Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-11

q Fs EksS b - ~
wbe, the Democracy declares that The
bond, If lie soverument hou'd be p''a 10
,o..l currency u tAe country, ardent ne'
rablicsps all ever The country jump 70 'ne''
feet and sine Gu; "copPerhesd f'pu''A-
49, and charge home upon rs ues''e u
..ss cur national depth 10 the deep shades
Of darkness to which the rebel debt hss
been 40 ri1h'eously consigned. But for all
a. : abuse which ,heY arc pleased to hurl q,
the heads Of Democrats who know their
duty and dare to perform IL. We notice that
numerous Republicans are getting strange
~ effected with that awfully disloysi SEMI
msns Of paying bonds 10 grssnbaeks'
Down in Indiana the RePuo'''a" 80
Con,.,,;on veot so far as to adopt 'h's po'-
e.. Lno~inr that the people would ADOPT
!, how in the fall elections.
pown in Ohio. also. the Republican State
Convention, recently held, saw the came
flaming handwriting upon the wall, and
reading their doom, sought to ave.tifs force
and effect by snasching this great Demo
cratic principle and Incorporating il into
their platform. As follows it was re-
solved:
"rhat the Republican party pledges itself
10 tue lawful payment Of the public debt,
according 10 the law under which the $50
bones were issued said bonds 10 be paid in
the currency Of the country, which may bt
L.. u. IL.
prepared to redeem such bonds.
THAT We heartily approve Of the policy
ofcongress in arresting the contraction, and
heaeve that the issue Of currency should be
cotnmcnsurase with the industrial and com.
uncrcial interests Of the people.
THAT Justice and sound policy require
that all property should bear its equal share
Of the public burdens, and that this princi-
pic on ,ht to be appicd ID ali United States
bonds hereafter issued. BY making them La
be. BY express provision Of Law, TO taxation
precisely Is other property"
Not only are they coming 70 rspudiats
paying gold on bonds, do ysu sss but they
ere getting mighty willing that tho bond
holders shall BE- taxed on their bonds III,
same - the herd working man 10 taxed o,
his COW and pig. wsndssfal condscension
A short time ago Il was tsaitorous, disloyG
and copperhsad 10 ths extreme to think Q
psrpetrasine 90 foul an act upon The nobl
ard self saesi6sing bend holders Of the Ian
- to ask thsm . pay any tasss whakevs
upon their Thousands, and tens and hun
drsds efthousands invested in bonds; NOR
especially was IL an objectionable sin TO d,
usnd that the interest on these bond
should be paid in currency instead Of gslt
DO you mark the chsngese Mark the,
well. Upon these living issues sprang b
the ever vigilant Democracy Of the land, Ii
next presidential contest 10 to be fought.
rar Radical penny a.liners are eonside
sble on pen picture. Here is a sketch /
the irsss Of Chief Justice Chase:
"Yaa can see almost any day in the at,
RED Supreme Couft, the president Of IL
impeachment trial sit in bis silken rob
Chief Justice Chase. 1t Is winter, and
las let his beard grow, curling grey und,
The chin and behind the jaws, so that |
has more venerable gulss than In genera
tncre Is breadth AID length 10 his hea,
grand u study. full soul In all tho di
GA mutations and large intelligcnces hook
out OF ms round, bright eyes, in VIII ca til
shadows OF thou hit ron forever. You,
seems 10 De- perennial in tina. perfect PHI,
'2ie, snd law and governments to be n,
only Tue tenants but the architects of III
superb oval palace, the mouth is firm
JuS.ee Tue nos'rils are sensitive rs mere
w 'h". snsu m, and the n command mem
ih'gh' 90 written on tho stone tablet abo,
his sysa" -
This picture like the description Of Can
rompon'ous Nix in The Lille Pediiaot,
Weekly Ohssrrsr, ''is painted in a soul al
secung spirit. and with piercing insie
into the undsrcurrrnt Of the more pure
metaphysical workings Of the subtle spriu
Of intense passion upon the mental ty mp,
um, and commences not only . new |
sPieadid and gorgeous era in the paramou
iy fascinating art Of iiver-and times eris n
Cum Us PRornrcy OF CHARLES Dr.,
sNR.-in his American Notes ia 1912. Die
enc thus writes:
car by year tho tone Of public sen
neh' VIII sunk lower down; year by "
VIC congress and the Senate must becog
OF less account before all decent mon: We
ny year the memory Of the fathers of &
heroiation must be outraged more a,
more ~ TIE bad life Of their dcgsnera
child"
Is there ono man in Amcrica, outside
the afoh-snarchs Of tho Capitol, who W,
DENY the plain and bitter truth today
these words spoken in 1912, Is there on
act Of 'ha, batch Of Law breakers at u
N'p'ol- painting for the carmsgnols an
The red cap--who viii deny that Charls
Dickens had The forecast Of q seer when h
penned thsms
Tho New Posi- Oalce lsailainx 1,
New York.
The metropolis having suffered Ion
enough from shabby accouwodatiens fc
:" possal arrangements, 10 about to have
new building, in the choice architecture q
the Hotel de vile u Paris, and - be cor
sructed OF granite, white marble. an
wrought and cast iron. The structure will b
three stories high, surmeunted bv q Man,
ARA root, divsrs,nsd By pasilions at eac
angie, and with the southern end surmoun,
stby cupola, aud enriched with c,ahcr,,
sculpture. The great turrst and cunol
will DO 100 feet high. Over the entsbl,
lures OF ths columns on The second stor
s.'i 90 n'netsen statues, principal anon
which are 6sUrss Of AmssieA, Washinr,o,
rrsnk',n, aud several allsgorical figure
Tho building will cover the entire comic,
end OF the City Hall Park between Rros,
way and Park row. The main oflice 4
postsl business with the public viii h. 9.
rssd On, Of course, in the hrsl story. ana 4
grand entrance viii be q the south pa,
lion. The ofaess. working department,
ETC., Of the postal bureau viii not only j
suPy the whole Of the basement ana A.
story, bun about halt Of the second A.
third floors and all Of the fourth. m
United States courts will occupy the seco,
aud third stories at the north end. and in
portion Of tho building will be sepsrat,
iron the post office departments on Il
same II eors by iron gates The whole buil,
ing w'il bs heated by steam, and art,ici
ven"sa'ipn will be introduced throughou
IL estimated thtt the wo < can Ia scc,,
Djnn1ed Two war. . =