Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-05
Democratic state Ticket.
presidential Electors,



,o.x finish up this week may not until
,,.,, may no. until after the Republican
Convention. All through the delay the ex-
n.nssis rolling up thousands upon thou
sands Of dollars every day. Not only 10
she sxpaas. hsavinE a. Washington, but
,,,..a ioese miis tb,tc when compared with
The ,.R.n.,ion and Decay al over the coun-
trr. Even rwAv On srt upoa tho horders,
Govern nsnt.w orA hss 70 stop Three
HUNDRED mca OFT y eiaploymoat on the
YA,aa hec,usa soma contracts for iron
cannot e- sirneI uai The Impeachment
trial +. over, and Ills is only single IN
80. ont ora thousand AL for VIVA
v.,slv for rsb. Andrew johnson WAS
virtually convicted before his trial com
mencs3 and the party In power mign'
wi,hou, any eonsis,c' cy, have passed the
re,olu,lon OF impeachment. There were
no grounds upon which to base such
resolution. 10 be sure, neither, was there
.nvuoon which TO base the one that was
pas.ed. The long wordy speeches string
on, dsy alter dag ard week upon week
They are Of no effect. i,.is merely talking
against a. much newspaper space, and II il
a pity tncrc was not some good hand at in
functions in Washington to put an end Il
the frothy farce.
By the way. speaking Of Impeachment
speeches, brings in mind the fact that Ey
arts speech was not all wholesoin
10 the Republican! stomach. Though
Republican he IA not sound on the impcaci
ment qne-,,os, and his party felt s.ns'
Ton II relief when he closed. They coul
not rest easy under h's telling blows upe
the policy Of that psr,y-citing as prec
d,nts, tho acton Of Congress- in relation
the suspension of the writ Of haJeas corp
~ Mr. Lincoln. IL, said:
~ hen Mr.. l. nco u. before the insurr,
ton had broaon out. had issued the hab'
corpus aud un iertook h. aries' the m'seh
tnt ga. going or n Key Nes', vile
thrensh the form - peace, ~ atta X y
N is upon thI tot au up II ihe Cove
neat navy yard tntos, tie tb',,s cor
-a9 ex .cltent yas to tskc tort do J
kaaW whether tnc y norablc manager. s
lss,e apd = LAWYER. uted tha IN ,.y -
mihf =, .xrefFcac.s or NOT. aughtnr
a4b,ls corpus sas 1nel ia orlcr ~ II
IN Grt 81 I'll ~ sodicrs, and II vas >
ctetfnr admirably. the fort would Ia
hepn taken 10y A.5edS corpus, but that Pa
iiea' Lin 4ln sa-prnded the ha1eas cst3
rielaf4n. ~ ti,s Giois'iag he Cen. 'statiC
Mar, ~, u ~ e,,ry bat d, should be I,
psIc4si' Hhat dtf as d,l III suspend
iiDg proclamation o.. tic luth af Nay, Is
and 81 The opcaiHc of tas ntrt session IL
ferfei T. Il fart 81 TIE ,tleealHy of
-a.tsprss M qacs'ioa saying they mere Z.
.srsd upon u,.dcr public nsfssity. an %
nitici nem u 1r Judgment ~ tongress
will give you another a.. Of this gre
horol, President, tire arrest OF the memhs
~ the L.s stature Of Maryland, never jus
iisa ~ any law that know Of nor by I
Cons, tuti,u; anh IT 50 happens that t
very statement there wa, that 'puhhc
non Il tc ~ dyed by public me and ps
lie etii sats private actions arc to b"la'
ed by r,,-.t, men. according to the quail
vi the aci,' Whether Il shall ue imneach
81 wae,her il shall bc Unidentified.
Nlt III kAC III NiENHEHh NJ k'Ah@ Aht
than 30 nee, the necessity which | und
stand the honorable mansgsrs 10 put 10
that 81 iutrseuru 81 i sta.uts mus; car
OF ct oil, any pfesident Of HE Uni
S,'-s Way tbs vsCy next st.tusc II {,
heoA. - iac civi atjce tenure aet ,
psessi-. - m act Il declare yalil nnt c
elusive certaa peoc'am,Nons Of the l'r'
deut. ard aels lnno = pursuance 9 arsoi
TIE sapfr,ssIan ri ika haze rebellion.
,ntlitrrv commissions hsi been doctrsa
va w. the S1.reaa curt, and here
h,vs ~ &C, Of 'ademnity covering ma
;4is N iarm.l 80 technical Sins, by
iennity md protection. lo have the "a
sTre. ~ 4 he law had been passed
Were it moi for tha fact that Mr.. Evar
rcl'iicsl prceavities are so well known,
shoai concluie from tbs above that he h
really become convert - Dem ,cracy.
ms Philsislphia ErsninC Star saws