Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-26

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IT. call Of yoas meeting speciees thssub
Ia, but Int lst ~ ~ am not here - an
alar1isk Ian not here ~ say that tn M
eisa b II peril Or In danger; In peril you
AaspctAs spinions oft6s President, Or II
yoa ysjsct then; in peril II you adopt The
vIevS Df the appssent or real lnsj0rity Vi
COukeoss, or II yoo reject them Il II not
IL peril any way; nor do ! think the cause
ofiiberts aud human freedom, the cause 81
psoRrrsS msliosation, or civilization, tn.
cause Of national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. present
or future, material or moral, in danger al
bslnk i>og arrested, whether you ad"p'
oae ct Of political opinions or another.
The Cnion-tl,at is to ray, the nation has
bssn rescued from Ill it, perils. The nohl.
chip, tho United States, has passed from
tesnpssts md billovs into the verge Of II
aafs harbor, and 10 now securely riding
ineo be ancisss mooring., without br'
ken spar or lDeak, stsrbUard or lsrboard
fore or al. There ore sOme email reefs yet
70 pass - she approaches those moorings
One pilot says that she may safely enter
directly through them. The other say
that che must back, and, lowering sail,
take time togo around them. That is all
ths di6crescs. Il II merely the differenc.
Of opinion between the pilots. should
not practice my habitual charity if did
noe admit that think them both sincere
and honest but the vessel will 20 in sat.
one way or the other The worst that
nsed happen will be that, by taking tn.
wroag Instead of the right passage, ~
even taking the right passage and avoid
Ing the wrong one. the vessel may roll n
little. and some honest, capable, aud even
deosrving politicians, statesman, President.
or Congressman may get washed overheard
1shOuld Do sorry for this; tut, II it can
not b. helped, it can be borne. Ii | am
enc ofthe unfnrtunates, let no friend IN
concerned on that account As honest, n
capable politicians, statesmen, Congress
-, and Presidents will make their ap
psarnucs hereafter, faster than needed, t.
command the ship Ms we'll and as wisely ~
any that have heretofore stalked their hour
upon the deck. in the alterations Of cain.
and tempest that always attend political
navigation.
Nevertheless. although do not think
that We are in crisis, the question to da,
IL worthy Of deliberate examination anu
consi 1eration. The subject before us is til.
difference of opinion that reveals itscl { bu,
TOO clearly between tho President and Con
gresa The President, 40 We all see, is man
Of decided convictions. The Legislative,
leaders arc trying not to Coincid,
with him in opinion. They have ap
pealled ~ 10, outsiders - we are, to pro.
nounce between them. The speaker then
Weut on to prove that there was actual,
- difference Of importance between thu
President and Congress, however much il
might seem otherwise. Both have got the
Union restored ~ originally planned and
should be, without slavery, secession, o.,
compromise; not with the freedmen and
refugees abandoned to suffering and PIE, Sc
cutiOn. but with tho freedmen employed in
productive, self sustaining industry will,
the refugees under the protection Of law
and order The President sees that it has
come out right At last, and he accepts the
situation.
Congress- ON the other hand, hesitate,
delay, debate, and agonizc, not because il,
has not c,mc out right, but because they
have not indivually had hand in bring
Ing It to the happy determination. ap
prehend NO serious difficulty, from the con
yiction that there never was, and never ca,
be, any successful process for the rcstora
ton Of the Union and harmony among th,
States. except the one With which I he Pres
ident has avOwcd himself satisfied Gran,
it that tho rebellion is dispersed, ended
and exhausted. dead even Mt the root, then
It follows necessarily that the States, soon
er or later, must tic organized 10y loyal
men, In sccordance with the change in GU,
fundamental law, and resume their place,
IL Congress. All the rebel states bu,
Texas have done just that thing, and Texas
10 doing the same rs fast ~ possible. I'll,
President 10 in harmony with all the State,
that were in rebellion, and the Exccutiv,
aud judicial Departments are rpidly re-
Stunning their functions. Loyal Keprtxen
tativee, moro or less, from these States, are
now standing At tho doors Of Congress
and have l.cen standing there for tire,
months, asking to lie admitted to s-ats
which the disloyal Representatives had
previously left.
Aeapwhile. Congress passes law after
INV, imposes burden after burden, and dut,
aeeE duty, upon the Stntes which, agains
their earnest desire, are LEFT unreprcsented
! feel sure that loyal men from the now
lnyal Statea will, sooner or later, he admit
ted into this Congress or the next. Whcr
this 10 done, the process If restoration vii,
Be complete, for that is all that remains {,
Be- done
The speaker thought that Territorial
0ovesnineuts for The seeded States wcr
perfectly ilnpracticable This was also re-
jected by Mr.. Lincoln. Say what you will
~ 4atep are already organized in perfect
harmony With our amended ma, ional Constr.
tutioA aqd sre ip earnest O. operation Will
Tho Federal Government. 1t Is impossibl.
tO reduce the States to Territorial conf.
ten. Congress has had a reconstruction
eQmmittee composed Of fifteen members
ivAO. have 4epqsd the wheels Of leQis
la&tOn three months to enable them /.
sasble Them to submit plan different iron
that which j. pow On the eve of a happy
censumWAaion. And what have they givci
~ One proposed amendment 10 tin
ConstitntinA to compsl the excluded State.
20 equaliRc suffrage. upon the penalty q,
nhfiaignnenA nf rue~r.nont~ts,u vrl,: