Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-09-30
To the R00D1a Of loVa.

FgLLow CEzsus:-To suppsees the
atrocious rebellion which nov lifts ito
armed hand against our Government, is
the one desire which auimates every
patriotic citizen.
TO that end. Tires hundred thousand
loyal men are 10 arms, money has been
unsparngly furnished, munitions Of war
checrfully provided; but such is the mag
n tude of the crisis, SO tremendous are
the resources Of our enemies, 90 vigOr-
Gus their prosecution of the unnatural
warfare against us, that further sacrifces
are demanded Of us BY the emergency.
Party prejudices and political feuds,
harmless IN times of peace, but fearful
obstacles to snccess in time Of var, still
distract and mislead the people Of the
North.
Designing party leaders, eeger for per-
sonal distinction or private emolument,
insist in the face Of the common danger,
upon maintaining the old party organi-
cations.
Not one of them can point to an is
sue between the parties which has any
vitality or is Of the least practical i'm.
portance while the existence of our Gov
ernment is at stake.
We all know that this war$is not
Republican or a Democratic one; We
know that the rebellion is not waged
against any party Administration.
1t is al attack on our Constitution,
that depository Of the sacred cmble ms
Of liberty and law. 1t was commenc ed
by crafty politicians in the Southern
States for tie purpose, not Of obtaining
redress for real or fancied grievances, but
for the subversion of our benifcent Gov
eminent, division of territory, and the
erection on the ruins of the old, of a
new government, which they audacious-
" asserted would surpass the creation Of
Washir gton, Jefferson, Madison, Ham
lton, and the fathers Of the Republic.
These men, while unmoested they
we're preparing their gigantic mutiny,
relied on the active sympathy and coop
Grafton, of large numbers Of citizens in
the Northern States.
Loyal New York they believed would
actively resist any attempts on the part
OF the Government, to use what they
ironically called coercion" of armed
traitors.
The extreme west they supposed,
would of necessity separate from the
New England, and the Eastern States
Of the Union, if it was not dragged into
rebellion with the Southern States.
When in the further progress oftheir
crime the traitors attacked the starving
garrison Of Sumter, they expected 10
warike opposition to their schemes, but
looked for the same inert and timd pol
icy which had characterized the Admin
istration and the North.
When the disaster occurred to our
arms at Manassas the smoke Of battle
had hardly lifted, when the rebels antc-
'pated rising of the "Peacc" element
in the North, in opposition to the Ma.
tional Administration.
And to-day this rebellion has its meat
and drink, its strength at home, and its
support abroad, tlom the signs Of divis.
ion, the appearances of concession and
he party discussions among men OF the
North.
The time has come when these con
,rabahd supplies should be cut off from
the rebels. They have but one party,
for the opposition to it has been pur-
chased or stuffed in the South.
We should have but a single party in
the North, and that a party based on
no dead distractions, embarrassed by No
immaterial issues. One sentiment should
animate it, members. Loyalty to the
Constitution and Government of The
United States under all circumstances,
and in every emergency Let its motto
DC "7He Union, 1t shall be preserved"
If we must have two parties, let the
division be into Patriots and traitors.
Every consideration ofpa.riotism and
every instinct of duty and selt.preserva.
ton lmpel us to this course.
1t would be MUST and impracticable
for Republicans or Democrats to insist
upon an adoption by their former poli,-
lcal opponents Of their party name, their
party theories, or to expect them to cx-
tend their support to candidates nomi-
mated on an opposition party platform,
and by an opposition party convention.
That experiment has often failed in
the past it need not be repeated now.
The only course worthy Of honorable
men, is to obliteratc party lines, forget
party theories and past predictions in
view Of the controlling issues, the safety
and honor of our common country.
In relation to our present State Adj
ministration, We have little to say. We
do not propose to make invidious CON-
PARSONS or investigate the many serious
charges brought against it.
Whether it has evidenced its appre.
citation of the grandeur Of the contest
now raging between liberty and despot
ism, order and anarchy, civilization and
barbarism, it is not within our province
to determine.
Whether it has speculated on the
honest patriotism of the people for its
own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, and that of its vo
tarles and supporters, whether it's effort
has been to prolong its official existence
al the sacrifice OF its official dignity, and
by the neglect of our most momentous
State and National interests.
Whether its treatment of our brave
volunteers, has been such as to encour-
age them to shed their blood, and sac
Iltice their dearest interests for ou- oo,,