Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-05

:. 91s:s.z12iIsoN. nA,a.r.
e<s--<=- .-=
fusecAy SyyxIx0 .......r....OEc. 5
r. reoeet eleoIisn IN Louisiana presents
&vo q shpss isassrss worthy Of especial
.ss.tieo. The .dsmocrAcy stood fairly and
sssrelv upon The platform Of pfesid. nj
iahnson's restpfalion policy. snd elected
Sverv candidate on their state, congress
Sonai and legislative tickets. NotAn oppo-
Glfion candidate Wae chOseis. Such , re-
euit. 10 think 70 without prscsdsOt on any
eea4e. Some opposition In every lsgisis
~ hpdv 10 hcalihful The tWo hoeess Of
q the leeis ,ature Of Louisiana Wil not
eoatasn this oaaitasy element. NUe will
snv other branch Of the civil service con
1ain Il II President johnson has any thing
70 complain Of in Louisiana, il 10 too much
rasninity for him and his policy. His
ONLY opponsnts are the radical abolitionists
Unreasonable for gQvssAor, strssgs Il may
osso, va ~ aets vsbsl governor Of the
state, nov in exile in Mexico!
The temper Of The whole south towards
the psesidsats restoration policy is about
- it 10 In Louisiana. The directors to it
are woud@fvlly few. Every southern state
win yield 70 Il. The democracy Of the north
ore unaai0ously in favor Of it. One third
efths republican party ae for IT. Atogeth-
seA very large majority Of the pc ,pIe Of the
Uoiled btAtcs are for it. And yet il is in
danger Of defeat by the minority. The
great popular viii Of the country is obstruc-
"a By the radical power in congress.
Ifths radical power shall perist in this
Obstruction III It shall treat the president
policy With the contempt It threatcns-he
must throw himself upon the country. liz
must make bic issue in the election Of the
nA1t cougrsd. 10 less than year most oi
the northern states will choose their rep
resentatives, in place Of those who were not
chosen With respect to the present condi.
ton of things, and Who are about 10 mis-
represent 20 grossly the popular sentiment
Let - have for the chief issue in that choice
the presidents policy against the radical
policy, ard the result need not b. doubted
-CAiesgo 7ymes.
A CORRRsPoNDENr from Florence makes
brief mention Of the American sculptor,
Powers, and the works he has now OH hand
And then again 70 turn u the producer
uiuoCtt ou0 uto oSuOtO ~ ttte ~ bC
What . pleasant sight it is to enter ther,
and breathe, as It were, an American stmos
phase, where one sees around the reproduc-
tions Of all that il best and greatest among
her sons. There they stand in good rows
On the sculptor's shelves. from Washington
70 tho last great martyr 70 the cause OF
patriotism aud cnlightcnment-JeHerson,
Jackson, Hamilton, Lncoln-far too nu
merous to rccapitulate-all telling their own
tale, all hearing evidence OH this foreign
strand to American greatness; many having
passed through the hand Of Powers himself,
and being indebted to him as the faithful
trsnsmittor Of their Mortal scmblancc TO far
OF generations yet to come. Nor are these
ell, though they are much that We admire
in Hiram Power studio All Florence has
6ocked to see his Gincvra Just finished and
exhibiting new and exquisite triumph Of
his delicate and expressive chiscl. How
beautiful is the drapcry Of Powers busts,
and how indebted are we to him for
relieving VI from the mOnOtOn0us fold- Of
that eternal shawl, and substituting for II
tho chastc and medieval costume, which
falls 20 gracefully on the bosoms Of his
female portrait busts. Nothing can be at
once more becoming and elegant than the
appearance Of these matchlcss drawing room
marbles. with their draperics displaying so
exquisitely the we'll moulded proportions Of
the figures beneath, and edged Themselves
with their delicate bordcrings, displaying the
cunningcst work Of the artists hand.
Powers studio il filed with these elegant
productions, Of which the supply can never,
alas equal the demand. There is one Of
his wife, too, of inimitable grace and feeling
and Of an expression Of mingled pathos and
deep intelligence which one never tires Of
gax ng upou. Then, besides, there is his
Genius Of America and other greater works
the description Of which would lead one to
still warmer culogics.
tbs summary Of the corps Of 1868, pub
lished BY the Department Of Agriculture,
presents several interesting features. The