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


fusecAT sySxIx0 --...r DEC. 5
fre roeeeV s,sceisn 10 Louisiana prssents,
&vo 5, thses lsatsrss worthy Of especial
~satiso. The demacracy stood fairly and
sesrrly upon The platform. 81 Pfeeid. nj
johncon's restnration policy. snd elected
sverY cendidate on their State, eonerss-
ional and lefialaeive tickets. Not "a oppo-
dfion cahdidafU ~ chosen 0ueA re-
mn. ve think u without prsSsdsat on any
eeaie. Some opposition In every lsgisis-
~ bolv 10 healihful. The tWo hoeess Of
q he leeis Ature Of Louisiana sil not
opntasn this oaaltasy element. Nue will
snv other branch Of the civil service con
1ain Il II President johnson has any thing
n cpuplsir Of in Louisiana, Il j. too much
pAanisisy for him and his policy. His
only opponents are the radical abolitionists
NAssseandits ler govesaor, strasgsi il may
esso, ~as ~ asas ssbsl governor Of the
state, nov in exile in Mexico!
The temper Of The whole south towards
the psesidsat,s restoration policy is about
- ft 10 In Louisiana. The objectors to j,
ase wonderfully few. Every southern state
win yield 70 Il. The democracy Of the north
ars unaainously in favor Of it, One third
efths republican party ae for IT. Altogeth
sea vsry large minority Of the Pc pile Of the
Unilea etAteo are for it. And yet II is in
danger Of defeat BY the minority. The
great popular will Of the country is obstruc
I'd By the radical power in congress.
1.-THE radical power shall perist in thi'
obetruction It shall treat the president
policy With the contempt It characteristic
musttArow himself upon the country. liz
must make bic issue in the election Of ths
1s1t oongrss. 10 less than year most o.
the northern states will choose their rep
resentatives, in place Of those who were moi
chosen With respect to the present condi'
ton Of thinga, and Who are about TO mis-
represent 20 grossly the popular sentiment
Let - have f0e the chief issue in that choics
che presidents policy against the radica
policy, and the result need not BE- doubted
-CAissyo 7v~es.
A COnRespoNDsNr from Florence make.
brief mention Of the American sculptor
Powers, and the works h. has now on hand
And then again 70 turn ~ the producer
himself and his studio in the Via de Seragli
What . pleasant sight it is TO enter Their,
and breathe, rs It were, an American atm0s
phese, where one sees around the rcproduc-
tions Of all that il best and greatest among
her sons. There they stand in good rows
IN tho scu,ptor's shelves, from Washington
70 tho last great martyr to the cause Of
patriotism and enlightcnment-Jeffcrson
Jackson, Hamilton, Lincoln-far too nu
mer0us to rccapitulste-all telling their own
tale, oil hearing evidence on this foreign
strand 10 American greatness; many having
passed through the hand Of Powers himself,
and being indebted to him as the faithful
trsnsmittor Of their Mortal semblancc to far
OF generations yet to come. Nor are these
all, though they are much that We admire
in Hiram Powers studio. All Florence has
Aocked to see his Gincvra just finished and
exhibiting new and exquisite triumph Of
his delicate and expressive chisel. How
beautiful is the drapery Of Powers busts,
and how indebted are we to him for
relieving us from the lnonotOnous fold- Of
that eternal shawl, and substituting for Il
the chaste and medieval costume, which
falls % gracefully on the bosoms Of his
female portrait busts. Nothing can be at
once more becoming and elegant than the
appearance Of these matchcss drawing room
marbles. with their draperics displaying so
exquisitely the we'll moulded proportions Of
the figures beneath, and edged themselves
with their delicate borderings, displaying the
cunningest work Of the artists hand
Powers studio is filed with these elegant
productions, Of which the supply can never
alas equal the demand There is ore 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
atill warmer eulogics.
THs summary Of the corps Of 1868, pub
lished BY the Department Of Agriculture,
presents several interesting features. The
wheat crop is very deficient, both in guam
tity and quality, the decrease in quantity
alone from 1864 being estimated At IL, 49,