Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-13

MONDAY kvENINe. is
LElslWl.ATHON NEEDED.
Abill for the establishment Of State
Reform School, similar to those already 90
a.bsishcd In other States. will be presented
"a the State Legislature At ito present res
aim. and will undoubtedly receive the lar
arabic attention OF our legislators. Many
Of the friends Of the protest in this city
have sisncd petition 10 the general as-
,embly, asking that body to receive aud
,ase action upon this matter. Letters Of
;eouirv have been addressed to oil the
Judges add leading attorneys Of
,h, Ssa,s, aud the e answers have oil been
strongly in favor Of the project. Facts
usrran,inp the establishment Of such On In
s,i,usion are not wanting, and shey
are furthermore too potent 20 admit Of dc
iay. A, the present time one-fourth Of the
in,na,es Of the State Psnitsntiary are chill
drsu Who arc daily and hourly brought in
contact with the most hardened criminals
and whom they have served Their tine,
come out moro dcprA,ed, ard hardened
than ever, and instead Of becoming useful
members Of socic'y, are only ready 10
profit by the lessons Of crime they have
received from their associates. Tie Legs
lAture is not asked to try any experiment..
a. the experience Of other States has aa-
ready placed the project Of Reform Schools
beyond that point. The teachers Of the
STATE. a, their last meeting. in August.
were unanimously in favor Of tae move.
They, aud especially those from the large
cities. who come in direct contact win
the children, can soc the absolute necessity
Of State institution Of this kind. The
streets, the jails or the Penitcntiary, are
not proper places for them. the majority
Of whom are not naturally vicious. but are
driven into crime from lack OF pa
rental care. want. etc. BY sending them
"a the jail % Ponitcntiary they arc 'nvas'A-
bly, made worse. In visv Of these iacts,to-
essher with evidence before Us thai their
number 10 rapidly Increasing. il sesms ab-
solutely necessary for the State TO have
soms proper place. other than the Pcni.sn-
tiary, for these children. whore they may
BE- held in check. taught correct principles,
educated and made 10 learn some useful
trade. and sent into society 10 become use
fui to themselves and Others, instead OF be-
ins contiae With crininala. and taught
their mere hardsosd vices.
Ir appears 70 BE- pretty definitely deter
mined that tho Supreme Court will render .
decision adverse TO the constitutionality Of
the Reconstruction acts Of Congress. Recent
dispatches from Washington set it down -
positive fact. and no little shaking Of dry
bones amongst Radical politicians is the
result Had the dominant party who e.
gerry pressed these infamous acts through
Congress, and With indecent and audAcious
haste passed them over the Presidents veto
bat listened to tho moderate but earnest ap'
pcais OF the moro conserv ativs members
how many millions Of money, and how
much i'll feeling and renewed strife would
have been saved the country. Surely the
people will have . fearful account 20 settle
with these extrame Radicals at the coming
elections. And nos that thor atrocities
are beginning to bn fully comprehsndcd,
and they clearly discern tho fact that their
policy Ia force negro supremacy ia doomed
to defeat, that the people have stamped IL
With their moot emphatic Reproduction, driv-
On 10 desperation bv the knowledge. they
are clutciins mAdly At every Seating straw
- . means Of safety The latest demon
stra,ion OF their utter rocklcssnsss Was
shown in the passage, under the gag Of the
previous question, Of Boutwelfs resolution
ins,ruc,ing tho Reconstruction Committee
TO inquire into the expedisncy OF stripping
the Southern military commanders Of all
authority conferred upon them by the Re
construction acts, and Of placing those pow.
c-s in the hands Of tho piebad gatherin 70
known rs State Conventions. A moro au-
dacioua, malignant, ard cruel measure than
this, il il impossible TO conceive, and III Q
fact that any representative Of the people
would dare to present il TO Congress. and
enforce its passage under gag law, proves
that the madness Of desperation has seized
the Radical leaders, and that under its i'm
pulses they are ready for anything that will
serve to sustain, oven for a brief period,
their miserable existence As a party.
But we are eousoled by the thought thA,
the beginning 81 the end Of this abomina-
bic drama is at hand. As already rsm,rk
ell, there are positive assurances that all
that has been done in tho way Of Congrcl.
sicnal Reconstruction will De decided un.
constitutional by the Supreme Court. aud
NO know that the massc. Of the people have
determined not merely in thought, but in
action. tbs, with the present Congress shall
terminate the suprsmacy,of ultra Radical
ism.
TGs much r.diculed aud laughed at Fs.
nian movement. nov bids fair to accomplish
something practicable. Cable dispatches
have announced that bill will soon be in
PRODUCED in Parliament With the object Of
placing Ireland ON exact equality with Eng
land in political and religious matters. The
British Government rarely makes conces-
sions unlcss forced to Dc 90. and il Fsnian-
ism has alarmed the 0overnmset into doing
something for the relief Of the Irish people,
il has accomplished. ct least, part Of il mis-
sion. Whether these promised reforms will
sasisfy the Fsnisns 10 aoothes question -
Possibly they may make some reply to
these concessions. 1t may he IS il wss when
the British Government offered to remove
the obnoxious scts that brought on the
American Revolutions, when the Americans
answered that the matter had gone too far,