Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-19

a Omestsen Decided.
Hitherto the Democratic party has claim
ell 10 be the only loyal party. and the lie.
publican party has also claimed to bc the
only loyal party.
Fortunately this question has been do>
eided. and decided rightly and finally by the
only tribunal on earth possessing the au>
thoiity to determine the question. The
comparative loyalty Of the two parties Is
therefore no longer . matter OF opinion,
but is . case Of judicially settled and re-
corded fact That fact 10 that the radical
party 10 the disloyal party. and that the
Democr. tic party is the loyal party. such
In substance il the decision Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States.
Impartial history will concur 10 this judg-
mcnt. for impartial history 10 no more and
no less than . record OF automatically es-
tAblishcd facts.
Ono other question in this connection re-
mains 10 be determined; and that IL.
wnc,her a majority Of the people will sd'
here to the Government and thus ensure
permanent unity and tranquility, or adhere
q the enemies Of the Government and
thereby risk anarchy and revolution. The
people can do either but - 70 the expedi-
cnt. loyal aud pstriotic ecursc. there IS no
room for further controversy.
a saGsNsT1CANT ADn1HSlON.
The New York Tribune makes . very
sienificant admission to ito late review oil
financial affairs. II actually expresses IL
self - follows 1.-The industry Of the COM
try il seriously dsrarged by the continued
lew Of war taxes, and the blessings Of
heavy national and local debts are daily lesa
apparent, and people ere fast coming 10 the
conclusion that the rebellion Was luxury
Of which tho chief cost has yet 10 DO paid
by sacrifices through long period q
'ms"
A lucid interval IL evidently upon the
Tribune, and We believe, aftes this evidences
Of returning sanity. il may be safely sp
preached and reasoned with calmly. And
first, wc would congratulate il Oh arriving
at conclusion which people in this quarter
reached long in advance Of the Tribune. :
Not only do 10 regard the var - "costl,
luxury" to he paid for out Of the boncs ant
muscles Of labor "throueh long period o
time" but We also class the Freedmen
Bureau and Congress-. % at present conssi
tuted. in the same category. We canno
see what u.e thsrs 10 for either, and II boil
were abolished, United States bonds an,
our national reputation would both 90 up
And yet, with tho gloomy shadows ~hic
rest upon tho country, neither the Tribnn
nor its political associates make any sfFor
TO create ths~ peace which is the harbingc
of prosperity and the guarantee Of happi
ness. They arc not only At war with us
but with the Executive aud Judiciary, be
cause thcy stand in tho path Of radicalisu
and folly.
When tho grcsnback shall DO worthless
and civil war shall be visited upon Northern
homes by northern bands, then, perhaps,
permanent restoration TO reason may bs en-
pcctsd in the 7r,bsas and those who folio,
its teachings.
The UDossensBag OPlaiea.
Tho dissenting opinion Of the Suprcm
Court in the Missouri case, defending III
right Of . State to impose restraints upol
public preaching and prayer, was delivered
by Samuel \. Miller, Of this State, the asso
ciatc justice assigned to the circuit Of whicl
Wisconsin is part. The appointment o
this gentleman 10 tho Supreme Court i
generally regarded ~ one Of Nj. Lincolni
most unfortunate blunders Before his ele
walton he was without that distinction ~
juriss which warranted any great cxpccta
tions - TO his Judicial capacity. wors
sull- he sec,ns to prefer the togo Of The pc
litician to tho unspotted srmins Of the judge
This fact WAS particularly manifest upon hi
advent 10 the Circuit Court in Milwaukee
where he astoundcd the grand jury and tn
loyal people Of Wisconsin by . diat.ibe re-
specting "knights Of the gold circle" elias,
of individuals previously supposed to b,
wholly imaginary. and since known to be 90
st least a. TO the State Of Wisconsin,.
Now, for the first time since the organixa
ton Of the government, the Supreme Court
Of the United States is believed 70 be faint
I'd by political craftsmanship ON the part Of
the judges. Its prssiding justice is almost
daily charged hy his own political friends
with insriguea among :pot>houss politicians
for the Presidency, and others are believed
to he governed more BY their partisan obi,
cations than by love Of the law. Judges o
this class are a!wsvs to b feared, end ar,
seldom respected. Fortunately . majority
Of the p escnt court are not Justly subject {,
the imputation.
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE. Steveul