Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-10

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esrces and our labor to complete the re-
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'tay the asspgias tide sod BID The rod tor
nat csaes, ~ ssnid tie qaies thss would
Dnsus ~ spuld dslibsrsts spos ths various
causes which led 70 the conflicts bitter strife
md bid Ne troubled elements "Pescc be
STILL" TIE nation has gathered the garlands
II victory in it, contrasts With rsbeiIion.-
heroism has stayed the red tide Of var, AMI
yet when Ill Is peace. and the loud roar Of
cannon bsckonins b52thsrs 70 carnage is no
longer heard, H. contests in I'll its intensity
seems Transferred from tho people to their
and tho grand old Capitol
d % d.y The witness Of . ssrifsss malignant
~ human prejudice can make il, and With
no other tendency than TO alienate whatever
Of sympathy o. Of affection remains. There
were days in times past when giants stalked
within thsss Halls -where living statesmen
in high debate on principles Of government.
arrested tho nations attention as to how
best they might prevent the good old ship
Of state from laundering upon the breakers,
which SCENE 20 near 1t hand but to day
mun who In such days would have shrurk
from such encountcas, whose patriotism
knows no wider boundrics than jaundicci
prejudice will permit-whose love u coun
Try finds its only exercise in tho portrayal
Of the most bitter partisan malignity. and
whose pretcn fidelity TO tho fort unes Of
. race just looscncd from the bonds Of q
serv:tudc, which centuries had acknowl
edged, is measured by the mean influences
Of the hour to b. gathered from their hy
pocsisy and cant-thess arc the vaunted
guardians Of our hopes, and on these must
depend the present and the future welfare
Of our country and millions. How We had
hoped that after the streams Of blool which
flowed the tremendous energies Of war.
involving three hundred thousand huma"
household dcsolstions and the ever
living. yet ever saddcning memorials OF tn,
st lie, that grander, never purer patriot
ism should arise. capable Of grasping " til
firm and steady hand. the helm Of public
affairs, aud girding and shaping to ther
destiny the issues in which are involved
Ill that is true Of national greatness. The
moro radical the doctrine, the more are the
party whip and spur applied from which
the timid shrink with fear, and bold bad
men hurl from the National Capital their
anathcmas, at the nations progress and
whatever tsnIs to the spirit Of conscrva-
tism, or Of "a real and true hilan'hropy =
The nations debt-its financial condition,
the burdens imposed upon labor questions
which ought to DO solved, seem en-
tirely lost sight Of. the better inter-
ests Of the whites yielded in misguided Of
forts to force equality with the bla ks. That
difference, tho God alike Of nature and Of
civilization has Hxed, and woe to him who
seeks to annul it. We want conservative
action. We want conservative men ofboth
political parties to brush aside the cobwcbs
Of the hour and join heart and hand for III,
common benefit and the common salvation
He who guides the helm Of state gives evil
dence Of purest patriotism. lie has been
tried and refined in its hottest fires. lie
aims to restore his country aud honor based
on his country and patriotism. lilo listens
to repcntant Vows, and when sincere gives
them good cheer. He Welcomes waiting
States to their place in the grand old galaxy
that held the world in awe. lie stands the
conscious representative Of republican ill.,
erty-hc aims to give it cxercise-nill ons
give to him their bcncdictions for the hope,
Of thrice ten millions arc based upon | l
ctforts-and UT small cabal Of selfish pan
derers for power aim their i'll directed bows
ct HIM. and At their coun,ry's restoration
We seem to stand alone. II public virtue
rested upon the public representation At
Washington, VIC should have but little
and thanks to tho laws affectin~ ~. ,,,.;s.
ofrulss before the bar Of IN outr,ccd ,,,h,;,
sentiment. these c....stakcn advocates or
false philanthropy must soon appear, and
they willthen b witnesses a. to how m.d,v
aud foolishly they have counted on public
support for their selfish and partisan en-
dcavors.
Tas Buffalo Commercial Adsertiser has
IN account Of the late great leo jan below
Niagara Falls. The writer p ,.-,s that IN
ONO parts Of the river ,. yo,,,st,wn
. the cataract the O.