Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-04
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tN5 Iapb Of w Hing, The 0ssstts 81 yes.
eerdav mornings issue. states that tho hall
~ veil allied, ma such Vas the case. bu.
ueway one half Of Ahoss present ATTENDED
III "a - how man would TOOK en-
deaverine 10 get Cd an opverpowsrtng idea
thas. "a seised him body. and SOUL Mr.
M - ints1ducsd to the audience BY
John L. Davies, Esq, and took Oh his over
coat amid 1 round ot applause from q cIu'np
Of wosshippsss.~ He wAa .exuesnely glad 70
meet his fellow citisens. Never. In ns
o.inion. - there such . time when the
dsliberat,ons OF the whole country we're
needed, = II the present time ne re'eI
red 70 pessiss held in the same hall sew,
ersl vsays ago, when anxiety. solicitude ano
lsXu.ir vers Depicted on the countenance
Of every loyal man. A problem was the"
beine solved Of terrible Importance he
apote Of sar,Ruinary fields, cleaning bay"-
meta. causons. and other subjects known
env 20 the loyal mon Of this section. and to
studehts Of military tactics. We didn't un
d.rstand him 70 refer o. any fields upon
which no changed tho tide Of war, but ths''
psrhsps, may have been from our own ="
attention. The problem has been solved
favorsbly. He now urged his fellow cit'
nor themselves. he spoke IL snoAls, quicR
sands, ships Of stats, and other such mat
tiers. The people were tho prone to forget
that eternal vigilance 10 the price Of liberty
They had q willy, wicked, and dishonest toe
70 contend with. He boasted Of tue man
uer in which the "sum Of Ill vilIanies' had
been destroyed. lie called slavery the
error Of the American people. The error
had died IN the last four years, after with
ings. contortions, etc The truth Of the
~nis,rsal fatherhood IF man had been rindli
selsd. We had lived to see it, thank God
ne then made small attempt at eloquencc.
Attempted TO quote from the " Battle Hymn
Of the Republic" but failed mserably. tn.
fruits Of the victory were in our hands, and
the hopes Of oil lands, countries, empires,
ETC., rested with us. The echo Of this tri
umph would rev.rbate amid the hills Of
Eternity! In regard to radicalism. he Dc
carcd that when man is right. he may bt
a. radical ~ he pleases, but that wi Ell
wrong, he shonld be conservative. We dc
not think he intended any allusion to the
liquor question, however. Is the war over:
10 asked. Some eople thought so, but
not ne. lie contended that it was not yet
over. That the enemy had merely hung
out . white flag. He means to decoy, de
cieve, and bind ushsnd and foot The rebel.
sGn In Th... .sf.nnns ,}i1 ,nnn
office. The speaker thought some men yer.
alike in that respect, however. lie had rcae
parable or fact, he didn't know which
some where, in which prodigal was SO re
duced in worldly circumstances, rs to b.
forced to beg for the husks from the corr
which he fed to the swine. He thought i
the prodigal had been rebel. he woult
have stolen all the husks he desired, with
out asking for them. When the prodiga
returned to his fathers house, he did mo-
ask to DO again admitted as . son, but as
hired servant Speaker then found faul
that the rebels had the audacity to desir,
equal rights. lie then alluded to some ex
tracts which he desired to read, aud pro
duced . package Of late papers Selling
scrap containing letter written in Lou,si
ana by soma unknown person. he sdjustet
his spectacles, and referred to Gen. Grant.
reports Grant had found the sontheri
people peacefully inclined. but the spcake
didn't think that the General had made
very thorough examination Of matters. =
Speaker falsely stated that Grant was op
posed to tho withdrawal Of troops, when i,
fact the latter stated that the mere prescnc,
Of troops cifhout regard to Numbers, woul,
be sufficient to ensure perfect tranquility
Mr.. Price then alluded to Gen. Howard, o
the Freedman's Bureau, and believed tina
~ long that officer was in his prescn
position, rs would at least have a chanc,
for equal rights. Whether MIR Price mean
the poor whites or the negroes, we could
not tell. lie then pronounced an culogy o,
tho late Henry Winter Davis, and denoun
csd Wellcs Of LOUISIANA as Timber back
ed, bass scOOd man." He then rccollectct
the letter, and read extracts thcrefron,, oc
casionally interpreting it to his hearers. =
lie then reached New Orleans by some cir
cumlocution, and tou he'd upon the pres.
Of that city. The only loyal editor in thai
city was negro. All the white men in tn.
south were blood stained villains, deep
dyed traitors. etc, etc. The negroes alon,
were loyal. lie then finished the lcttc,
~su tS"u iIOut SvulV MttuIhntS paper
but whether the editor Of it was trigger o,
not, Mr.. Price did not state. The Mem
phis man thought the members elect from
Tennessee should not be admitted into Con
gress, therefore Mr.. Price thought so, a,d
every body else should do the same. II,
then related stale anecdote about Thad.
Stephens, and proceeded to elm nate the
character Of Horace & cely Horace was
good meaning man, filed with 1.-The milk OF
human kindness" and when right, was
cory right, and when wrong was Just as far
tho other way Horace was now wrong
Mr. Price 'lidn't state that II. g. was wrong
because he did not believe as II. p. did.
but that was the only substantial reason in
timated. Henry Ward Bcecher had fallen
from grace somewhat Of late, but then Mr..
Price had heard him deliver radical speech
short time ago, and therefore he should
not be ranked with II. G although not en-.
tircly in the same heaven with II. p
Speaker then touched Gerry slightly on Andy
johnson. He said nothing openly. but
dealt considerably in inuendo. lie then at
tempted TO draw a graphic picture Of Har
ris. OF Maryland, taking the oath in the
balls Of Congress, and concluded his clio.
qusnt scene by narrating in A. Lincoln style
story he heard when he was . bpy."-
We couldn't exactly see the point Of the
''goakc,' and didn't take it down, for which
insdvertancy the honorable gentleman will
please excuse US. He then quoted Carl
Schurs considerably. and declared himself
in favor Of strict mill ary despotism over
the south. Al length reaching the question
Of negro suffrage, he dwelt At length upon
Tho spartan virtues Of the colored iuen Of
the District ofColumbia. He never saw a
negro begging there, but said nothing about
government comnissaries established for
their benefit. lie never saw . negro there
Who looked like pauper, but could not saw
- much for thr Washington whites. liz
never saw adrunken negro there, but had
esen drunken members OF Congress. how
ever. Al Republican Coperessmen A..