Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-05
RADICAL. TESTIMONY.


The Philsdslphis Post, (Repab'ican' J
says
The Republican party 10 / nnsyir
has been ruined by Republican Fasea'''!'
Tho Nswburyport Herald, tn'ense'y
Radical from a Massachusetts STANDPOINT
says:
These elections show that the reaction is
universal. and therefore Il Is no use 70 az
,,i.u,e the changes TO local questions. 1t
..,ends from New England to California.
I, ha. come sooner aud faster than we cx-
pocted.
A penitcnt editor in Ohio. who WAS can
didate on the Radical ticket, and badly
whipped, makes confession Of the sins OF
his party ~ follows
A ground work for serious dissatisfaction
amongst the most sincere adherehts % w.
Republican party has been the rap"ci.y y
a. o,,i.ehold,rs. and the difference u zoe
n.iion.l legislature 10 the immediate MS
t,on which the nation suffered IL has
Ran sn,i,c, II universal complaint that
vh,i, The trade Of the country 10 well nieh
s,sod ,t,ll. taxes aud the cost OF living
enormously high, and the profits Of labor
sna merchandising uuprecedentediy mat
that body las been possessed with mama
for disposing Of the public money ny con
tinued Apr opTiztiohs that II hos sroitrati-
ly increased ITS salaries and lerquis''es
,nat in the course OF three sessions since
III. cessation of hostisities, II has provide,
no method OF rclrenchment, mo looping "u
of useless and dcvouring 9th ,es. no ecoio :
MIXING ia the collection Of the revenues,
no checking tho defAlcs,iors and whlsh ]
frauds, and the thousand instances oil o.
fetal perndy 10y whichfihe federal treasury
IL being drained.
Tho Natchex Democrat which has here
tofore acted with the conservative party in
Mississippi, favoring reconstruction unde'
the military act Of Congress.n now comes Out
in opposition 10 reconstruction. and gives
a, length its reasons therefore. Its princ
pal reason IL. that il has become pslpably
apparent that the radical leAdssa hav
sought merely the perpetoation OF thsi
own power, and not the restoration OF Ia
South.
The N. Y. Times nov 0onfes-es 20 . r.
snsrkabls change in Ohio. Il says: Tn
"reaction" is much greater than NJ fir,
supposed. We quote:
II turns out after oil that. instead Of b,
ing light, the vote last month, in Ohio. wa
the heaviest ever cast. In the cOuntis
thus far officially heard from there is Oh IL
crease Of about 60, 900 over the vote ~
ysars ago, Of which the Democrats ga
forty aud tho Rspnbl,cans twenty Thousand
The theory that the Republicans staid O
home, therefore, will not answer. The
have evidently in . good many cases vote
the other way aud Of the new veiers VIII
havec tnc int III field within the lac, tx
" rs, I've peuocrats have rof moe L.
their 80 ,ai share % ''reictlan Is tn)i
decided than i seemea 10 bt@' Il ST.
Tho Cincinnati adfa edited b. SmC
who was defeated by Gary fos Congress
in the second District, says:
On the proposed sncudm ~ .'sc vi
furthc, saw thai il wts unwise III tonl,rcs
10 make,t political necessity ini Il
friends Of Congress 90 ofer 1t aug suPpoi
1t At this luGctnre aud It's conclusive j,
icat in OHIO must DO accepted q ah-oiuI
evidence that the extreme l.aiieai y 'hry {
1avertlng the South into blaek Sia'e-
as. n tccptsDle h an immense IN. uy {
the people q thu North
~ oue need deny that there is rrac;io
az .nst the Haiical policy OF making blsc
Stat in the South, coupled with the mos
reptehen-ihle c.rtessness IN infuclal lie,
iSlation, save where care l. taken to fave
special Interests aud terribly prof "a,
system Of appropriation. Within q fe
weeNs Congress meets There viii be tho,
81 DO heated that they will wish t. rus
frSard -"JnWp ahead ~ Bon. Wac
says-t,ko leap IA tho dark ,n furth'
proicripiiva lcgisla'ioa, coatiscat,ng Sou'.
.ra ss,a,ss, impescaing the President, ~
all that sort Ut thing II viii not do
W. toe ssed Ben Wade 10 stop the tnrre'
Of pcrsonsl vituperaaon and pertizn VI
lance long enough t. talk a attic aaoi
sons OF the aos issues Thich were partic'
i,rly important here Nothing could
ct ont Of hin hn. thc same old din. don.
The third officer Of the government, VI
Speaker tuiias. gave rs but very sin'
amount NJ instruction 10 proportion to Il
lstitulr and longitude II his discourse. ~
in ia'gri in ~ unSceu,ly aud untimel
threat Of hanging tho frat oth,er o. "
governments The eff ,scy II such ind!
discreet haransueS rs seen IN the cleo, 10
returns of OHIO. Something besides ",
TAX will he wanted hereafter.
a GsiallOrs.l tor the Ira Gals.
A writer in the New York CireulIr pr
pose, the stupendous project Of brldgii
the Atlantic ocean, straight across from Il
United States. lie shows that such a bridl
can be built, by removing the unnscessar
rocks and mountains Of the continents AZ
tunbl:ns them into \ surveyed, definite !