Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-09


taaen hy few 70 n article under this hcn,i-
ing in oar columns les lays ago. on tic
grounds that Il had tendency TO lajurc
business. Business is always best when it
nas sound basis t. rest upon. No busi-
ness man wishes 70 have the scenes Of 81
repeated and ii they are TO be repeated,
undoubtedly wrong policy to bolster up
the business Of the country by the cry Of
''no dlngcr' Until tie bottom shall drop
out rms was tried here in the West when
the storm cf 81 frst struck the East, and
as result we kept up for few months. and
sJiue thought We should out-.ile the pane
storm. Deiuled belief. II came, and play
ei >ad havoc with Us all. Many of our best
business lnen-irom 10 fault Of their own
have not yet overcome its effects. The
slgrs Of the times" ERE, It is trre, a little
bIis sAler and inore l.opeiul than they werc
tive weeks ago. Bat why indulge this, the
smallest hope Why lor moment think
taat reason, all serene, IS about to return TO
our l.als OF Legisla,on Has not the ex,
perience ofthe past eighteen months learned
Us lesson. browning men catch a.
-rtns." It is TO. surprising, therefore.
tina. better feeling generally pcrvadcs the
coaim nifty than that which has antrol.e,l
for several months past. The gloom and
dependence rhir'l fcigned almost univers.
ally amongst business meu, have been re-
jese. b. "A LAY Of hope-iaint 1t Is trnc
that which has long covered the nation rs a
psa. bu,ier, the fcrocious, has conso'ng.y
dss.asrd that the impeachment of the Presi
Dent Wa. never Sc iously contein plated -
that it was used for elcctioneering purposes
only, and having accomplished its purpose,
wcald be dropped. Sumner aud Wilson
declare ii in cxped,snt, t,impolitic, and hur,fu
10 the interests of the party with which they
identified. Thad. Stevens has met with Sc
we're and unexpected rcbuifs at the hands o:
his warmest friends. the sceptre has depart
cd from the hands Of the "great commoner,'
and a sufficient number OF " hat were once ex
tremc Radicals, having seen the disastrous
tendency OF the measures rroposed.by the
Radical iaajoTity in Congress, have sum
moncd co1rase su.iicieu, to array them
selves On the side cf the Democracy, and
give the aid Of their votes and influence IN
behalf OF u constitutional reconstruction.
In addition 10 these FAINT g,Immerings ol
hone lsrsc number Of the representative
men os tito south have been in consultation
VITA the i'residest, and pa an Of recon.
stia,iua slseG upon, which promises. Will
peth,p- Some nth mod,iicat;or, 10 prove
&C p,ahe to 18th North ard South. Let
u hop, tAal sacn is lbs case, ai.d .ha, viii
the ~ ening Sptins, We shall haze a burst
in, ol the bonds wilich have para} d busi-
ne 6, shattered confidence, iaro@n hun
d., ds of Thousands If laboring men out o;
c np ,vmeut, ara threatened, .t ore time,
70 deluse the cout.y sfreeh with strife aud
bloodsa,d.
The peyplc have been patient-yery pa
tic"' ihey bore their ,ras in uncompla;n-
ing alci.cc; but there is a point at which
fol ocait1cc ceases - be IA virtue. and hon
est Indignation !; co,aalcn liable and proper.
TAa. pcrt las been reached. Thclead.ng
business men Of New Yolk have sent in
their rmonS;rance against the fanatical and
destruc'ived course OF the leading Radicals.
plominent republicans have denounced
their coarse AS s,.c .al manufacturers are
! eat ring their protests, and the working
m Il --tAe bone and sinew of the nation ia
war or i 9ca-hayc at length awakened to
The f,ct that bitter deccrtions were practiccd
towards them by the Radical leaders las;
fall
We rep at these are faint slimmer:ngg--
distant mutfesings Of the approaching storm
which tilTcitens to oserwnelin Raiicaiisin
hut ro;ic le less significant or porten,ious.
=. rs .hea hope that i brighter Jay Il,
/ dawuing, ard tina. vely soon TIE cioadl
G.ii-t i.on o.arhanr US so igen4cngly will
remove, ;.;.d sc shall have sunshine again.