Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-17

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R,,,c,l paper makes the following IN
quiry
.who then. is responsible for the con-
,;,.,.. NJ t. condition OF affairs that masses
:. ,,s,...s.,v for Congress To take care OF .'o
-, ~ ho,b races. and to make provision
~. education or children wnom ths
80 .ho,id educate: Not the liepuoh-
an o,r,y nor tie Republican Congress. nat
,h. ,,.4,v that il cxer,ing Itself TO prevent
~ yesto anon ofths South, snd TO prolong |
the pet,ad of Federal rule over u
WAC comnose tie Republican psr'y' IL
not n,n Wade its leader and representa-
,ixcs IIe Is the chosen prospective ii's'-
dem, IN nae johnson can he c,nvic'en o.
..f.,.h cr,n.s and misd.m6nnars on which
h.is arrairnci. Tho Republican press A.
.,,b,,,. III the difficulties of the country 70
the n,,cpntei secession Of the South. This
i. the OILY apology that the Radicals. can
.srrr for the boriens Of debt and taxation,
which src weighing so heavily upon nation
A. prospetiiy. aud threst,n bankruptcy and
ruin. individual and general. II secession,
or the doctrine OF secession, has brought
the prssen, troubles upon the country, the
ma. who advocated disunion as remedy
Tor real or imaginary governmental evils or
approximations, should no held responsible
foi IL. rebellion and its results In 1856
B.n. Wade, whom the Radicals propose to
make Pce.iient, ad infsrim, il they sue
cevi in ousung johnson, gave utterance 10
the most ultra SECESSION doctrines, aud he
placed IT upon the high ground that any at.
Tempt by coercion TO hold men in the Union,
would suhvcrt the first principles Of the
Government under which we live. We copy
his declarations on this point from aspeech
made by him on the 4th day Of December,
1896. in the United States Senate. which
will be found in the Congregational Globe,
Ssth session OF the oath Congress, page % /:
"But the Southern gentlemen stand here,
and in almost all their speeches speak OF q
dissolution Of the Union as an element OF
every argument, as though 1t were pecu
liar condesccnsion on their part that they
perln ted the Union TO stand at all II they
do no, icri interested in upholding this
tnion-il i; really trenches on their rights -
If It eadangers their institutions to such Al
rxieat that they can not feel secure under
Tit their interests are violently nssalet
by means OF ths Union, | am not one o
thuse who expect that they will long con
ilnuc under IT. lam net one Of those mh,
y q l..~s
u would be doing riclcnce 10 tie platform
y the party 90 ssiich belong.
we have adopted the old Declaration o
Independence as tho basis Of our polite a
move nen,s, which declares ,ha, any people
when their government ceases t. protec
their rights, when it j. 30 perverted from
the tr"e purposes Of government as TO OPP
press them. hare Ne right 10 rccnr 10 fun
damentaf principles. and. II need b. des-
troy The g0rtramsnt undo, schick hey hrs,
asd % erect on as ruins dnothv more con
Sseirs 20 hear ,oeifare will no, blame any
pecp'e for cxercistag IL whenever they think
the em-rSency has come certainly shall
te The airocate Of that sime doctrine when.
ever ii ID the principles of this Govern
insnt have become 80 oppressive 10 tho sec
ton to which belong that free pcopl,
ought not to endure H. Yen wu not he,
Rad me dickwird IN being tbs adpocats o,
dsa"ioa Bat that contingency never hav
ing GONE. have never vet opened my mou |
in opposition to the Union.
''faa cia not .foreitly held men ia tn,
Ussoa; iDr the attempt 10 10 80, il seem.
To NJ. " nm sruyERr Tfp INST PRINCIPLES
or 7ur GNyeLNNfSr USHER winch W,
tsvf"
Me-. w ask. II tho luan--the men, WI
mas say fpf ". Wade oglv represented
sff.s ,hss. Who entertained an1 rdvoca-
W -irh doctrines, are no'. in u measure,
.pHus,hlc iat ne present condition &C AZ
fNte? II they believed that an nt,crnpi 10
hati States va the Uainn against their will,
was cont ~ to the first rtinclpies Of cur
Gpverrmeat, then the war 10 repsess the
retclhen 70 overcome, by force. the men
~ho were exercising = right, which Nj.
Vale SAYS, is one cf the fundamental prin-
cipl.s Of the Government, was wrong. and
all tha, has been done to suppress the re-
cesl,en vas an usurpation Of power. Thi.
u the legitimate conclusion Of the doctrines
advocated by Mr.. Wade. Tho responsible
ties of the present condition Of affairs rests,
10 great extent, with the men who, like
Mr.. Wade, declared that any attempt to
pm the Uuicn together with bayonets, was
N conflict with the first principles Of the
tasetnment under which we live.