Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-23
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The colorsd visitation - the white AooDs
has aceomplished ~ obvious purpooe. L
has given occasion for q fresh onslaught up
on the President. The W Worcester froedow
club has promptly issued its ansthsoa
againts him for declaring sgainst forced
negro suffrage in the South, in which they
say that be- rivals the inherent injustice
and meanness that belonged to men
brought up in slavery" Rev NJ. Hop
a orth, white Unitarian, and Rev. Sells
Martin, black Baptist, in Boston, preached
angrily tbout the Presid.nt on Sunday,
both alike grossly caricaturing the Pres'
dents position, and denouncing him for
treachery TO the cause Of freedom and ha-
manity, Of which there is no proof in bis
words or acts. The Worcestsr Spy prints
. letter from Wash ng,on full ofscandaious
personal abuse Of tn Pr sidsnt, and fol-
lows it up with an editorial attack. in
which the President is berated for saying
that the extremists who stand in the way
of-the restoration Of the Union most get
out Of the wav." The S,y cannot con
tent itself with defending present ex-
tremis,s, but goes back and indorses and
defends our northern disunionists, who for
more than . quarter Of century have de-
nounced the constitution and the union,
and labosed for their overthrow. That their
object was the overthrow Of slavery does
not excuse their reasonable words and con
duct. II there is now a larty ir the north
determined that the UNION shall be destroy
cd unless the negroes in the south are i'm
mcdiately eafranchiSed ~ the general gov
erntnent, the title of extremists" is . very
mild one by which to characterize such
men. There is such party, and Wendell
Phillips is its leader. Fortunately the par
~ is mainly composed of nice old ladies and
non resistsnts. There is no such political
party. and never can be; he oath to support
the constitution is fatal to it.
II is, perhaps, useless TO deprecate the
determination Of a certain SET ofrepublicans
to quarrel with the presdeat Il seems to
be sort Of chrou ponomania. They
have for SO long made war upon successive
democratic administrations, that it has be-
come fixed habit. They kept it up
against Mr.. Lincoln all through his presi
dental career, a few short truces except
ed ; and since the first month Of his presi-
dency, they have been baying 1t the heels
of President johnson And. although the
President stands precisely where he has al
ways been known to stand, their hostility
grows warmer at every reiteraton Of his
opinions. IL this mad warfare must go on,
let the ASSISTANTS OF the President at least
be honest. lie is not against equal suffrage
He is not against ia ension Of the suf
fragc plored III he believes that
the e. tuition lea. matter entirely
TO the State. and tls. IL would be usurpa-
ton for him to medd's 18th it. lie also
believes that to admit -ecdmen At once
to the suffrage, il he had the power, would
be an injury to them ard o the whites The
President deserves respect, rather than
abuse, Tor adhering TO bis convictions. Ar
gnment against them is legitimate for those
who disagree. Such aouse as we have al
ludcd to Is only indecent and disgraceful.
Ii the assallants IT the President are in
earnest for equal suffrage, why do they not
propose and advocate an amendment to the
Constitution 70 establish it. The utmost
they have yet done Is TO favor the amends
ment which allows the South to exclude
colorcd men forever from he ballot, in con
sideration of a cor, esponding loss of power
in one branch Of Congress