Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-17

DAVENPORT, IOWA, : MONDAY, sxPRn -, 1866.


!, Punasa NsniIo.-Thsrewasan infrma
meeting steitisens at AdttrSpcftaa Hshias
Saturday evening fss the purpose Of sivini
nocs publis oppression uppa tho horror
of the hour. This Vas not necessary, bu'
perfectly natural. Thsss was and is but one
feeling regarding the atrocities Of last Fri
day night in Washington, in all this com
mu.ity. Alike sths ps,kieAl friends and
foes Of the present administration, deeply
lament the most execrable deed. Nay, moi
only in the North from which tho Unioa haa
derived its strength and support, in this
great calamity mourned over and dcprecat.
Cd: but in the South, too, there are thous.
ands who can but feel that the bullet that
pierced the Presidents brain and the dagger
that draak up Scward's blood inflicted upon
the South most ghastly and virulent wounds.
Really they have more cause 70 mourn than
We, for this damnsb.e act, while it neithel
made hair white q black Is far u the per.
petuity ard prosperity Of the Union u con
csrnsd. It must most surely have the effect
to render Southern pcnance more bitter and
more buraensome. The people Of the North.
ern States mourn mt as they who have nc
hope; but the spirit that this most foul out
rage has engendered in the past eight and
forty hours, will be most severely felt among
the rebel States, ere the great questions Of
difference between the two sections are fin
Ally settled.
At the meeting on Saturday evening a
which Mayor Davies presided, speeches o.
. most earnest character were made by the
Rev. R. L. Collier, Major Oliver, Rev. Henry
Boylics, Judge Cole, Major Williams, Judge
Wright, Rev. II. N. Powers and Bishop
Lee, oil Of which reiterated that sentiment
that was 40 unanimous among the people
during the entire day. The blow that struck
down Mr.. Lincoln and removed him from
the face Of the earth, was not a blow at him
SO much as it was a blow at the country
Through his death and the deaths of por
tion Of his csbiget it was sought to plunge
the country into paralytic state and give
strength TO it's enemies and thus secure its
overthrow. How short sighted! Not the
assassination of hundred Lincolns or q
thousand cabinet officers could have had any
such effect. The destiny Of these States
has iirmer basis than the mere lives Of .
few men. On the contrary it will render the
restoration all the more sure and its perma
nency the more enduring. The blood Of these
men has blo,ted out in great degree much
sympathy and much charitable feelings to-
wards our erring sisters, and now that thei1
treachery and secession has eliminated ir
assassination-let them answer for it. Those
of US who have stood up boldly for thei'
rights will stand their advocates no longer
They have failed in honorable passage a
arms, and = resort to open murder Of ouI
leading men will turn sympathy into pois.
oned hate, and voc be to them If they heed
not the terrible storm that is gathering
above that people. We see only one hope
for them. If they consult their interest as
people they will nov lay down their
arms at once and retire from the con-
test-yielding without delay to the authori-
ty Of the Federal Government with as good
grace as possible. Should it be otherwise
should they in their short sighted impol-
icy, still set At defiance our laws and our ar
mics then woe, voc, woe unto the inhabi
tants Of the South for storm Of most cx
crucating vengeance is now gathering ant
thckening, and if they brave it out unit
that bursts upon them, what horrible con
sequenscs must ensue. B. that their choice
IL they, in their madness, challenge mor'
war, let them know in advance that they
are yet strangers to its miserics; that they
have MT yet fairly moistened their lips from
that cup whose draught is overwhelming
destruction. and the dregs of which are ex
termination!
| Soldiers Home.
The Board Of Trustees of the "lowa Sol
diers' Orphans Home" met on the 29th o
March at Iowa City. Eight members ofth'
Board were present:
Hon. W. &. Woodward, Hon. c. G. Cole
D.. James Wright, Hon. Isaac Pendlcton
Prof T. S. Parvin, Mrs G. B. Darwin, Mrs
Annie Wittenmyer, and Mrs. L. B. Ste
phens.
The Home Was reported to be in pros
porous condition-therc being sixty tw,
children nov in the institution, and appli
CATION having been made for the reception o
twenty -fivc more.
The report Of the Treasurer shows tina
although there have been large subscription
made, there has been but little money col
lectcd
It was resolved by the Board to divid
the State into six districts, giving each dis
trict to an efficient agent for thorough can
vassing, 50 that every indivilul may have u
opportunity Of contributing to the mobiles
and best object ever brought before the peo
pie Of patriotic Iowa. Mrs. L. b. Stephen
was appointed Corresponding Secretary
Many interesting and important matters o
business came before the Board, which wer
considered and disposed Of.
The Board adjourned at noon on Friday :
meet again ct tho annual meeting Of the A.
sociatian 1t Des Aoines, on the first Wed
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