Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-23
DAILY DEMOCRAT.



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Yesterday US great day inthe Senate.
A very large aadisncs vas in attendance 70
Iistsn 70 ~ shis ssd s,sqssnt spessh Of
Senator Dsolittle, 10 vieds@tisn Of 10 wsse,
conservativs reconstruetion policy Of the
Prssident and in opposition 70 the radical
sssolstons u his colleges. SeaaGor Hevs.
in ~hich II 10 proposed 70 reduce tie Ssash-
EN- States to the condition IT Territories.
absolutely dependent upe" Congress. No
abstract can do adequate justice to Senator
Oesitus's speech. II vas oo~plsts and
eloquent answer to the radical sIsnden
which charge the President with acting
without authority Of law, in carrying ont
bis reconstruction policy. Senator Do'a'st'e
showed that President johnson VAS only
carrying out the policy which President
Lincoln had snnounced his willingness to
adopt two years ago. And convinced every
hsarss. not blinded BY bis puseds sympa>
thy for the irrepressibls negro, that n the
President plan was strictly adhered to, true
peacs and prosperity was within our grasp !;
whereas, il the radicals we're allowed " have
their ssy, they would do what the rebels
he'd utterly failed to accomplish, viz: break
up the Union. He said that We
bad been fighting four years to
demonstrate that Z State had no right to
secede from the Union; and We thought il
equally clear the General Government had
nO right 10 exempt State, BY reducing It
TO . territorial condition. The Senator
spoke feelingly, when be allSded to the
loss 0f his eldest son, who had fallen in the
Union army; but said he Vas ready to
forget al personal grief in order to restore
the blessings peace and prosperity TO bis
country. What . rebuke this was to the
great Sore Head from Massachusetts,,
smarting still under . blow he was too
cowsrdly 10 resent, and who wishes to
wrsak vengeance upon . whole section for
the fault OF one man.
Senator Dool,ttle is statesman worthy
Of the Great North West, which is identified
in interest with the South. II his plan is
adopted you will no longer have to burn
cora for fuel, for you will find ready mar
ket for it and your other productions, in
the Southern States, and the Mississippi
river will again be covered with steamboats,
bearing your commerce. But if the radical
programme. Of Ignoring the rights and in
terests Of the white man ir order to for
ward . negro Utopia prevails, that great
RIVER might MS well be dried up, for it will
only lead to an African Desert.
Senator DooIit,le's speech wss evidently
prepared with great care, and ID believed to
be an exposition OF the Presidents policy.
Upon such platform all conservative men
can rally, and oppose the food tide Of fan
atheism which threatens to destroytAe coun
try.
1t is believed here that the radicals arc
not 50 strong as they were two months ago.
The Presidents policy is steadily gaining
friends, and will continue 10 do SO in spite
Of the combined efforts Of II. u. and II. =.
$50 mote it be-
The telegraph will have informed you Of
the fate Of the black Republican hobby be
fore this letter can reach you as the vote
upon it is to be taken this afternoon. 1t is
hoped it will be ultimately defeated though
every effort will be used by the Republican
whippers in t. make the rank and file go for
it. What q shame it is that Republican
should endeavor to force this
infamous measure upon the people Of tins
District, in spite Of their almost unanimous
protest; when most Of the Northern States |
refuse to allow negroes to vote. The poor
Indian seems to have 10 friends Even the
Hon. Mr.. Raymond who is willing to strike
out the word "white' from the naturaliza-
ton laws ard allows -'all the world and
he rest Of mankind" to vote. makes spec
al exception Of the Indian. Have the coun-
lrymen Of Logan and Tecumsch sunk SO low
that they are not to be allowed the political
privileges the Republi ans are so eager to
best0w upon the negroy ''Oh, shame,
where is thy blushs' j.