Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-03-17
B,sir ON sumner.

Blair ON SUMNER
Rogucs are evidently falling OUT ~.
a. per consequence, honest men se'
,h.;. d,es Sumner is the champion u
the subyersion Of the rebel State
w.,,s n reduce them from States L
,r.,r,o,;o. and 80 work them back inso
the Union again at leisure. ms IS tux
AhoIi,;on ,cbemc. 1t has for It's aope'
.,,s mo Abolition party. A few days
since n meeting for the support q
Summers plan was called IL Se"
York, and tho managers 'heaeo
tbou,ht it would be "blg thing u
havea Cabinet member present ano
we'll knowing Il c anti slavery procllvl
,;es Of Post Master General Blair, sen'
him pressing invitation to join IN th'
effort. Imagine the chagrln OF th'
managers" at the receipt OF Response
10 tue Invitation, one paragraph Q
which was couched in the following un
m,t4kable language
81 do not concur in the propositlof
that certain States have been recently
Overturned aud who'll subver'ed ~
members Of the Federal Union,' upcp
which the call i, based THIS is IN sub
stance what the Confederates tneh'
selves clam, and tie fact Mat seceSS'o,
is ma;nto;aedbv tie outhors ofthts cdH
for d6eyeak pu,pose does not maze
a mare foastttational. or prere"t Me"'
fran Jeiag ACTUAL AIDERs AND ABLI
1ons or HE CoNrhDERArAs.
Whew what bombshell was that
in the Abolition wigwam Just thluk
OF it-Mr. Blair, an aniislavcrv man
counted upon as an Abolitionist--tel1-
inr those Abolition managers IN effect,
that in their proposed action, they were
"AcTCAL AIDERs And ABETroKs OF THE
CoNfGpERATEs" This is jnst what Dem
ocrats have been telling them all the
while. Instead Of quoting Abolition
doctrine 10 encourage on the enemies o.
the Union, Mr.. Blair quotes Democrat
lc scripture for their elitication. That
was the unkiudest cut OF the season.
This straw shows very plainly whl:h
way the wind is blowing.
Senator Browning on Confiscation.
Senator browning is the Republican
who was appointed by Gov. Yates TO
fiji the sea. lett vacant by the death q.
Senator Douglas. Mr.. Brow1iug's col
league Is Nj. Trumbull, u rabil abol-
ZIONIST Of the Sumner school, and is IN
favor Of conli,cating the property frc-
oels q slaves and movable pro
perty alone but Of their real eslate
Mr.. irumbuIl has bill before Congres,
expressive Of his contiscatlon proclivities
Mr.. Browning, instead of supporting hi
colleagues bill, is opposed to it. and il
the Senate Chamber on tie 10th inst
made afpcech IN which he 4 fines BIZ
position very clearly. Read:
"Mr. Browning Gil. said he assume,
that every Senator "yrc,d in the wis.,
that TIE Var might te brought to
speedy add successful CONCLUSIONS. Ii
al . 4, ,un,d tat AL wished 10 Ike,
wlthin thc limits OF the Construction
Md preserve ii N all It's pa,ts for on
protect on, AMI tor the be ,fit Ut poster
IT. lotcser. lie would not lrosc:ut,
the VI 20 the sad end II we only sue
ctci - cVnqceiing the States by Ii.
oNcrthra~ OF the CONSTITUTE n. Cn!ess
We car ave the constitution with Iii,
I mon, ~ had beitric 20. All the
ct Is tac rebels are now endniluT ar
the lc.i innate fruits of tne violat on O.
II, { % ,t.tuUou. The constitution say.
tina, II blti OF a'talnde sh i be passed
bat I seems 10 be aImu,,d that this i,
pra;ti .,.., a III .tetlaiuder. The Sen
tor tto.n Inlnc (N prill) SENS 10 u
the glofHd - hiss Tire blli on the acgI
pJrcr, nEt 4" III powers Congress ios
sc,~e. arc gian'ed hy the Constitution
at0 tAc! 4ic tie SANE We ,tcriay, to-da,
and toicser. TIC unlimited loArr
Cong cs-. as advocated by the Senator
from M.nc, is ouly the foundation TO
de>pot 81. TIE functions Of Conrre.
are ci,il ana legislative, and catno
conttol unlimited war power. lie con
tended that the Supreme Court settle,
This question, AID de ided that The powe
re ted with tn Pres dent. He cite,
Howard, Up. 81 and 4G; also Martin q,
Mott, II h WheatIev. Ii the i'resd n
abuse the power there IS remedy i
Coo5 ess but, II Congress usurps IT,
war uower, there is absolutely norem,
dy. He cited further from the case ,
Cross against Hawaii, now growing 0,
OF The state OF things in the State ,
California. Can't yrGla was conouele
IN isii, bat Congress had no power I
estate for 1t at all, and yet the Pre-,
ident Instituted for it form of govern
ment. Bnt this bill Relates to properr
10. captured or expected to be captured
and not restricted to property calculate
to the rebellion, but stri millions Q
persons IN private life of everything
The sure and certain effect of this b;l
Will be to make peace and reunion i'm
possible. lie contended that, If the re
bells were pnblic enemies, we could no
cohhsca'e private property by the law
OF nations bnt Vt they were not enc
mics, but lnsugrectlonaty citizanS mo,