Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-25
OnciaI Paper Of the City.
wendell PhiIlips ON the W. mr.

wendell Phillips is excited, yea. verify.
greatly excited, and ut,ereth most angry
word.-words unfit 10 be spoken by any
other than one evliy disposed. Hear what
Wendell has to say OF the boiling Senators:
I'VE care comparatively little for the rs
suits Of this acquittal 1t the North. 1t only
intensiiss . little the ntonemsat We dessr-
vedly pay for our long completely with the
slave power. A little m,rc business pros
trstion. little moro suffering by the labor
ing classes and ws have all richly dsssrv-
Cd hundred times a. much. But when ws
think Of the unxheltered heads OF Southern
loyalists, white and black when We think
oil this Pacha Of assassins again let loose !;
OF Andersoayille re-opened then putting
fesssnden and Trumbulfs name side by
slde with tho Infamous ones OF Lee and
Davis and handing them down, blood -s,ain-
ell, to the loathing OF history, we cannot but
remember that those arch fends Of Missis-
sippi and Virginia were angered to that
horrible reveoge by the defeat Of . great
revolution which they bad nnrsed for
years. But these, their mean allies from
Maine and Illinois. steep the South IN
murder, from motives which make even
treason Additionally contemptible. We beg
pardon even OF Lee and Davis for associa-
ting such dsspicabls crime with theirs.'
A bottle or two Of the Gettysburg spring
water would be Of service to the rampant
agitator. He has lost confidence in the
radical party, and proclaiming his entire
distrust Of the rotten concern, points out
tho rock Of salvation to which he advises
tho people to cling 10 this. their hour Of
peril.
The acton Of the Senate may natural
ly enough carly CONSERVATION into the Re-
publican ranks But ~ We never trusted
that party We have no fresh cause for anx-
isty. Our work is plain enough; tho old
duty of showing the masses how little
their leaders are to be trusted. This la-
inentabie proof how weak ard corruptibs
politicians are, how accessible TO tho lowest
motives, must convince the most incredu-
lous that Il il unsafe to trust men, snd It 10
indispsNsebly necessary 70 0,out and cement
ints the Censtituti0n itself the eitizensh,p Of
thsne1rs, his right to the bdilot,.to education,
to land. to the most eraet equality r.M the
white rocS."
Wendell has word Of counsel, also, for
the Chicago Convention. They will scarce
ly heed it, notwithstanding the vehemences
with which it is presented
1--WE wait to see IL Chicago comprehend
that safety lies in going forward. Warned
by this conclusive proof Of party weak
ness, lot that conrsntion girs as a platform
pledgins 10 tho negro throughout tho States,
ballot, education and Iond-guarantssingt TO
the Southern white loyalist adequate pre-
lection against the asssssns Of tho White
House aud OF the Senate chamber. Let is
place upon that platform men whose past
lives are the pledge that they will fulfil
ITS promises"
Unfortunately for Wendell, the Chicago
Convention didn't come up TO his mark.
II vouchsl for the negro ballot in the
South, but kindly left the Northern States
to vote yea or nay as might seem best.
No education was guarantssd-not . cents
worth, snd the land clause was left in the
shape old Ben Wade laid down when, in
his choice language he said % let the d-d
niggers work and buy their own land
Surely we shall hear from Phillips again
upon the Convention question.