Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-12-21

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y. n. R1CnHARDaON, Editor.
Friday EVENING. ............DEC. 81.
NATIONAL DEM CRATIC
CONvEN rlON.
The Democrats Of Louisville he'd COO.
vsn,ion on Saturday last, to select delegates
70 thc Democratic State Convention, to be
he'd at Frankfort, on the 2ad Of February,
to nominate candidates for State officers.
Among tho resolutions adopted was one In
favor Of holding . National Democratic Con-
vention in Louisville, on the first Of May.
1867. Il reads thus:
Rcsclcsd, That We yisw With horror ~
revolutionary dseiens Of the oinorisy now
in Congress q Washington, and that n
view Of thess dangers w sasasaely Secen.
mend the meeting 81 . NaAieoAl Dsus9atic
Convention il LSuisvills, q n Early period
that We request ~ Dsmocsstic State Con-
vention Of ksotucky to issss call for such
I convention: and thss ~ suggess To Gsot Of
May, 1867, % proper day fss ~ asssing
and, fssshss. that ~ pledge v ths spass-
hsss Of tAs proposed eehvsnsisn hssrty
Kentucky welcome.
Certainly no hssn can ssiss ffon the pso-
pie Of al sections Of the country meeting
10 convention TO discuss thsprsssus pstiious
eondieioa Of public s6iir. There would be
lees difficulty in fixing upon terms Of rsad.
justmsnt, IL tho xcludcd States had rep
rcscnta'on in Congress. Holding the South
OF 1t arms length Of itself cnscnders and
intcnsiiies prejudices and passions. which
would probably be modified, IL they did not
melt away, by influences Of daily associa>
ton and full discussions Of the difference
between the North and South by represent
atives from both sections. A Mr.. L,ncoln
said IN has inaugural, after much fighting,
the very bone OF contention. the very ditl>
Guilty which 'naguratsd the war. would again
be upon the country, and that 10 the ques-
ton Of intercourse terms ~ 6ondiuens
upon which The different States, or what
should: not be antagonistic sections, could
1.-Two together In the future. Tho country
needs The restoration ofharmony and unity,
not in name merely but that condition when
the blessings Of Government. like .he dcws
Of Heaven. fall upon al alike. We are in
favor Of any measure that will produce this
contamination which should be desired by
every patriotic heart.
'rhaa. Stevens aaA DeG: Davis.
Thaddeus Stevens 10 very old man, and
10 the course Of nature, his sand ef lie have
nearly run out, and cannot last him many
years more. lie Is very wicked old MAN, too;
and yet there arc indications that hs 10 be.
ginning 20 contemplate bic latter end, which,
70 him. cannot DO (ss removed. Yesterday,
for example. when an attempt was made "a
pass an &c post .Jacto law. in osder that JEFF
fsrson Davis might be caught ID NJ nsshsa
AID brought to the gallows through Ito nia.
mous provisions, the old man rose, and
made one Of his 0est powerful aud effective
speeches against Ne measure. lie startcled
tho House by the positions which he assum.
cp and advocated. He boldly took tho
ground that Jedernon Davis has not com.
united treason that no never can be con.
victed Of treason under our laws; and then
he went on to argue that II would be better
for the honor and reputation Of the country
that Mr.. Davis should DO released then tia,
he should be brought to trill for treason
under mn - post tacto Law, framed express
Iy for his case. These positions Mr.. Ste.
vcns supported with great cloqucncc, and
he brought 10 bear upon them oil the legal
learning Of a long life. He denounced tbs
proposed law a. nm attempt 10 commit Judi
cial murder aud this denunciaton, shrieket
out in his loudcst key, with flashing cy,
end mcnacing gesture. an. amidst profouns
silence, caused . decided scuaatinn. Schencl
covered and trembled Mr.. Lawrence, who
had proposed the bill. turned pale and Ne
Wilson, OF Iowa. started from his seat, bu
skunk intc Il again - The indignant orato,
glanced upon him.
The ear1s ExAlhlslon Of 1897.
The premise which WAS made by the En-
psroeUe France that tho great Paris exhbi
ton Of 1857 would be opened to the publ
on tho lst Of April next will be fulfilled I,
the day The Palace of Industry, on tn
Champ de Mars, We are informed by ou
French exchanges, covers space Of one hun
dred and sixty thousand metres. II il
much the largest building that men hav,
ever raised. The clliptical form Of thi
monument, in which tho lines arc every
whore broken by curves. will prevent III,
public from approaching ito colossal proper
ticns. Around this immense colosseum o
iron arise, at short distance from each 9th.
er. fourteen tall chimneys, like % many go
tincls, which are Tor the purpose Of givina
the motive power to the army Of machines
which guard the front Of the palace; By
means Of iron and steam the great fsts Of
1867 will be prepared for the world. The
most remarkable Of these works will bs thc
vast underground structures. Imagine whst
digging and building must have been necss.
sary to make The ccllass, sewers ana cans,s
requisite for an army Of thistp~twe thous>
and exhibitors.
The people Of Paris are busy ia.their ~.
parasions to fulill, in one sense, ths scrip
tural injunction Of taking ~ attoaesss
In" who will flock BY the hundred thouaand
to the great exhibition. Thsy ass prepAr.
Ing to levy the most szaesiss aad merciless
contributions upon the strangsrs who arc
expected. Spscslatsns - = ~ seale arr
going on in lodgings, and the hotels inteni
70 raise their rates q least agy per cent.
II has been ssslmeAsd thas Paris can fee,
and lodge, two hundred thousand traveller
permanently, and il = ths anticipated exces
q visitors above tlsis numbes Which 10 1lli6,
Paris With greedy hopes Of unparalleled o.
pcrtunie,es for extortiono.
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containing some mystical interest, transpir
ID in Wayne county. 8. c., dsriss thAlat
war. II 10 - follows. aast
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