Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-30

be gathered into the hands Of the few, sad
enable them 10 exert dangerous and con-
trolling power in the Affairs Of the govern
ment. The debtors would become the SER
vents Of the leaders the creditors the mas
s.rs Of the people.
Ii is our boast that We have given Tree
dem 20 3 100000 slaves. /, VIII be. thsn,
our shame that, by their own tolsrA'ion oi
usurpaiiea aud profligation, 40,0Ou,ooo 81
Of people have snslsved themselves, ana
exchanged Shareholders for new taskmaa-
tiers. in the shape Of bondE elders and tax
eatheYers. Hence the vital issue, whether
Congress and its arbitrary assumptions Of
authority shall supsrcsds the supreme Law
sf the land whether, IN time Of peace, the
country shall be coatrolled by = multitude
Of tax collectors and standing army
the one almost ~ numerous % the other,
and making the debt . permanent burden
u2sn the productive industry Of the psep'e E;
or whether the constitution, With each aud
oil Of lite guarantss.. shall b sacrsdly pre-
served; whether new, % in 1889 and 1916,
provisions shall BE made for the payment
Of our obligations q - early . period Is
practicable, that the fruits Of their labor
may be enjoyed BY our citizens, rather than
| used 10 build up and sustain q mensv mo-
ncpoly at homo and abroad. Ths contest
10 not merely whs shall occupy the princi-
pal sf8ces in the peoples gift but whsth
es the benefits Of the federal constitution
shall b observed and maintained in order
that our liberties may be preserved the
union Of the States restored that our fed
sral system may b unimpnirsd frAternal
feeling be rs-estabiished that our national
strength may be revived thssxpsnditures
diminished that taxation may b tighten
ed, asd the public debt once more extin-
| guished; that it may not injuriously aztec.
the lives, prosperity aud morals Of the na>
tien. :
| Believing that, fer the redress Of the
great wrongs and the correction of the
many abuses under which the country ID
labsriDg, Ne must look to the people, and
that in them 10 our hope, am, very truly,
Your friend,
AHBBsw JOHNSON.
To Gen. Thomas Ewing.
The Threatened Assaseanatson.
The Cincinnati COMMERCIAL thus rebuksl
ito Radical confrsrss, who, upon forged
report and false construction Of Gen. Blair
speech. are loudly charging him with hav
ing threatened the assassination Of Gen
Grant, in::eass Of bis election:
1t does not appear. frsm the full rspor
Of Gen. Blair's speech in 81. Louis, that b.
threatened or suggested the assassination
Of Grant. He said that if elected. Gran
will never leave the Presidential mansion
- long - he lives. or course, IL be nevs
leaves il - long - he lives, he will nsvs
leave il alivs. Bat Blair meant 70 convs!
the idea that GrantovilI become dictator
impsrater, or somsthing Of that sort. Ant
relieve the psopls Of their quadrssnial up
roar. 1t was = very ingenious construc
tien, however, Of the words used by BAR
and il persisted in might put him to NOR
trouble than be has had in explaining tn
Broadhsad letter away.
, 1t wss worry ingenious construction,
c indeed, OF Gen. Bair's speech, but, thong
''psrsisted in" has nss been productive 9
, trouble to Gen. Blair, or benefit to radica
ism The people know II is silly lie, an
despiss the miserable liars who invente
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