Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-08

MA11AN'D 0PeDC0.
This mornings Gascfte charactesises the
negro suffrage pow.wo~ at the Court House
yard, On Saturday Light, - ''gsnuine Rad
ieal Republican rally" and y though to ct
the common sense Of the public at defiance
states that two thousand persons we're pres
ent. The truth Of the matter Is that after
the whole city had been filled With posters
and brsss band had been hauled throsgh
every principal street three Or four times,
and an infinite amount Of drumming had
been done among ths faithful and wavsring.
small crowd was collected. variously esti-
mated st from one hundred and any, to two
hundred. Evsn then goodly portion q
it consisted Of ladies'. The band then took
aposition on the platform and after il had
discoursed for half On hour in the dcsps;ring
effort Of increasing the csoxd, the RAIDS 6n-
ally concluded 10 commence opssations.-
Alter fs~ prel,minaries Senator Harlan
wss INTRODUCED. From the Honor able gsn.
tleinan's reputation, ws had been led 10 ex
pect something original, but confess 70 have
hsen very much. disappointed. HE whole
sddrsss was merely rc-hash Of the stale
political arguments which ve have heard
throughout the campaign Forgetting the,
his hearers had not oil i,een Members Of
Congress he somewhat as,onished them with
the information that during the war. their
acquisition Of wealth had in no wise been
in,erf.red With, and that they rad prosper
ed beyond the mos, sangaine expectations.
In the face Of incontrovcrtable facts, he also
stated that in lcvying taxes to carry on the
war, Congress had laid its burdens on the peo.
pie Of the North>s sest in such mann,r as
scarcely 10 be felt. When il 10 90 we'll known
that Consre,s did its best to enrich New
England, aud by the aid Of an odious Tariff
bill now forces the a,ricultu, a'ists Of the
Wcs. to foot the national bills, the speakers
presumption is hey ond parallel.
His declaration that because the people Of
the South exhausted tn. ir every resource
before surrendering. they should receive no
more generous treatment than horse thieves
or burglars caught weapon in hand, 10 wor>
thy Of the source from which it emanatsd.
The old dogma that the Southern States
| were out Of the Union, and therefore Oh ,uid
not be represented in Congress until the
Radicals chose to allow them, was welt up
on at leng h. The Constitutional amend :
ments. which have already been passed by
Congress, were discussed in such fulsome
manner as would have lsi stranger to ~ ,
pose that they had just been drafted, and
first submitted to the people for approval
While advocating the preposterous doctrine
Of negro suffrage, Mr.. Harlan declared that
he believed ignorance should be no bar to
the right Of franchise, and that he did not
believe educated men were half - worthy ol
civil trust AZ poor. ignorant men. What
his object is in advancing such an insane
idea, We cannot imagine, but out Of charity
arc Of the opinion that he doesn't believe
what he asserts. While discussing Andrew
Johnsons past record. he in n,dvertantly I'd.
mittcd that during the war, while in the
Senate, johnson voted side BY side with the
Radicals for every measure calculated ia
overthrow the -ebellon. But the most ab-
surd proposition advanced, vas that An
drew johnson 10 ambitious Of becoming Z
king. We see that the Gazette entirely
omits this portion Of his speech. which oiled
halt an hour Of time, no, even referring e
it. In this our cotcmporary does veil, nc
doubt having better opinion Of tho intelli
gcncc Of the citizens Of Davenport than the
honorable Senator, who has perhaps for
gotten that We are not now backwoodsmen.
ereement between Congress and the Prssi'
dent arose from the refusal Of the latter "a
receive the autocratic powers rendered BY
the former, this assertion is silly in the ex
treme. The mass Of the people have to-day
. greater fear Of the ambition Of Congress
than Of the President That bsdy has been
advocating central power ever since ths
commencement Of the var, AMI because
President johnson declined to become Z
| ,nl fop anch . nuruoso Nk. ,,eoeont v,cl:ts
cal contest arose At the close Of Mr IIar
lan's address, Mr. Price, who is always on
band when chance for spcech-making il
offered. was called upon BY half dozen
wire -pullers, and talked himself dry in
showing how convenient il would be fos
him. il he could get everybody . votes. The
band then played IN mir or two, and with
t~o or three faint war>whoops, the on.
hundred and City faithful disciples dis
persed, Aud wsnded their way home ard,
satisfied that on Hiram Prices election de,
pended the future dcstinies Of the whole
western co,tinent.
GRrAr Is Klxo IllsAn.-By HE works III
city OF Davenport has assumed comely pro
portions. Many build ngs enclosed BY many
miles Of fence. testify 10 the great works Of
Hiram. He paid his workmen, hence, there.
fore, by logical deduction. according 70 Hi
ram, - snunciated by him. ~hile standing
between t~o beer saloons (emblemasic. in
Meth r) with one foot upon the pavement,
and the other (emblematic again Of his fate
should he be slectcd) upon whiskey barr
rel-As is in (avor Of the psrkiag mes. He
10 with you heart and soul ill after election
lie will use his influence for you-till tn
eleventh hour. Hiram never voted agains'
yeur interests when the thing cane up IN
the District Of Columbia u Obi no; HI
ram would not do such thing N Dsrs
you dispute III What IL his record doel
show Il. lie can smooth that over-mak<
i I'll plain clear a. Msd. Az IN honest
man he opposed you then, little thinking
that the day Of reckoning was coming o
| soon: that you. daring 10 think for vour.