Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-09-18

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/ This VA was bogus on certain known
orinciples and for certain avowed OBJ
;ec,s. To these, democrats universally
and uureservedIy pledged themselves,
and ~ universally announced Their
readiness and anxiety to cooperate in
the support Of the government With all
other political org carnations which sbo'd
adhere to those principles and objects t.
the end. The popular unity which pre-
vailed then-for popular unity did pre-
vail then on the dstinc. basis of those
principles and objects-would prevail
COW had all other political organization.
oeen as faithful to their pledges % has
been the democratic party. What were
those pledges? They were: /. The
resolution (Which we append) passed BY
nearly a unanimous vote by the United
States House OF Representatives on the
18th of FEBRUARY, 1861; 2. The original
proclamation OF the President calling
for volunteers to put down the insurrec.
ton; 3. The famous Crittenden reso.
ut on (which we also append) passed By
Doth houses Of Congress, BY nearly q
unanimous vote, at the extra session in
July, 1861.
These we're the pledges. The frs'
vas 10 these words:
"heso4ved. That neither the Federal govern.
oent nor the people or government Of tho non
.,aveholdiog States have purpose or . con-
.,itutionsl right to legisiate upon or interfere
sith slavery 10 any Of the States In the Union.
"Resolved. That those persons IN the North
Who do not subscribe to the foregoing propo-
ition are too inslgDi6cant 10 numbers and in
doence TO excite the esrious attention or alarm
II any portion Of the people Of the Republic.
md that the increase Of their numbers and
nfueocs does not keep pace With the increase
4 the aggregate population Of the Uoiou."
The words of the second we're, 10
substance, that the troops should Ue
used TO re-estabiish the Federal authori
y and repossess the Federal property
IN the insurrectionary districts
The words of the third we're:
That the present deplorable civil war has
cen forced upon the country by the disunion
ste Of the Southern States now in arms against
ne constitutional gov ,rnm-nt, and in arms
round the capital; that 10 this national emsr
s-ncy, Congress, banishing oil feeling of mere
asson and resentment. will recoilect only its
iuty t. the whole country that this war il
aot wsged on their part 10 any spi it Of OPP
preston or for any purpose Of conquest or
uojugatioD. or purpose of overthrowiog or
interfering with the rights or ests bliehed 10
.t'tutions Of those States, but to defend and
na ntain the supreme y Of the constitutio"
md to preserve the Union, with all the digni-
y, equality. and the rights of the several
states unimpaired; AID that 90 soon a. these
objects are accomplished the war ought to
:ease"
1t was upon the basis cfthese pledges,
We say, that unity prevailed among the
people Of the North at the beginning of
the war. If there we're exceptions to
this unity, they were "those persons,
too Insignificant in numbers and in
daence to excite the serious attention or
alarm Of any portion of the people OF
the Republic" described in the first
foregoing resolution.
There might be unity tomorrow, as
there was at the beginning of the war,
upon the basis of these simple pledges.
Democrats have not receded
from them, ana will an inch
If n M.
D.mocrats maintsin their. party
organization-i they hold party con.
vent,ons and make party nominations
be necessity OF the course Is obvious
No other way is left open to them to up
hold the principles upon which the wa
vas commenced and preserve the pur
| p ses only upon which it can be con
Quoted to a successful close.
| Whatever calamitics shall befall tb
country will be almost wholly due t
he destruction Of that popular unity il
the loyal States With which Democ' at
have SO earnt silly sought to strengthen
the hands Of the government.
A young stripping wiseacre-th
Washington correspondent of the I b.
cago p ibune-who would rather sc
the Union army defeated than victori
Gus while Mcclellan commands it, ex
pressed the opinion in a recent lette
that "a great victory Under McClelIa
would set back the war six month";"
Well, a great victory has now bee
achieved under General Mcclellan
Perhaps this bilious Tor trsitorous
Young well>wisher Of the rebels, a
against Mcclellan, will nov enlighte
the readers of the Tribune how thi
gratifying event is gong to "set back
the war.
Mcclellan has ''set back" the rebel
and the Tribune at one blow, as h
would have doue long ago if the 7f'
hume class Of politicians had kept thei
rnIe.or.ruins. fingers out Of the war.disf
They have been instrumental in settin
back the war whole year.-Chica9
journal.
The Hartford Courant says that {
the time Mcclellan was charged wit
dereIiction Of duty, in not sending 10
ward troops to the aid Of General Pop
he had virtually been stripped OF all b
troops, even to his body guard, and thu
he himself was ash ing for the privilege
Of going himself, in almost any capacit
that, while the President vas led to b
lieve tr,m Pope's dispatches that all W
gong we'll, Mcclellan was assured tn
all was not well, and that when Il
President learned Of the retreat Of O
army to Centrev,lle, be called upon NJ