Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-05

President's message was thought to be
IN incousequentiaI affair, made deci.
ded bit. Though the document ha.
been very apxiously looked for by the
entire country, and though it bears nc
fea ures Of an important State paper
such - . stranger would naturally ex
pect from the Chief Mag s,rate Of ,hi.
great nation, yet there is no ground fol
disappointment. The people are toe
well aware Of the small calibre Of then
President TO expect any public docu-
ment at bis haod that exceeds medioc
iity.
10 one Of it's physical aspects the
message 10 OF the kangaroo species-all
runs to tho latter end. In another il il
like the lrishman's meeting house.
hundred feet long and foot wide. One
can't help but keep thinking all the way
through that Old Abe was rerpetra.ing
another long story full Of jokes and stu
pid axioms without application, which
his admirers call logic.
At the outset, almost, he finds him.
self as,ride his broken down African
colonization hobby. Tie thing don't
take, and while making the ridiculous
appearance, tells his abolition audience
that he "regrets" il. He regrets that
be cannot pull the wool over the al
ready benghted Chiliqnians, and ovel-
run their little territory with the ohiecls
OF his deep solcitude regrets" that
there is not some outside power that IS
IDOL enough to DC duped into taking
what he don't want. This is exceed
lngly cl aritable. lie calls the negro
race the bane and poison OF our Gov
erameut, but is perfectly willing tohave
the cntse transplsnted into some rejeh
boring power, and let that power take
the consequences. No wonder lie ire
grets' it. lie has hopes that there il
yet chance TO get of a few, but i at
loss to know where. We would suq-
Gect th,t he keep Pomeroy, owen
Lovejoy, Z.ck Chandler, Sumner, Gree.
ley, and Beecher constantly travelling to
see II that country can't be found
There will be one good effect nj least.
On finances the message is decided,
on the "shinpastcr' ORDER tumpta."
perhaps. A grand United States Bank
and the abolition OF all other banks of
issue, is the idea. A grand MONOPOLY
"a machine that will turn on, any
quantity of illegal tender" per day, and
one that will keep that kind of trash
called gold aud silver on the other de.
OF the Atlantic, where people don't
know any better than to use it. Gen.
jackson lhrottled Just such moas.cr as
that once, aud now the people have al /,
most canonized the old hero for it
Possibly another jackson may have to
deal with another curse OF the same Old
sort.
The President reserve. bis energies
for the niger question, and after other |
mntters have been disposed OF, goes in
TO the emancipation question With as
much split as though he had NOT de.
clared his intention to make all the
slaves Of the seeded States free on the
1st OF January next.
/. it is true that the forthcoming
proclamation is TO be the death blow Of
slavery, as is claimed by tn, radicals.
what sense is there 10 the Prcsidcn,',
wo' king up Consiitu ioual abolition OF
the institution? Slavery has but one
life; that, once taken away. does no,
need to ba taken away again. perhars
the President has become imbued with
the idea that tho proclamation reilly
ioes not amount TO anything that he
fss no power or right to issue a procEa-
nation of the kind that would have any
ofee or effect, and hence he ia coinp to
ry another p An. Surely ii tho Ptcs-
mt mas the right to emancipa,c all |
iases, II would be q mere suncrfni,y 10 :
Q have It done any other WAY. If he
las neither the right nor the MOVE,
Why did he take it upon himself to H.
me such proclamation.
Aboltionists conceive the ross =, (
iavchoiders to he rebels, and tha, on The
st day of January next tie slaves OIL j,
NJ rebels will he declared free. TIKI. ,
printed, Why provide Compensation ? Il
The thing is prcposteIoas il the abolition '
loetors are right.
he President seems to have forro.,an
nat the people at their recent elections /.
rave denounced all his abolition II
'cneme'' possibly they may take coca. b
ION to do SO again. lie seems 70 have a
'osndoned the idea that war will ,o- ).
tore me Union. He has been a loog
inc finding it out, ard it will be an :.
'ther long time before be and his cor. ;
feres VIII succeed in abolishiug tights q
'ested IN this people through the con. ),
iitution. :,