Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-06-21
The speech, Of sar. HARRIS.

There can be no question that Mr.. Harris
Of Maryland. did TO himself and TO the
cause he prctcnds to cspousc, an irrcpara-
bic INJURY with all right minded, thoughtful
people, hy lis ili,tcmpcred aud injudicious
speech il ihr House upon the Restoration
question Whether Mr.. Harris is descend.
oil from "od Mrs. liaIris,so famous in histo-
ry," we can not authoritrtivc'y state, but we
should incline to the opinion, judging from
his speech, tina, he might. without impro>
pricty OF the fear Of dispute, claim that IL
,us.rious cid lady ms his maternal progcni>
tor. liarris appcarsto be az bad in one
way as stevens isin another, Indeed, the
two might well be coupled together Is hu.
man epitonc Of .hc fanatical extremes of
the dci. thew represent, and both might be
inlss,i o,u Of their usual places with siini>
liz sdYantsgcs to the country. Mr.. Harris
announced himself MS ian Old Line Demo
eiai, h,lev ny IN doctrine Of secession bc>
nv w.. ti.at he several States Of tho Union
have the night 10 separate from it, each acts
il, fri,sci. lie further declared his belief
t4a abuses and ussurpations h. d been prAc-
tcrd aud threatened . so great an extent by
ltrr asso''in,ss and partners in this govern.
a.u, compact, tia. tho Southern States
%, justihe'. IN gong out, aud still further,
- bY tnc,. ordinance Of secession they
x out and thereby became to this
foreign States. Mr.. Stevens, on the
,5.s. ~. &c spics the other extreme Of the
= .aez, nj holds the opinion that the
...Sfu states bad no right to 20 out ofths
s'A.aa tat ana, they Tough, themselves out
80 - cHgnzql ~ nehgcrcnts, were cen
e.e.s-. .nd hat Ia a natural consequensc
'hosa states were now conquered territory.
~ ucsc opinions nrc hcrctical and dams
ser'u- Iut il is Principally with Mr. liar
80 w. rays now to dt.i, When TINT gen
-aa acuIccs himsci. as an "Od III 10
aecrat' ana proc ecds o illuminate such n
- ~ Is continued II tho above ahstraet
remarks, he put, an nisront upon the
.vcn. ic fAr,y tia. can not well be
.aoael. lae opinion he holds and the
,ina Ac asserts arc obnoxious TO the mass
u. u mnc,as aud fern no part OF the Dem
orr lc a.d.l. .ac parry OF the majority oil
1, gi least, Ell cgtaius 80 such sentiment II
d, fa,anced by the gentleman from Mary
l4rl. Ne ,hink If he will take an appeal I,
e,asttucn,s, their noes will completely
...e'a;c his Aye, and that he is mcrclytlis
exc nent ui ica.l-and cone schisin that
aess. eA.sIcd outside If an extremely limit
cl ~siesic Of fanatics, Northern and South
crn' WHORE Efforts and whose isms have beer
detrimental 10 the Democratic party, but t.
which they have attached themselves as 1
parasitic plant iis,ens 20 u giant oak. |
Democrats who deserve the name woult
once iuF NJ @iaa these .unprinciplcd dema
soguss on, Of !hcir councils they would b,
the better for il. The evils they hav,
worked are incslculablc and the defeats ",
have suffered IN the past Eve years ar,
manly attributable TO On un ~ise adheranc,
10 the ncrc.ricious teachings and doctrine!
OF these radical excrescenccs upon the Dem
ccratic party, Of which Mr.. Harris, Of Mary
i.nl, is the chief