Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-24
EMOVAl,.

EsEMOvAL.
A. length the pres,deu. has carried into
practical effect q long expected and much to
be desired determination tho removal OF
phi.p II. Sheridan. We are disposed to
rive him credi. for doing what the inter>
este OF the eu,ire coun'ry demanded, but
otherwise our stock in him is limited TIL
Last general election having somewhat depre.
ciaiei the IVY Policy stock IN this mar
ket. We appreheud that this action thou h
coming at ,he eleventh hour, vii be at'cnd>
- sith beneficial results. Ever since the
a'ose - the wal the business interests OF the
oatire county have been pr stra'ed By the
ine,.saut AGITATION which the Radical lead'
ers have managed to tt.ng about in the
southern States, which has had the effect
II not iHer liz preventing the reorganization
sse s a.es. bu' has so uusettled conf,
,ieaee hat capitalists arc u,~iflnr 10 Nss
a., ucst- "a iu- "a - crt,sptecs untl
something j. lone 10 rcinsiete that cond
tHtE tlft AFrt't "a Ai+NN ~ ~ -
" "a 81 e,'. pront cnt amots Tie * l,inl
hrd dis'u b M causes have been tho iolt
- air4ifs ol Louisiana. Duilne the a3>
ADMINISTRATION 81 q v. Wclls "a m,n 10 wuou
IN rs ri i>,rs, - mainly at utablc ia,
Ney oleeas riots. the lt.dirtl lvalers
N.tn icft no tn,ans INT itl that would IL
any j zee serye to fm,nt abundance
nal ariae about V ,lcnt outbreaks. In III
ttrY succeeded only too well. Assisted IL
tf.if woke work h} Wells and his flnatic~
al t,l 0eIs. they fo1nluoAtM al II, in DIS
lss Vie p1oilc to such = stated Of indignation
thu, It Is not sarpr lns>tha, - culminatsn
N riots an hl0oi>hel. Since Wells dis
mssll, Gcaera Sheridan has been in cou,>
mand thore. and whatever has military quail
III atoms, II is Clearly apparou, hat he has
lem himself to tn purposes Of the Radicals.
AID has proven himself as plia IA tool a.
they cold havedenrcd. Asacnhsoqurnce
he whole ratieni. kept in M unhealthy
fever 81 excitement. and the interests Of the
merchant. manufacture, mechanic, aud IA
boring man have alike been greatly dam
.c.d. With a view TO al ay this, AMI with
The holc of speedily bringing about precise
~ what the Radicals do not wish-ihc lie.
construction of ten lately rebcllious States
- Sheridan has been removed snd his place
iil,d by General Thomas, who, it is 10 be
hoped. viii not initiate the follies and tyr.
ann,cs of i.is predecessor, but will prove
IA ms,,f IN couueil as good an officer as he
DAD IA the iic,d. Looking forward hopeful
Is 10 such a resu't, wo think we but echo
the leatty sentiments o. mite tenths of
the re pie when We sey to General Shcri-
dsn served right
Sgopter, Props Of the EnifCnis.
Ole aitc. another the rotten props with
which the Radicals cndeavor 10 sustain
their lettering fabric are giving way, and
tie orunbliue editioe is ready TO topple
cy,rt any moment. They know it. and
seek to repair il 10y every possible device.
But Their devices are as rotten and unrella-
bic % their principles; hence they require
continual renewing, and sc, the structure
grows weaker and weaker npace. One of
these rotten props was the bold faced at
temp, to discrodit Conovcr's revelations in
Military Justice. These counter revelations
wee intended TO shield Judge Holt (efNlrs.
suriatt memory by disclosing u plot to
bigck,n the reputation Of that celebrated
eli .ial, Au,, alas, for Radical shrewdn.ss
ard honesty, the whole affair is discovered
to be a huge hoax, and the Radical journals
OF the East. and Radical organs generally.
are badly cold by the authors Of il. Such
shallow attempts at the defence OF Judge
Holt will AWAY 5 fail. TIL memory of llolt's
infamous conduct during the ts,al Of the
conspilatcrs is too fresh in the pubic mind,
aad too deeply craven there TO he ea-lJ
erased. HIS IS an luiauN destined 20 iist
ti,ush Il, lsges Of all mstcr, and al
uutsiul revelations which RAY tie made n>
stead a generating lin ~ his collescues
ana Frightening their escutchcons, viii ONLY
stive h sully and render thcm llack,r
,e-n thAu thy are now SUI posed TO be.
sa lr.ous thought ina; history all
MAS NuDd ,at,sitse.f. In some eases man,
yea ,laT 9 tefcre tie Tuih is dctlniicl,
asceitantc. Tut eventually :. appears and
j. mec, scar l-sotN IS vnalcstie
i>elt hgev,ly ~ sac case I'd ma,, 81 the
ptomntni sc'cfs q tie late vtr One Is,
one iaey are ,aisea se.oi, the 81 &c bubble
., is5on, ana ;h,ir d~ofermiti,s r,y.a'.d. Oh
atai d PAGE i she preFafirg f3r Boter :
How graudly be will Ggurei VIA;
a record he will have Already
sccrching paragraphs have been vri.>
ten, aud moro are in preparation. ilo't's
record, though partially written. is no, vel
complete. When done, the world viii stand
smszed at the recital. and men who lived
through The years Of the rebellion will shud
der IA thin how imrninrn; The danger
through which they passed. how barely
they escaped incarceration in Fort Warren
or Lafayette, and how::resdy: Holt! and his
miniops were ie sacrifice oil who opposed
them.
We dare venture the assertion that there
are hundreds Of our best citizens whose
conduct for years was . sutject Of Stanton
and Holt's espionage; and if the records Of
she War Department have net been mutila.
ted. the truth will ultimately appear, and