Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-15
a n.ascal view Of the Msiss"Ey
Uecoussrucsien Bill.

a radical view Of the MILITARY
Recoastrucsien hsSii.
The Military Reconstruction bill wn'ch
pesssd both Houses Of Congress ias' week,
IL opposed in quarter whence one ~ou.a
have thought it's strongest support woals
~. h,en derived. Charles 4. Moss, one
of the most Radical Of contributors to
an. mos. Radical Of papers. the Anti
slsrvv STANDARD, publishes, in the last is
sue Of chat journai.a most vehement denan'
citation Of The bill and ef the principles
vhich pe,vsdo il. The measure ne 's'',
o,.ees ..sh. lives, property. and io'es's" 81
.A;,a ar The inhabisaats Of the Amen
- p.,.bl;e in shs power Of General Grant.
.,a me writer Immediately ADDS tine 'o''e~'
leg: 81
-. .ears Of vaci1alion and misruls, hes
- ,..t declared. % fas % language II legss>
,.,;on can declare, that the Amerieaa PEG.
AZ are incapable Of sslf government. aud
hat General Giant aloEe can save the No
ton. Fog. ~ what Ne msy. u NO civil
Government can b. devised ior che States
recently In rebellion, the sasns will he claim
ed to hold good throughout the North in
less than three years.
Nor il General Grant let OF with this sins
ole finc at him il Is charged that he would
move despot in the event Of such . bill
becoming law. and that he 10 ambitious Of
politicnl honors j a addition 20 the military
bonors which the nation has already award
cd him. We read further:
am aware that members of Congress
claim the measure is only temporary, and
aeon 10 be followed BY other msasurss II .
civil character. Some even tell ", in order
10 quiet our fears. that the President will
soon be impsached and thaE u 10 oeeseoAry
10 hold down the psopls Of The South until
that measure can b made sucooeslal. But
I'll such talk iss eide noasenoe. You can
murh more easily call into liz . military
government than you ean crush q o0e ef
terwards. There 10 no ssanple b Ne bic
tory Of . military despee ytesdloe up pewsl
quietly after once getting 4 inee his Aands
and there 10 certainly nothlag II ~ htotos]
Of Ulysses 3. Grant calculated 70 make free
dom.iov,ug men believe he will prove bet.
Ter in that respect than other deapots Nh,
have ruined republics before him. Beside
al that, General Grant 10 ambitious Of b
lag made President in 1899. end the eaosh
ing him With power u life and dsath ~
twelve million persons 10 IN sspssiosr
none bat madmss a traitors . demoWat
institutions would make. Again, 10 Il
discsss'ona Of The provinces u that IN.
was distinctly assorted 90 the iieoe d u
House that 0enesal Grant alone 10 "sop
bic Of saving the republic" With essA Z
elaeotions made BY membsss who vote th
power Into bis hands. can any one den
that be Win. In 1893 sooplsts he wssk.
takiag Into HE AaaAe the vhels pswsss
ohe eovernmeae and aassme rule over d
ssmaioise two-thisds 81 The salien
trsth. ! have but very little doubt but I'll
result 10 desired by the principal originate
end supporters Of that measure.
Tusuru ~ AafEuus WAap.-Our friel
Irish. II sns Iowa City State Press pays Il
following beautiful aud deserved tribute
the memory Of the departed American h
mosist, Charles +. Browne:
Poos fellow how sad il seems that
Who could cause thousand- to forget TIT
cares Ia his exquisite wit. hy whose hum'
GUS flashes every household in Amsrics Il
been illuminated, aud many . roof tree
''thc homes Of Merre England been ma
10 ring. whose sayings ha become fam
lar IN our mouths ms household word,''
that hs 10 dead and covered by the cold 4
Of . strange land
HE life was commenced in printing q
fee. which no left to become travelling age
for tho wandering post and singer Ossi
y. dodge. IL was first in preparing
bulletin handbills for the lectures and co
csr,s Of Dodge. that Brown developed b
aptitude to cothe common things in %
fantastic gasb - TO arrest the attention,
cite curiosity aud provoke . laugh. II
talent, imbrovsd upon alter he lsis Oh tsl
cling end became an editor made him
Asst humosst Of the age
lie left New York eight months since
on IN engagement, on Punch In Lond,
and TO lecture. The change Of climate .
great sxsrtion. stimulated by his Aatsssi
reception end brilliant success. proved
much for q constitution never very hart
and 50 tho brilliant career 10 over, aud
laugh Of ten years Is mellowed to . sob
his country men behold him followed to
gsavo by his ever generous literary broth
OF England. No warmer heat has .
turned to dusi in any soil. mono to VIII
the world owed larger deb.