Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-22

WEDNESDAY EVENING. ....AUG. az.
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the .PnllADElPRIA CONVENTION
Able speech ~ q COnserva-
tivc Republican. 1
senator kpoollssae. sr wisconsin.
ON she Crists.
CONCLUDED from yestsr'lay's sssus,
QUESTION AND ANswra AnovT NEGRO sUr>
A stout individual. o! nervous tsupers>
ment. who had been div IN 20 dangerously
near conviction under Ne pressure Of Nj.
Doolittls's asgu0sotA, thAt hS eas Il neees-
sary 70 oake 0sme dsnoaofsaaisn, lsys he
should b. converted Into . Uniou nan
on the spot, Aeainat h.s will, here called
out: Nrs k*A ~ go SIS
"why should they not vosei
NJ. Dcolittls caught the question up Nth
30 quick, pertinent ana eloquent N anewss
that The audience broke 10 q the pAmsss
OF his address with shouts Of delight asd
enthusiasm. .
Mr.. Doolittlc-Thc reason they should
not vote, tell my friend there. IS simply
thi. In the southern States there y : mA1<
Of colorcd population, among which n'ne>
ten,hs OF the usn have no sense Of At lily
aud faualy Neutrality-suspicious. applsastl--
and the women have no sense Of virtue; and
the man who would bald he fcuDdatiua Of
human society upon ! population iike that.
know nothing republican government. -
Great applause. ] sag thai. 10 baos sut
TRACE on the negro population OF tho soutb.
IN their present condition, would make
burlesque Vi republ can inssitu ions -Ilauklss
ter aud applause and ws ourselves would
be the laughing stock Of the world. Loud
cheers. I can understand how, ia the
Northern Statcs. wh,rs there ass . su o0l-
ored men brought up a frscdmca saosg
frcc,ncn, with the habits and thoughts VI
frcc,ncn. With families like ffseme0l--l can
Understand how, ia some 81 thsae States.
such population may lpe admitted 10 suf
trage. But IN the States of the South stu
atsd a. they are nov, With this populstisn
IN IT, prcscn, condition, there " 20 pqasia
his senses. IN my judgment, whs Iwosh get
upto defend Negro suffrage there. Loud
Applause There h ssi sAoshss end 0ors
potent reason than the ons hsve smesd.--
told il last ALL 0cassal 0rsnt M NJ end
authorized me 10 state it-Genenl 0herman
told me and authorized the 10 state it-Prsa-
idcnt johnson told me and authorized nc
10 state that the attempt 10 forec Negro tAf.
iragc upon those States now would insvisa-
bly, lead 10 var Of races. That's co."
Tng NEW ORLEANS RIOT.
And IL, me tell nv friend who sits thor.
and makes SO much ljcctioN- Il laugh l.
some facts. tCsies. ..lst him ear III,
him be ''lis's quiet now RI We hare
lately had riot IN New Orleans. r'sIslst-
rup,ion." There vas . clique of spso IN
Washington .ho began . conspiracy shas
has lately eliminated In New Oaeafs. -
That conspiracy Was this 10 undertake "
get up new revolutionary governments II
the Southern staics. based On negro suf
hags Here wss the coNv0sthM Ia Leuia,
innaa csMvcntion whosc tunrtnna Ind
ceased two years ago. wh ,se Pres,ten1 re-
fused 70 cali il toeether.a majostly Of 0hos,
members were unsiling y slt- but thi'
convention. urged op by sons scvolu6spist,
in the city cf New Orleans. soughl b com
together. and Tor whas To pass new
amendments In the Stats o. LeoioiAna 4
give sud age 70 the negroes. What wAs tn,
consequence What General Grant told
the is true; what Thouaa Jefferson sait
many years ago 10 true that the etsdDpt I,
place these two races in large numbsfs sid,
by side upon an equality N : ire gevssn
mcns will Of ccssa,ty breed . waS q race
Applause which will reeuk In ths ~
in destroying the colurcd rec. A6A Their,
il no, man on earth ltSm whom the color
ell ace should Nee as they should esn fseu
tina, man who undertake BY force or other
wise. to bring about negro suffrage upon III
States of the South at tho present time. :
Long continued cheering M, there IN No
proposition that can be conceived 40 csue
10 hcar,less, so unre'cnt,ng in its const
qacnccs upon the negro race. aud Il will,
undertaken, cnvcr the whole Southern cOus
try with blood
The individual hero relieved his,sslf Z
his emotions which emotions might probs
biz hc "mors easily Imagined then dsscrih
cd" by ~ un,ntcll.giblc growl. This VA
70 pended 10 Is cries put him out 7" me
nor LET him at he don't kaew any
thing" But the audience generally rathe
rel>hed the idea q his asking questions q
Mr.. Docliule, aud hoped hs would try
again. But he VAS. fur the time, too ~
for uttsrancc. The speaker centisasl )
tcll.s catixcns--l have said, perhapl
enough On that subject. ! tell you VIII
every scnsibc man Al the South will tell 70
what Mr. Johnson, johnson, who M
l,.cd his whole life ~ the South, knows
what rhonos Jefferson has hes dec' red |
his ~orks--that 4 IL utterly impossible,
the present condition Of thinga, 70 plac
those Two races with equal power in larc
numbers in the same Government. Here
New York you can 10 80. there sss ",
enough - count; NO can do il in Miscos
sin, they can do Il in New Eng land 4,
the moment YOU undertake 10 do it in Il
Southern States Il will be The hegiMniae
sur,no.l, bleodshesl and civil was bsIuoe
tnc racsa. which standing army Of zoo. Co
men cannot prevent.
p,svaAxcunMxo fus DxAsHs " rms ss0yl
Bu, thsrs Il another proposition contsiss
in this psoposcd amendment 10 the CSnsl
tuition, u Wit: The Acknowledgement
ali .ae men Of the South Who ever held o.
klud Of office requiring them TO take - osi
a. snvvsrs tho Constitution q she (5mits
States. which appliea 70 alssoss svesy slI1t
State q Federal. ami every msubss VI Il
Legislature, and every judge IT svsry cc,it
and very executive officer u any IN
throughout the whole Of those Stales: Y
proposition of Coogrsss 10 u disfsanch,,
tncsc men forever. Nov, fellow cilioous,
the whole history Of m ,lern tiues you ca
not find proposition equal 70 that! n
sir, not even when Poland Was crushed -
der tho iron heel Of Kussis did The Hkeso
thc Emperor Of Russia aalmls Shs ptoiiA
Poland 10 RI hts and digs,ities and hoaos
according 70 their merits. Nor in tic civ
wars in England 10 anything like this TO
found nor 10 H. evil warp Of etaen
when tue vielosioos vAtty hsa e6uauak
the patty in war against l.. II that u
way I" make psaCes = tie dilQqneQnl
mcnt Of the whole heart and brain 81 q
South to make them your eternal eacmi,
never to forgive them never b relsnt-
Il the true dueeriae u atatnsssa WAe doil
20 heale How was Il with lsoed llolo, "a
served ~ the Chief Justice undw ne {,
hcliioni How Vas il upon the reasonably,
Was he disfranchneal liz uas uaSe Qhi
Justice under the jncrming hing. aNAjal
he had been Chief Justice uadss the :
be.lion. And yet men tslk d ststaama,
chip. ~ Il Wtsde0, talk sAs1e ro61iag q
history o(sl,e vssid --clain . b GlytH1oa
Ana vet never can forgive. LGrsas laaehs
and applause. &c
rus ,rpraA. Asb nssts SsuaS.sh