Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-16

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CABINET CHANGES.
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% has alreedy sssigssd end thaa three
'shsr asmbess u The cabinet sss ahsst 70
blow HE exsnpls. Il y psssibls thas two
nay Do %. But hswsvsr this may b., Il
, very sure that without - hem6esnsous
ab'net the excessive branch Of The Federal
I0vsrnmsut b siapss farce. and The soon
y On evil Of such an ohinous character Is
hat 10 removed, the better il will be for
Dur whole country.
The executive Of this nation, who has
probably suffered and done more than the
average Of American citizens 70 preserve
intact the whole Union, never willing to
one square inch Of American
territory to any other power. domestic OF
foreign, realizes like . statesman that the
great battle has been fought, the victory
won. and the only point remaining is how
We can most speedily restore the erring
States 10 their proper place In the Union.
and BY the force Of our joint traditions, the
tics Of cousanguinity. common devotion to
republican Institutions and community Of
interest, commercial and otherwise. restore
that frssernal feeling and purpose which 10
indispensable 10 the lasting prosperity Of
any considerable nationality. In taking THE
broad, comprehensive and sminently states.
manliks:survey sfths situation. be does not
stop 10 estimsts whether Tennessee Of other
States being in the Union would help protect
Western States against the rapacious man :
interests Of New England, bot
simply desires 10 restore q the earliest mo.
ment every star In our constellation, leaving
each to shine ~ best Il may with il sister
stars, and I'll together work out the magnii,
icens destiny before Us ~ the great repub
lie Of the world, the last hope and refuge oil
the oppressed everywhere. When such
great issues ere at stake Il 10 despicsblc "a
hinder the restoration Of the Union from
fears that IS cents per yard protection may
be lost TO the cotton manufacturing lords Of
Lowell and elsewhere In New England, and
those who attempt il will and that (party
aside) they will be @ ushed to powder IN
der the memorable wheels Of popular opin-
ion. popular interests and ths..rspublicauin.
stincts Of The American people. who how.
over much they may BE- deceived In seasons
Of excitement, ere true ~ THE needle 10 the
pole, In their sober second thought, In their
avsrsion to ill class interests. In the words
Of Jackson, they simply desire plain gov.
eminent void Of pomp. projecting al and
granting favors 10 none. II there are ia
the Cabinet any gentlemen who desire
something different, the sooner they resign
tho Eetter.
A correspondent Of ono Of our sxchan,
gss, writing from Coosa Valley, Alabama,
discloses an amount Of suffering which ID
heart rcnding. The people are represented
10 DO dying Of starvation, and in most Of
the instances enumerated, the destitution
prevails in the families Of those whose
sons and husbands have fallen in battle
Tho writer. to whose correspondence VI
have referred, gives many sad and touch
ing accounts Of what came under his own
Dyes. We have space for but few ofthess
melancholy secitals. Stopping his horse
before one Of the abodcs Of poverty and
want, whore MISERY had stamped i.s i'm
press on every haggard brow, the follow
ing conversation with = poor starving
woman TRANSFERRED:
MADAM, could yen accommodate the
with dinner to dayr"
the question"
";od knows" said she, and the tears
began 10 tricklc down her checks, "that l
would not turn a stranger and q traveller
away, but there has not been an ounce Of
meal in the house for Ave days; We and
our children have lived entirely during that
period upon boiled green's with neither salt
nor pepper"
"iiow many children have your
asked.
"Three, ard this lady two more oil
email, On you see. We have no way to
live; We have not even got seed to plant
our gardens. How We are to live, God
only Knows"
"Arc your husbands deadp'
Both were killed in the army"
Pursuing his investigation further, the
correspondent met with an old woman sew.
enty yeara Of age carrying on her back a
half bushel sack Of meal, which she said
she had "toated eighteen miles," in order
to keep from starving! Another woman
Who had walked seventeen miles for q
peck Of meal, wss so exhaused when she
got il that she died on the road, and was
found BY travellers and buried. These peo-
pie had had no meat since last August, and
had no idea when they would ever tas.e
any again.
These accounts ere simply horrible, and
must appeal to humanity every where. II
there 10 heart Of charity, pity or mercy
len anywhere, let L nov speak Ia behalf
Of sh's' starving people
ASrAlRs IN Msx,co.-Ths New York
Herald has advicss from Mexico 10 the 10th
inst. The arrival Of Santa Anna in thi,
country va considered movement Of III.
tls importance. The official paper Of the
Emperor speaks very dispasasingly Of him
The Liberals are already preparing to dc,
pose Of the renegade Mezicans when IN,
Preach troops leave. The Juata has Dc
c'dsd 70 hang he leading lupssialists ant
seunscate their sstsass whenever 4 eaa ~
q then. The esashsatisn Of The Espssss
birtA. day Wa not very gsnssl Dread .
he iutus Vengeance efehs Labssals restrain
ID naay from participating In dsing hose
70 the occasion. The various legations die
played thsis celsrs. With ~ single szesp'
ton Il that Il ths United States. A ssris,
Of un,mpeslant attacks and withdsawals
with 6eabsfsl vietssiss - .oolh sidss, o.,
reported. The Eopsroe made speech .,
the railway celebration q San Angel. The