Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-03
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Nothing more natural than thas DtMo-
Gratis AMI Republicans should disagree con.
corning The cause IL suffering in The South
III, that he leading republican politicians
and newspapers q thai party should e
widely diasr as They %, besoaeas great
van, 81 unisy, and consequently weakness
ana approaching dissolution ofiheir organ
is.tion. five refer to John ". Forney
We lind that
"The distress among all classes in tie
South Is only n standing memory Of the
crimes of the rebellion and CHASTITY adj
monitioa against its repetition
Thousands Of republicans will respond
amen TO that, Cor Forney Is their oracle
and Whatsoever lac says in bis two d"'sy
newspapers is unto them both the law and
the gospel. II the statements Of the radi- |
cal leaders in Congress can be relied upon
We are bound to believe that nearly one
half cf the people of the South took no so'-
un,sry part in the rebellion, directly on
indircc .ly, yet We sfe told that me as
tres among I'll classes in the South Is only
aetanding memory of tie Grin O. OF the re-
bellon.r II this expires ion has any mean
ing a, ali. we suppose il means to convey
to idea that the present destiiatien aud DIS
tress in the South j. punishment, ajnis-
ment o. The radical party upon all classes
IN that section of the country" Union
men AID rebes alike, for The ciin o OF fc-
hcllion, ard j, is probable that nc "Ooiofed
people, whose loyalty L never
ending theme Of radical panegyrices
viii suffer more from the starving
az the South ,hnn the whites wio yonnta-
riiy participated in the rebellion. THIS
nacms to Ne an unfair WY Of administering
Justice making The innocent suffer mere
than the guilty; but the Radical leaders have
such queer ideas upon politics aud mora's
thss We must nccep. this now phase as mn
advanced position from:mbie they will not
retrograde.
Sc much sor Forney. Now Lear the Gin
cinnaii Gazette, one Of the leading lights OF
the Radicals, upon the same subject. Dis
eussing the distress in the South it says (:
'But ia fact this distress has ne relation
to slavery or freedom. II IL caused by the
sbsolste loss in the cotton culture from the
high costs OF supplies and the great TAIL IN
the price OF cotton. In the settlement 81
the years business on the plantation, freed
men who had lived economically, lind that
the proceeds Of their shares arc so reduced
a.. H. - iiap ~ IN it
them little or nothing, il not in debt to the
lsndbolder. And no finds that the results
have increased his debts, and left him with
out means to advances the supplies to begin
the planting Of another crop. This, We are
assured, is the case with very many Of the
best planters, who have dealt fairly by their
lahor.rS. an.i whose lnborers have work
faithfully. aud who have had . itir crop.
This would seem 10 be- more reasonable
yics of the casc than tina, taken BY For
ney's dailies, bu, il will net take so well
among tue radical masses. Who hciievc ~
special judgments upon anything they hap
suggestions for relief are eminently PRAGUE.
A. While Foruey and his class see no iesn
ely bat in further oppressive recoastrac-
ton acts, military t.espotism, and conliscs
ton, the Cincinnati offaa suggests that
"what il needed Is TO extend relief in such
away a. 10 help restore cultivation, and not
20 disturb tho relations sf labor with the
Southern products. An essential measure
Of relief is to encourage the planting Of
new crop. The prospect of a profitable
return for this would stimulate the land
holders to strain their means and energies
and credit, for another eHsrt, and tins
would furnish subsistence for all the labor
erx that oil their capital eau supply
Il save, also, that the most eifeetua
means % sscurs this relief permanently !!
TO promptly repeal the tax on cotton, and
quoting ito own words, "the case is nos
such that there should be no standing OF
thc order Of its repeal, nor on the placing
Of the tax elsewhere. but it should be abol
ishcd ct once. Aud what Is the motive II
these ssggestions, from radical source too
Here they are:
IAN our measures 10 this end should TOOL
10 preserving tho labor power where Il i
wanted to restore agricultural productions
The removal IL the tax Of ;, cents a pound
will make tho difference between continU
ing or abandoning tho culture. With tn
reduction that has taken place in the eos
of supplies, animals and implements, az ,
believed that cotton can he pro.nced a
present prices II the TAX II removed.
will pay bnt small profit, ard wages wi
have 70 DO low, but n large production at
low price is the only condition that will en-
abic America to recover the control OF Tn
cotton markets Of Europe
In this matter the Gazette is entitled I,
great credi, for dives.iu- itself OF the mis-
crstlc party c,nt and viewing the matter
upon a broad basis. Would that all tn,
radical papers and politicians If the coun
uy could in like manner diyest tia. mseises
oi Their party straight jackets anil looh
straight toward the best interests Of the
-,un,ry--and leeisla,e therefor. So long As
! they lend their energies solely to the per
petua,ion Of this party-caring not what is
done or who suffers, So long az that part,
is sustained, just so long will there he sui
f.r;ng IN The land--not in tao so1.h alone
but il will come up into the North, and
tas'en itself upon The people here. u will
close our mills and our shops and our pub
lac works, and thousands of the families Of
mechanics and laboriug men viii be TUNED
out ofemploym and suffer The pAngs Of
hunger and cold. Nay, it is morally and
physically impossible that one side alone
Of this great national household is to do oil
the suffering or endure all the torments.-
Il we're better that the fanatics Of the day
should pause and consider concerning the
future u the whoie country, ard act &C
cordinsly.
.
Tns Chicago Tribune says that ANY one
who has taken paine to inform himself up
on the subject, knows that the right Of ,hs
United States to tax the hvc-swcnty bonds
cannot he disputed' y