Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-12

q. :. Streeper, Almoner.
{. II. Eldridge, Treasurer.
w. ID. Clark, Secretary
James Armstrong, Master Of Ceremoics.
j. w. Jamison, Senior Expert.
II. Il. Wood, Junior Expert.
l.. Z. Moore, Guardian Of the Temple.
Il. w. Strong, Tyler.
Charters for these organization have
beoa received and the work will commcn nee
as soon as the preliminary arrangements
can be perfected.
"Tns CORNER SroNR OF RECONSTRUCTION"
This was the subject Of the lecture last
evening at Metropolitan Hall, delivered by
Theodore Tilton, Of the New York Mde.
pendent. We give him credit for being
frank and outspoken. lie asked them to
listen to the views Of a radical man. and to
accept or reject them as they might meet the
minds Of the audience. The hall was poor.
ly lighted, owing 10 some trouble with the
gas fixtures or pipes, and to the discrcd,t Of
those favoring public reading room. for
the benef, of which the lecture was given.
The attendance WAS small We will not ats
tempt to give thorough review Of the sub.
ject matter Of the lecture, but contine our
remarks to some Of the principal points
His delivery was easy and moderate, his ap.
pcarance graceful, his rhetoric faultless. his
power Of illustration unequaled, and his
mannnr Of presentation pleasing. Although
radical in sentiment. there was much of
sense in his remarks, while there was also
much that was visionary and impracticabls
under the present condition Of things. Suf-
iragc, ",he stone rejected by the builders"
was to his mind, "thc corner stone Of rev
construction and what he said bearing di-
rectly upon this point seemed to be fifty
spoken. Universal suffrage was to him
thing that no man had ever seen; . thing
that never had, nor rcvcr could be. lie
would like it, but unlike some exceedingly
wise and sagacious radicals of Iowa, he had
sense enough not to advocate such thing.
Impartial suffrage seemed to him as the one
thing necdful, the only tbirg practicable, and
what past and passing events had rendered
inevitable. General amnesty to the South
was strongly opposed as not tending to the
radical idea Of things. In unmeasured terms
he slurred the Irish and extolled the negro.
lie spoke At length Of the wrongs Of the
poor African, and Of long delayed justice
etc. All he asked for them was that the
conditions be stated, and they be given q
fair chance, and on their own inertia win OF
loose the priceless gin Of suffrage. W.
make the record Of his words, that ION the
Republican party now in power, he would
ever lay the blame, if our difficulties we're
eyer settled other than on the principles Of
truth, right and justice, or, in other words
without his corner stone Of reconstruction.
He spent much valuable time and wasted
much Wit and threw away quite . number
of pleasing illustrations in his abuse Of An
drew johnson. He would give, Is the price
Of impeachment, his right hand. Perhaps
the day for such heroies is passed We
l.now Of no one in this vicinity, unpreju-
diced by the loss Of Office, who courts ouch
snartyrdom. Many things in the Consti.u-
tivnal Amendment pleased him. Yet with
Sumner he denied its ratification BY the
South - promise Of restoration. He even
went further and said that according TO
constitutional principles they could not
touch il, either to accept or reject. In his
review of the condition Of the South there
lurked the usual radical prejudice. Az .
literary effort the lecture may b called sue
cessful, A. has been Ill the lectures Of the
season under the auspices of the Associa>
ton. The next lecture will be on the 23d
Of January. BY Grace Greenwood, at which
time it is to be hoped there will be crowd
cd house.
LlvELY--The Lsvee Was crowded to-day
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