Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-13

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n. y. R1Cus AROaON. Editor.
TUESDAY kvCN,H0. .....NOV.is.
Tns Ave leading journals Of Paris contain
long and circumsiantial accounts OF . d's''n'
guished engineer whose had was turned
perfectly white by most fri-htfui dream
The engineer had visited rough and un.
freaueuted mineral reg on for the purpose Of
exploring and reporting TO company Of
capitalist. upon the richness Of certain |
mine. The night Of his arrival, aud before
be de.cended into the mine, nc lodged At .
small inn, and after devouring pound or
two Of pork chops, went to bed. He dream
Cd that he had visited tho mine and was
being hauled up, when he discovered that
the rope Was almost severed, that there was
only single strand to support his weight
and that Of the bucket In which nc Vas he
ing drawn up Suddenly, when he asccnd>
ed two hundred feet, the rope. he dreamed,
gave way, and he uttered a fearful shrek,
VIII Oh aroused the inmates Of the house,
and when they bursted open the door OF the
dreaner's room, they iound white hesded
man in the place Of the black haired young
gentleman who had retired few hours be.
lore. The story il yell authenticated, and
chs is the first instance on record Of .
mans head having been turned white from
the effects Of dream.
shall she Dessecraslc Party DDle
or Lave?
The present 10 crisis ~ the Democratic
party Which has 10 precedent in its history.
~ IL 10 . crisis IN the progress Of the coun>
try which - almost with ut precedent =
Never before has the democratic party en-
countercd events SO seriously affecting i,s
future vitality ss now. Not That IL beh0lds
itself d,m,ni- he'd in tie magnitude oi its
numbers for II is numerically stronger
than il has ever been hel, rc-but that,
having been heaten on great national is
Auc, q. to which II believed itself 10 bc
wholly rig't ard the opposition wh,lly
wrong, aud >till SO believes, II must never
th~l.-s abandon tia, issue for the dseis-
ion Of II - hnm-anl either sit down in
helpless aud dccaying inactivity, or strlk.
boldly oui upon . new line. selected with
peculiar reference. not 10 things as We
would have them. but TO things as they ac>
tually are, aud IN pursuing which line IL
shall cease to be ho,i>back Or CONSERVE
two" party, aud become, what II was IN
palny days, progrc ,sive and aggressive
party. These arc the alternatives.
Il will no, 1T down in hcl. less aud dc,
caying inactivity.
What, then, shall the ncw line bes In
the FIRST place, must We not cut loose from
the administration OF Andrea johnson, and
leave that by bird concern to float on the sea
Of public contempt into which il acme time
since entered. aud from which no power can
rescue ~ 10 not the late de eat attribu,a
bio more largely to this administration than
10 oil other causes co i.b,nedt What il
there in its composition to command popu>
lar cor hdcnccy Who, belonging to IL, il
entitled, Ivy reason Of his antcccdcn,s or ol
his craftsmanship to the confidence or IT,.
respect OF tho Democratic partyr Certainly
il not Andrew johnson, nor William II
Seward. nor Edwin NJ. stanton. True. this
administration had = right policy, and the
Democratic party, in overlooking the chief
men comprising II, and thinking only ot the
r'ghttulncss Of the policy. displayed . pat
riotism whose purity was never excelled =
but the policy having a,led,-and having
failed. too. through the ieebcncss and folly
aud offences againt public propriciy Of the
administration. why should not tho Dcm>
ocrAsic party abandon the dead body, longer
adherence TO which 10 death also TO itself Z
What next, Can the democratic parry
succecd until the negro question shall be
gotten out Of the way II cannot. Wha,
ncxte Is not neg" suffrage inevitable. aud
IL not the quickest way TO get the negro
question out Of the way t. at o"ce concedc
the suffrage. making issue only on the de-
gree to which 1t shall he conceded We
know that many democrats have not reached
shis advanced view of the case, aud thai
such s''Il Zee! gr. atty Inclined to revolt at
the proposition ii negro suffrage in airy dc>
grrc; but let Y, tell them that il is always
wise TO accept the inevitable when the my
uablc comes. Negro suffrage, We cav. ia
inevitable, and whether il shall be aual ii,d
or u"isersai depends upon the prom ptncss
or othersisc with which the democratic par,
~ shall move with reference 10 il. The
South will speedily yield qualified negro
party because. IL for no other reason, she
will soon see. il she docs not slrca " see,
that II she does not yield il. she will uti
mate'y TIC compelled to accept universal ne
gro suffrage
Qashii d negro suffrage yiclLci by the
South. and by this We mean impartial suf-
irsge, or suffrage dependent upon the in
tcl',gencc OF the man. irrespective &c color,
IL 4 i
negro q"est'on &c u hare been disposei Of. and
The occupation Of the Northern Republicans
Radical party r'H be goae forcesr. Not
one inch OF .ro.ni will It have to stand
upon; and the country can once more turn
10 those ma'ciisi questions OF pub ic policy
the right disposition ., which is 40 essen.
hd To tho paLhc prosperity. Il will hc
upon the>c questions that the democratic
party will triumph. and Il will be bv this
triumph that constitutional government
aud our { dcral system will be preserved.
II tho south be wise, It will not wait on
this suffrage gu s,,on. even tnr the motion
Of the democratic party. II 1t be wise il
will lose no time ia putin. in motion the
necessary machinery bv which II will a, the
same time save itself from humiliation. pre-
servo its own sell respect, rid the country
the most sexatious question that ever
distracted any country, K III the worst p,iti-
cal party that ever exss.cd on the globe,
end put the U"ion in The way Of speedy
restoration This machinery consists, Of
eourse, in conventions 70 revise the STATE
constitutions Chicaeo Timss.
naCide as oc ''1elaa'' 10asaory-
The e:re~s 9'lgAs 0eesweea Aaasn
nsoc aaa - Mig Esoos ''-Deeosas
Hitherto oInpablisheA- A In.
rlaene Net Recorded.
NY rus "rAr CONTRIBUTION"