Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-17


". ,sp the following wcll-iimed and
ns. ,'e remarks from Tho speech deliver ed
Il. ,b, IN iiate q TIE Democracy for Con-
49,. - the Seventeenth Dis,ri.t Of Ohio.
aa iiur The nomination The Rcpub-
'i'a4 pat'y has been In absolute power for
eight y,,ts. snl whatever has been done
irtt sosi i svil Il The country they have
done. they cannot divide tho responsible
III w,h 40 one else, because they have
not even advised with any ono else they
cana i p'csd wan, Of power, nor charge
aas pns else with defeating any OF their
wishes, COR If tho President stood in their |
WAY. they stripped him Of oil power 10 hin
De-, i the urts intcrposel upon either
pics. ~ mercy or vengeance. they either |
s'liisa 'helr n'erancs BY malig ,ant lsgis-
is'on or ~ military force; II State L.ssiala.
'l-r. IT Sia'e Conventions attempted to
'hs,'ae' the pathway they were opening TO
ihrr eiy'ium, they were either prevented
from as,emrhng or dispersed with the bay
"nct II the people Of State declined 10
ra,fy ,,cir acts. they--by force Of power
derirsi ,h-m r,,iied Notwithstanding. In
abort, whatever this Republican party have
taoashi II desirable to do they have done,
"A defiance Of all opposition; and, il there
tyre fp'lovs, Rsan inevitable conclusion,
hai Al this country 10 not to-day - happy,
hs. Z IS the fault Of tho Republican party,
rni oi the Republican party alone. Nov,
-, AZ rho end ofc'ght years Of most absolute
'u', tie c1upUy il worsc oil than when
;ney entered into power, wha' hope, relief
{" Ns'eflng can tho people have from con
t'nning them laa.cr IN portri The prom
laa. for ~ fliura ar hssea upa,. lhcir con
aat. II Tho pas, anl as lh,ir past and
esent measures have nor bean such as to
im4rove oar cuni ton. but hsvs loaist us
WITH bnt Ions lnncressaty aud ruinous, il
s~se.s 70 ne that nothing but n blind, un.
asAHab's, utterly fce.iess aud slavish
aaNoa..a tefrslu..ieerof party, can Undue,
ii ne,ple my longer TO intrus, ,ha. party
r'--' tie government Of the country, and
have 10 mae. fuih IN The patriotism and
s'r'us q tho great mss Of the people who
Ike nysoif, have no intcreat in parties fur
Their than they can DO mads instruments Of
good. 10 believe thsv will this fall refuge 70
vote hsce This party into power. No party
can riatn eynsrshtp II tho farmers, me
chaaies iaharsr' and bi,ina,s men u this
sAanuy. All 10 party discipline or deception
cin longer force them ,pa ihera ~ aud sup.
pr, party whsn ,h,g en- SEQ all around
trsn. every WHARF,, evi1enees OF the injury
if'. party - 40. < tnem AMI their coun,rv.
thrss eVl4tnsc> al Injury arc presented on
Al side@, - hc result. Of Republican rule
and al over this district 10 day YOU will
ind men who ATE suuac'ing their ccnaec
to- with the Rspnbheaa party, and who
hereafter. viii stand wth the Democratic
pslta a. he only party able sni willing Il
rrsc4e the county hoa, IT, sal condition.
H. Yr,pAr, this rescue Is a. present the
D'>siaa aud a-stinN 81 tins grand oil party,
Nhis' las always been the party OF HE
people, and which has always carried en-
tl'.A ncd on rs banners, Hostility to tho
peoples enemies And all over this dis
u'et you vail fad hundreds OF Other Re
.nbticsus dissatisfied aud disyusted with
ihe condition Of things under the rule Of
ihor parry. aad Who believe their party will
hover pause N its career OF dissi patton and
hrscifalne.. q the people until tho tutter-
i@s Of the banner Of a victorious Democracy
shall -tartle tter from their dream.
zen. Wade HampiOa - taken the
stump IN good sArnss, aud 10 iaborine A.
hard ior q restoration Of the Union a. he
ever did for IFS 6iaenbsrmsnt. In recent
speech a, Aiken. $ C.. be told the eolorea
that their interests we're even mere in
jeopardy than those Of the White race.
Among other good things in his speech he
sail 20 the negroes who we're 10 his audi
ones
the worst comes to the worst. the
white man can gather his house goods and
carry his sorrow and bis suffering TO
snother land; bnt before the black man
eau - away he must make money enough.
Even then there 10 no place 10 which DO
woald 10 treated 40 he 10 here. II he goes
10 the north or northwest, he Will b met
IS an enemy. | assert, and have before
this expressed willingness 70 grsss more
rights TO the co!ored people than
any northern state has shcwn a vii
in-nnsS - grant in Tho recent
elections fscl that tho black men
are southern men; that we we're born on
tho same soil. and that We have lived eur
past lives together. know that - the
white taea become poor the aud broken
dosn the black men will share the same
faic. The radicals have made them many
promises but when they had get what they
wanted. they allowed the colsrsi people 10 |
whistle do~n the Wind and shift, Tor them |
selves. tell you that il ron are 90 uufor- |
iuns,e As tie draw the line between the |
white people OF the south and yoursslve.
v"u vii soon fad that you have no friends
at all
10th, svcry word of Il,
" une, ~ TIE New York H.r,IJ .
That Zen. Grant is 1.-The friend Of .ooa
liquor" 1t amazes Us to reflect how ~r.,
fully Grant 80 served ~ common ,aucle.
foot. 4 eauped his rstirsnsas FROM n.
old army. his fatal tsreivsrsasisss. tsAu,.
no harshsr terms. in his dealings with u.
President and Stanton, Il sent him st.v,,r.
ing before Triton, on SUNDAY, along Penn.
syivanta avenue, aud 10 said 70 have cau..a
maco needless blood.hed through orders
that emanatsd from a whisky key. Surely
Grant is net the friend Of good mr. n. A l;oro,
ras Lives Of GsAsr" are the poores
literary spsealatians Of the times. They
Do no. sell. and ths publishers ar. d;ss.,,.
Cd. The GsAHr pictures and badscs also
fail to 6sd purchasers. The reason i.,ob.
vious.