Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-07

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you like SAs eth resolution i--wi1l you sup
mort the nominations q etc. We aNDVGr,
that We have sssn/ TIE platform; VI don't
like the 4th resolution, end We snay, o. We
NAV not, sOpport tis AomiAaticns, depend
cnt on certain contingencies not Jet de-
cided - ~ - oifN Old w.
Our objections to said resolution We pro-
nose giving q ss0a1e fusure time. with ~
reasons 81 which they are based, whenever
in the course Of human events We think Il
become. necessary. We are willing how
ever. that it shall be distinctly Understood
nov that re are opposed q Negro Suffrage
h Iowa. Weare not waiting to ses which
will be the popular side Of this question. -
We don't wait for big men to take snuff,
holding ourselves IN readiness 10 'sntcze'
whenever they do so. We understand that
one or two prominent men in our town are
afraid to saw whether they arein favor OF or
oppose,. to Negro Suffrage, lest they should
divide the party. or render Themselves un
nopular with the people In the inlmtahlc
language Of Ar,cmus Ward. those is not
our style Of men. snch political weather |
cocks are humbug. '-'
my owS Personal OPINION Is THAT TINS
NEGRO Is NOT FITTED FOR THE EXERCISE or THE |
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE Loud cheers "lle
wanted them to ge, !. fair price for their La
Dor, 10 own and cultivate land but ne DID |
NOT THINK THY wERs FITTED TO TAKE FART
IS rnE LEGISLATION OF the COUNTRY. Gen
Sherman at Chicago.
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IMPORTANT ELECTION At HAND Kentucky |
will elect members Of Congress and State
Treasurer on the first Monday in August
Vermont, Governor, Lieutenant Governor
8fu ptdtt FtiNuItI WI lut ist mummy ~
September; Maine, Governor aud Legisla
turc on the second Mon1ay in September
Elections have been ordered in the follow
ing States for the purpose Of re organizing
according TO tie proclamation of the Presi
dent Mississippi, August 18th and lith-;
Alabama, August 3Oth and September 10th;
Georgia October Alb and Goth; South Car
olna November 10th.
UNITED S1ArEs TlIEGRAru CoNPASr.-l
This corporation embraces over 1000 stock |
holders, with capital Of $1,000, 900, in
elusive OF the 2,soo, 900 shares issued for
the purpose Of consolidating other Ines
The company have built 5000 miles Of line
since August last and the whole number Of |
important points Of the Territories from
San Francisco to Nevada and Fort kcarncy |
arc being connected. thence to st. Louis and |
Chicago. the Southern cities, Canada, from
Montreal to Portland, Maine, and st. Paul
ria the Green Bay region, are being tied TO
gcther by the enterprise Of tiis company
Its earnings for the current six months are
estimated NJ $2s8,o4s
A LETTER from New York says many Of
the Wall street spectators are uneasy at the |
possible success Of the Atlantic telegraph |
cable:
They say that 'if tho thing works. it
will open up . wide field for ruinous com
bina,oLs," and throw the greater portion
Of the business Of the street into the hands |
Of the wealthy few" At the rate Of dol |
lar letter, it will be utterly impossible to |
b Kept in constant communication with |
London and Paris, and, without constant |
communication with those two great inan
cha, cen,ers. they viii be al the while at the
mercy Of those who can stand the expense.
The ultimate effect, they further say, will he
TO crush out all but the strongest houses.
Nothing is more common than TO hear such
complaints wherever you 20, at the Bourse,
the Produce Exchange, or on the "curb
stone
LONDON, with population Of nearly three
millions, is admirably governed FOR about
&l2 100000 year Paris, with popula
flor, r. N ,u,ll;.u an, l,.lc ;e liant -, v.nV