Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-29

Il hns been announced onOmclaIly severnl
1u.. that the rebel army under Gen. John.
. an had surrendered, but it soon turned
out that such was not the sase but now y.
have the declaration from an Official source.
and is therefore undoubtedly reliable. It'll
furthermore stated that the surrender has
been made upon the same terms made By
C.ner.,s Grant and Lee short time since,
which. Of course, are much more acceptable
to the country than those first acceded to
by Gen. Sherman. The surrender was
made to Gen. Sherman-although General
Grant was present. which goes to prove
that there was no intention on the part Of
the Government to humble Or disgrace Gen.
Sherman on account Of his late .tasco
This is the last Of the rebellion. The last
armed force Of any Importance whatever
has now laid down its arms; and the arch
traitor JEFF. Davis is on the wing for foreign
p.rts. Once more We can declare to the
world that We have country-s country
possessing such irresistible force and energy
that can meet any emergency, and crush
out any opposition that may be brought
against it. What If England and France
should combine to strike US down, They
will not do it; and if they should, not all
the power they could scrape together on
European soil could give this Government
such a.flcht Us that which we have just
passed through. No the United States Of
America need fear no power, nor yet any
combination Of power now. The stars and
stripes have gained an additional lustre, and
the power to sustain them is increased ten
fold. 1t floats over every inch Of this broad
domain to-day, snd let that nation that
counts upon being able to pluck it down,
come and try it.
There are few preliminaries to settle
yet but within few months the country
will rejoi e in the announcement Of formal
declaration Of peace. On that occasion
there should and probably will be most
glorious national demonstration.
A delnocrat-as one who has been op-
posed to the administration Of Abraham Lin.
coin, IS one who believed some Of his poll
cies wrong; o. one who believed that under
different circumstances the war might have
been more speedily terminated upon Union
basis ahd with much less shedding of blood;
as one who does not believe in having eyes
and seeing not, let US here remark our fel-
low democrats that the administration Of
Abraham Lincoln has been anything else
than failure-has been truly and undenia-
bly, . splendid triumph. Though he Was
the head Of the party to which democrats
we're politically opposed, let US not as men
of sense and reason deny or attempt to con-
ceal the fact. Had it been the democracy
thai held the government lines during the
four years past, and had the same victory
administration in four-in six-even in
eight years, we should have claimed it as
the grandest triumph of the age. Why not
nowy As democrats VIC are rejoiccd at the
salvation Of the country and even though
Abraham Lincoln had been the devil from
the internal regions, and carried out this
great work, no one could have refused him
great credit therefor. Let Us grant honor
where honor is due. 1t is as much our
country as that Of the ther party, and ye
as glad to see it restored as thcy--let it not
be said that the administration under which
the great issue was tried is failure. Re-
bcllion is deal. secession is blasted
CHASTITY corpse in its coffin-and as children
Of one common country we all rejoice.
BEAUTIFUL FLowRRs.-It has been we'll
said that Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed in such beauty as simple lilly Of
the valley. There is no doubt Of It neith-
er is there any doubt that those magnificent
ly wrought wax flowers in Piummer's win
dow, made by lady in this city, wou uld
rather eclipse the respondent raiment of the
aforesaid Solomon. Ladies should take
particular pains to examine those flowers
Ii there Is anything better suited to adorn
a mantcl, centre table, or toilet stand we
fail to know what it is. The lady alluded
to can fiil orders at different prices. Apply
at the Gazette Counting Room.
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