Daily Davenport Democrat

DAILY DEMOCRAT
D. N. RICHARDSON, Editor.
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7.

A New Democratic Movement.

A New York letter to the Philadelphia paper contains the following:

As a matter of some political interest, it may be mentioned that many of the more prominent leaders of the Democratic party who have been quietly in consultation here during the week, are in favor of a rapid change of the entire policy of that party, in the hope that it will enable them to carry the next Presidential election. To make a long story short, the plea is simply this: to lose no time in repudiating the Southern wing in its place. Thomas B. for the Niagara Ship Canal, in favor of connecting the Chesapeake Bay with Ohio, in favor of reconstructing the Mississippi telegraphs, and of the William Penn Railroad. It is calculated that on these issues they can carry the great West, especially if free trade be tacked on, while as to their success as a time Middle State they profess to have no doubt. That is the programme in outline. It will be filled up in regard to the Monroe Doctrine, the Constitutional amendments, and the bringing force of Supreme Court decisions but internal improvements and free trade will be the two pillars on which the platform will be made to rest.

This new political movement, as I have said, has been quietly maturing for some time past, but it will not be long before it finds public announcement the Democratic campaign for the next Presidency will regularly begin.