Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-16

THE CONFESSIONAL
Confession 10 good for the soul. W"
,,sre ever .oul bowed down with quit
ana surehsrgsd with corruption, that need
81 N. nursnc Of confession ard tho bene-
s,so az Cleansing, then that 1.-THE soul OF
rspublieani.u. Though hashed with VIC.
oryand ye, in the height Of debaueheo
rcv,lrv ever late victories, like Bslshazar OF
o,d in the miis. Of riotous fsasting some o.
these victors already observe handwriting
MON IN. wall and seek the mercy scat IN
unu.u.l ha,,e. They know hor base has
h..n their course long wsy back thsy
know have been outrag'ng the people
robbing them and burdening them down 10
the dust with oppressive taxation tpey
know that they dared not 60 into tAc
ate campaign with representative
marty rr,n NJ the hesd oil thdf
ick,t. hal found it absolutely necessary ~
ehooss one who was never in political sym
,,,hv ~i.b them bat was highly avsila'
Nc Al ,h,ss things they now have, and
-. tist they have carried their point they
-. s.ff.ten with terror srtn in their Jubil-
alton. and arc snxiousy inquiring what
they eaa 10 20 30 saved. They have got
Gsn. Gran. for President and great is thsir
,,cr,t di.trust Of him; they have got the
esngress bit it "a made up Of the same tax
dilasns, revsnue rebbing crew that has
mausg.i it for years past and now what
70 DO? This 10 the question that alarms
the Cincinnati Garstfe, one Of thu ablest
radical organs Of the West. None is moro
ultra in It's politics; none has more presis-
tsnily d.ssadod radical men and measures
mono has more holly sworn through thick
and thin On tho side Of the government
thieves and p'uudsrsrs, but having gained
rs case i now tells the people that "what
The couatrr needs from congress is not an
advanced stop in radical measures but q
radical system Of rctrenching the expenses Of
Sssonnenf. and IF reforming its corrup-
ton" True to the letter, yet news it will
be to i,s readers that The government expen-
sss under radical rule have been exorbitant
or that ithas been party Of corruption"
Surely the 6asctts nor its conierees never
lsped . word Of that sort before, but have
constantly and unblushingly sworn it to be
tn. embodiment Of all virtue. ECONOMY and
honesty. But the ssme paper goes on to
cay.
"By this we refer to moro than the cor
rupiisn in tho Executive branches OF Gov
srnmen, Congress itself is bessged by
corruptionis,s with infinite schemes Of
lnhbsrY TO he carried through 10 .islation by
dividing the profits among the members
IL has enough to do TO purge its own BODY.
The more resonant corruption of the rove
nue. department wll not longer shield the
tam, OF the Legislature Nor will the feint
Of cutting down appropriations, to be made
w 10y great deficiency bills, serve il the
riAes OF economy. Congress has received
warning by this election, instead of an
Endorsement. and fit ia no. beedad, the
benches which nov know q Republican
snaloIity val not soon know i, again
What "warning"f Has It not swept the
Geld svsnas thoroughly as before Yes
Blu, accomplished i. not through placing a
man Of its own party at tho head Of its
ticket but ono from another household o.
faith, and the Gazette fears that In % doing
arcpab!ican Hari hiri has been perpeira
ted. Grant is not counted upon as goina
with the radical party, so the Gazette il
preparing the minds OF the radicals to 20
With Grant. lit refuses TO 20 with him
II 10 lost forever, lit goes along in his
path they discover about the same result.
Therefore that paper further declares:
III ID right and proper that the Presi.
dent should use his Influence to promote o
right policy, and to givs organization and
unity TO tho soncwhat heterogeneous e-.
meats IN the majority IN Congress This
We shall have. OF course, and this is rsqui
site 20 a successful administrators"
Not so with johnson, but so It mus, be
with Grant Tho only way from getting
JchnsoniEsd by Grant is TO follow Grant
TO lot him use his own policy. What they
see fereshadowsd ~ Grants policy they
have for years been condemning In Andrew
Johnson but as above stated, il is their
only hope, they must be led on rs their
newly purchased elephant Wells, ar in
breaking loose from him stagger on to Ger
tain and sure destruction upon the broad
gagged track that they have themselves
laid down.
TRs Radicals are busily engaged in franz
ing Cabinet for General Grant, and one
curious feature OF their spsculasiens is, that
IN almost every instance TIE parties named
- likely 10 be the President elects advis-
era are almost to a man renegade Demo
Gratis. Stanton. Sicklss, A. I. Stewart,
ETC.. are prominent. and We have no doubt
that Fornsy and Cameron, and others Of
that ilk. have an eve to Cabinet positions
aise. With an original Democrat for Pres