Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-30

,.,,,;n on negro suffrage as on some oher
so.eeh which Senator Doolittle
made on tho lalh instant 10 Connecticut,he
~. ,snor,. sthe views Of the General
"ry, wears ago he General Grant, au
,ho-i,.i me to say that if Con yress insisted
man Mario suffrage as a condition Of the
southern States being admitted into the
Va,on, there would be a war of races, IN
les. standing army vas kept there per
usually. General Sherman authorized
M. 10 say the same thing. and when !
m.l. the statement in his name, in the
Senate. he nodded in assent" On the 9th
= h.ni. Mr. Gooch, formerly in Congress
from Massachusetts, said on the 18th in
slant. in q speech at Worcester: "lm-
neiiately after the adjournment Of the first
session Of the present Congress, called
ON General Grant, at his Office in wash
ineton. Then said to him After
moments reflection, he replied On
th. whole, ! think il is better Is il is; il il
lad not been FOR the conflict. it is possible
that Reconstruction might have been &C.
conplished without securing negro SUI
frare" Mr.. Gooch says that he fclt then
that GfaHt wss in favor Of il.
A Washington correspondendent says
tndJ - chsSe j. Of the opinion that in
cs.r Nr johnson is removed, he (Chase) 10
cu-'tlt a 10 the Place .nder the law. The
salute designates lrst ,ae President Of
the Senate second, the Speaker Of the
House and third, tho Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court In the impeachment
cave Of Senator Blount, his counsel held
that he vas not q civil officer and could
not be impesched. The Senate, sitting as
. court. acquitted him on this ground, and
then, sitting IS a Senate, expelled him. II
this decision 10 binding, Messrs. Wade
and Coliax are not within the meaning Of
the Constitution, and Mr.. Chase will he en-
titled to the vacancy. Under the law,
however, Wade would frat take tho office
ard Chase would have to appeal TO his own
court, if anywhere, for Justice.
New York Republican paper men tions
With regret, the circumstance that, since
tho beginning Of tho present year, soms
three thousand negroes have smigratsd, q
are about to 10 so. from the Southern StAtei
to Liberia We feel no cause for regret i,
the matter, except that more Of them ha,,
notgone. IL all the negroes could be SET
OF it would have two good effects. In tn
first place it would rid tho country Of u
undesirable population, aud in the second
/, would use up the radical party.
Ins Washington correspondent Of til
New York Herald says that Greeley has r,
turned home, after vains seeking to r.
Judge Chase committed TO tho support o
GRAFT. He also makes he assertion tina
Mr.. Gie-'ry is not IN sympathy with hi
paper IN the impeachment question ane
had lie been in New York when tho lIou,,
fsNNtt sht if~ftutsoF, VIC 1oue VI tUo pa
per would have bscn very different from
what it has been.
An lIndcr.ihc.Belt Thrust from
shc Tribune ns s;rnns.
General Grants stupid father, now in hi
d,tsgs. has been nausea,ing the readers D
the New York Lsdgsr by a series Of letter
on the career OF Ulysses. which, from hi
birth to tho hrcskins out OF the rebellion
does not furnish single incident worthy o
pubic attention or having public intsres,
The papers all over the country are ridiou'
ing the drivcl Tie 81. Louis ReJubiica
has done this in very good style, aud III
New York 7rIbaas gives lis last with tn
following preiaee:
The st. LOUIS Republican has recently 10
voted some space To the autobiography o
Dir. li,ns Patrick LcConnor, but that dis
oistineaished citizen has risen in wrath an,
put stop to the taking of his lie. His le,
ter il piintcd a. the Republican by way o
explaining the sudien cessation OF the won
derig Biography. !; is AS follows:
ST. IouiS. March 8, 1865.
DKAR tNcLs: DRY up. Your cussed non
sense ~ the Missouri Kcpubcsn i maxim.
me ine laughtn stock Of the whole world
II ia ali We en- ugh for you, whose head is
blossemias Cor the tomh, aud for whom the
wor.i has ae honors left, but think Of me.
yons a>Pmiag Nat helpless nephew and imag
inc my situation 10 YOU suppose any boi :
caves hos mu used t. noun; mules, OF
hau. legs. CT play marbles, or what thc
Ihienui0 sists SAID about my heady have
learned 10 keep my mouth shut; why don,
you do tho same Write TO me and state
eand,dly what the Republican pays you fol
the history OF my lie, and | Will pay YOU
three times the amount 10 keep IT out.
am Wiling to die natural death, but OBJ
lset peremptoriy to being murdered in the
very front and face of civilization by INV
own uncle. Therefore, respected brother OF
my reve,ed father, quit. Wito one more
latter II you choose, ard bring the thing 10
. decent close. lie oignifed. Don't call
TIC Hans Patrick and my nephew" and
such sosh IS that speak OF me rs lie Con
Nor. Remember, an, great man, now,
aud must maintain my dignity; don't, for
the sake of common sense, let your next
letter be az stupid as your former ones.
People will begin to suspect that you are
my father instead Of my uncle.
Yours, etc, H. Lac.
10 my uncle, Nubbin Ridge.
Ins Washington correspondent Of the