Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-18
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The Last UYfarranatble Ex(r.
else sf fbitsry Power.
A PrOtlet against IT fro11
thq| Ri ht Quarter.
Fr1h the N. I. Tribune. July 1:

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A Mr Ford apA , = b. the owner of
theatre Wsshid % city, wherein PRED
dent Il Foln Was . 1o1natsd. Being then
upon sed, Mr.. attempted to open IL
some ys sfterwUs ~ NAs'forbiddcn add
preve led. He nel s4djst for . chur( b,
but purchasers re unable to fulfil tn ir
enga men', and II property reverted
Last onday eveni5 he tried once mod to
re.ct b. but was Femptorily shut u by
On o. Ter from the Var Department. THE
Her' says Of For sAtsempt " rcsu his
reg, r busincss:x
was an ate pit to coin the b nod Of
the eat man. People in Washiq kton as
wei elscwhercl elt that that the, ire was
: ded and that u was morally, not in
fact, Evolved in The crime comm, cd in it,
just al murdfrer's weapon, vi ch from
time inApcmoyhl has been forte, I'D to the
law. 1he>>s~f department forbaDe tire per
formance aud closed the theatre and in 90
ing so it only acted up to he popular
thought and though we shall IN this sub
iect hear many coppcrhead h wls. the act
will receive the full approve Of the PEG
pie"
| 1t is quite prob BILE that the popular
l.ought 'acrords with the abq assumption;
hut there h 1t least one jour( II " hich dares
defy popular impulses Win they CONTRA
venc law'and Justice. We VI intended 10
let this matter pass without comment, with
many similar vagaries Of Il War Depart
mcnt; but its plump just lcation by the
Heratd imposes the duty emphatic dis.
sent. Lal y
Under what law, by wha right, did Ed
win NJ. Stanton thus dcpr1 e John I. Ford
Of the use Of his private pry Rertyy 1t sure
ly will not be pretended at an eminent,
over ruling public danger |ctatcd the Sec.
retary's high handed cours Wehaye heard
that he apprehended airlq in case the the
atre was "pcned--so he bitarlly closed it,
In pursuance of policy which abolition
lists of other days were long accus. omed
without becoming recori He'd. The police
fear your property will Yinjured if you use
It so-instead of protee ny you in the use
they forbid and prevq4 your using It at
all! 1t would take io and severe train-
ing toenlightenus Is to} be beauties of such
legal projection.
Mr. Ford, is said, evI Iced bad taste, or a
deficient seuse OF propg ETY., in undertaking
10 r. open his theatre tithin three months
after Mr.. Lincoln's ASSASSINATION. Very
likely But in what huse Of the constitu-
ton, what chapter Of he statues at large, do
We find the regulation Of public or private
taste, the enforcemed Of a due regard for
propriety, made d, Of the Secretary of
War! Ifhe is to n kulatc other mems re-
gard Tor appearances for decorum, who il to
regulator educated his?
We know n0thing1f Ford nor Of his the
atre but what is eve Gwhere current. But
suppose he IS in deb and his creditors want |
their pay-supposc bis property heavily
mortgaged. and the terest eating him up
suppose him to hav . theatrical company
on his hands and NJ means Of paying them
except from his rcc pts. His loss by the !
suspension Of his BUSINESS for eleven or
twelve weeks, whI Washington was full |
OF idle soldiers JUS paid Oft, must already |
amount to many y usands Of dollars; who !
IS 10 reimbursed And by what right is |
ne iorc'Oiy depriv Of the use Of his prop
nty' the means o paying his debts, in ODE
d'ence to others ei,sc Of fitness Why
should they evin their regard for our late |
Presidents mend nv at his expense rather |
than their own
We urge these Considerations with no idle |
oo"ce't OF 'rtiu1 Icing the course Of Secre- |
M1y stanton hat functionary seems in
capable o. com Extending that our country
'"s' or should ave any other Law than his |
own arbitrary i'll. But he cannot remain |
!" once iorevi !; and. when he retres. we
nope 70 have restoration Of the privilege !
~ na =, coz and the supremacy Of law
ana then w hall hope for legal scrutiny
:" some OF many "fant11js.iricks" and |
Az .1lod,c on between Dhem am he per |
sonaI rign they have Futhlesslv N;naetSr1 |
ne only wis( Il 70 staa (bn re. |
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