Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-03

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were bent on keeping . portion Of the
States out Of the Union, merely 10 perpetu>
ate their political power. He declared that
If they had not the strength to control the
Western States they would also endsavor
- deprive thsa Of thsir s'ses.
They were bent % ruinstisn q dominstse.
To psrpstuats thsis power, they would rsas
despstism on the ruins efeur Rspab'ie.-
President Jehnssa hes arisen like giant 70
their midst, and dsslassd thaA il sAall ~ se
done. The people win nov arise with sub
lime uaanimity and sustaia him. Ar. Lei.
inewell then alluded to Congress from one
section st,snp.ins to lseislass ever whole
@ 4ntsy. and branded it ~ one Of the most
damnabis hesesies TO rspsbiiean ideas that
ever disgracsd the pages Of history. Whs
would claim that . horde Of idemagcgues
from other States should legislats for Iowa !
he demanded. Where Was the man Who
would submit TO ite "In the name Of Jue-
tics then," he oontinusd. "How csn you
ask to have imposed oo other pso'
pie. what you would not submit
O. yourselvess lie then referred to tbs
abuse heaped upon I'll Who supported Pres.
idsnt johnson. A few years ago. oil VITO
differed from The opinioas Of Abraham Lam
coin we're dsnounes - coppsrhsads. They
were traitors who did not sgrss with tn"
President then; but he would not disgrace
purer patriots BY applying the spithst "cop-
perheajs," " the unbelieyers nov. The
party to which he belonged proposed to put
no candidate 10 the Geld. Il didn't need
one. lie had met NJ. Cook - an antago-
mist 10 other days, but NJ. c. had initiated
the noble cxanpls Of the Philadelphia dele
gates, and be proposed 70 give him cardial
support. The Phils sslphia platform Is idsn
ticsl with the Republican platform Of 1864,
for Mr.. Raymond hsd dslafed such 70 10
the case, and he wrote both Of them. The
war had been for The preservation Of the
Union alsns. We bed been told that fsom
the beginning to the end. On that issue,
most gloriously did all men rush 10 arms,
and wage doubtful war to triumphant
success. Slavery wss dead. Secession was
dead. The Union must now be restored,
aud the Rsdicsls ere the only foes to that
contamination. He declared that the en-
trance Of the Massachusetts, aud South Caro-
lima delegates, arm in arm. into The Phila
delphia Convention. as having had no par
alell in the history Of the world. The
southern people had now done al that .
conquered people could do. The
Radicals were still unsatistied.-
They feared that their power would be
wrung from their hands, and be Consigned
by IN indignant people to . deserved obliv
ion. He compared unrcpresented Irclands
condition to that OF the unrepresented South,
and appealed to his Irish hearers to know
il they would deny to one people what they
were seckiDl for, for their own. Then fol.
lowed a scathing review ct Hiram Prices
course for the last twenty years. lie brand
ed hlm ss Know Nothing, and Know
Nothineism as crusade sgainst Catholic
institutions. lie drew vivid picture Of the
Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania riots in
lS4!, when Nunneries were pillaged, and
their helpless inmates driven forth in
streets and alleys, to escape outrage from the
hands Of the dupes OF just such men %
Hiram Price. He Was here interrupted
BY perfect storm Of applause. Continue
ing, he conclssivsly proved that Of oil
the men who stayed these bsrbarous and
disgracefuI proceedings, none were more in
6usntial and successful than Aody Juhuson,
whom Price had represented = the foe Of
Irishmen. Johnson plscsd Ais hAad On the
throat Of Know Notaingism, and never r.,
leased hia grasp till the monster was dead,
past resurrsction. He reviewed NJ. Prices
arguments q The last Eenisn me citing, and
asssr demonstrating their utter absusdity.
clsssa his address witA u eloquent appeal
loe jusliee = ~ humiliaAsd Soath.
Il had bsss evident ffsa ths stast that
nissn Prizes sutsred the han for
The express purpose q causing .
disturbance. For no sooues had Mr.
Le@ngwell taken his ssat than Mr..
Prics's fiisnds cried loudly for his appcar>
ancs. Thsss shcsts met with dsafsuing
green's whish wsse succeeded BY loud cries
for Parker. Mr. Parker responded with .
short address, branding Ar. Price With po-
litical corruption, snd downright thisvins-
With slsndering and swindling, and other
misdemeanors, fully warranted By his past
history - dsmasceus. The address was
constantly interrupted BY shouts Of "Give
him no mercy" "Don't spare him r. "Givs
him his desserts |" which advice vas faith
fully followed BY the speaker. As soon as
Mr.. Parker had concluded, Mr. Price spsang
upon seat and attempted to reply, think
no doubt, to check the tide Of public opin-
Ion that vas ssttins strongly aesiass him, in
this, his native city-his boasted stronghold,
but his voice was drowned in cries Of de-
rision.
The Gazette states tha4 some one touched
bis hat with cane, but Nr. Price can't bs
made martyr Of IA this way. % the gos-
tisman who did % ~ enc Of his friends.
and wished 10 request him to retire. No
attempt was made to iejurs OF threaten
him. slthoasA his sttsmp 70 intrude himself
% the msstting was greeted With many in>
diguant cries. The substance Of The mat
ter h. It was . vvey poor policy ior NJ.
Price = attend Ne meeting. We learn that
b. wrote 70 Museatias that he would BE-
heard freo there In a. sasctual manner.
and in going where be he'd no business 70
-, be met With just TIE reception hs night
have expsetsd. In eeuclusioa We think ~
are safe in asserting that larger, mere en-
thusiastie Or moro patriotic political meet
ing never assemblsd n this city. Ths
speakers we're continually disturbed bv tus