Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-05
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b,n.. ~ those countries, and 's'
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P2 II. ,osnle viii not end Thu mar
. ara5oA, II The theme 81 q 'srg
,+o.s soas article ia the lasi numoer
r,. ubafsa Heoisic, which Las at
.-.,5 more attention than ii deserves, as
= scans to u.. abroad. The writer tolls US
:, many words, that trade is unremunera-
10. and stscnant; that speculation IN pro-
almost ceased when with money
Lao ;,enrht to be particularly lively;
-, trade is from hand 10 NOUN '"a'
iceland exported twelve millions aui iui
,.,rt.d twenty four millions OIL uo'
=. ,.,,h le.s in 1857 than in 1850,
the railroad shares have e'.'"
from twenty five 70 fifty per cent 'n'' -
for.icn secur,,iesare lower; ard tnas 'nouen
49, len, two. and even at oiir and
a.halrpcr cent, nobody nsed Try to borrow
COR nobody vail tcnl, ut even the most e&-
or,.rabt rs'c.
Tnn Kenubllcan Central Committee hare
opened way whereby the members oil Tue
Peoples Party of Scott county can get
down upon their knees and creep back INTO
he bosom II the Republican party. very
lr.tanl very considcrate is the following
sentence Of the call
All voters who supported the nominees
aniirncipes Of the Republican party at
,he lrst rcaeral election, or are sincerely
rcpentant for no. having done 90. are cor
daily invited 10 take part in sending dele
gates 10 this convention.
Tho "sincerely repen,an," will crowd
forward to the anxious seat All who
are heartily sorry for having boldly stood
up for their rights-rights that the Repub-
lican party never has granted, and shows
no siens OF granting, may act with the party
again il they will agree to behave them
Selvesi The Central Committee tell you
so all but Larrimcr, and he don't believe
the Peoples Party have rcpented. aud
wants the call 30 amended as to let sinners
In whether they repent or not.
TnR Chicago Tribune raises its voice in
direct opposition 10 Senator Shermsn's
~. kaptknlJavs Af ,rb tch
the T,ibune is the chief western organ, are
opposed 10 changing their present fat six
per cent bonds for consolidated Ave per
cents, nor will they consent, unless forced
by the powerful voice Of the people. TO take
grecnbacks in payment of interest. Mes
srs. Bondhoders claim to read pound o.
hesh" upon the face Of their bonds, and
TINT pound they swear to have. Lake .,hy
lock. of old. they cain tha. any dcyiatinr
from this term ~ not 10 be tolerated in am
degree. The people view these matters i
an cniitely different light, AMI ire inassin.
thor strength 10 oppose their c'nmpn ea
envy. They will give al thst IS ros'e ds
nnnciatci in the bond and no more. and ia,
Shylock viii find that Their persistence il
this Nill ultimately procure FOR them THEN
political baaishmcnt so mote it be
TINS Chicago EcsaisQ Post says "St
I.oais ~ tsxed almost ley nnd tho iiabiiit,
oil her citizens t. hcnr Milwaukee is las
MS empAatt'atly h,nNtupt a. a ~ can oh
como II the smaller cities there j. "a lin
I-rVtrnent 81 e3alitiJn. q ilpcy, keUkuk
Dubaqn,, anl We know not how IN u,
more, long a,a ceiied To regard their obi
cations TO pay. Al the taxes that can bt
collected arr required TO support those who
lave a; The public cost, We are not enc par
aged hv turning TO Chicaso"
We'll. what oft? Is there any hope ths
taI,,il n il goirr to be less, Are the super
aided national burdens Of taxation ever t,
b. removed u ALLOW these weighed dowr
corporations 10 rise e. their feet again p
Does Congress show any Inclination to pusl
back the Il lal wava that threatens to sub
merge all ? N ore than one hundred millions
sull ccntstns To be stolen every year il
whisky and tobacco frauds AN additions
burden upeu Tie backs of the people. Re
ally. there Ia not much room for encourage
m,nt fsf the Post or anybody else.
fur radicals are greatly chagrincd he
cause tie Democratic Conventions Of the
State do not pick up AnGy johnson. At
tho seFS least figure they expected these
conventions t. pass resolutions OF condo
lcncc on behalf Of Tho present rcpub ic.n
President. This important failure staggers
Their calculations, and brushes out some
very strong hopes Of theirs. Be it known
to these once hopeful gentlemen, that the
Democratic party OF the Northwest, or any
other section of the country, has got too
eccd supply of sound material on their
hands to 80 about snatching played on, po-
litical hacks out Of radical cutters.
Tnr losses BY fire in the United St.tes
during January. caused ty conaasration,
each destroying property valued At go, 900
or over, are reported at Sc. 449 900 AZ com
pared with $4.O4s 900 losses during Janu
airy, 1867. In January. 1868. the larges,
Rres were at Chicago, aud out Of the Co.
$4,000 losses reported, &4,23o 900 were
In that city. Daring last month there
were no fires in either New York or Phia-
delphia. of which the losses were estimated
at more than 500, 900 in any one case.
Mons lnrsAcAMrNr AusAD-Not salts
Gel with Ben. Wade ~ the successor of
Andy johnson in the Executive chair, the
Radicals are making An effort to impsach or
supercedc Ben. Wade. lie was pretty thor
oughiy impeached and superseded in Ohio
last fall, which ought to be enough for one
years humiliation. However, il is proba-
bly, best that he should be sppcrceded = so
msy j, bc with him ard all others of the
eamc political litter.
Inr Philadelphia Ledger says: The
evil effect Of political excitement and Of
new hnancial propositisni>ts, is to unsettle
confidence Tor the time, and necessarily to