Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-28

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veuld LEI 10 Tsuneeee, Georgia, aad Ala
ana. bet net 0outh Cardinal think |
hsy would do bettss In, end South Casolf> |
No would do bsttss out. Applauss. I'd
et IL .uounaaaA 0nleU u ~ lMsD " |
.vamp States out' Rlax snd corn a.ways |
veos With libssty-cotten With slevesy.-I
What 10 meant BY sufficient guarantee |
Remember thae the South now 10 in The
posi(i0 81 oon uhe has law su,t about |
Ire bwnjsship u certain lands which 10
believes bslong 70 him, which suit, after
t,s;ae Carried through oil the lower and 10. |
sermediats courts, q 6nally dseidsd aeasn:e
o,m By The court Of last sppeeI. II ssce
case, what further guasran'ee does coeie
" require & ON him thaa that he snab "
wiling TO obey the iawi D"ss y seq1re
that DO shall inoediatSy change BIZ opsn-
ion Nse It al. Noshing aese 10 requis
ID than shss be sLall ny. II doa's think
Il 10 right, but shall obey the law" Nov,
the South believes in secession.
We'll, they vent 70 var In vindication o.
that doctrine, and what. he's the war done
II has settled these facts Il has settled
that. whether they believed in secession o.
not. they shall not secedr. You ask then
il they will ccme back and obsy the laws.
They ny, YEA, but " still believe in the
doctrir e." Now are you going to keep
them out until they don't believe the doc
trinei Do you want guarantees against
sebellione Four parts out Of i've Of the
prop, {. = olnthe South hes b:en destroyed
~ the var. Well, 10 not the amended
Cosssisusieo . guarantes Is not the
Law Of labor operating Ia the repenerated
Sooth . eusransssi IL mot the psblic sen
timont Of THE whole nation. with csslneed
Constitution and the great laws Of poliue
81 econ my on ito side, . guarantee
But we want guarantees that they will
not dishonor IN ~ mcddling with the pssb
| lie debt. I don't doubt that they might
want 70 Dc 20. judge from my own feel
ings, should not want to be made to pay
for whipping myself Laughter. But
what greater guarantee do you want than
the fact that The bonds Of he United States
are the basis OF the banking Of the whole
country! 1t 10 not the South of old that
~ look At to-dsy, buta wholly new South.
God has stood BY II sepulchie and said
..c,me forth !" and the South has come
forth. though bound hand and foot; but
nsvertheleSs, | hear the savior saying
| Loose her and let her co."
A prot racted separation will still furth>
or wcan the South from tho love Of the
Government. For Ave years they have
thought Of Washington only to curse it
do you suppose Eve years more will bring
them back lin Ave ears they have be
come weAned from the Union, will you ge
them back by another Ave years differ
snces Let Us not teach these states tina
they cnn get along without representa-
tive in Congress. is n0s swift current q
pure blood better for diseased limb tina,
bandages and paraly zing bands. am 70
| the Union am for the country. Tn
South Ia mine, the South is yours, is ours
; | end We want again full. rounded Union,
whole and undivided country. Applause
, ! We cannot again too soon secure local LEI
islation. I distrusta concentration ofpov
er Ut Washington. A more extraordinar
y spectacle has ever been presented thu
the one now before US. A Congress, fres
from the people, pass . Law which is stuf
Cd tull Of power, making the Presides
. more powerful than any Emperor this sid
: | Of Russia, and the President vetocs it.
I'll II We had the President who sat the
before our mart yred Lin oln, do you thin
he would have vetoed it for that reasoI
n [I.aughte- do you suppose you will
8, ways hsva President like President job
/, son He may be mistaken in his jud
!, ment, fellow citizens. but I am greatly %
T" taken in my Judgment Of men, il, since 4
earliest and best days Of our Presidenc
r. there has been man there Who was mt
n honest, more single minded in his devoti
. to liberty, and who, without bias of .
y endeavored more conscientionsly To do II
X which he thought to be for the best int
n. ests Of the country and the whole count,
" think We ought 10 be jealous Of the
10 emulation Of power at the c. ntre l CO
ic slider this the best Government in the wo
&c for self. government, and thu worst for d
en- potiasn. We suspended tho writ Of hab
N corpus and see what bugls ~ made Of
= The President and every one Of his Sec
o. taries rad the power to jerk up any mi
u With and without reason. And they did
IT, 80 bunglingly that they are the laugh
IS stock Of the people.
. And now that 10 are returning to
.r- normal state Of affairs, trust and pray Il
our Treasury Agents, every ono Of the
will be called home. They flood the So,
like lscusts, feeding on or destroying ev'
L ma 9
alienats the South. They are unscrup
Gus, corrupt; are unneedcd, are graspi
sordd and avAricious. They are look
around for cotton; oh, let the South HI
her cotton; Why should these harples
permitted by their unscrupulousness
ALLEVIATE the South and stir up her an.
he natursr sincerely hope that ws st
II, have no moro Of them, and that those "
;. nov work discomfort and disappointm'
among the people may be recalled TO . IN
reputable occupation. Applause. | me-
:" to say some hing - to the condition Of
y South, but will not weary Won. | =
rs merely say that it is very different in I
~ lesent parts.
And remember that even if you do h
:. uulavorable accounts Of one place, 1t d
Nc not tUllew that the same 10 true Of the VII
South. Because mans head aches it d
not follow that he has r. goutin his toe
~ Laughter. Tn the whole, when | RENE
!: =. ner what the people Of the South have s
:. fcrsd, what they started for, and with v
- they have rough t up, consider the 81
~ If public feeling the,e much more hope
~ than we could have expected.
Il 10 said that this vas war of ideas, 4
l" u that. in Justice, the triumphant idea sho
y arrange matters in accordance with itself
=, But this 70 not question Of abatract just
= - L 10 . practical question with which
~ have to deal; and hold that the best
~ ample VIC can follow is that Of the Almigl
"e who, although PEI fectly pure and jest h
self, 10 most lenient and forbearing tow
y those who err and suffer. am sure tn
~ il such thing - Christian magnanim
ue and that it ia cure for wounds and v
'.' that cannot be cured hy any other me
I. cine. Let 10 try il with the people Of
= - South.
!" For the best thirty years Of my life h
=" | iucossantlv made war upcn what reRsr