Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-29

DAILY DEMOCRAT. I
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Duueuu0 os6eoapLkAs Ansa1.
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n .lselw - Sscsstay Browning In
vlAA - opposes - adspsiea Of the con
laieu(ieaal au,sadmsat, has been pretty
Iharply csiaaeissd y The ssdiani ussss. mses
On he ground Of the inexpedieucy OF the
wrtsrs views than from any illceicsl or er-
rousous eonclusions arrived At BY The Ssc>
rssasy. Thsy III sdeit he enthusiastically |
u hss areussats, but insist that 10 the d.
esrsd condition Of sahiss, end iron The fact
hat the aasadmsnts afe the ut sttaipable |
scnditiens ~ .SeuA CO 49, 10 receive |
from ths radissl nsjosisy In Congress, and
ed tAas he rsjsesioa. of then only Pro-
looes M intsnsi0es The struggle. and e.
blstsss the feeling existing bst~esa the SC
sions; they argue thss shsss imosdtafs
edopsiea would be The part Of wisdom ofths
southern States.
The letter Of Secretary Browning gill. Of
oourse, open up III ths bastsdss u sadica'
snsshsas, not only sgainss hineslf, but
assinst shs Psesidsot-who. u 10 usdss-
stood, indorsss his secsstary'a vis~ss and
e~ed upsa bio he psbIisaaisa II bic let.
tes. Ne radical nsvspapsr that stops shoss
q hish saAieal ssouad Gin aAAsmet 70 con.
trevsst the position taken b. Mr.. Brewp-
Ing; bet they viii I'll asnil HIN pesssoAxy
on h. ground Of The evil sayies cpaia'ned
in his letter, and the improperly ole I'D
clerk" mcddiing in questions involving ma
tional politics.
Il il very probable the letter Of Ne y
will have some influence on the November
elections. and especially 90 in Illinois,
where he is well and universally known,
and where his opinions have had great
weight with the people ~ tbs State. cspec>
i.lly with members Of the old Wing and
Rspublican parties. Of which he was
prominent leader for many ysars, aud this
10 suisleisnt 70 excite radical ire and radical
doaunciAtion.
However, whAlsvss may b the result Q
tss pending elections It 10 pretty cersai" NJ
Johnssn does not intend - rscsnt sad ~
uouns. TIE policy Of the restoration upo'
which che Nssiosal Union party naas tn
canvass, and the New York World truth
fsly ssys tsat "ths North~n Dsmoerss
viii never indosse the amendOsot ~ . son
ditiea Of restoration" and upon this III
President can rely.
The octobss elections have shews thst
three Of he great States Of the North. q
political sentiment Of The people d asas'
equally divided On the qussties Of The sdol
tim or The rejection III tho smendments,s n
that in ladisna ~ Conservative Dseess'
ic ticket wss beaten thsoug sscrct orgs'
iaasion, and that the decision 10 this Stat
vas not che Legitimate determination Of q
psopls-s najsrisy Of whom are t. day
aver Of the restoration poliey u the Pre-
dent. Neither men nor Statse are Z, be b.
lied Int dsiug that which they ore dist
cllssd 10 DO, and RAdieasiso cannot for
he Southsrn Statea 10 accspt The propose
amsndosnta, snd with The Nsvld ~ Won
"essnssl them 70 reject The psopss'
amendment, to yield quiet obedience 10
Constitutional lsws, 70 maintain order. .
courage and protect freedmen by equal lav
end 70 abstain - carefully from asi,ati
the question Of Federal politics % II they b
no concern in them. Their only hope Of
dress il in Northern justice. when |. b
ccmcs evident thst they a'c detsstnin'
with digni6ed reserve. that they will n
Their humiliate themselves nor disturb ,
peace Of the country. and that they will {
nish no tsod for agitation, but quietly .
mean themselves % law abiding citise
and patiently await the result, and Il
New Oregen was saved % q
on1ee0 staten
From the Boston Journal
From paper reed at The recent mseti
Of the Auer .csn beard q P,ltsfield. by n
NJ. Treat, il appears that Oregon terrific
waa saved to this country through the ,
gacsty and severe personal exertion Of o.
Of the misaionariss Of The board. 10 lss
two oissionasiss Of The beard, Rev. n
Spasldine and Dr.. Whitman, With IN,
wives. proceeded overland 10 Oregon, Gro.
ing the Rocky Mountains 10 reach the Ne
u their labors. After remaining there
fcw years. DR.. Whitman discovered thAtt
Hudson's Boy Company was sch ming
get possession 1T the country Thy inducii
its surrender to the British governmcn,)
representing that II was Of little value Of
inaccessible 10 settlement. lie was col
WINGED, on the contrary, that il was rich
minerals, and that cmigrants could cross d
Rocky Mountains in wagons, which d
Hudson Bay Company ssid was imposeib
Seeing these things. D.. whitman dcee
mined to visit Washington and lay the FAC
before the government. He according
started in lsA9, and made the long and pc
ilcus journey On horssbaek. Al Wa6Ain,
ton he obtained interviews With Preside,
Tyler and Daniel Webetse, The Secretary
State, whom hs learned that treaty vas :
ncst ready - b signsd b. which the Ii,
10 Oregon was to b Selinquished to In
land In exchange foe creator fishing faci
ties. lie pesaseh the truth in regard 70 d
country strongly upea ~. Webster, Z,
told hin that 30 inseodsd 70 RESIN TO O.
gon With ssaia ef eniesaaes. NJ. We
stsr asked II ~ wsul1 plsaes himself to
this. lie promised tAoe he woald, and \
Wehoter md thA eranfv nhoa,lA ~ sn.se.e