Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-26
xs..c Radical Iagenslsudc.

nn.e Radical I.gemsitsdc.
Che Radicals are determined that the !
4 80, regarding .'thc inerssitude Of Repub-
cans shall lose none Of its force Of effect I
: reason Of their action in fact had they
bored to girc especial point to this trite
syinr, it would seem TO be impossible that
icy 81 AID have been more successful.
We could Gil our columns, II necessary
ith the names Of The braves whom the
,uptry should delight . honor Mat have
zen ruthlessly smitssn down BY the bitter
nd malignant spin Of RaAicaliso. We
ave published the names - iasas 10 re-
md TO many Of these cssss. and shall cons
iacs them from time 70 tins, and " trust
bet oil our cotsmpossriss opposed 10 the
description II the enemies Of the people,
ri do the same. The hollow mockery Of
no shouts Of Radical orators proclaiming
heir gntitude 70 the heross wbess valor
md blood saved = nation, has been made
painfully apparent. The events Of the ses-
sion Of the United States Senate since De-
cember, 1866, win be remembered to their
shamc a. long as the world shall stand. We
.fe moi a, all surprised tina, Fornsy and
,l.c.r other scribblers should endcavor to
ralse a smoke, that by virtue Of its binding
elscts the real peppe,rators might escape
The people know where the odium be-
longs. aud there 1t viii stick. Such aoldiess
BEN Butler, the hero Of Big Bethel, AID
Schcnck, the hero Of vicnns, rewarded by
places Of honor by the dominant party.
white Dick Coulter, Cough, A. 8. Williams
Peter Lys,c. O'Brien. and thousands other
oomrad's, whose plumcs and voices were
ever In the places where blows fell hardest
and bullets yflew ,hickess during the war
have been denied. Nothing could do more
TO bring the cause Of the country into DIS
favor than the shameless course Of these
Radicals. The Rebels could not dissolve
the Union, the Radicals may succcsd, un>
less the people give them . just rsbuke.
q War IL Earopo 1snsalsens.
Leading foreign journals, whose opinions
arc invariably The result Of secret informs~
ton, are deeply and anxiously exercised
with reference 20 the imminent and iuues
dia,c danger Of war between France and
Prussia. Tho panic. which, In m hour.
sen. ,remcr the other day through every
bourse in Europe. Vas not without due
cause. The stern and emphatic demand Of
Bismarck, FOG an sxpisna.ion Of the gigan-
tic preparations Of France for var. was no
hss,y cbullition OF excitement.
Nor is the cause Of THE general appse-
hension . staAs sesseN The sudden rise Of
the Prussian Kingdom to one Of che first
military and diplomatic positions. the Sat-
arday Rscisr declares. 10 bitterly distaste>
ful to every Frenchman. The masses are
said 10 DO more anxious for war than the
Emperor The French people seem dis
posed TO think that their government 10 IN
DANGER of preferring tranquility . honor.
To them tho new German alliance ia the last
drop ia the cup Of bitterness which the
inisfor,unes Of Napoleon, during the past
year, compelled them to drain. In his ef-
fectve aud bitter speech, the veteran and
formidable Theirs declared that again, after
fifteen years Of Imperialism, France is lcf
stranded a. she has not been since 1875
A a paciiira'or III 1866, Napoleon failed
utterly. aud was snnbbed igno niniously by
the powers he sought to protect and pat
ronize. II his failure was great in Europe
{. vas ,tii more compile In his efforts &c
control the destinies of a portion Of THU
country, In 1865 he dcrdcd the Monroe
doetrine: but, in 1856. he succumbcd "a
il, power.
The concurrent opinions II all who are
best informed outside Of the diplomatic cir
cles is, thu, TO preserve his waning popular
ity. Napoleon must agnt. The interests o
France have been placed in serious jeopardy
10y the sudden growth Of Prussia, ant
through oil classes Of the French people
from the highest to the lowest. the war feel
ing is raging.
DmrIsu FiSAScss During the year en-,
ding March Slst, 1867. the RECEIPTS of the
Bntsh Exchequcr. from all sources amount.
81 to SSl7,l1i,Ss in gold as compared
piih Sseg. 06l, 400 during the previous year.
Nearly very department Of revenue show.
"a tn Increase during the year ending
March 3is,. 1867. over the previous year,
aac the diii rea, items of revenue tor the
gear Just closed we're the. following Gus
/, ms. Slll.5l4 600 {; excise, sos. $50, 900;
stamps, s47, 100, 900; taxes, el7,S4O, 900 ;
property tax,s23. SOC, 900 postofBcs sur
plus. So $50 900 Gro xn.iands 81. $50 900;
miscellaneous sources, tl5.367 $40. The
British revenues 10 very staple. and the rex
csspts of each year arc almost the Same q
th ,ss Of its predecessor, the changes being
bat small in each department.
A THAT or FEnALs SursaAos.-Femal.
outrage is about to cease to b purely