Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-17
A,r,. Tbsd. Stevens comes Ben. Butler

IN RLwOOD CsAtssA"
Ma, i,a. 1851.
Arm Thsd. Stevens comes Ben. butie'
9Th an uodevel,ped plan Of contsett'on.
n. A ,es no, know exsctly by what means
90 arrive a, the des,red Obi ;c' bat he asserts
!. :, .so,ne plan must be devised by which
the lands of the Souta may be des'deu
,,onv those who shall ccc1py and tai thein.
,,,nh cation therefore seeras to be the pre-
linen, ,,,r. in the Rsdcsl mind. Butt
s.eas ,h,, escn stevens and Butler are to
b , Gu. doos 4 greater prophet than eItner
orin .Se la. ,ppe 4red II the political Held
S.,.o- " al. outb.ls 10Th IL bis effort TO
49, q.re tasf.yps Of thu class oil people who
q Gess ,hi- rlFs goods arc uncqn,iiy
! st,ion.ei NJ. WAds established him
All rot an the principle Of coatiscation at
.H- south. hut upon TIA, much more ex-
tended platform, Agrariansn Tor the whoe
country. He wants proderty distributed
evenly rveryw here IL q speech which lie
recently md, In X ,nsas Nj. Wade assert
ted that the Congress which has done so
suuca Tor the slave, eau no, quietly regard
the terrible distinction which exists be-
tween the lsoorer and the employer. Pro-
pcr,y is not fairly divided, aud 4 more
cana. dstrlbuiion must be wrought" Has
Mr.. Wade untm,ly come 10 his dotsge %
does he presume upon tho folly Of his hear
er.-SIca p an ~ he advocates can not
possibly enich any one. bait must, II
prsct cal, -Ginroed and carried out, tend
- tie tnp,l .r,,hmcn, " rybody. There
is no, pr ,per,y or mon.y enough in the
country . place eve-y person II
CO niwtAh'e cir .,m,tanc =, rs Mr.. Wade
xcl knrws. and the only eject al cqna
di-u.butipn can produce Is /, abplish ~
distnc,i ma of wealth a.d reduce the peopl,
eve where W. one common plane Of power
~. Aud then wouli e,n again the gre al
race for riches TIA, ha, been going on since
tpa would began. and s,mc would spend
a. soms would hua,l, and 10 the end tn,
many would b,come po,rsr and the few
nia. M no Y, AMI we should again neei III
j es M. Wade psnse at nsrarsnism =
WHY nor 60 the entire pnrc'ne ANNA. an,
cy "H pu l,,tpn' nj onc.s THIS il par
anl parcsl 4 III, conH .c.tiin al agraria;
C &c nes ani h.s ths sAne meaning, onl,
IA, p'niiers dare nat openly avos tia
ysrssHt But tbs time VIII come whct
velr Ntr,cnsc-, ard yolr u I'lers AMI yon
" = les " n sav .c,tc Reputation "a open
" a, Ia nov sp,,k OF c,nii cation aud NJ
,qal q 4 lhutian OF property. Aud VIII,
IA Srely IN il IN ore infamous than thS
otAer, Aul f ~c can submit II the two form
or, why not tptte latterasos The prophet
OF the uew deportation boastfuiv point t
TO name Of Raj al a. one who overture
tho old order OF thugs Truly they al
oser,nrnlng everything But thus far the
haze only overturned the sooi aud estah
l,sncd the evil Aud they propose ~ con
tInae in this way, and will. until thlir Tan
atieism AMI kasve-y aStkeis the peopl
from Their trance aud forces them TO put a
end t. the lncendary doctrines they teac
aud the pernic,us the orio, they set up.
TusRs are uamis;sl .ble Indications thl
tn &c Is n " DE- spread i ssau. faction in re
gard 70 the IN * mud OF the pubic deb
al or toe 'aniry, and j. is not v.,rel
yatt.an IN - char..,er. We can hArdl
take ~ A. ey.'ange bat wha, has an at
Gle uHiu thc "A lert, CO flaming some sug
-,s.,,o ~ regard 20 the ex,nsishnent {
he greet m'rt aye upoa the industry Q
sic Ien5le II some prd,stion is hinte
a., e. he parity r IN the lump, and the ~
Ampeof Ens ani ard + anoe are quoted il
l4>ahesilon Ii oil be recollectsd that ID
fasmcs Government Was compelled to reduc
the rate Of interest one half, which va
eq"sasnt 10 arpuiia,ion Of one>hslf o
The debt and Ne latter took n sponge an,
"pei out arg amount Of obligations
wa'eh the people we're not disposed 70 pay
AZ ousf eunaateed ty = pledge Of tn
inon Gath. A short time ago the New
1e7s Ir'bSae contained q well writer
communication. proposing that the Govern
nett SHOULD exchange its furJed deots 70
g5eenhscks. IL vas arg ell In favor Of thi
paAey ttstu intsrest would be q opped
80 nat tel r,sent revenues Of the Govern
nsn,. & cnntlnded, would soon absorb III,
ee,ssA"das DOL cations. II ~as. also. ar
e"s Ia i-vcr Of this scheme that the bur
asa 81 I, Z d.bt would be more general,
snd q ally distributed. So far o. the Tor
eiS idhpliers were concerned. Il wa
"s"u that Tie measure would rec ther
- in,est The am unit held b. them in man
occurring ent,rpizs OF pubic iuprov,
ments Of some kud, which wouL, he If M,
tas' oensqt. All winch wh 10 idins to III
Resources OF the county would give II
tondh".der an equivalent Tor his honda.
This aide srresd discomfort will tot be "A
istisd with miserable twaddle about cor
spracies which never had ex,stepce. an
appeals 70 psrtissn pr.iudices to expla
and justify the burdens which are eating ,
the substances # the people. Nor can Il
lart, under whose rule this cond ion
rushc affairs was brought upon the cour
try. sn.tt ns resp,,,ohisy upon q par,
wAica aAi no voice III the government. III
canned spo' WI. "ct oa, by such weak il
vent-ns.
Tnr yacht race at New Ys,L =. r..
day vas won 6y tbs Phantom" Commo
dore Ssebb rs vessel. Tue "palm.,~ :.
second. the "Maglc" third, the "Daun,,,.,
fourth, the "Evclyn" finh. the "Ann,,
sixth, the Rambler" seventh, the "S,lv
eighth. the "Nau,iius'' ninth, the "wh
Wins" tenth. and the vesta eleventh. Q
hoa.. twenty minutss and hisy seconds O
arst:d the tirss and last bosts.