Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-13

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Dc 70 ~ ~ psin&pls u frSs government
IN he Nesth,s u preserve even b sembladcs
q Republiean institutieas in America.
We wsuld net Aastsn ths dsuisiou Of quts-
lien Of ~ much importance until il has
bssa fairly discussed; ~ ~ would ask the
he Radical press. How: much longer
this disturbing ,Asd eAsperatng quts
tsen 10 u REMAIN open How much lo6sel
ars The true interests Of The sountsy to b
inpsriled by dssieniag knsvss and fsnstital
demsgcgses,w who cannot rise above ths petty
sehs0ss Of party into the pure atmosphdre
II IN enlightened statesmanshipr How
much longer 10 the nation 10 bs cursed with
men who cannot sink their own selfish Dc,
signs in the general good, o Comprehend
To psfanesss Importance of patriot
10 sslf-dsnial il this great crises Of our
latsf
One ysae be- elapsed sigss The dass pf
he war, and yet the Radicals refuse to RI
eognise the fact that Il Il at an end. They
ars proposing amendment shsr ~amsndmehi
70 the Consti tuition which IL adopted would
change the whole character Of that instru-
ment ~ well - of the Government. Thoy
stubbornly resist the demand Of the South,
srn States for admission into the Union, alt
disregasd The earnest end statesmen like alp
psals Of He President In behalf of de pAci.
ncstion Q fthe country. II they have AM
policy other than the desirc to oppos
President johnson, We have yet to learn i
and would b pleased to have some Of tn
initiatsd define it. Perhaps some Of tibet
~ tell 10 what will BE- the action oflth
nszt congress; {. .. the effect Of overridin
he Prssident's vetot
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vvllllan Rlst and Andrew John
sen.
The Issdm RhN ANeU 9eatb has N il
tsrssting article on the position Of Presider
johnson q the present moment. which
/, thsueh unprecedented in the history ofth
Uailsd 0tstss. u shevs IL not without
parallel, IL not IN exact precedent in III
history Of English Parliamentary struggles
Il says.
wien Pitt took of3ee q the Kings de
sire in lies, il The teeth ofa large House O
Conmoas majority agsinst .hiu, b. va
very much n the condition Of Presiden
Jehnson. The support Of the King guaran
I'D him . continuance in Office, just a. tn,
President ID now firmly seated for NOR,
than three ysass longer BY the letter Of the
Constitution Of the States.
At the same time the British nation was
unquestionably not represented by the ma
jority in the House Of Commons, but was
strenuous In it, support If Pitt himself -
jusS - the strength of public opinien IN thc
States 10 said to be in favor Of Mr.. john
sons visWs. Aoseovbs, the DiEsish parlia
mentary majority was not 90 much insured
~ a1y compaetaess Of political partisan
chip, based on uniformity Of poiitical theo
.ziss. a. By the temporary union Of promih-
ent party lssdess. SO it Is pov in Amer,
Ice.
While IN intensity of personal a~ntsQon.
I'm b arrayed against 6he President, Ne
rSsts on . basis off political view which is
not only sound and self>consis&ent, but has
the immense advantage Of being capable Of
exposition in the simplest and most pointed
terms. There 10 no eseaps from the logical
dilemma in which his advsssariss Rud them.
selves. His tactics, too, are evidently those
Of Pitt. He has simply 70 hold on, while
HE adversariss damage themselves by infu,
Steted Efforts to crush him and his policy.
Every week that passes 10 90 much gain
70 him. and % much loss to them. lie can
net Indeed initiate thsaetioo Of Pitt bv firyt
Of oil reducing the Parliamentary majority
against him from 80 or 90 to one, and then
dissolviug. - ~ DISNEY Of the leo msu-
bsr Who failed 70 b re-slsseed. and were
laughed q y "rox's Martyrs." But the
practical result must be the same % fer IA
The real working power Of the actual Con-
Press % concerned; and L ID only By lsuch
Struegles, when the forma ola Constitution
ass observed BY oil sides, that its real
strength u ~thoeoughly tsstsd.
Geology q Norsh America.
Prof. Aoaesis opua 70 the conclusion
that tho continent Of. North Asaerisa vas
eocs covered With ice : mile il thickness.
thereby agrseins NTH Prof.. Hitchcock and
ether eminent geological writer's concern.
Ing The glacial period. In proof Of th;s
- says that The slopss Of the
Allegheny mage Of mouptains arc elecicr
VIENNA he v0ey tspy sxespt = fewL bSintSl
which were above the level Of the icy moss.
Mount WaeAington, II iustaoa. = ever
1000 Sset high, and th6 rough unpublished
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