Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-03


The Radicals are profuse, says the st.
Louis Republican. in their protest
asiops of .friendship" for te negro, and
never cease TO remind the late slaves ofthe
manifold obligations they arc under to their
s.frionis"-the Rsdicals-for the rights OF
person and property, and especially for tie
RICH, Of suffrage. Abundant evidence, bow
ever, has been given that the Radicals in
tend TO be tbs masters Of the late slaves.
and thas free to votsn means Tree % vsts
Is the Radicals direct Anything like msn'
u freedom 10 the sxprsssion Of theif o."
choice at the polls the Radicals denv to The
celsrsd sass, with dsnunciatlens end threats
Of loss Of favor Il they vote the Conservative
ticket. 10 Boston. where many negroes
voted the Democratic ticket. they drew ups
on themselves the violent displsasurc ofths
Radical journal. so Unexpectedly expressed
that New York Radical paper rebuked the
intolerance and bigotry Of lie Boston con-
temporary in pretending to the right TO
chas;iss the negroes for voting ~ they
saw AZ. In Nashville, the Radical shee'
frankly confessed tina. If it had been
supposed that the negroes would vote with
the Conservatives the right Of suffrage
would never have been conferred upon
them. The same paper 10 intimidatc them
from CO operating with the Conservatives
warned them 10 remsmbcr that the same
power which conferred the right 10 vote
could take q aUsy. Facts like these have
% rapidly accumulated that the colored
race have fast become alisnatsd from their
pretended Radical "fiisnds," il being SO
clear TO their minds that neither sense Of
justice. nor desire 10 enlarge their psivi-
lssss and means Of improvement and pro-
lection animatss the Radicals in nferring
the right TO vote upon The negro, but che
most ssl0sh cad tyrsnnical partisan ambia
ton. They weuld have the blacks mere
tools 70 make broader cod deeper the found
atoms Of Radical supremacy. The 81. Louie
Democrss - April s0th Offered Wholesale
insult % Ne celsssd sacs II ~ asticls upss
negso suffrage in Tssnsssss. tsllisg ~
blssks that II they cost their vetss fos The
Conservative ticket they will furnish jus,i
flsasion Tor the claim that they aye no more
6e 70 cote then horace or mvles." And 10
che sane article i. demonstrates the BY pessi.
o. and socksry Of Radical prstensions Of
love ~ The negro, asd desire for his true
freedom md equality. BY the threat that II
che "cslossd loyaii.ls' Of Tsansssss vote
with the Conservative the Radicals Of the
Meth ssiu ssaeisss = deny sResiecsics fran.
ehiss 70 As SIaels Of the Northern States =
Think Of that, 70 colored men II. In the
exercise Of your own freedom a. men guild
Cd BY your own choice. you vote for the
men whom you like, and they are not Rsdi.
calls. the Sumner Stevens Phillips Radical
organ ofaSt. Louis tells you ths free dom
loving Radical party will withheld the elect.
i've franchise from your race in tho Ncrh.
ern States. Here is tho language Of the
Democrat conveying this threat TO voters:
The fortunes Of their race in other States
depend, in ike manner, upon Their use Of
the franchise. In nearly ali the loyal States,
the Republican party has control. A vote
against tina, pnrtv viii hardly hasten the
hour Of theis enffanch is ement in States
where the franchise is still denied"
We like 20 see such frank confessions Of
the selfish motives Of the Radicals in clova-
ting the colored race to tho rank Of voters.
They show precisely the nature OF Radical
friendship" for negroes, telling them il
You do not vote in blind subservicncy to
Radical dictation you are but "horses and
mules," and your race in Ohio and New
York shall stsli be ground down in The dust
We ks,w u aoshiug 30 oiIsnsively insult.
ing 10 the colefsd people than this Radical
dictatien snd these base threats e punish
mept
We like such frank dsnunciations and
such exhibitions of partisan bigo,ry for am
other reason They prove ccnclusvely by
then violence and their passion that The
Radicals perceive clearly that tie coloret
race cannot be depended upon to supper,
reproaches OF the blacks.
Rather E;nrly.
The editors Of the Makaska Uowa) Her,
ali have b-on presented with a fns lOt o
new potatoes. Considering the backward
ness OF the season, t.is may seem some
wha, strange TO some Of our readers. The
way the potatoes were raised 10 said BY the
producer 10 be as follows; last fall hs
dug hole, put in his potatoes, and on top
OF them placed layer Of hay and then q
layer Of dirt, and then sns,hes layer Of hay.
Wssn he took them out this sp.ing, he
found that As bod absut tsur bushels Of new
ones. Thsy srsv from the old potatoes, Ia
between ~ hrst layer Of bag and frss laye,
Of dirt." w are asnsvh hal skspt,cal abou
this method - raising potatoes being profit
able. Jet The manned u ss,tiag The. ssema
70 b. seas'lis. IL VENT csst much 10 ~
the sspesiusNG WF s
.
A PsasssscAt scaA--wSoosll Phillips
is remarkable man. He has more bsains
than oil The sess Of he Radical penticians
put together, but be Aas enc iaeurable
~saknsss-he 10 sesArasd sseld. Like
Frs. Gargery, he 10 eaostitsdseally cen
PEELED to 60 periodically 90 :ths rampage"
weioss sight ef him Ter twe Or three
months st time sst ~ = cessain 70 make
his appearance again In Z lscturs. o. letter
or speech, railing avay q 'all ~ world
aud he sset Of maakind." with he excep.
ton Of Ben Buslss. Whss b cannot end
anybody else to sceld 10 see,da George
WasAiagtoa but b must always sssail
somebody, even il Il should only b n.
g. OFT. W." who are sbusive enough
o. each other to oe entitled to monopoly
otshs euainess. Phillips is like . whale tu
more than one respect he not ONLY comes
up 70 the surface every now and then 10