Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-01
RADICAL. TESTIMONY.

RADICAL. &.NEbsWtSh.
The Nsw York Tmes denounces many o.
m, radical s,unpess in that State as tran
sic o, tors who ''did great damage 10 the
repas,icsn party .cf 0hi,. disgusting hnn,
arels by thor rcvolutioonF rawlings s"d
ssys shas \, dozen Of them lot loose IN ne"
York would give tha, State TO the dem%
cracy."
81 s,.r- wrote Thad Stevens few days
.,o TO . friend, 81 fear We fthe kadics,sJ
.h,u losc Pennsylvania this election. The
Republican portion Of our Legislature Ia.
been 20 openly, VIGOROUSLY and shamsiully
corrupt. that all the honest people in the
State are dishs,rsened and disguised"
Thew who love the flag should rule the
land Syracuse Standard. (repub'ican
"Tesr down the Haunting lie Ne~
York Tribune. tAlso republican,
Now AND TnsS.-. Our country says
tho New York Tribune. formerly one Of
the cheapest, has become one OF the dearest
places to live in. Once it was tho paradise
Of honest labor, TO day it 10 the paradise Of
dis' ones, speculation.
..rhe parsdise of honest labor. WAS I'M
der Democratic rule. "Ihe paradise OF dis
honest speculation is nor under Radical
rule.
II is admitted among Ohio politicians.
tina, Colonel Don Plat 10 one ofthe shrewd-
~st Of the Radical leaders in that State.
Abiding 10 The movement OF the Radical
circles in favor Of General Grant as the can
dids.e Of that party for the next Presidency
Colonel Plstt, in hi. raper, the hsc'a
Cheek Prsss, writes
n 10 no time 10 take council Of onr fears. OF
20 hearken 10 the enemy. Already certain shat
,c~n.,sa ,,oli,,e,an, have raised
iesp.iring cry for GRANT
lie then goes OF to translate TINS hss'
pairing CRY into plain English, and 10 tel
what i, means. lie says "it il cry OF ter
ror. and - senssless ~ II 10 shameful" ~
means" says he. when translated into
plain Ecglish. that the people no longer be
lisvs in our principles or sustain our meas
usss :" . makeshift that the party arc ready
% abandon both and run on Grant IL
IL, % no thinks, movement to substitute
an avsiisbls sasn in the stead Of Radical
principles and MEASURES. hoping that Grant
will carry the party through, when those
priuciplss aud measures would not. ala
Ell acknowledgment Of defeat beforehand
which they virtually concede to be newt
able, unless they can get some ,naS who 10
moro popular than their policy land whose
popularity is sufficient 70 carry successfully
che odium which now attaches 10 that pol
10y. "yesy well,' says this Radical editor.
Grant has not much political sagacity,
but his ir,snds rhurlow Weed and james
Gordon Bennett will help him 10 correct
reading OF our conduct lie II their candi-
date and 10 made available by oar Disfor-
tunes lie will have 20 carry Us and Our
principles, AM not sc HIN" AL then he
adds:
This issneS move 10 ,iitics. II - pleas
Ant s,rt oi .utcll,, aai mad iliasuions by
lie late Wing party. In II W. rave sen,'anc.
ufvictory. wthontits sub ttanec. aud march IN
sSlsna gran lear 70 cae oan graves
Tnss is the c,eare unm skiing AMI mos,
searching review, from Radical soe rec,
OF the recent Grant movement tina. We have
sccn. II furnishes evidence that those wily
politicians, il "a. Rliicil party, Who aru
trying 20 put Grant fosvsrd, vii meet With
very earnest OPP ,.it,on Meantime Tie
General NJ, lntans that SANE stubborn ST.
fence which h,lsver characterized him aud
all the Efforts, so in 'us.roaslv applied, to
in,sc him speak ogt in favor OF Rad nl
principles and measured, have 40 far proved
uuAvsiiins. F,na'ly this Rsii;al editor
coaclu lea with the following
W. cannot turn our backs on tried state me o
aud no. abandon our principles. We can nom
mate dan. Georgs III. Thomas. and still retain
our platform, and coutinue our fight. II, how
ever. We we're worthy our past We would nom
sas,r salmon IL. Chase, and. u defeated.
would 60 down an honor. with the hope. voach-
ss's trsih. justics and humanity. TO rise again
IN triumph
ACCOUNTING foa RsrcnLicAS D,rEAr IN
Ono. The Columbus Jeraai capuolisn
organ Of the Republican party in Ohio,
gives several very oooi reasons to it's
friends 70 a count tlr their defeat in the re-
cent ecction The tir-t il VIVA, it is pleas
ed to call "preiplice" agains. making the
negro . social and political equal. The
second is burdcnsome taxation and financial
matters generally. And the Journal says
1.-THE gseenback dodge took. Many mems
political opinions are Carried in their panta'
looms and hence Democrats never appeal
pocket"
"rnE women Of Kansas" in :heir addrcrs
demanding the right Of suffrage, close with
the following assault, on their 'srsing sis
,crs" OF the East Whatever, then. may
be the crinioa Of fair ladies' who dwell 10
csiled homes in our older Eastern States
and cities. who. like the lilies, neither toll
nor spin, whose fair hands would gather
clos. their silkcn apparel At che thought Of
touching the home,isr garments Of many .
heroine Of Ksnsas--wha.ever they may cay
in reference to this question, We, the women
Of the Spartan State, declare, W want to
VOTE
RsrrsLlcAxs Who ore scoldine q '.heavy
taxes" should remember that the way 10
tighten t.sm 10 to restore the Southern
Stascs TO their proper condition, % that
shsir Industry msy help as ct the NORTH
They cannot "msks brick without straw"
There 10 every prospect Of hard winter for
Northern mechanics; but il might have
been profitable one. Il the Radicals had
not destroyed our Southern market. Blu,
taxes will b just - heavy = IL the times
we're good.
NAsBY's letters are not quoted 90 much
by radical papers as they were before tn,
election in Ohio. Nasty having materially
assisted in cutting tho Radical majority
from forty thousand down to nothing. the
Radicals do not discover so much fun in
hun as they did
ampencls ssens Dead.