
hA. the power Of issuing pardon in ad-
va-se Of the crime to any one. We sue
ceeded Every condition tho earnest men
IS ed for was put into tho new proclama-
ton. Upon only one question did We diner,
and that was on the question whether, upon
the reconstruction or reorganization Of the
rebel governments, the c0lorcd soldier and
colored loyal citizen should be allowed to
vote or whether because Of the color Of
their skin they were to be excluded from
this privilege.
while protesting to desire, in his inter.
view with us. that all men should vote with
out distinction Of color, the President em.
barrasscd himself and us with this idea
that the States which have been in rebellion
are still States-Or, in other words, that the
governments Of these States were not dc.
stroyed, but were only in obeyance, and that
when the rebellion was suppressed or the
laws and constitution revived neither be nor
congress had any authority te prescribe the
qualification Of electors in those States.
replied to him by saying that white had
no disposition to press any theory Of my
own-wiliing IS was TO subordipats any
such theories to the accomplishment Of the
great purpose in view-l said to him frank
ly, that his decision Was antaaonistc 10
three decisions made by the Supreme Court
one by Chief Justice fancy and the other
by Chief Justice Chase.
! said to him according 10 the dicta
O. W sc Judges that he could Is readily en-.
franchise the black man a disfranchise tho
white, for that under the Constitution. or
any law Of congress, he had no power but
tho military power to say who should not
vote ct the preliminary elections for recon-
struction-that il be could exclude one man
~ voter under the constitution. he could
exclude ten thousand, and that II be could
admit any one man to vote he could admit
oil loyal men without regard to color.
need not tell you what the answer Was to
that; ). merely said to him that the anti
sl7yery party had destroyed the old whig
Gad democratic parties that the wrecks q
these parties are now scattered and strewn
Aliens the political coast-snd that ~ in.
tended, under God. to crush any party o.
any man who stood up against the universal
snfraschiscmcut Of The country. : =
SzArB DEDr.-Thc bonded Indebtedness
Of Iowa, contracted during the war, Il abeu
$500 900, due in twenty years. The who'll
milit1fy expenses Of the State have -,