Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-21

a. other: II I cannot break that obliga.
ton without destroying tho principle Of
. beni6cent government, and overtorn }.
ing the foundations Of property It !!
cannot uss mears which ! am tempted
to employ, without danger Of uospeaka'
BILE wrong or il the utter inefhsieccy
Of those means il apparent TO me and 70
oil men-what is my duty TO Him who
sets the moral bounds Of oil my actioosF
It IL to use those means, and those only,
against which be has raised no such 81.
qsn,ic and insuperable moral obstacles.
That any valuable military allies can DO
found among the negroes of the South ;
that any description Of government Gus
tody or charge Of them can become more
than . change Of masters, and that any
thing but weakness to the national cause
results from projects that lock to the &C.
QUESTION of national power over their
condition are truths on which the pub
lie mind appears to be rapidly approach.
ing q settled conviction. Applause.
I add one word more upon this topic,
and do it for the purpose Of saying in
the presence of this community that any
project tor arming the blacks against
their masters deserves the indignant re-
buke of every Christian In the land.
(Cheers and hieses.] When the descend.
ants of those whom Chatham protected
against ministerial employ ment Of the
Indian scalping knife so forget the civ
iIizstion Of the age and their own man
hood as to sanction greater atrocity,
we may hang our heads in shame be-
fore the nations of the earth.
THE GOVERNMENT PLEDGED TO THE ARMY
THAT THE WAR Is FOR THE DRFeNCE
OF THE CONSTITUTION AS IT Is AND
THE RESTORATION OF THE UNION OF
OUR FoREFATHERs.
But there is another aspect of this
matter, which it would be entirely
wrong to overlook. The great army
which has rallied with such extraordi-
nary vjgor and alaority to the defence Of
the Union and the preservation Of the
Consti.ution-which has endured 90
much, and has exhibited such heroic
qualities-is not a standing army Of
nired mercenaries. 1t is an army OF
volunteers, of citizen soldiers who have
left their homes and entered the service
of their country, for q special purpose
which they distinctly understand. Per-
nit me to say that you are bound to re-
member th,s;-or rather let noe cast
aside the language of exhortation, and
assert, in your name, that you remember
it, with pride and exuItation. The pur-
pose for which these men we're asked to
enter the public service was the protec-
ton Of the existing Union and the exist
ing Constitution from attempts to over.
throw or change them by organized VIC.
lence and that purpose is the most i'm.
portant element in their relation to the
Government. No other army in the
world ever entered the service Of any
power, with an understanding so dis
tlnct, so peculiar, so Gil cumscrlted in re.
spect to the objects Tor which it was to
be used SO directly addressed to the
moral sense and Intelligent judgemen,
of intelligent men. cannot doubt tina,
speak the sentiments of nine men out
of every ten in this community, when ]
say that to change that purpose, and to
use that army for any other end than
the defense of the Constitution as it IT,
and the restoration of the Union Of oul
torefa,hers, would be violation of the
public faith. Applause.
1t is now proposed to enlarge the
army by a further call for volunteers
Let them come forth making no condi
tons with the Government applause
for the Government has made its owr
conditions, and has made them in &C
cordance with the letter and spirit Of The
Constitution. The purposes and objects
Of the war, as declared at the beginning
can never be changed, unless the people
shall be 90 untrue to themselves az to
compel change; and when they do
that, they will be themselves responsible
tor the defeat of their own hopes.
EnounollSmo 4 oAios- eennomta f,rl