Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-24
me uISAy1HeS IN VIRGINIA.
n lbslitiea Attack O tho Free
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From Il. New York independently

From tn New York Indspsudsst.]
There il no need Of 'ous,ng the pa
t,iot,sm OF the people. 1t is On mex.
h.ustiblc qu.lity. 1t Onder''e. tnei'
very life. The Government 'tsen !"
buo, ed up by it, and rides upon II IKE
. ship upon the fsthomless ocean.
No. 1t 10 the Government that need,
,ons;no. We do not need meet'Dgs on
the Hudson, but motion on the Poto-
mac. II is not 10 Boston or Buffalo, o.
Cincinnati, or New York, that this cas-
a to be settled, but in Washington
There is no use Of conce.liug it. THE
1eople are BEGINNING to distrust their
rui ers. Not their good nature, their
patriotism, their honesty, but their ca.
pac;ty for the ee;gency Of "''l'sdry a.
fairs. They know that IN var 40 hour
oft. u carries campaign in its hand. A
.l.y is . year. The Pendent seems to
be a man so;thout any sense Of the voI"e
Of tame. The people admire his dlsin-
,eres, ednes.. They believe him firm
sheu he reaches decisions. But they
perceive how long period he requires to
form judgments ho,o wide circuit he
toxes Of uncertainty and vacill"tion BE-
fore he determines. 10 civil affairs that
can bear to wait, the people deem him
among the best o, our long line of Pres
ideuts. Bot, it is war! Armies are
perishiug. Months are wasting. We
are in the second year Of rebellion. We
have been just on the eve OF doing
something for sixteen months.
The people cannot but see that the
success Of oar arms has bceM in the ratio
of their distance from the seat Of Coo
eminent. In all the great West, where
the Government could not NEEDLE on
the scaboard, in North Carolina. At
Beaufort, s. c., at New Orleans, we
have had success. But in Virginia,
within reach Of the influence of Wash
inpton, we have had all our delays and
ali our misfortupes. Do not the people
consider these thipgs9
We walked from stand to stand IN
The great meeting Of tuesday with a
sadness that we could not disguise. The
necessity for such meeting was a NOR.
LITIGATION. What President was ever SO
royalty backed! What resources, what
eethusasm, what unity Of feeling, what
eageroess OF men to be enrolled, what
confidence 10 the Admin istration And
.ne year has so nearly wasted all this
that the Government is resorting to un-
usual IL fuences to secure enlistmehts. Is
patriotism dead? Ia the love Of ma
tional unity squeIcbeds Why are such
meetings needed to drum up recruits
We are obliged to say to Mr.. Lincoln
the tault is not scith the people.
They have been true and generous
They are determined and 10 jiscour-
aged. They wait; but it is because
they are intelligent. They are used te
the management OF affairs. They ere
not disposed TO tbro " away their power
The patton rose up in its me- esty to
punish rebellion. 1t put mag fcen,
army into the Presidents ha. d. Fol
one year that army was besieged in The
capital!
At length, this past spring, began the
campaign in Virginia. The people glo
rled in fn4. hnl;..F 49,. Al - - s.>
government would be asserted. AT Fl
four months campaign, the armis 8 q
the United States arc on the defensive
Not less than a hundred Thousand mer
have been lost by death, wounds, sick
ness and captivity; Mcclellan is coopee
up on James River; Pope is collecting
an army; and the country is to-day &C
tually debating whether the enemy can
not strike bow at Washington! /
this such a management as aoiU confrv
the con- fdence Of the country az Mr.. Lin
coins conduct Of the uar9 Do we neet
to ask Why men are slow to volunteer
Does any man nee d to be told what tn,
end Of such things must be? This i
not Furnishing rebellion. 1t is helping
It.
In the second year Of the war! Ane
how long will it he before every nation
IN Europe will have a right to say, tn
South has shown itself able to maintain
lis independence?
The vacillation and hesitation OF III,
government are taking away from l'ber
~ her moral pre- tminence. The loya
States, whom liberty and religion hav.
made SO strong, and which are in, fab,
superior to the revolving slave States
are made to stand before the wLo!,
world IS even less strong than they
The manner Of crushing rebellion wa!
almost as important as the &C, itself
The energy, he dIrec,nesa, the stern Sc
verify, and the suddenness Of the s,rt ke
should have put honor on loyalty ant
, intamv 90 rebellion. But We are m k
ing rebellion ho norahle n te,c month
. more and zee shall haze neither mora
nor po!iticul right to stig"mtixe til
Southern Increment. Then eneygy ant
v"lor sciU haze ertorted from our nevc,
reu' q Generals and yoc,llatimg govern
memt +" success thut wiN cyo,cn sluyer,
and dishon0r Hberty.
The Pre- -,deut is understood to hav,
, assum the whole responsibility of tn,
Campaign in the East. The people wi
, hold BIN to that responsibility. IT,,
Generals ave Of his selection. All thing
are IN his hands.
} But one thing Is sure, unless there i
more purpose and vigor at Washing
! ton, all the public meetings IN the lont
,ciH not sove this country from shAm
and disaster!
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