Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-13

.ery-dsclaring that he i no Republican.
md il not recognized b party leaders q
eoe Of the fold. That b tough on Jesse
hut after I'll il served him right He should
be sbls to 30 the entire abolition negro
equality, amaleanasies doctrine from The
f,rst chapter v u 1hst, bst b = evidently
not posted in the driit sf svsata The De.
cision Of the people has not had that effect
upon him that it ought. He must remeaber
that before three years his children's tenure
upon the right Of staying in scAs0l may de-
pend upon colored Dirsctor in the Union
District for it is - plain - day that the
black race is soon to bs made the legal equal
Of the white rscs in this country. The ar-
eument 10 that inasmuch y the country has
called upon the negro To sustain its dag on
tha field Of battls-inasmach q hs has been
required to 10y down his life for this coun-
try that the right to have voice il making |
the laws Of the country, and the right to cid |
in administering those laws - School Di. |
rector, Z ansmbsr Of county, State or nation
d Legislatures, must aot b denied him.
Who says It shall b othsrwises Has mot
the point been already dscideds Further |
still; race Of men having bsen made The |
equals Of the white race, what moro aatural
than amalgsnatioas Have not Tie offspring
Of equals in the land the indeeeasibls right
to marriage and intermarriages Mr.. Henley
may be astonishcd one Of these days BY be-
ing presented BY one Of his hopeful sons,
With this Same sprighiy little negro girl,
Bessie, ~ his dsughter-in-law! He has
been tseadins ON dangerous ground, and the
curses which have gone forth may yet come
home to roost. Look the matter fairly in the
face; it has been decided that there u no
didsrence in the races-they are soon to be
made equal in political rights; who says
there shall not be concurrent equality in
domestic rightsi We have drawn the ele-
phant; " have adopted Africa; Why not
sithsf absosb Africa into the white race %
the master stroke Of abolitionism or get
our own race absorbed into Affica-which
way, to be decided the color that proves to
be the hardest to wash out. Abolitionism
must either fail in its mission or end in
amalgamation. Mr.. Henley and many 9TH
srs, may Gail to see this !; but eminent wri.
tsrs Of the sbelitien party have not. There
il no halfway house on that road. It is
easy to deny it now but there il I logic Of
events that in time forces conviction upon
the most stubborn. through the presentation
Of memorable .facls. Call the subject re-
voting II you p:ease-but It least give Il IN
hour Of candid thought-snd decide If We
do not speak truly Of the channel in which
We are drifting. 1t 10 fat; he who as-
sumes b be superior to his real destiny 10 .
fool.
Sr1LL they come, and still they 30 away
rejoicing-having obtained "lnstant Re-
lief" to which has been added an elegant
article Of jewelry. Hundreds are doing it
every day at Prof. Flagg's Great Gift En-
terprise Store, Brady street, first door above
Third, west side. and ye. the chances are
not diminished. You pay but single dol
lar and you draw bottle Of that standard
old family medicine known as Flagg's In
slant Relief which no we'll regulated family
can afford to be without, and get chance
to draw an article worth $3.50, and from
that down to lower price. You run no
risk, but get your moneys worth twice
over every time. Cali and invest, and 90
away and tell your friends how fortunate
you have been. The goods are oil open for
examination, and those are extremely hard
cases 10 be pleased that cannot get satisfac-
| ton ct that establishment. Call this eve.
ming and call often.
AxoNa the many prizes given away TO-
day was the following: A superb silver
plated wine castors worth $50, drawn BY
DR.. A. 8. Kinssbury, Of this city; . splen.
did cake basket. worth $l4, drawn b. E. L.
Ansen, Of Iowa City; = silver watch, worth
1s4, drawn, BY s. E. Williams, Of Musca.
tine; set Of elegant table spoons, worta. q,
BY farmer from the country also several
silver plated castors, worth from 16 70
80.
| Tss CIR CoNcsar.-The gift concert Of
Messrs. Miles, Estbrooks 1 Co. It Metro
politan Hall, wss largely attended last eve
ming. The principal feature was the draw.
| ing Of the prizes, which was done il The
same manner in which conscripts were
drawn BY the military authorities-in fAct,
~ believe ths identical dralt wheel was used
for he purpose Of drawing The prizes. The
piano, which our friends he'd all counted
upon drawing, and had retained draymen to
take it hons, va not drawn BY any pur.
chaser Of tickets. There were / GOO tickets
issued, 1900 Of which were sold, leaving
100 in the hands Of the company. Among
thsss 400 was The piano ticket, No. 7ol,
also No. $50, which drew the silver service,
md moreover jhe ticket that drew the ster-
escope. These tickets wws held BY NJ.
Milss, Who has bssn Wy fortunate In his
venture hese.
Masonic ELnc4len.-At IN election Of
OAieers for Davsnpsrt Chapter No. 10,
Rsyal Arch Masoas, hsld a Tuesday even.
| ~ Of this 6ssk, ths iellowing was ths re.
suit:
II Edwin Smith, b. r.
i ". ". Parker, K.
4 Geo. n. French, 8.
Sam YWry. @. q 81, fftfsf VIA