Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-27

Fred. Douglas was che nsxt speaker He
denied the position Of Mrs. Stanton. He
said the democratic party in Rhode leland.
during the Gov Door agitation had sdvoca-
ted the extension Of sutfrage-but only TO
white mon. The speaker and Mr.. Pl.sbury
went there to defeat that constitution. The
abolitionists united with the old Wings, who |
never voted to extend suffrage 10 any body !
and defeated the constitution. and we pro-
CURED the adoption Of a constitution, giving |
the suttr re 10 crybody.
Mrs Stanton: Except women, Mr. Doug
las, except women.
The convention was then addressed by |
Parker Phllsbury lie said it Was no'hitg !
To the discrei,t OF this convention that they |
had expressed difference Of opinion a. the
Outset Those who though. alike on all
subjects proved that they did not think at
al. Mr.. Pllsbnry then reviewed the action
Of the two great parties in the past, claim
ing that while neither party had been up to
the requirements Of the times, the Demo
cratic party bad taken the lead in the ex
tension of civil and political rights. They
had extended the suffrage in New York, and
had s. ruck out the black laws from the stat
utes Of Ohio and one or two other states
But this they had done, not as matter OF
justice, but from the lowest and basest mo-
lives Of policy. II wss 30 also with the Re-
publican party, and they, too. like Stephen
A. Douglss, don't care . damn whether
the niger 10 voted up or voted down. =
Both parties acted on : kind Of military me-
cessity. The Democrats stand chance to
reap the greatest harvest Of renown, because
they are in the minority, and concessions
must be made 10 the minority. lie was
glad TO hear Mrs. Stanton repudiate the term
s'copperhead." We are TO deal with men,
not serpents. and should deal justly with
oil and repudiate terms Of vitupera,ion
"Coppsrhead" is sn ugly word, but these
terms Of opprobrium sometimes come 70 be
a crown OF honor. and the speaker did not
want TO exalt that word.
Mr.. Pillsbury then alluded TO election ex-
elements Of former times, particularly to
tho bard cider campaign, with its represent
atoms Of coons chained to the windows Of
tho log cabins An appropriate Illustration
OF . candidate in chains-and said that thus
campaign had done more to promote intern.
perancc than oil the efforts Of Maine liquor
laws bad since been enabled 10 prevent. -
He claimed that If women were permitted 10
vote, such appeals would be useless, and
the people would rise TO an appreciation OF
the dignity Of moral truth.
Tue Round Idbie cauterizes the New
York weekly papers very severely-sccular
and religious. "Their editorial columns
are Of the most trashy and vapid descrip
ton. When they are not commonplace
the secular sort are vitupera,ve and vulgar
They substitute for reading and reflection
the slang Of the bAr-roon and the cheap
Wit Of the negro Ministries. They are d
most invariably VI grammatical, coarse ant
insolsnt and their editors rely solely on
The imperfect education Of the bulk Of the
readers TO prevent their being denounced
for what they are, - illiterate and 10 r.
minded prstenders.
FoR some time past the Masonic frater'
nifty Of New York have had in conte,npla
ton \ grand scheme. 1t is now about 4
DO consu,nmated. The want Of homo fol
che INDECENT widows and children Of Ere
and Accepted Masons has long been felt
and il 10 now determined that . suita,
ble asylum should be erected. Alread,
the Nelson's have accumulated fund o
$500, 900 for this purpose, but this is no
| aVp,,nsod ~ Ia IN .;a,t r.. H. r..
working Of the undertaking; consequent,
Masonic Fair will be held. commencing
on the 9th Of December, at tho building
corner Of Grand and Crosby streets.
The New York Independent is letting on
secrets Of the canvass. It says "Whe
Gen Butler camo TO Brooklyn the other da
to speak in the acadamy Of music for Go,
Fcnton's re elcction,h he was tclcgraphed b
tho managers at Albany not to repeat hi
radical Cincinnati speech. Nature herscl
Indignantly took oi'ensc at this Inference
and, rather than have the General temple
TO do discredit to his heart, lent him TEN
porary sore throat, which prevented hi
from speaking at all
A larena speech.
Hooper, Of the Montgomery (Ala.) Ma.
once gave the following report Of the grea,
est speech he ever heard
A fellow was indicted up in the old Nintl
when Tom G-t was solicitor, for gam
bling. TO wit. Playing short cards. at . Gel
tain locality known as Frog Level. Co
N defended him, and contsnded befor
the jury. that though the states evidenC
tended to show that his client, with bottl
Of liquor in his pocket, accompanied Tn
crowd, who, it was shown, did actually play
| yet il never did. with absolute certainty
locate him nS one of the players. Said h,
by way "i reroration
Gentlemen Of the jury The witness hav
told YOU that Peter Wyatt was thar. an
PLAYING. for he noticed his hands, and
was full on queens
Harry Snow was thar, and he was play
ins, for he hi, two ll;tl> par
William Epson was thar, and he played
cause witness noticed, in par ticular, tina, h
had nothing but an ace
Bill Common was thar, and he played, gen
tlemen, for he had the bully hand-iou
high heeled jacks! But, gentlemen. wher
came TO ask him about Abraham Ptken--
my clients hand-what did he say, gentle
mens Why, nothin gentlemen. except tina
il Abe hill, any hand, he aforementioned il
And now. gsntlemcn Of the jury, becaus
my client was seen going down to Fro
Level with bottle Of liquor in his poke,
and the witness can't remember as he hill
any ha I'd at oil, when bully hands vas GU,
and him the best player in the crowd
that's that say gentlemen Of the Jury
IS that any reason that my client WAS guilt
Of the crime Of gambling!
1t 10 almost needless to say that the jur,
saw the noa-sequitur asd acquitted the de-
PENDANT.
Mrs. John hersiassy attended wedding