Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-09-24


md distressi Allthese things are with.
q your own knowledge. Are their
luthors the leaders to rescue 10 from our
The SHRINK back appalled,
rom the mischief they have wrought,
aud tell you it 10 an irrepressible con-
.est. That reason 10 ~ good for Je6er-
.on Davis - for them. They attempt to
drown reflections by new excitements
and new appeals to our passions. Hsv-
ing already, in legislation, gone far be-
yond the limits at which, BY their reso.
lutioos, they were pledged to stop, they
now AK to adopt measures which they
have heretofore denounced - unjust
and unconstitutional. For this reason |
they cannot save the country.
Al our national calxmities thicken |
upon u., an attempt 10 made by their |
authors t. avoid their responsibilities BY |
insisting that our failures are due to the |
fact that their measures are not car
ried out, although government has a.
ready gone tar beyond its pledges. The
simply because they hope to save them
selves from condemnation by having IN.
satisfied demands.
At the last session Congress not only
abolished slavery in the District of Co.
lumbia, but, to quiet cIamorous meo, an
act Ct confiscatlou and emancipation
was passed, which, in the opinion OF
leading republicans, was uuconstitution
al aud unjust. By this act the rebels
have no property-not even their ow"
Iives-and they own no slaves. But to
the astonishment and disgust of those
who believe in the policy Of statutes and
proclanations, these rebels still live and
fight aud hold their slaves. These
measures seem to haye terminated them.
They have . careless and reckless way
of appropriating their lives and proper
~, which by act of Congress belongs to
Us, IN support of their cause.
But these fanatical men have learned
that it is necessary to win victory be.
fore they divide the spoil-and what do
they now propose' Az they cannon.
take the property of the rebels beyond
their reach, they will take the the prop.
erty of the loyal men of the border
States. The violent men of this party,
as you know from experience, my con.
servative republican friend, in the end
have their way. They now demand
that the President shall issue procla-
nation OF immediate and universe
emancipation! Against whom Is this to
be directed? Not aga,ns. those in re.
belliou, for they come within the scope
Of the act of Congress. 1t can only b..
applied to those who have been tue "a
our Union and our flag. They are &c
be punished for their loyalty. When
we consider their sufferings and thei'
cruel wrongs at the hands of the
scessionists, their reliance upor
our faith, is not this proposal black with
'ngratitude?
u The scheme for An immediate emsn
cipation and general arming of The
} slaves throughout the South is propo
sal for the butchery of women and chill
dren for scenes of lust and rapine o
arson and murder unparalleled in the
history Of the world. The horrors OF tn,
French Revolution would become tam
: in comparison. Its effect would not b.
, confined to the walls Of cities, but Their
would be q wide spread scene OF horro
over the vast expan.e ofgreat States
:-~-,~;.s ~lil.e .te 10, al .od .ed;.ious
+ Such malignity and cowardice wouI.
: invoke the interference of civilized Eu
rope. History tells of the fires k,ndlet
IN the name Of religion, of atrccitie
committed under pretexts Of order 0
D liberty but it is nov urged that scene
, bloodier tLan the world has yet seel
shall be enacted in the name Of philan
thropy.
A proclamation of general and arme'
emancipation at this time would be
cruel wrong to the African. 1t is no,
officially declared in Presidential ad.
dresses, which are fortified by Congress
: 'onaI action, that the negro cannot Iiv,
in the enjoyment Of the full privileges o
: life among the white race. 1t is nov
admitted. after our loss of infinite bloc,
ard treasure, that the great problem W,
have to settle is not the slavery, but tn,
negro question. A terrible question, no
I spriuging from statutes or usagee, bu
growing out Of the Interchangeable distiac
ton of race. 1t is discovered at thi
late day, in republican Illinois, that it i
right to drive him from ito soil. 1t i
discovered BY a republican Congress
; after convulsing our country with dec
larations in favor Of his equal rights, an,
: asserting that he was merely the victim
OF unjust laws, that he should be sen
away from our land. The issue is nov
changed. The South holds tina. tho At
rican IS lit to live here al slave. Gu
republican government denies that be j
tit to live here at all.
The republican party cannot save til,
country, because through it's powerful
press it teaches contempt for the laws
constitution and constituted authorities
They are not only destroying the Union
but they are shaking and weakening tn,
whole structures of State a. we'll 40 o
the national government, by denuncia
t'ons o. every law and Of oil authority
that stand in the way OF their PASSIONS o.
their purposes. They have not onl,
carried d,scord into our churches ano
legislative halls, but into our armies
Every General who agrees with them
upon the subject Of slavery is upheld il
every act OF characterization and sus.
tanned against the clearest proofs Of in
competence, i, not OF corruption. On