Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-30

ItQutISO " GmoS USossJ s"sSo tssssSO sssVsS
than the number Of VOTES required ~ elect
. candidate Of the dsunion stripe. The
Pennsylvania districts we're appestioned fos
this very purpose, and. though they ore an
outrage upon the people, they serve The dis
uuiooists veil in usurpine power thas does
not Of right belong 70 them.
The Radical Press - the Sar
1rage Question.
From The Bostsn Post.
That is q faith Of . questionable stripe
which imputcs merit 10 no work done out Of
its own time and manner. From the ensign
Stebbins illustration employed By the Daily
Adre,t,ser TO show that Democratic advoca-
cy Of impartial suffrage in all the States is
OF 20 sort Of use unless the congressional
plan Of applying il shall be adopted also, it
IL fair to suppose that our neighbour believes
a good deal gore in keeping up ito party
power 1T Washington than in establishing
a broad principle for the future governance
OF suffrage qualifications throughout the
country. In fact. It confesses o. much in |
saying that the Democratic mode Of apply.
ing the principle, which Is of course BY the
people of each State for thcmoelves. is but
"favoring impartial suffrage in The abstract"
and ''refssinR TO recognize in L fundaA
mental principle Of republican government,
nothing TO hc cngsafted upon our organic
law" All that the Advertiser means by
.ts being made "fundamenisl principle"
and ''engvaited upon our organic law" 10
that the people Of the Southern States-no
matter about the Northern shall be forced
by radical Congress to do shat 10 would
have them DO Of their own free will.
Whnsx anA kns, Assh a<s~> sA>A
this question Of o. establishing suffrage quail
iications vas taken out Of the hands Of he
people Of the States, who have always had
the management Of it. and gwen into the
charge Of Conyrsssf IL not 70 subscribe to
this new dogma Of radioalism DO On sban.
donmcnt Of the principle which distinguish.
ed Democrats in other parts OF the country
~ sell as in New England, advocated be-
fore the Republican, party existed even in
conception, then there 10 clearly no princi
pie about il. But to the conclvsion Of the
Advertiser and its radical associates We do
not subscribe: They are looking only to
what it IL likely to yield their party, If msn.
ious that It shall bring peace and restored
iraternal relations to all the States, by sp.
plying uniformly, and without congrcssion.
~ eV"sputs'usss YstuCtRso Ust uJuty Bup<
ppr,s and will most certainly tend to pcrpet
uatc Democratic instit utions.
This loose talk about grating" certain
party amendments into 'thc organic law" IL
as good proof a. any We might seek that
they all spring from love Of power and not
al principle. How preposterous to amend
the Constitution by Unconstitutional pros
ecSscs : Congress never yet went into the
&tnt.a .t..s... e..
tracc qualifications That has always ben
the peoples prerosative 1fnot, Why have
we OF Massachusetts,, who give the ballot TO
all citizens who can read and have paid
lollt tax, been content that Connecticut
should refuse the hal OF t. black men alto
cethcr, and New York should bestow it on
to such Of them as are possessed Of two
hundred and fifty dollars worth Of real
property? For no other reason, manifcstly,
than because it belonged to us to establish
such conditions as We choose. and to the
other States named, such conditions % they
chose Congress never presumed To ap-
pr"ach the matter.savc only while the exer>
Use OF the elective franchise touched upon
ito own Constitution and character, and that
Is in the choice by the people Of their repre-
scntaiives IL that body; and on that point,
oil that Vas ever laid down is, 10 the words
of the Constitution. that 1.-The electors IN each
State shall have the qualifications requisite
i0v electors Of the u,ost numero ~ branch
for the State Lsgislaturss" Or course, then
the impoA'tion Of those q affiliations still
rest with the people Of the States, as before.
And there is where would still have il rest.
~ applying the principle Of impartial sui
TRACE. Congress is not the power to pre-,
scribe qualifications. But the .iRreyfiser
would rather not have the principle At all,
than that the Southern people should adopt
and apply ii Cor themselves.
Thus Is the sincerity Of Radcslism on the
negro suffrage question unearthcd. II cares
not two brass farthings whether the blacks
get the ballot or not. II means to ride the
matter as a hobby, while something else is
going on in its own Interest. 1t would use
this question ~ q guy" 10 cover up its
real aims in another direction. Il openly
confessea NJ much, when il declares that
impartial suffrage mLst be cngraised into
the organic Law, before il can possess vital
,y;~hlch il equivalent % sayiug that il will
not answer 10 let the Southern States do
this Thing for themselue -, and CONSTITUTIONS
ally. because then Radical Congress will
he put out Of the court in which the case 10
trying and likewise dcspoiline Of the broad
est aud lonees, plank in the platform.
These radical journals suddenly stop their
noisy advocacy u Negro suffrage Whsa they
find the Democratic pseea declaring for it q
the soundest principle and the highest pclis
~. and fall 70 belobOsine The latter for prc-
aumng TO take such h6crtiea. Nov their
trouble 10 clearly shout thing else than
impartial suffrage; It 10 lest the people may
everywhere take it up. and save The party
that nov controls congress all further
trouble.
They see in such st~p the preservation
Of the original and undelegated sieh,s Of the
original and undclsga'ed rights Of the PEG.
pie Of the states, instead Of the consolidation
ct power in congress; and therefore they
liake at the prospect Of diminishing their
party strength. Oaly a. they con- eJocen-
'ra'c all popes IN congress, and then rule
congress- themselves, do they espsce 10 exist
ana wax. lat ~ party; when dsesatsalixa.
ton - applied, and power continues distrib.
nted among the people according 70 he the.
or and practice Of our gevssnnent system.
the palsy j. on them and their DAYS are
drawing to close.
This sudden outbreak Of Jealousy on the
part Vt more than one representative Of the
radical press, demonstrates their profound
insinrerily on the subject Of negro suffrage,
besides the fact that they do not think the
Dem crstic party so wholly dead, nor even
90 hopefully inoribund as they psrsistently
advertise it. 1t strikes Us that really dead
party could accomplish but little with the
very best Of instrumsntalitics II SO far
gone, why such . sewerage Of lueuorious
sheIcric over its end-so many warnings
Drawn from its fatel Tofspsas funeral ora.
tons with such frequency ws'ald ssem 70
indicate preparation for On evsat-in this
case no doubt sincerely deeired-sather than
ITS positive and de0nite ecensssaoo II what
has been so far said BY The Dsaeosu1is jour-
mails in favor Of impartial soGsaGD discover
the fast that their Advoey q & 6en party
game With the ra1is11o. Nth Wh1e meAsure
Of public indigaaliea ~ hey ~ - over.
whelmed u the psspls = ~ ssstAseo states
take up the principle ~ ths0eslvsA and
issten their dupliei1Y end hellsW professions |
upon these men bdyend ths Feasibility Of |
denial o. explanation! The hack Of the |
Adsesssevs CT shsws TO pAia(1 under IT, !
Snort measures Of meal. Il scouts bread
A.d sound principle, IL its party, instead Of
ene csseSys = Dot 70 Ct a he Ssus0s. Il
hSsisses n such impaftial sutFtaee 9 cur
1Dnsross aloOe aess d 70 ss,ah,ish Il h
not our cepub2icnn institutions -h;.h - (.