Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-27
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from . spesch BY Asi. Gen. Frank P;
B,ssr. II RolIa. No., on the 18th inst, mali.
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fsLLow Ossasns 1--WE come together t.
night, not oniy 20 protest sgsinst Ii. abosn
isA,A.,as VI he % .sslled new Consultation u
Aisseun, bit 70 heartily indorss the recon-
strScti,n policy VI our noble President. An
drew johnson. Tts ssms party. or faction
rather. that has inf ted this infamy upon
Missouri, il the one that opposes end assa,l-
the policy Of President Johnson. We have
u contend with many Of the men, who as
sisted, directly or indirectly, 70 snauxuraae
great azsd wicked rebellion, ana nov tina,
the rebellion - crushed aud ,,escs conclu
ded, would renew and perpetute the strife
for yinister, and selfish pu, poses.
The policy Of President johnson 10 che
same - that Of his lamented predecessor,
the noble patriot, Abraham Lincoln; it L.
brief, pointed and ineligible TO the mean
est comprehension. II you wish to see fhc
identity Of the Two policies, you have only
TO rad the inst -uctions Of President Lin
coin 10 0sn. Banks, in Louisiana; Gen.
Steele, ia Arkansas AMI Andrsw Johnson
In Tsnnrssee. II proclaimed amnesty and
reeewed citizenship 70 Ill who would heart
lily renoSncs treason. take the o. h Of allie
game, and accept the abolition Of slavery
II recognizes the State. o. rebellous. bur
no, seceJsd-at war with the Nationai Gov
ernment, but by no means separated from
il. The war over and the national authosi-
~ restored, It's policy would leave the xop
arase states to manage their ow" domestic
affairs ~ before the AR, including the
right to regulate suffrage.
The radical party vas opposed to Mr..
Lincoln. "A II is now opposed to President
Johnsom One year ago they took the name
Of Radical Democrats, and headed in this
State by such men AZ Gov. Fletcher and
Hon. II. ]. Blow. helped TO inaugurate tn
Cleveland Convention. Another portion 81
the same clement worked for the nomina
tion u Mr. Chase in the Bait more Conven-
t'on. II Is UNNECESSARY to add that the,
wsre badly detected IN both their projects
IL IS Also within the memory Of Missonrian>
that Fletcher bitterly denounced Presiden,
L'ncoln IN . speech At Barnum's Hotel.
only nc year ago.
II IA time nov, my friends. TO organize o
party whose first principle shall 1e to stsn.
bN the principles OF humanity and conserva
tism, erunciated in the policy and procla-
nations OF President johnson. The polio,
ofthe Radicals, or D-struct'ves, or JacIbins,
a you please to Call them, in essentially
cru'l, bloody and utterly destructive to ali
free government in the South. They pro
claim tn doctrine that the negroes are tn.
only loyal men in the South, and that Con
gress has the right 10 regulate he terms Of
sHfirsge in those States. They might ~
well say that Pennsylvania lost the right Of
. aeparate State government alter the
"Whsky Rebellion that was suppressed
by Washington.
All good and true men insist that seces
sion in our government il . practical and
political mp0ssiiillty-that revOlted Stat,
still remains State. and when its rehelIioLs
people submit 70 legitimate authority ano
peace IL restored, tie State is emit led Il
its {. rmer position in the Republic, LIMITED
only bv such ire Linstarr"s a. grow out O
lhe nature and cxgenc,es Of the war. I'm
der the war power, the President proclaim
Cd freedom to the slaves, but he. did mi
proclaim negro equality or negro suffr.ee
The Radicals have adopted the 'Soel doc
tsine OF State suicide, and .nsist that the
late revolted States have become mere OIer
unovganixed t-ri,ory-a grade between la
cotah and Arizona, and dependent entirely
upon the authorities at Washington 70,
power to carry on their domestic govern
ments. This is precisely the same damna-
bic heresy that inaueurated the late rebel
lion. Men Of Southwest Missouri, lvol
around aid see what that doctrine has don,
Tor yoA Look at the charred remains o
your once pleasant homes, your untitled
fields. your scattered forks, your les, child
I'm snd your bloody hearth stones. anC
then ask you will join with the Radical.
to perpe' uste the doctrine Of secession OF
State suicidrs But We need OF fear the re
suit. The people OF this nation will forcve
erample in the dust doctrine that h +,
Drought such accumulated horrors upon tn
whole country-a doctrine whose practice
working in the south has lost it million O
lives and countless millions Of trencurc. IL
only tendency is TO disscnsi0n, disintegra
ton and obstruction
With regard to suffrage, it is a vel
known and acknow edged principle in GU
COVER 1ment that each State has the sol
power to regulate the terms on which thu
privilege is based. The Constitu'i.a Of IN
United States declares this wa - make
the ele tors Of President and VicsV -siden
Those in each State no are entitled to vot
Tor members Of the most numerous branc
Of the State Legi lature
But the Radical policy not only include
negro suffrage throughout the Soa,h, bu
ehe Acknowledgement oi large majority q
the whites in the same region The result
would be black republic with white me
Tor subjects, not citizens. New England
especially and fiercely bent upon carryin
out this horrible programme. Why? n.
brood of impractcable and implacable &
natics wish to carry their utopian dosma
20 tine bitter end. They have sworn that
81 OK msn is better than white man. an
they wish to prove the position BY redrcin
the whites into . condition Of social IN
political slavery to the blacks. But the "a
natics are out small portion Of those ,
The Eastern States who advocate this ab, n
anation. The Yankee always goes u fvt Il
''main chance lie is for his country vel
orally, but he is for himself ways and .
together. Yankee merchants and manuia
turers have made countless millions out
the var, and they have no disposition
stop the delightful process Of coinng nons
q other pleple's expense. Wsof the We
have been 'shewers Of wood and drawers
water" III order to satisfy the 2, eed of o,
super loyal brethren at the North. 70 ke.
up ro'ihito-y tariff, they must ma;nta
Their present power in the government, ~
to do this they think it will be necessary
have black sspublic in the South, who
vote can always ~ counted for thesr con
nercial and manufacturing interest.
A'>s, uri Radicals have taken their c,
no" Eastern parties aud Eastern specul,
TORS. and your Senator, B. G,atz Bvown,
ous !" ",ns column argument for n r
soureas. There is not much danger to
Pprs" "sn from this long windsd pronu
will es~ uaiertske 10 r.,,, = ., .uV, ~
:na: 90 arr hsvly - become helpless l"n r,.'
aes in their sitOets to underst.nd T. '''''
Conuscation. Is well a diSfr.nch..m.,
b penalty sought to he intlic,-S ..s.an
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