Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-10

Doubtless Mr.. Lincoln shares these
views With all tho earnest 2str otism Of
his heart, and 10 us, likewise, thete
achievements ere desirable; but on the
heels IT victory, and especially in the
fall OF Richmond do We defect our
greatest peris. We bear 10 miud that
Mr.. Seward .et ont With the plau OF let.
ting the cotton States retire; We have
read his doctrine OF State Rights, as
laid down to Mr.. Adams, and We know
thst h's general psescea for this tire
nendous crisis is = new National Con
sention. In all these thing Seymour
d Go. and he agrees; aud Prince John,
who most boldly put this Submission
programme before the people, is now at
Washington Tor was Of late) probably
with the purpose Of consulting Mr.. Sew
ard. We shall not be surprised, there
fore, at any hour, since We have seen
the facility with which treasonous en-
l.saries are conveyed by Cabinet passes
through our lines. To have the fall fiedg-
ed plan Of cessation of hostilitles aud
National peace convention burst upon
US by some committee of "dlstinguish
ed cHizrn-," hailibg either from Rch
mond or Albany And this, too, Just
as Burnside and Hooker have earnestly
laid bare their swords. MIR. Seward il.
the very patron and Grand Master Of
every thing that is clique in civil s,rate-
gy. and We warn Mr.. Lincoln, that unless
from this hour forth lie keeps himself
very wide awake, his insidlous elbow.
friends may mislesd him into some erro-
ncous act Of policy, from which it may
be imp ssible for him other to recede
or to advance with safety.
Finally, We would ask him, after thus
examining bis own pos ton and its for
tunes, TO turn | is invigorated vision TO
the contemplation OF the country. A
rapid backward glance, aided by the
lights We have just hung up, will give
him topographic view flhe Stewards
course, and he will perceive the coils
winch have bound this mighty giant
torpid at the ice, of treason. Though
IT will amaze him much. he will discover
that while the south through IT. agents
engrafled on our arm les aud sp,iukled
through our councils, have performed
the game OF rlayi,s with the North
I'LL i, bsc.mc tired enough to treat, Mr..
Seward, with an equally deluded mind.
has been anchofing his hopes of settle
ment on an equal disgust among the
reuels,
Aud such, after eighteen months of
dterchlng civil stIife, is the appalling
Interpretation OF our astounding dream.
Two gigan'ic sections with nearly two
millions of opposing soldi RS 10 the
field, have been played against each
other in regulated losses, that a .nb-
lie negotia,or, who has an adherence
for military lrumphs, may reconcile The
exhausted parties without the advent Of
al oveisEauowlng reputation. Grateful.
~ then, may "our errng brethren OF the
south" recognize the noble philosophy
OF the distinguished Statesman ho
had the prescience 10 fcrsee and mag
nan}m,ty TO admit, even at the outlet,
t"ae t"ey tOuiu no. tt cong cTtu 10
obedience ~ the Federal arms. Such
statesman and patriot as This might
well hep. that an atmlr,ng and entbusi
astlc people might easily agree upon
nlrn as the frs, President If the restor-
ed Confederation.
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