Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-08

MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 6.
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tion and White Dlsfranchise.
mens.
In letter 70 Mr.. Lloyd Garrison, CERT
NTH wits that he 10 satisfied " tn negro ,
,ffrnge, without further Furnishing the
hite men Of the South with dikfranshise.
en,. We commend most heartily the hu
ane spirit embodied in the following ex- !
act from his letter, written a. late as
arch goth:
PsrsasoRo, March 20. /
y,liiam Lloyd 0srrison I
Ny DgAa Ssa: ! long fvs
cart union between tho North and the
ou,h I fully believe IL to b practicable.
Sat the corner stone Of this heart union 10
,ot (as The Republican party 10 TOO much
uclinsd 10 belisvs) power 10 enforce il. Il
.unot be enforced. A cemmca repentance
OF Q ceamen sin-thas, and that alone, can
. this corner stone. But yeu will say
10t UuV 0O09t W W. 0VOtu ~ W. WtCoCu W /
some iato this common repentance. ! ad-
NIT Il.
Would have the Southern leaders, whom
Congress hes just now d,siranchised, re-
lisved Of this disfsanc hisement. and allowed
70 vote and take part in the government Of
Their rsspsc i've States and Of the Nation =
| would. Now, that suffrage 10 accorded t.
Tho Southern negro. ! would. Now, that
all the egroes can vote, IL IL safe 10 let oil
the whites vote. refer not here TO the
rrsa, numbers there will DO At the polls to
Hold ~ check such whites - might be die
pose to be oppressive. ! mean, also, that
between negro voting on the one hand and
1ur 70 be iraternsi and generous spirit On
the othts, auch whites would be between
intiusr Cos that would fast take from
them all remaining disposition TO wrong
either their black or white brethren. Al
the time the South laid down her arms. ]
tel, that the saisty Of the nation required nj
lease . 10 npo,ary disfianchissmeas Of oil
Who had made war upeo her. But | soon
changed ny mind q THE post. and believ
Cd that on,y feW Of them should be dis
frAnshised Not long after, I believed that
none should be-thas 10, IL the political
equality Of the negro we're acknowledged
~ scknoWledgment which ] always held
should be sine qua nos 10 the settlement
between the North end South. just here
lss me ssy that 70, % zee you Dc not. for
the sp,rjt and suboeaoce Of Horace Grecley's
unpopular motto, "Univsrsal suffrage and
universal amnesty" say for The spisit
and substance, .ince would subsiitute mo
pvuishmsns fos bic universal amnesty"
- III A. ses.ss, u.
licisfs Of Chrisfendom, that treason d not 70
k charged in sueA . ear a. this, and fheres
fore thss tn. conquered stand in no need "
amnssfy.
One reason Why would not have the
Southern lssdess disfrsnchised 10, that the
southern people. including, quite likely, no
very small shass Of ehs blacks, viii -
thereby dissatisnsd-a' ., and % deeply
dissatisfied and ~ 90 full both Of ind,gna>
,ion aud pity, - to lot the disfranchised sx.
ert indirectly an amount Of influence far
greater than that they could, have exerted
directly. The relations between leader and
follower Al the South differ widely from
that relation at the North. The Northsrn
masses, having more intelligence and iodi>
viduality that tho Southern, nre not 50 clio .
IL bound 10 their leaders but the Southern
rsscs, not easily reconclsd TO the dishon>
aring Of their leaders, would never TO q,
peace with the policy which disfrsnchisss
their leaders.
Would | have connsca,iou, At FIRST
thought that the contiscation Of the large
landed estates Of the South for distribution
amongst her black aud white poor would b,
Rwisc - veil ~ a benevolent measure. Blu
80. "A.
poor do not call for This conhscation and die
.rlbu'ion; and her blacks, with their hab
al labor ard their great power for labor. ant
With their rapidly advancing educ,ticn I,
direct their labor. and above all. with IN
ballot TO protect its fruits, viii socn hav
acquired no Uncomfortable share of III,
~hols wealth Of the South. Again, a. thi
,sa Wat in which both parties are guilty
aud therefore Mother entitled to indemn,t,
TOR the rass, there RENAME no just,fabls ca
ior eo"Rscs,ion.
Peace without confscation 10 worth uol
60 the whole nation, and particularly TO Il
60 the black man. than contlscatiou withot
peace. Poor ~ he 10, the black man need
peace more than property and havin
peace he will not long lack property.
by the way. 1t what point. IN its iasasio
Of the rights Of . State, would our 0snsr,
Government stop II 10 urged TO distribu
her soil. Ii 10 urged 10 require her 10 e,
sshlish = school system. Other deman,
viii follow aud. il its shall continue
yield, the distinction between the office
the General Government and that ef II
State Government will soon be cbh;esate,
aud lhc State Goycinm.nts will soon hay
disappeared.
Would have Jefferson DAVIS at liberty
Certainly unless he 10 detained for offenss
unauthorized by the laws Of war. As III
var rose from q mere rebellion into the di
al nsicns and dignity Of = eivil war-o
rather national war-so, according to Oh
highest authorities, We have no right t
punish any merely for being engaged i
II. II, from the millions Of III
South, Jefferson avis is picked cu
lssd for no other offence than what !
co,nmon TO them alD to BE- the tai get az
victim Of Northern vengeance, then 10 ID
cruelty 10 him exceedingly great. aud ther
TOO. are those m,lions insnlled and dsgra
ded by being sunk below accountability. =
The South will never be at peace with us q
long ~ she believes that Jefferson Davi
10 sept IN prison for no other eEencs thu
being an enemy in War-ia short, for n
other than her own offence.
Does the North feel that In the continue
imprisonment Of Mr.. Davis, or in some n
Ices sgniHcant way, shs must maintain
monument 81 her ahhossncs Of the war =
Then Why does she nos, In order to NAL
the monument more natural 10 history
more harmonious With the glarine fact, III
the North - wsll - ths South, was =,
spsnsibls fos The war-confins along vi,
Mr.. Davis some representative Of the guilt
North. say so0e cid pro slavery De,uocra
like General Butlsr Of Thomas II. Sc
m0ury
Even yet, ] go no sure prospect
peace for our exssediae,y guilty lsad. II
North and The SeutA ere still at snmi
With each other. Each still casts Oh /.
blame Of the war upsn the other. Ea
still regards ,tsslf - IL saint and the 9th
the sinner. whsssas each should feel III
che can well aGsrd b fsrgive the other
s"e other will but forgive her. We cam
reach true psaes until ~ become friend
"uce may bs patched Up between en-
m"es' Out u - only between frjends tn
snere can he true, solid and enduri,
peace Let us DO frieads, ,aat Ne m,v
blessed with such peace
with greet regard, your friend.