Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-31
OUR MJSrAKEN NEiCnBOR.

OUR MISTAKEN NEiCnBOR.
It is true, o, editor Of tho Gazette,
that we did attend the Democratic
State Conventional 10 true that we cast
the vote OF the county there because
there we we're alone-it is trne we voted
for the platform Of that Con INVENTION, and
furthermore, it is true, that, from our
heart of hearts, we endorsed it then,
and upon more mature thought and can
did reflection we endorse it noa0. If
this condemns Us in the estimation OF
any OF every loyal man, as our neighbor
claims, then 80 be it, we are content.
We believe in the propriety Of every
man following the dictates Of his own
constructive put our belie1 in prac-
tice.
Ameng the monstrosities charged by
our neighbor upon that convention was
one condemnlng the confscation act
The convention very properly branded
it as unconstitutional, and whatever liue
Of policy Congress or the Administers
ton may promulgate that is not in &C.
cordance with the written constitution
of the Government, ought to be con-
demned in all loyal conventions, in all
places, at home among our fellows, aud
abroad among strangers. Yes, the con.
vention branded that act as uncons, itu-
tional-and therefore wrong-villain
ously wrong. Congress perjnred itseli
in concoctiug such bill. The Presi
dent of the United S ates, republican
though he is, and timid in his action,
dared not, with the oath Of Office rest.
ing down upon him-darcd not, or
would not give it his signature. Why ?
Because it was unconstitutional. The
position of the President became known
to the fanatics, and they added reso-
luton thereto, not without cursiog, that
brought the entire matter within consti.
tutiooal limits. The convention at Des
Moincs condemned the bill as first draft.
ed, the President did the same thing,
and to-day, if we may credit the leading
repui lican papers Of the East, the Pres
ident has actually no more power under
the amended bill than he possessed be-
fore it was fioally adopted. 1t conferred
in its amended form, 10 new powers
whatever. Whether it be so OF not we
leave it for those papers to decide.
II the editor Of the Gazette thinks, as
he Gays, that we wish to black water"
In any degree on the platform Of the
late Democratic State Convention, he is
the worst mistaken man in the newspa.
per business. We SAID in an editorial
the other day that 1--WE must fight for
the Union, and fight to acin." Is there
anything in the democratic platform tina,
goes contrary to that? Not a word.
The platform declares that the consti,u-
ton and the Union must be preserved,
and that this war is waged for the pur-
pose of preserving them and nothing else.
They cannot be preserved, uni rtunatclv.
without fighting, and as we have TO fiobt
it would be folly and worse, it would be
high crime to fight any other way than
to scin. Far be it from the intention Of
the democracy of the North to induce
traitors to believe that We are fighting
in any other way, or have any other idea
but to conquer them, and restore the
Union and preserve the constitution in
tact. Such are our sentiments. Ii for
these opinions VIC arc entitled, as our
ne'ghbor says, to the condemat alton in the
estimation Of all loyal men, SO be it. We
meet the issue fairly, and If our neigh
Dor considers him elf sloyal" we pre-
suue he will put his ptecept into prac
tice.