Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-25

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wEOs EsDAY EVENING. OCT. rs
Ts'. New y@k Slrlsss ~ cs1fissd to
asess d good deal Of attention lsssly BY
publishing isttsrS from Southern cOtrSs-
20 adeo.s detailing I'D ~ .sssrd stories
Of croeltiss perps,fAted bn negroes. Il IA.
nov stital b this ktnd Of bustnsss. The
junior morning abolition newspaper concern
Of THE city has . spsnitat jst Mont
gomery, Ola, who 10 exerc'sing bis inven-
ton 10 ooneocsing slanirs against tho
soash' m people. He assails the dead As
well IS the living. We append . specimen
Of his skill: .
"Sour ten years aeo there cane a q
one armed, sick y hooking man to this city
who followed the svocation Of peddline
knives and -cisso . through the city. II ~
sad that he o6e'ed 70 sell . knife to the
Hpn, VIM l.. Y,ncey, once upon . time,
and the Hon WIN L. Ysncey struck hun
In the face for having the presumption to
speak to him. To-day this mAn--Wreford
BY name-has the i.reest dry goods and
fancy store in Montg merry, AID the eldest
son Of the Hon. WIN. X Yancy is behind
the counter dealing out. tape. etc.
The suhjoined from Mr.. Wreford himself,
will enable our readers to judge what kind
Of correspondents the junior morning abo
ltion newspaper concern Of this city EN-
ploys:
THE correspondent represents Colonel
Yancey ~ striking poor, old. sickly, one
armed man, in the face, for having the pre-
sumption 10 speak to him. Ofcourss, none
but the veriest monster in human shape
could have done this. suppose ! am The
'Wrsferd' alluded to az having very
large dry goods and fancy store in Mont
gomery, employing = number Of clerks,
among whom is one Of the sons of Colonel
Ysncey, Ard have becn so unfortu nate .
TO loose an arm hence ] have deemed il
proper to correct this miserable canarsi. l
have never agreed with Col. Yancey in pol
itics. and hence am prepared TO do him JUS
tic- and you will allow me to say, tn It. so
far from his ever Offering the any ,ndignlty
his uniform courtesy and gentlrmanlv bear
ing inspired me with the belief that he va.
. kind hearted, social, genial. but dignified
gentle.nen certainly one of the very last
men IN The State whe would Cypress the
helpless or offer indlgnity to the poor. =
Chicago Times.
MR. RgAoAS, late Confederate Postm AZ
ter General, and recently released by the
President, with Mr.. 5 ephens, from Fort
Warren, has addressed letter to the people
Of Texas counselins willing acceptance of
the authority Of the Union, and the advo--
eating negro suffrage under the following
restrictions:
II. That no person now entitled to the
privileges OF voting should be deprived Of i,
because of any new test | would recogniz,
in this the difference between taking away
right not heretofore exercised
~. That 70 authorize the admission oil
persons hereafter t. the exercise Of tho cleo
tive franchise. they should be LIST, males
I'd, 81 years Of age. 81, citizens Of the Uni
ted States; 4.h. should have resided in the
State one year, aud III the district. county
or precinct, six months next preceding any
election at which they propose to vote; 9th,
should be able to read in the English Ian
guage understand,ngly 9th, and mus,
have paid taxes tor the last year proceeding
FOR which such taxes were due and payable
subject TO any disqualification for crime, OF
VIII h the person may have been duly con
v'ctcd. which may be prescribed by the law. y
These rules he would apply without re-
gard to color. His letter is chiefly import
ant Is showing that the most prominent of
the rebel lenders are disposed to treat the
blacks fairly. There is no general dispo-
stion at the South to take advantage OF
their ignorance and heplessncss. The con
slant representations to that effect in the al
clifton press are refutcd both by the actor
Of the different State Conventions and tb,
declarations of the most widely known and
influential men in the Southern States w.
do OF believe the people of Texas will adop,
Mr.. Rcagan's suggestion and do not think
they ought to until the negro proves him
self worthy Of the prllege Of Of suffrage.