Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-05
How TO SAVE Tas (OTSTKf
A Letter from Gov. bigger.


/ EUf OIL tue 0ptE UtttInO, i BdSc W coy
that yoa have be,n rightly Informed.
! | do not intend 10 be candidate tor
I l. ;. Senator at the com ~ election,
| and have 30 expressed myself to friends
on proper occasions. | have q number
Of reasons, public and private, tor tins
course, one OF which IS the eastern and
northern sections OF the State make
special claim to the Senator, and at this
tine on the ground that We have one 10
the West recently elected; and cannot
reasonably clam both for so long a
term.
The other question you ask, what
can be done 10 save the country" is 10,
so readily answered. The usua re-
soonse Is, God knows Few ofour best
thinkers seem 10 havesc!ear views on the
qne-licn: and It is not even certain tina;
the admin ration at Wa-hing' On
has well defined policy TO that end.
have some thoughts on the subject
which do not hesitate TO give You.
They may seem 10 you crude, and on
some points very novel and startling :;
but they are the result OF some Ietiec
ton.
The sword is the only agency At
work. But the sword cannot do all. IL
is an agent OF destInction. Il can tear
down but cannot build up. 1t may
ch4stise aud silence the reoels in the
fed. but 1t cannot make Union 0, the
States it cannot restore conf fence AID
fraternity amongst a people estrangcd
and alleuatcd from each OF er. If the
war was against The leaders in the
South on V, as ,uany at the beginning
supposed, then the sword might pul
10 their aleg auce. But the conflict
turns out to be win the whole mass OF
the people within the reyolteG States, old
aud vouro, male aud female, numbering
many millions. VI It'll such power,
sooner or later, we sh@ll have to treat
and negotiate. The sword alone will
never restore this people TO the Union.
You vel! know that when the present
I tl.tnliIes mcnaccd tile nation, vas for
peaceful means 10 avert the blow. Then
conld have been avoided at d, as | be-
leve, the unity Of the States preserved
ior generations, without the sacl fife
Of principle, honor, or conscience Oh
ctuer de; passion, prejudice and IA
nat;c,Sm Only would h ye been required
70 give way and still thluk, nay, an
sure, that other means b>s,des war is
necessary 10 SAFE our ccuutry-our
whole coant,y-rom present ath Ictions
and iupend NJ iuln.
! know how easy it i. TO talk about
var and caln4ge; about sirategetc 20
sltions aud hfillart victories about the
prompt sat il. cation of The South by the
Norln; how pleasant It may be to some
10 float iii the common current OF eX-
cltcment and passion; aud especial,
how unpleasant, II not unsafe, It ls TO
stem this Ii lie. Bat the time is couitg,
Hit be not now, when the man who
would render lis country substantial
sollice must DO tbs. He must look At
the whole work before Us, and strike for
the right regardless Of uiamor or conse-
queues TO Litnse!i personality.
We have had w2r for eighteen months. |
the like of which the world has seldom
witnessed before, to sustain which a
national dett of startling magnitude,
which must hang owes pos,c,i,y lcng H.
to the future, has already been created. |
aud more than quarter OF million Of |
Invaluable hses s,ciliiced on the Union |
SIDE alone, IN addition to The may |
thousands that have been crippled OF |
diseased for f. and vet but llttle. II
any, substantial progress has been made
IN The good work OF re-estahll,hing the
Union, or even of maintaining the Fed
cral Authority w,thin the reyoitcd |
States. Has not, then, the experiment
oi var, as means OF extrca,ing the
com ~ from its present deploIable con
ilton, been already tested-tested at
east 10 such an tx;ent as TO prove its
utter intlny unsided by other means.
II was happy thought Of President
IAncoln, expressed in his Iaaugursl, thai
IT We Went 10 war, we could not firh, al
Tays and whcn, af or much loss on
1oth SIDES and no gains on either. Won
case fighting, the identical old question
IS 10 terms OF intercourse are a2ain ND.
N YOU Tins prophetic and highly
lgnitleant sentiment shows that even
If. Lincoln, before the wal began, an
lcipalc' the time IN case 1t did begin.
fhcn It would be necessary TO put he
word TO rest, at least for n season. IN
RIDER to resume the identical Old ou.s
onS aboat Intercourse and settlement. I
does not Seem TO have occurred tp a,
In that the sword conla do the whole !
ork, bnt that, inevitably, We would have !
come back 10 the Original point to :
ofnprnmisa aud settle. II, then. we can +
OF II lit always, what amount If liyhtfno !,
necessary TO 'ender it proper to pte parc
ase or suspend in order to cons der f
rms ot rec9ncilia Ion Taere has AL =
ady "been much loss on both side~ !,
id no gain on either ;" aud Whist the c
me 10 cease fighting may ~; lie VT. G,
le period has surely come, VIII othe, al
ears besides the sword should be en- :, :,
Dyed IN Tie flort To save The govern F
ant and country. Certain y the object \
The war, and the extent TO which !, ~
g, should be deliniiely known 10 the :
uh'ry. Il 1T lie intended to snl iaga,,
c States in rebellion, and hold them :,
It as States in the Union, but IS con. at
cred provinces, then the sword must be -
p' ~ constant motion and war and
rnage be the order Of the day. New