Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-06


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The psopis Of the DATED STATS hese
this day presented IT their thepebtful
consideration subjects sf mere meoeneeus
import than any they have svss bssofs
bssn called upon to consider. Let " w
. moment look eta single one Of them.
During the past three the Radical party
has held almost undisputed power. ~ %
had control and sway IN Oengress; nss
had the entire management Of the naeneee
Of The country. II 10 sstursl. ensfsiers,
tina the people should bold this Uysnsy
party responsible for our present hnoaelal
condition, They do held il respeaslbls.
During the past three ysars fuii twelss
Avsdred million ef delless Aose bsss srsag
from lie pockets u tie psepls in ehs shape
or eseo How he's this evssWhsl0ieg io-
mssss sam bssa sxpssdsdf What have
the Radical party 70 day - show q The r.
salts Of ~ e8psadieosof' 0oso they1eo.
eseed Tie natienal AeAtf uOs 9. keve
they lssssnsd taxstionp Pot %. HavS
they improved the credit Of The country :
To The contrary, they havs slmsst irrspas.
ably destroyed Il. Have they proootsd
the general basinsss prosperity Of the covp-
trys Net -. Thev hevs % sGeslually
prostraee1 Il that yeafo Il economical Al
wise Democratic ruls will alone restore Il.
What then hes been done with this twelve
hundred millions Of dollarsl We will tell
you. Il has bsen swallowed up BY thu
standing army which Radical Congress
has maintained in the Southern States
that nsfarious swindle, the Frssdman's Bn.
rsau has enRalfsd huge portion Of it in
feeding lazy, worthless negroes in the
South, and in filing the pockets Of ito ON.
Gals and millions have been squandsrsd
bysdishonsst officials. These are some Of the
openings through which twelve husdrsd
million Of the peoples money hsvs dep
psarsd.
Had proper economy prevailed The No.
tional debt cauld have been reduced q least
ons-fourth, instead Of which Il hrs been
largely increased fully 0fty million hsviuo
been added 70 Il during the past thirty
days. Aad this increase. undsr - rsck.
lees an1 wasteful legislatioa e6tAe Radical
majority in Cengres, will 90 on Increasing
the peoples taxes will g On issrsasiog,
the prices Of the cenmoditiss Of life will q
% iucssasiag, snd Ne dtsessss aob A6v9'
ish anxiety 81 ~ country will oosssspep9,
sngIv inereoDe.
Freak l1esllo's Dlyoroe Oalos
lit goes on, II will probably Furnish
chsics gossip for the osandal.uonesrs, Ia
lie pssssat phase Il staads cut osfsIy q Z
matts- Of dollars and coats, the wife NOV.
ing Tor On order for alinsoy and counsel
fees. % that she may BE- able to test the
avermsnts Of her husband. She elaine
that Mr.. Leslie. whose ssigiaal name wal
Carter, dessrtsd Der soen ailse hey cane
to this country from England, and that,
since 1852, she has had 70 support hw.
~. ~ nssdlsWsrk., Ass hushAnA's 10
eeas, she Gays, 10 100000 . year and
she believes his personal expenses ere
go, 900. The ssit 10 brought BY NJ.
Leslie, who pespseee to prove that hia
wife hes bsss gs.lsy q aduItsry. that she
slopsd with another man when she va
away from New Yefi, ssvsssloysars ago,
and that che has given him vast amount
Of trouble ia very aggravAting way
They were married WHOM be ~ twenty.
one and she 6ftssn-which vas twenty.
Ave years ago-snd two Of their children
are now grown up men. Lsslie 10 we'll
known - one OF the most sntsrprisins
publishers in the world, and proprietor Of
several illustrated Wsekliss published in
New York. He began HE press career -
an artist. and became better known BY
bic non d plume Of Frank Leslie then BY
his real name Of Henry Carter. Some
years age he spilled to the New York
Legislature for permission 70 chsugs his
nams from the lattcr to the former, and
the permission being granted, be has been
known sines only Is Frank Leslie. There
10 chance that the divorces case will not
be tried in court, but by = referee, and
should this happen. It will b. great affiic-
tion TO the good natursd Dsople who take
90 much delight 10 coming over, with On
unetious relish, The feiblss Of their neigh.
bsss.
"Tns WicksDssr MAS."-Aecordins
10 the following paragraph il the Isde-
pendent, the "wicksdsst man in New
York" hes seen the errors Of bic ways:
John Allen, The wicksdsst man 10 New
York" has recently pledged his word
indeed, he has sigssd bend-that he will
forthwith abandon his dance house bust.
ness. He has bssn led to take THE course
because HE little son, Chester, came hems
from school crying - though his heart
would break, because his schoslmates said
he Was the wicksdest man in New York
After sseing himself photogia he'd in
Packard's Monthly, he called upon Mr.. 7.
Q. Acton for advice; and our polics prssi-
dent advised him. in the most emphatic
manner, to get outSof the Water street len,
and get into more reputable business.
We are happy to learn that Allen has
proved, BY his apparent psnitencs, that hs
10 not the 'wicksdsst mao in New York,