Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-22
COI.EAN ON sHeAlST.


sa,rapirrn and negro igncrancs.
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COI.EAN ON GRAlST.
Abou, the time when the Radical Con-
gress inaugurated the present resonstruc-
zion programme Ex-Governor John Lstch.
er. Of Virginia, being 10. Washingsss called
on Speaker Collar and asked the latter to |
give some explanation Of tbs. Radical poll
~, saying that u Cs~gssss would On upon
soms permanent psiiey the South would |
accept i, and oct according to. even though
il should not 10 satirely paIstabls. MI.
Collar in reply, said that Congress must
act according 10 the contingencies Of the |
hour, and modify and regulate its course |
according To necessities ~ they might arise.
Gev. LetcheS objected TO . course 30 I'M
certain. and suggested that il the settlement
Of the whole difficulty could be left to Cen
erals Grant and Lce tho South would en-
dores whatever settlement these chiefs
might make. Collar rejoined: "This
would never do. for Lee is . Rebel and
making proper settlement Of tho recon
suuction question" Such was Mr.. Col
fan opinion ofGrant a short time since,
but nov Mr.. q. deems Grant III to ill tbs
highest office il the gilt Of tho American
people.
Now and Rheu--ssruus fw ssG5
nnd Ssront tn 1865.
"a the ith oil July, 1865, the Tags Of the
volant.er regiments from this State were
formally presented TO the State authorities,
u be deposited among the records Of tho
late war. The ceremonies were imposing,
and tho presentation WAS made IN the pres
$500 - = --ss aoaiua.vv, composed Of ladies'
aud gentlemen. Gen 1rani and his atrT
wore present; also. Generals Sickles, scho-
fcld, X fitzpatrick, Wallace, Wood, Robinson.
Peck, Deveus. Ricketts,, aud others who had
become celebrated during tho war.
General ButtcrGeld was then = member
of General Grants stah, and, inasmuch -
HE chief VAS not = speech maker, the staff
officer vas selected a. the proper person to
express tho views Of tho densral-in Chief
upon the presentation Of the hags. The
speech oil General Rntterfield on this occa
sion attracted wide attention, at the time,
on account Of the conservative views ex-
pressed. Ii was Plea lor mercy toward u
conquered and iaileS foe. Other speeches
wsr, ,eaie. but 1t WAS conceded that Cen
,ral nAtioriie.d had struck the true chord
in = few we.l-cnus, words, and that he was
in tact ihe real orator Of the day.
H. presenting the flags, hc asked the
fathers aud mothers, aud brothers aud els
tiers To cherish Thorn without revenge; to
cherish them only as proud m,msmtoes OF
tue triumph OF right. lie then used the
following significant language.
'fhs W. Is Rt en- tnt. The brave aud
nohe chsrftain wb1 lea our armies - vic-
tors IA TIE field prescribed tie terms by
whoa The conquered to- might re t. vested
VITA fug poWcr. When war hg force OF
am. had saprreadea en-, law oar chosen
General tod tic fallen oucmy 10 Lay down
your avois, obey the LAWS, and war shall
crd ioa are nnmelestol during good be
ha,ior DO you ask yengesnccs
They are punished. L., them 10
Rather than the implied faith and honor of
hs nation should be broken, better that all
should escape"
We took occasion at the time TO ask Gen
eral battlefield i! General Grant indorsed
these sentiments. The reply Was that Gen
Grant did most emphaticaly indorsc them,
and that the speech was made with his en-.
tire approval.
la October, 1885, Senator Doolittle, who
was then in accord with the Rspsbl,cas
party, inside speech, from which W take
thc following. He ssid:
The other day, whom General GIANT was
here, spending several heuss With him in
free convsrsatien on this subject, among
others he expressed q ne the sams opin-
Ion. Said |. '0sssral Grant, I never quote
private conusssatien without express per
snission. Am permitted 70 state what you
said 70 mcr Said he. Certainly, there 10
no concealment on my part And he
stated to me in the covsrsation that con-
siderable portion Of the troubles between
the whites and blacks that had already cc-
cured was ~ consequences Of the unwise
attempt 10 force negro suffrage on those
States. He said, farther, that If the FEEDER
al Government were to attempt to do it and
enforce il, it would undoubted produce war
bctwecn the Two races there.
Nov, where do we find this same General
Grant standing in 1862 Three years ago,
when he vas fresh from the field, whore he
had just witnessed the slaughter OF tens Of
thousands Of his ccuntrymcn by the rebes
in arms, he was pleading for mercy for tho
conquered foe. Bat the cessation of hos.ll-
ties Tor three years has only served to whet
tho appetite Of this wsrrior, and we now
lind him the representative Of the party of
Vengeance and hate. His language 10 Lee
vas, Lay down your arms, and obey the
laws, and the war shall end. feu are un.
mossted during good behavior" These
were magnanimous words 10 fallen foe,
uttered ut tho CLOSE OF the hiooiieSt battles
on record. They are worthy of = CONQUER
or. But now he reverses the days record
lie Endorses ell the acts Of an Infamous Con.
grees IN their efforts 10 huuiliate aud de-
grade the worry men to whom he made tho
promise OF freedom aud equality At Apron
atsox Court House
He indorses the theory that ten States
are out of the Union; that it was right 10
rsfuss them representation for three long
years that Congress is justifable in die.
ffanehising the men who wero pardoned by
che terms Of his treaty ct the time Of tho
surrender; that il vas right to hold the
SoatA - sonqusred tsrritery through mill
tasy dssposisms; that 1t vas right to force
upon The South Negro equality, and precip
itate . var Of races that it was right to inn
peach the President OF the United States,
and build up an Ohgarchy on the ruins Of
ths Rspnblic
Arc the poole rssdy, In times like these
TO trust man with such reccrds
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s'nsetl' Etnnncfcring.
From the New York World.