Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-24

the spirls aud habits Of that society, shall
warrant"
The Poet 10 right. It il radca, pap =
10 most things, but upon items set forth
above, We agree with il 70 dot. Let us
have soms need Of intelligence mixed in
with the right to vote.
But Il II not the programme that the rad
ieals seek to carry out ? Nothing short Of
universal suffrage will suit them, because
they want the votes. Intelligence has
nothing to do with their count in the
game.
ssrhe COn0lca sr Ar sns.''
Tho Minneapolis Tribune, speaking OF
the Ohio election, says:
Pcndlc;on in the Senate, with n two.
thirds majority n inst him. can d, little
harm. But Thurm.n a. Governor { Ohio.
could wonderfully strengthen the hands of
the President, aai. IN cs.. OF q c,nHiet II
arms. afford material eld ard comfort that
might give him ali advantage smiiar to that
which the rebels enjoyed Ia 1851 by having
possession OF arms and arsoaals.
"a conflict Of arm" i. what The radicals
wish 70 bring upon tho county il they can
find a pretcnce for so doing Nothing but p
crushing defeat At the polls will convince
Thorn that discretion is tho better part Of
valor."
ELDga kFILEa eiIi,i,ie at the quarterly
4
and in his opening morning prayer offered
up . fcSvcnt petition for Andrew johnson
invoking Divine Blessing upon his head,
&c. We have no doubt i, was all correct
cnough, but il looked to US like wasting
words - IDLY ne fpraying for heavenly aid
for the devil. Were VIC TO pray for Andrew
Johnson we would ask the Lord to either
convert his accnr ,ed old heart or kin him
only that and nothing more" - DE- Wat
Observer.
We notice this paragraph going the
rounds Of the Radical press. Why not?-
Surely it 10 . Characteristic cbulition of
Radical sentiment. "D, as we do or you
ere accursed in our eyes" say these intol.
Grants Il is well. Radical editors and
many Radical readers enjoy such irreverent
slang. but it dissnsts and drives AWAY many
from their party fold.
FcINRv talks, 10 the extent of two col
umns in his Pb'.sdclphia paper. abou. the
Acknowledgement of the radicals in Mary
land and Kentucky" lle says tba, be-
cause they arc in minority, they enjoy
no more rights than ii they cast thel votes
into th. Potomac Can i,liccy go furtheif
Yes, for he proceeds TO argue that, in order
TO give power-or rights" as he calls it
10 this minority. the negroes must receive
shc ballot. and every opponent Of radicslism
DO disfranchised.
~. b." which means Grinnell, has writ.
ton letter TO Chicago man, in which he
modsslly hints that Iowa could furnish .
candidate Tor the Presidency. That's abou,
abe same train Of thought he INDUCED in a
isv months ago whom he thought that Pow.
sshisk county could furnish candidate for
gubcrnatorlal honors. J. B. is modest. II,
can't help il.
DsnocsAr,c LrcK.-To show that tn,
Democrats this year are in luck We note IN
fact that in Jackson county, Ohio, the vot
for Treasurer was ,ie-l $40 for the Dam
ocratic and l $40 for the Republican candi
date. They cast lots fer it. and the Demo
srat obtained the Office, which is lucky fc
him and bad for HE opponent.
Tnu New York Commercial. Adssrtisei
says tho result did not turn halt SO much
on the question whether colored men should
vote IN Ohio. a. whether We should. BY mil
tsry law, convert the Carolnas, Georgia
Louisiana. Alabama. Mississippi, etc in,c
ST. Domineos r
lnS State consisblcs OF Massachusett.
boast that they have ..lundeied the citizen
OF that Commons eal.h to the amount Of
SIS? ga since The first OF January. 1867
The Roman pro consuls could hardly bes,
that. The plunder Of the provinces buried
Rome beneath its corrupiions.
><ps
Nix. Tnrslow WErD, in the Commercial
Adrsrtiser, confesses "tha, the whi,h =
frauds alone would pay the total expense.
Of the Government. less tho iu,eres, on IL,
national debt" What a comm,n,,,v q,
tho Republican administrator Of TIE rev
euuef
LAST January, at tbs time Ashley wa
leading of in the i,npca cament war again,
johnson, the plot also included the dcposi
tion Of Grant. whom Thad. Steven, ssi.
''was just as bad Is johnson"
Nov, these same radicals say Grant ia N,
only available man they can run for Presi
dent.
STANTON was engaged to make coners,
ulatory speech TO the Phila .lphia Iowa
Lssguers on election night He was dine,
and wined preliminarily. but when the re
turns came 10, Stanton and the Lacquer
and The lights went out.
-
Tns New York Post secs an adu,onitor
finger in the Ohio election. II 10 a ore tina,
finger. il 10 whole fist right between IN
eyes Of radiealism.
Tns New York Times thinks Co!iax hs
bsesss sahs ssother speech and take bsc
considerable Of what 10 has said.