Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-01

svls|e6 l6s president "a triumphsniiy sos
tanned N his own p(Fty. NJ good purpose
can be effected by(a refusal to carry into
Z feet the will Of no people thus clearly
ptond hnesd. lf be dsg" Of the radicals
be cstr,ed out. nalY fam n'"or''y -
p.wss. il rssual "a "'lhary gostrn'"' nt:-J
rhisi. the =: ~, shisf shey make k. .1 Ts.
to popular ka,sfh@e6l. VIII the people
sustain him,
SPEECH or nox. oaExe CLAY sxirB, OF KEY
rufxY.
lion. Crssn Clay Sm&k Wss next calle
rpon and said; bels<elin the ind vid Ixli-
tics Of the people ott,t Country, aud that
every citizen il within himself = sove ~ign,
and that he ox.G ailsslarc. 70 no,c.
announce ~ yov in the first place that f. N
Tho beglnning Of QUE unfortunate trouble,
IN 1860 was an uncompromi-irg and de
Union Of tn United States. lApplause.I
did al! could, ~ an honorable man. |"
the far We<t. upon the dark h,.d bloody
ground Of k-ntucky, 10 preserve the 'nteS
rity OF this Union. saw no oause during
the progress Of the war ~ change the opn
IONS | tn u maintained. | Al, proud. II
10 : my soul good TO know tilst the ear j.
over and that peace is before US; and ]
would DO a. mucp nov as did then ~
pu, down the ryfbeiiion and se'tore peace
and bring ~ ptrc 5 a'es lack into thu
Union. AyflauA bsliesed then, Is J
believe now. that - State ~ss ever cut Il
the Union. A StJle could get out but by
one or two wavsNei,her by constitutional
enactment or 0y1csuN sucsessiul r.voiu
tim. By the constitute onal Ct actincni
they could not d. SO, and the revolt was
unsuccessful. Hence they are IN Inc Union
and entitled 10 Representation IN the Con
gress oil the United 5 a'cs. Applause
| would, however, require Certain q lal,f:a
tons II the represent tiSes Of the diff rent
| states would require the man Who
comes from Tennessee, ir,n Alabama o.
south Csroinn, 10 d. a. | have done -,o
take The oath 10 support the government,
as having never done anything to uproot il
or overthrow or destroy it. lArplAusr.
troubles, as our ard mare hed through
taat territory, ,hey{ found many who wcr.
oppos cd to the Cnt,n and the Constitution
| aud they found . ilfge portion OF these n
arrsyed aga INST tn D. IN arms; but here NJ d
there upon the hI0 sides ami III the valley,
10 the humble cftagcs they found ,hos'
who prayed for tke coming 81 that Il e, and
who love, o rrubember THIS day. the birth
div oi the iath0r Of his country, aud hau
taught their lit j. ONES to pallle the nam- OF
Warrington, ard r.joccd when they HAD
been redeemed from the thraldom of tLe
southern con ledrrscy.
NJ posi,i0n, then. is, 10 tlav, tina. if th,re
il "A siugls tiIsn, no ,.vcr humble, who ask
| the p 0 ectHn vi tie g"v rnrnen,, he should
| have II, if 1t cost nIlNn OF men TO give
II to him. 4 Applause Fsom the mountains
ol Tennae -ee "A state thst undertook TO ST.
ce lie and wspl.-inru INC fev5fn,,sn-,br,,
Vas man who euisIaic6 from Mott Car
| lima To earn his b cad aud his inca, in ,hi>
| ness country. lie Was b'nn III The humri. 81
| phcrc OF lite. w,thon, rich pa,cnta.c. with
| out aivanta yes or the ,p-ans Of gaining All
ordinary cducation. In cons, qn-nce oi hs
poverty he arrived Mt the az If u years
without knowing the alphabet oi his ow.,
language; but by hi- IN iuStry, energy ana
trrcc ot natural intellect. be rose To grva,
ness and rem. WI az a }nember Of the legs
| ittufc VI ltIutsScc, HUI as HOScEitui vi
| Tennessee, then us sknator OF the Uniten
States. then As vice president OF the United
| Sta *. ani by an unfortunate cidcnt, d,
became president. fully indorsc him a,
| the chi,t magistrate of the nation. Andrew
Jnhnson. the tailor boy OF East I, nucs>ce,
u the man FOR me. ,rplause hav.
fu ID, ton the cong ion, md stood by III,
nn,on and ne tiak b,cau,e Of the hcau,,
| aud the elegancsiUf oar instltuI ions Oc
cause an artist stiacy could not rule be
cause this p~rMt people would gn to IN,
cabin and takv one OF the hu ..blcst mel
,ad make him fhe chiefoi tn. ration. and
all would lyarn 10 honur h,m Applause
hid tyc honor OF beng il the thirty
eighth 81 igrcss "ilh ar. Johnson. and 'Iu
rug my Stay there was ~ar man, hay
voted M aud monry Tor prosecuting Il Z
war, AMI had The pleasure aud honor of he,
ing III the cnnv<nt,un which dominated
Johnson, and ko,ed tor him Applause
also voted iF Abraham Lincoln. | vote,
for johnson Lceuuse knew he would Il
true in peace rs he was IN war. and | con
graduate my friend Mr.. Cox that, at last
he has got into Il church iha, will save him
Cheer an laughter ! tod him whe
ne was elec,ioncetiug against Mr.. johnson
that before IA : administration WIS our he
" suld he for i'm He said was 10, So
but you have his own words f. r. i, now. :
Applause | am Tor ha most literal r,
publican form Of govern )ncnt, for evcrythln
that will elevate man ntl increase the pro-
periiy and hanp ness III the country and
therefore, out chnrchIdo Is arc wide open,
| and
/ ~ l., 4 I,i a.,
The vfe's einnsj may return"
Laughter | hayl no authority to SPEAK
Tor President JOHNSON, and see hun cnl,
once month; but my friend Cox gets 10
>es BIN more ti.an 40
Mr.. Cox (Interri tingly said: beg leave
to say 10 my liio,h from ken'n,ky, 81 tai
~ seeing he President oil the En,icd States
Is c. rccrnrd Hnh respeet-+o any matter ol
| The pubic pAlirv or private patronage, rnt
on'y has the dc,uocratic parsy,as ari. r,
a'ncd from dnhg il, b II, "a Lar a. know
the par v has never been under that ncc.s-
silly Tor The reason tina, in Tins crisis Of the
republic that great democratic patty wiuci,
cast $1,000 yntcs constitutes i,seli re
serve corps to fight this battle On behalf ~
andrew johnson. Applause And am
now enc 0t The humb!cst OF that p,r,v Not,
a single member oil that party desires the
president to give his patronage or favor to
| any other except those who vote Tor him
and gave HIM his present position in II e
| country. They support HIM without hop,
| ofrc~ard. aud do trust and hope that the
great democratic element to winch presl.
dent johnson once belonged may rally to
l'in' ms II great army of re eryc. Ap
plAusc
My lend, Mr. Smith, who voted fer him
ana hcspe.i " nominate h'h, will re sk,r
m'sher OF that arMs., and am content t. be
follower. Applause My iricrd com
p!aiLs that did no, expect 50 much vmtu
from Andrew Johnson. p, phaps l did not
| was little di-tru>liul of things during
the last four years. bu, Whenever the PIES
idcl pc r,s to the constitution al the coun
Try as guide Tor duty. have been taught,
by my education aud by my old constitu
,ncy 10 follow hl'u, even though 10 ma,
have such falsblc lea,e $ as my friend from
n rtncky. Laughter