Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-09
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mads. rPplatedly, ~ the friends Of Governo
Stap( fqd 4eesp Suffrage u. stsfe The %
Qso2eA Mn I'D ers Of l1sc eousty, ID cp
position to their designs The political op,n
ious Of soldisrx when in sccordancs win IN
sentim<sit6 6fthcse politicians, have peer
eagerly sought for; but nov wHen l"ey -
il opposition 10 their views. every w.
st(soev<e los. Il pfacticcd, 70 suppress '"sn
Thus FER thank Gsd. ulsy have S's"A'''
failed. ,:u and the
~ccs.a,.,, destruction OF slavery r"' ~.
,.,, Of sirecrc 10Y TO every e"o" .''-
Ths continIed agitation about Tue
'Ae". -h,ch has distracted the country 'o'
sIk.o scr;,s of years, has been thus put 81
,ssr and. Il vas hoped. forever. he' en's
-o,,i fortuuc. IL seems, ~ NOS IN store ioi 'he
eson,r. new clement Of political strife
Ind contention, in the shape Of Negro Sui
fr.pe. has be n thrust upoR them ~ the
late Republica convention. ut Des MONIES
In their resolve to strike the word "whife
on, OF the article on suffrage, in the Constr
tuition Of Iowa.
A. the friends Of Negro Suffrage, and
Govcrnor Stone, are hypocritIcally and
mc.nly attempting W eyade this issus-the
frus ana oniv lssuc Of the present eampaien
by striving to deceive honest voters on
this sublcat, let US briefly refer to the action
10 their convention:
"The Committee on Resolutions reported
among others, one in favor Of the Equality
az an men before The law" This was not
deemed explicit enough, and so, on motion
OF Mr. Russell, Of Scott county, ~ amend
ment was offered that I've are in favor OF
amending the Constitution Of our State by
st, iking out tho word WHITE IN the article
on suffrage This amendment vas adopt
cd by a vote, by counties IF 5h4 for and
$50 against. "rhese resolutions ~ amend
ed" 30 saws the official repoat, were then
unanimously adopted" Governor Stone
was then introduced, accepted the nomina-
ton, and, we are told, interested the CON
venton for some considerable length Of time
with appropriote remarks"
Ii will be s, en- that this anne ndcd resolu
tior. does not propose, as politicians would
induce gudeeons 10 believe, to present Ne
gro Suffrage A. question to he settled by
the popula vote three gears hence, but it de
clsr strongly and ailirmatively. that
Republican party Of Iowa is now in favor Of
It. The resolution does not attempt to dodge
the question. II presents it fairly and
squsrely.
Governor Stone accepted nomi nation on
that resolution As an honest man, he
stands pledged in favor Of Negro Suffrage,
and rs bound to defend il wherever he goes.
Negro Suffrage has become 4 chief part, if
not the ,ohole Of the ere ID Of the Republi
can party-and Stone and his collcag, es
are lts ministers. and fully committed to it,
v, then, can Governor Stone and his CON
peers lace any intelligent and honest au-
diencc, and say that he and his party are
not in favor Of Negro Suffrage They cant
talk this year with double tongue on this
QUESTION. Il has become too big too i'm
portant in the minds Of the people. The
action OF their own convention has made il
so
Governor Stone is in favor of Negro Suf-
frgc NOW dare he or his friends deny IT,
Tie is en- .,haticallv the Negro Suffrage can
didate His repeated public and private
declarations shows this. His statement. in
the presence Of an old patriot of this coun-
ty frw weeks ago, shat no logM man
could be cpposedt 10 Negro .SuDrage," proves
this. Ills election in October, would he
taken MS endorsing fully this doctrine, snd
used to aid its ultimate success Four
nIths OF the newspapers Of the State. in the
interest OF Governor Stone, are strongly in
favor Of Negro Suffrage nor, and believe it
is the leading question to be decided at the
Orfcbtr election. Hear the Davenport
0az'te, one of the ablcst and most promi-
ncnt Of these Journals
We did assert. and reiterate, that the
convention decided in favor OF extending the
right Of suffrage to coorcd citizens OF Iowa.
and By his dtcis,on placed the question of
that extension iirecsiy before the voters of
this State, to be fried at the cnsuing election,
and at this election the people will decide
whether the next legislature shall or shall
not iait,ats the amendment t. the State ron
stl'ution, which the convention so 5,,sitiueiu
and emphaticaily declared to be inst and
dtsiraite.'
The leading supporters Of Gov Stone are
ALL IN favor OF Negro Suffrage: eeerg dele
gate " the convention th,t nominated him
endorsed Negro suffrage b. +. Cue. his
candidate for Lieut.. Governor, is in favor of
negro suffrage; Geo. q. Wright, his candi-
date Tor Supreme Judge, IS in favor of |
negro suffrage; Grin taville. his cand
date for SUPERINTENDENT OF Public Instruc.
ton. is IN favor of negro suffrage; the con
vention which nominated Stone was am
phatically negro suffrage convention. and |
Tue ticket IS negro suffrage ticket; and
YET win all these facts staring the,u IN the
face, soldiers and loyal citizens, opposed 10 |
negro suffrage, are unblushingly asked to |
support Gov. Stone
ION oe deluded, soldiers and loyal citi
2ens, 10y the false assertion that this qucs
ton Is not nes, before you; TO be decided |
virtually, by the defeat or election of Stone.
II mas eeen forced upon the people it can't
be postponed but must be settled by the
result of the October election.
The friends Of negro suffrage, and Gov
Stone, may squlrm AS they please may des
ignats themselves by what patriotic names
they please; may heap epithets of oppro
or'um upon their opponents as they please
but they can't escape from the odium which
the fourth plank in their platform has indel
libby fixed upon them. They mus, face that
music. They can't deceive old soldiers.-l
Their candidate is the negro suffrage c.nui-
date. and 4 ey must ABIDE that issue. Gov.
Stone means negro suffrage; and negro suf- |
frage means Gov. Stone; and, for this cam
pa'gn. they are Joined together, aud no man
can put them asunder.
SoLplK.s, zoe know you are all opposed to '
negro suffrage. With you it were . vast ;,
Of words and aninsult TO argue this quest .on
further. You are all opposed to .." v'
equality, in all its shapes, and heart -. g,
dorse the words Of your inyinci' i. ~"
mander, old TxerMsru SHERMAN ,h., . yin
negroes are not fled Tor the e. .crc;se of ths
elective irane.nise. want diem To 90, y
la. ~ price for their labor, at do no, think
s"e are fit to take part n the legislation Of
the country"