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

I (al& tool ss seat pid udlapplau
Earnest i:sker. thGh u be pr . sp
q 20 GeeH. P4ket So. ho Ncsms 1Or-N
ward and entered upon the discharge of
his duty in his own peculiarly impressive
slyle. To say that he harrsssed the enemy
is not cnough--he stripped the radical
wuuld.be ahiassfns of1fie Bhidn u tn Side,
and with unAnswerable argument and sting
ing SARCASM. aaysd them to the bones. He
proved upon the radicals out OF the mouth
.o( the acknowledged leader, Thad. Stevens.
thut theohly object Of holding the South.
crn States out Of the Union was to force
-snosc st,es 70 confer sfo right -os sunfsgc
upon the black race, - the cuEl that the
ascendency Of the Republican party might,
be forever estab.ilhed in NE laud. Couni
,ry. was issorsd ls. party might THRIVE
mt nc thanked Gsd that, ,hae st in the
Presidential chaiy- a. man Of true
Cit lallman 1ith slAsT sbacKboaS- u
stand erect and say 10. those fanatics that
by the Eterpal-7passy Or no party rotiey.
or. no oiiice-party plumber or no party
llunasr--this Union must and shall be
restored --must and shall 10 preserved
Such man for similar emergency was
the veneratcd AsDREw JACKSON in Ills day,
who with his iron fist wrote veto after veto
Jon obnoxious bills OF an unpgincil aed
Congress- such man Tor the present
emergency ID AxpnEw JACKSON JouSs,s--
who holds IT, prosidshtial chair and wields
the Presidential quill to-day.
The speaker showed the audience hon
the last National Republican Convention
at Baltimore, which re nominated Abraham
Lincvlp for the Presidency declared 4 nat
the States then in war against the Union
were not out OF it, ard not being
out, delegates from them to that
Republican Convention were aiinis
-ibe as members Of The convention; bur now
that party had changea frontani positively
sssined the leople that the secession ordi-
ranccs wtre valid and Of luii force, ard by
hem those states were surely dsrup ted
aud that they were now in the cond -ien Q.
terfitofies--nere dependencies upon he
General Governments. v hic tic war ,s-..s ia, .
ne t'is Republican party. s.sen usly desiej
that Che seeded states .,wcsc, ret old Of the
MON; " hen tbe war had eicse1e the veb.
els had laid down thci-s arrns-.irca it was
declared that those states were out ami had
been ever Since the ordinances Of scce sfoa
wero enacted. Such telling points as these
AID many others to which We have not ti.nc
to al!ude, the speaker made with telling el-
feet, and gained repeated rounds 81
more . enthusiastic applause Clos
ing he called for u vote On tie res
oInsionA. On The question being put Ky
! tae chairman, great consolidate. aye
sweiled forth in solid volume that shos k
the Old ilAli to the ,g.sters No. a voice
was raised in response 70 the call for tie
negative; the Prrs.uen. was Sustained her e
| rs he VIII be when the masses al OYER tAc
/ country come TO address themselves to the
radicals through the ballot lox
J.. 5. V.ele was then called ont, but he
! hour Ism. a:e .e would occupy oul iittle
time. lie stood among tho gray haired
veterans o! the land who stood By Pre-.
deaf Johnson becalsc President johnson
stood by the Constitutions he mad sworn
| he woula--bccause he stood b, con,titu
tional lass III defiance II ianat,es IN Con.
gress and oni-hec.use he sought
| to DC unbiased, untrat ci.ea aha unsacrv
ing = President IT thu NORTH, the Sou h 7thc
| East ard Tho West-ti,e v .iols country-
each section as ons and, indp : h.e. FIX
his he Was icnre'nrtlf rledse4 . lie poll
icy OF Che President. The spea&of was
greeted @i;h cnlnusiastic uhe. rs in I,.s
short ard poiniei sleeca.
TAe g 'wins Resolution VAS gdo ..cd:
hss Z, J. Ihii Cory ii the re: elatua. aiot
q 70, this ri,ttirs forwarded u Prcsidt.-
Johnson AFRO csrt 20 each Con.-i cs-ia-n Il a.ii
lNH =. "sii iit lits So papers - .sl~estea 10
pa3iish tht ssnse.
The rcet'ng adjourned wi.h tMr,t 1ous-
lnS ehcsrs ter Andy job OIL. l was the
most eniiseginE, the u.ostio..' :g--the most
! s.olious meeting ever held in Davenport -
Fhe majority OF tina ccm'nigtes IN .esala
tons were lsepabliea s. but fthc comscfy.
Use school, ard tag ,-eetias aaa mace
up oil all nar,ies---all b'on, ii II c,c-tht
conservative psr