Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-14


AsorrsD A. DEs MONIES, Elr IL. 1859.
RnstssJ. fhas ~ dsnc@4 4 Iova Ill "a
= ~, b the pssssnt ed thry rysuse. q m she
east, viii u6taltsslnA 6deli "a srn.e.s -
- oresnisasion of sSe oems AZ per,v srd =
IT, assisst anA veil settled 3cipIea - ennr.
eiateA by Thomas Je1lers,uJe ereSt Arossi.
81 American democracy, and knot wlsdged AM
oeeeeseo ny sne party, from fcundaticn Of
tion and Of representatioa o1 the States sub
jset 70 taxation.
Hssplssd, That The one grd question of X.
day y NE t00edtaee and uu|nditionsl yestufn.
tica ofall sta1ss 70 Ne sxer1 Of their riyhts
Within the Federal Unioe, der the Consf,tr.
No., nd snes ~ viii cerdid and scsiveiy sup
eere Anerew Sonaeoa q frs PEAT Of the United
0eafo0, n al necesoary anbfoper means. TO
carry sst bis policy, = direk "a 10 that end. .nd
ssoceially u seeesi1g imrneSAs represent alton
= ths Senate and Aeuse oftepre se utstives 10
u II states fron which Il nov uncopstitu.
tieaally nd arbitrarily witt3ld ON the degra.
ding ceadition Of infessority the Union. and
ueefe political and civil eqtity, enforced bv
the Federal Government.
Rsep{rcd, That, Tor the fpose above -
for b. ~ will cordially cdpersts in public
ne tisgs, conventions, aod the polls, with
eli en-. without reference tpast party posi-
ident IL his policy Of restcsscn, as now dc.
RssolseS, That ths exempt Of U nited States
houds from taxation u parsuoant TO the exemp
tiou Of rich men from taxath hence, Justice
and equality require that saibonds should be
tsyed.
ueods that the exposes Of thGeneral Govern
uenk . veil - the state gGtnments, should
bs peid b. the people. accofdlr to their ability;
hence We oppose now, as in th past, the high
reo4ectiys tariff which tends tCsurden the pro-
duesr for the benefit Of the ma,fac,urer.
Rtsolesf, That the so-called Aine Liquor Law
b ineon sisteut with the genissf free people,
aad uajust and burdensome ifits operations,
Il hes vcxed and hsrrassed the ttizens. burden.
Cd the counties with expense u litigation, and
proved wholly useless IN the oppression Of in
temperance; that in the opinitlPf this conven-
tion the same ought to be rct(ed and . Judi.
Gloss license law passed In liauhereof
RssstssS, That tho plunderothe State Treas
usy By Gov. stone and accoup9ces demands the
condemnation ofevery honet ean in the State,
bses true 70 the Interests I Pc people. they
voald not have labored to se4n the criminals,
but would have prosecuted teA to speedy and
condiGn punishment.
Rsoissd. That ws are in dor Of prompt
end effective enforcement ! be Monroe doc
trine, and We heartily sympS se with the peo-
pie Of every country struggl9 for them.
Essolrsd, Thst We apprC! o. the National
Union Convention 70 be hek Philsdelphis on
the 18th Of next month. Thtke spprove Of the
principles Of policy set forth the address Of
the Democratic menOsrs Of Jon sress, urging
the Democracy Of the Unionto unite with the
objects Of that convention.
Esso1se1, Thet the memoir Of the brave off,
eers and soldiers who lost ih}r lives fighting tor
the union durins the recess beellion is embam-
q In the heasts Of the Amfican people, and
tkaa jastice. = we'll - hums4y, demands at the
hands ofthe American peopt, that the widows
and orphans ofthose who did in the union SER
vice shall b daily provided l'r BY liberal pen-
sione, nd that there shall b(an equalization Of
bonnty. 90 that those who elered the war At the
start, shalt share the equalpecuniary munit-
csacs Of those who entered ee army at later
date.
RssoireS, That We most ctiially sympathire
with the movement now Ding made by the
friends Of ireland 10 obtain te independence Of
that glorious country from Under the CALLING
yoke of English tyranny, al thst We bid them
God speed in the noble worR aud hope that the
subject Of the independence n ireland will con-
tinue TO be asitaied unjl the Emerald lsle shall
stand out in FULL and bid rel ef upon the map Of
the world, as one Of II livin, independent ma
tions Of the earth.
The following wtc the committee on
resolutions
A. r. Miller. Geo. G1espie. y. II. Solomon,
Robert McGavart, Chr}ian House, Geo. II. Par
ker. J. II. Murphy, T. Knowles, D. c. Eds
worth, Geo. 8. AstthNs.