Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-11

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~ ! vsjcs q hand 10 nov raised against
-. 0overnneue Of ~ United Ststee.-
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~ - spekon q writes hes yielded 70 NE
A. q ss1s, and eounssls ehss ooes, n..H..S
ths Fsa9al sssherity wh':a ~ nu"' ~
har!ied and epprssssd people = ~ e S"'y w
The 81. Louis Bspsss'ssn bears witness
70 he TIA d u. ssovs spssFtioor. Tnfs
Il pcacs Il the South The peace is unbFoksn
and uuivsrsai. 4veryshsre u people maa
,t.xs N entire willingness, and, In thodssnds
Of cases, ajoyful saserness TO welcome the
...,,ru TO the old Union. All there show
.,erv sign of the most complete ssbmi's'o"
~ he Government Of the Omitted States
But in tn. face Of such facts, . certain class
.f .~,t.,ors have the effrontery to say that
the v.r il not yet ended, that there 10 no
nc.ce At the South. This isastsange phsn-
ONT non but is easily explained. These men,
vho. in the face d I'll The facts, 70 sntruth
folly maintain that war still exists, do SO
only with the view Of keeping up martial
law. under which they hope to legitimize
certain favoritc theories Of theirs One Of
these relates to negro suffrage. That this
il the motive which makes them utter Whist
they must know TO be falsehoods is not len
for inference merely. 1t is by the less eau
tious Of them openly avowed. These moro
eutspoken have heard good dsal Of ''mili-
tary necessity" and have seen liz powerful
workings. And it u this necessity" which
they wish to bring to bear on the question.
They candidly admit that they dono sx.
psct {, carry negro suffrage 10 sny other
way.
TO keep the Southern States under mar.
tial law il the object Of this new outcry that
that there is still war at the South. Prob
ably nobody understands this better thar
the President But he does not undefstAnd
IL to be his duty TO eountenancs It. On tn
contrary, believing that peacs prevails .
the South he Il Fastening The peaceful re
habitation Of the seeded States, 30 that the
old relations to the Union shall be restored
- soon - possible.
Failing in preventing the re establishment
Of Union loving Governments in those
States; failing TO prevent the return te
Congress Of Senators and Representatives
chosen by the white loyal constituencies Of
those States. these agitators may try 70 bar
them out Of Congress. This, if they attempt
Il II Ill, they will do on the ples that they
do not represent republican States, because
they represent States where the negroes arc
mot allowed TO VOTE How far this plea may
avail them in Congress remains to be seen.
ssCo1Ored'' (e1ebrml1On.
The blacks Of Kansas City. No., had q
rousing celebration on the Fourth. They
were addressed BY several whitc spssksrs
among whom were Hon. N. J. Payne, whs
gave thcm some good advice. One Of TIN
black speakers, resident Of Wyandotte
Kansas, delivered himself atG the lo'iow
ing fashion:
Nv dear hearers. I am rather emptv th;,
late in the cbenine for q speech. but II
give you some few quotations any how =
Now zee I'm going 70 tell you the truth. =
You can't spect to have any thing and b
spec&rd unless Won work and he honest.
Heap White folk, nretend 10 he vo~r friend,
today. that would a, nm cut your throat .,
not Sec lives over in Wysndotts. I zee,
tho place now. There's .neo over Their
th.. v;li hire YOU bv the dsv and agree /
give YOU : dollar and half day for
work. ct night fall out wild you and won
give nothing, knowing you won't sue ther
II such small amount. s.....
These people claim 70 have done . grca
deal for u poor colored folks, deliverin u
out Of bondage; but I don't thank em 70
ths work. thanks Do Lord A grea
many different kinds Of people went init
the war. Some cause they naturally liked
to eight, some cause they wants to get biz
cause they likes their country-and il it hsc
nj h.vo hecn for 90 m.nv vho vent in e.,
4hs money rho rebellion had heen ended n
Less than = year. but the Lord be thanked i,
was ended IN four years and I'm free.
A 70 along the street. I hear one man
saw. the d-n niger Amt got no sense no
how. Another man saws. whv you say
THAR listen to the man who saws why
YOU say that" and pin'rsllv find his quo.
tation, agrees With mine Some saw black
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