Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-21
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


The Springfield. Massachusetts,. RepuJii-
eau, Radical, is becoming disgus,ed with
the action of Congress. II laws down
policy il sought to pursue in order to restore
the Union o. once, ard not, TO use its own
words, .'continuc its piddling Efforts 10 cir.
cumvsnt God, and make sure the Pre- id, n
tial election Of 1868. Here is the POINT TO
the whole question The Radicals would
admit the Southern Representatives. a, once
were X not for the fact that the act would
acknowledge the legal existence Of the
Southern States, and thereby sndsnger their
chances of success In the Presidential elete
ton Of 1868. II those States would vote
the Radical ticket, their representatives
would DO admitted Tomorrow, and their
loyalty endorsed a. beyond question or
doubt
CANADIAN REcIPRoCiTY.-A new attempt
is being made to establish Canadian Reel
prccity Treaty BY Incorporating its most
obnoxious provisions into the tariff. Gem
missioner Wells on Saturday introduced two
Oswego produce operators into the Ways
and Means Committee room 10 argue against
the Senate's rate ofduiy on wheat and other
agricultural products. The principal
grounds on which this free trade was argued
was that a tariff on Canadian grain would
make the Canadians hostile to US. John
Wentworth took down these advocates of
reciprocity very suddenly by asking. Isn't
| ~ ny.-.r,..P Tyar,'I
A Coon IIIr.-The Louisville journal
says:
A proposition is made in Congress to req
oure that the Supreme Court shall render
no decision unless the Judges are unani-
nous. Well, just suppose and suppose and
suppose that the Supreme Court SHOULD dc
eide tina, Congress shall render no decision
unless Congress are unanimous.
All Of the three branches Of the Govern
ment have by the Constitution. co ordinate
power. II either OF the .hIec attempts, Dis
rectly or indirectly, to annul practically or
theoretically one or both of the othe. two,
il is an attempt at revolution and should be
resisted.
MIR, BTainard, the excellent and substan
tial editor OF the Iowa City Republican,
writes as follows Of the Orphans Home at
Davenport The most interesting religious
meeting We think that we ever attended,
was at the Orphans Home at Davenpor,la> last
Wednesday evening. A very interesting
work Of grace has been in progress a. this
Home for months. At this meeting which
we attended near 800 OF the orphans were
present. They conducted the exercises
themselves, which consisted that evening
mostly Of singing and speaking, with few
prayers. Over sixty children spoke, of
ages ranging from seven to sixteen, and
more boys than girls. 1t 10 proposed to or
ganixc Home Church on Il common gospel
basis. but with no special ecclesiastical con-
necton. q truly primitive church, which
shall be miris,ered to by clergymen OF diff
ferent denominations 1t will be very in
teres,ing church. This wonderful religious
awakening at this Home shows the charsc-
ter Of those in charge Of its various de-
partinents and the influences they have ex-
erted upon the children. They have not
been co tent with merely feeding aud cloth
ing them and caring for their ply steal M
Tort but have carefully developed their
minds and hearts. Few children in the
State are under such happy intellectual.
moral and religious influences as these or
phans. The average number in this Ito me
last month vas 40.