Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-30

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policy prscticed towards the colorsd people
Of the several States.
NJ Bapka then addressed ~. Hosps In
behalf d New EnEiAnd. capit1loetd Whf bad
been some y hat severely rejected upon the
other day BY Mr.. Wentworth In the debAte
% the Northern Pacific r. r. bill.
is(1 OF New 1sRiadd, were laigsly Interested
they were engaged, but II ~ trde, kfstori
caliy true, that no enterprise had ever been
undertaken by the people Of Massachusetts,
that had not In view and beyond persosal
advantage. the welGASe Of the Government.
The world isnQwI1 htering upon new sys
tenn incomparab4 Important in extent that
If the case of Intervention of European
States in South America were carefully q.
amined it would he .fopnd that the real oh
iect was ~ ekalcd6SfraOesoe great lines of
natural communication. e
The Amazon and Rio de Ia Plata rives
svhich draia ~, best postidn Of ~ South
Ameriean Costinent, % thst4he object Of
tSe Bmperoe in Fnncs w. 70 gsin control
OF the ane Of transit across the l1thmus
which unites the Atlantic and PaciNc oceass.
It. WAS gpoi..Sls Y Sesss's q IF ; ,n,, nsg.
row Isthmus for 20 years. .ol u
Kspoieon and hh predecelaor IN bis ting
had this object in view. when Napoleon
entered on III Nexioaa suhens hs, believed
thss the AmeriHn Government was destroy
ed, snd that b would be iefs ID uadlseur0ed
occupation Of the position, If his icteef 70
Marshal Forey and his declarations to the
French people would have been made good,
viz: that France had achieved destiny on
the Continent which had never been cons'
templated.
1t was neither Just or generous for the
gentleman who represents Chicago Mr..
Wentworth to charge unworthy motives,
and objects upon them. IS
Mr.. Nopowosth fensfeA that the men
int nded to share with New York its finan.
cisi influence and powers. Whenever these
things were accomplished the credit Of their
incipency, as we'll IS their execution, would
be due to the common people Of New Eng.
land Who never yet warped from their true
purposes and their honest intentions in Any
Of these enterprises. and the first railroad
that wended its sluggish and heavy loot
over the Rocky Mountains with the ,un
earthly harmony Of the steamcaili0pe Wbuld
chant the requiem OF the solid men Of Bos
ton until Euclid, the Son Of Earth, should
stir in his mighty cavern.
Mr.. Wentworth remarked that he was
opposed to making over the immense grant
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
to MIR Gait, of Canada, and that he fought
the bill because he thought that New Eng
land had gone over to Canada.
Mr. Banks remarked that New England
| never went with Canada or to Canada. She
was for the Government OF the United States
and none other and would be to the end
Mr.. Wentworth said he was opposed to
| the union Of New England With old England
| The first battle of the late war had been he
tween tho United States and England and
the United States had whipped, thank God
NJ Wentwo Asked and obtained leave
Of Absence for three weeks, but announced
| that he would not avail himself of the privi
lege unless he could effect pair ON the
| questions Of liberty, Of economy and keeping
whisky out Of the Senate. Laughter.
At half past 5 the House adjourned.
From New York.
New YORK, April 2S-Since last reports
by the health officers there have been thir
teen new cases of cholera admitted to hos
pital ship and five deaths, leaving 81 case.
still in the hospital. The case among adult,
are OF h mild character, while those among
the children are severe and will probably
prove fatal.
The sloops of war Saratoga and PortE
tnout, per recent ;order from Washington
have been sent to the lower quarantine Il
lie sold q hospital ships. Ra4
The COmmercidrs special SAYS
Chief Justice Chase and other leading
radicals will be content If the Constitution
al amendment introduced by Senator vii
son, yesterday, or its equivalent, can bt
adopted by the Reconstruction Committee.
New YORK, April 2S-The P0sts speca
says: The Committee Of Commerce OF Tho
Senate this morning agreed to report in ia
vor of the confirmation of Mr.. Sanythe fol
| the New York ColectOrship.
| The President has suspended the execu
ton of the death sentence passed on two
South Carolinians convicted by military
commission of murder in Charleston.
| NEW YORK, April 90 DIR. Swinburnc
| Health officer, publishes letter stating thai
the sick were transferred from the Virgins
| in the same manner in which ii ey have been
| St0ueiCbiCO uuNCI Nuut outluC Ia WIS pNbtS III
u quarter of a century; that as evidence Of
the efficiency with which he has thus lar me,
the disease, the mortality on the Virgins
since her arrival here, has been less than
half as great as that which occurred ut Hal
itax among passengers.
| A dispatch has been received here from
| Halifax, stating that the passengers Of the
| England who were left there are now well
and that not one death has occurred in three
weeks past. The Halifax authorities have
determined to send these passengers on to
this city.
| The cabin passengers detained on the chol.
era ships in the lower quarantine will prob.
ably be allowed 10 come to this city soon
There has been no disease among them.
| The Battery Barracks are being put in or.
der for the use of the Board of Health bu,
it is thought they will not be required fol
some time.
The steamer Empire City has been grant.
ed BY the Government for quarantine use
The Commercial says the Reconstructic-
COMMITTEE have agreed to report ~
lowing Constitutional Amending g 70
First. The Bingham p,orr 1t:
the rights OF all citl1eps .,sition securin
forbitlding State De- IN every State. an
Second, H. sislation to the CONTRARY
bers, exs sing representation upon nun
y .uding all excluded from the poll.
ard. Regulating the rebel debt.
Fourth. Giving Congress power to enac
such laws as are necessary to enforce thes
amendments
In addition two bills will be reported; on
on admitting Congressional delegate fror
States ratitylng these amendments, and Oh
other, declaring Ineligible to Office the lead
ing rebel officials.
The Posts special says the Committee Ia
not reached conclusion, but the plan {
the New York delegation seems to mct
with favor.
Foreign Relatloms.
WASnN0roN. April 20.--The Presider
has officially proclaimed the convention b.
tween the Empire Of japan and the Cover
ments Of the United States, Great Britaii
France and Holland, providing for the pay
ment to those Governments of the sum {
three millions Of dollars FOX indemnities 40
expenses. This convention was made i
| view of the hostile acts IF Mort DiAsel