Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-23

monster pstt Pm hes been prepared
and eigued At D(ylin, Cork, Belfast. Liv-
sspool and slsst e,e. asking amnesty Ter
the Fenians vh& Ire new in custody under
sentence. and fc{ hose who have hsretofare
escaped asrssl1 A This pstition aumbtrs
auous ts tsnot&G thousands Of signers,
hos,s whs hav3 Atvss shown sny sy@pa-
thy with the n tlAsisnary movement. but
Who bsl,sve th6lt shs British policy toward
Ireland has be1G atogsther wrong, ard thai
mere can be st@sinplissd BY compromise
than by rspriso md revenge. The quss-
ton will be brehs before The Gladstone
goy.rnmsns. - shall see Wheeler !,
predecessor. vi In one side are array q
ell the ssadleseAsa hatred and prejudicss Of
English asiseesrq4s y, upon the other, every
arevasat sssdb< lnsial justiss, wise states.
nasship end ~ humanity. This 10 .
matass 10 vAi( havs i6esdiAls later
est. Some pf Pondsmnsd fenians who
nov languisA "a ltish prisons. fare natu-
rallied Asncrics9 etiasns, who were arrest
cd for words spdNen or acts performed up
on our territory, nd who were never shown
10 have engaged u overt acts within British
soil. II is Jussthat England uniformly,
denies the right,tt sxpasrietior; but IL il
equally true vel (,s always insisted that
the man who i ID kuralzsd a. an American
citizen. becaneA u hheeferth absolvsd from
oil allegiance tenatbign Governments, and
entitled to the lection Of our flag. 50
long % these FSqiens remain in durancs,
che position Of Dttlsud 10 maintained and
that Of Amsrice} pdsnsd. Congress has
made psstsnol 81 giving attention ~ the
subject, but il trstencs merely and has
emily resulted Sak. Little else could
have bssa expsSf from that body. hs~.
ever, 40 the FsoShb egsnerally has the mis-
fortune Of bs18G white and not Radical.
Were the Fsni3 only back aud Radical
then Csngrsseftk suld roar you like
lion ever the etnsnt they have received
and the subj build net be Lost sight Of
uasil Eoglasd - sspasatis.-svsa II il
e''ss"sr..A-
h C.a krs zSeelss.
Som. Of III. R.A,a @Cea2 pasn.n elaie
that the Law making pvw y. the cow
eminent should BE- j. iAAbssl +. aud sbs(
The ee.esdiaass Bro eAsA sas1 subsidiary
70 the will Of Csns(sss. Vinesbhs crsan.
is.slon Of the csvd lamont ~ JkAs o. III.
Supreme Cosrs tslbass upon NE ccsssisu-
tiosslisy Of he ~ Of Csngrsss has bssn
usdisputsd. bot ithppsass tAat some Of The
Radical leaders are Aispsssd 70 question
the authority ~ -. judiciary, 70 rsvise
Legislative acts. snster Drake, Of Me
seari, Ia diacussil kiths probable sGsst Of .
decision Of the Sabrsns Court adverse to
the constitutionaH,y Of Congressional re.
construction. ''dstisd that The Supreme
Court had a coz .itutionsi, right, under
any circuns,anve, TO pronounce any act
Of Congress une Institutional" In order
to illustrate thd position assumed By Mr..
Drake, 10 quo)s from the discussion
Mr.. whyts< (Deuoerat( Of Maryland.
asked him xIsthsr, il The Supreme Cour,
should dssidb the lsgal.teodss scs u be
bosl, the dscisioa ought 10 Be
''i X, DSk.-so. .. all. q. ~..,s ;.
Iouod srndioe % W poaition. and both
Rousss6t Oosgrsss would have 70 cone
10 shef y osition At last, Or elas swssp from
shs bench ot>As Supreme Court the msn
Who dared to aNswpt to cssppls, by their
, ND decisions. N lsw-mAkine power Of
lis . remarkable "a : that while this
sweeping pseposi,iea Of Z. Drake had not
the approval Of = single Sd >stsr, noe enc
opposed Il q attempted . sApsss il pef.
sisisss ssadsseiss. A lev ypss ~ u.
ssaliosats suppressed By the H,,ur, een.
sssr wssl1 havs rsesvsrsa . pk.ps end
is1ieoaat rsbaks, bat the silsac4ups. ~
soossiss = sisaiasast % y the II Ps,ution.
airy spirit thska niussss the extrsu( hts who
nov ssasryf ths\ branch Of the Rational
Lssislatqs. tn dsspetism Of Clngress
would b more 10 blsrabls than N des-
r0sisn On iadl |idual ruler.
: A q bound hnon ball vas four y in the
stoma(h Of i fish recently eau lin the
xissia3ippi He % supposed to have &C.
compv ~ Fa,ragut's feet up ~ river.
Qan 1slphis youths. Of IS YEAR, Of aye
and up(ara, have held meeting and rs.
o>i,>i IA ahev - fnllv anmnnSxnt n ~.