Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-06
THE IOWA SEVENTEENTH.

! TIC 'uSb tu0s "uJ - 3 AsS"s "~s''"6 800.
Iowa should be led INTO disgrace. Tha
: the Seventeenth Infantry was disgracet
at Iuka there can no longer be 40.
doubt; the cause of that diegrace is an
other matter.
We look upon all Iowa regiments a
being of from the same piece-as being
made up Of true metal in the main, ane
competent to perform any acts Of valol
that lies within the range Of possibility
We think no less OF the regiment il
question, now, than We did before It'll
disgrace was sounded abroad. 1t is 9
noble regiment; we cannot doubt it
but the cause Of their amusement lies
somewhere, and we want to know al
about it. We have heard soldiers from
that battle field, from other regiments
attribute the disgrace entirely 10 the
drunkenness of the commanding officer
Col. Rankin, and the incompeteucy o.
other officers. There is the secret of il
-whiskey. Iowa soldiers never ru''
when they arc led by men of their own
grit. 1t IS only tho want Of a competent
leader that causes them to swerve on
any occasion. Give the Seventeenth
the leader that they deserve, and they
viii! take place with the Second, Fifth,
Seventh, Tenth, Sixteenth, ard all the
other brave regiments from the State.
If it is true that Col. Rankin was reel.
ing in his saddle on that day let it be
known, aud let the blame fall right where
it belongs.
"Aftsr the first Of January next, the
armies of the Union must enforce the
President's declaration. What will it
avail to strike the shackels from the
limbs Of these slaves and leave them
still upon the plantations and the fields
OF their masters! If emancipated they
must, as fast as they reach our lines, or
our lines reach them, be placed in the
rear OF cur armies. "-Muscatine Jour-
nal.
Starting off as above, the Journal pro-
ceeds to argue that the best way Of tax
ing care OF the contrabands thus sent
to the rear, is to have them scattered
broadcast among the people Of the
Northern States-introduced generally
| into Northern eooicty, and, OF course,
made to work in the places vacated by
the laboring white classes who have
gone to the war. That is the abolition
sentiment Of the country, undoubtedly.
The proclamation Of emancipation is to
have the result, then, to overrun the
Northern States with black labor. That
is the result. This will certainly be the
case unless some means are employed
to put stop t. the abomination. Let
public opinion frown down any and all
attempts to spread the negro popua-
ton of the South over the States of the
North. No greater curse could be
brought upon the people. Better the
nation be taxed to keep them in their
own latitude than thus to plant the seeds
Of National degradation. Laboring men,
you who obtain your daily bread, and
educate your children by hard days
and months work, what say youte
prospect! Here is coming thi
that will decrease yor~ .ompetitio
per cent. Are = wages full fift
oohe %" you willing to see
'e'VeA Il you, in justice to your
and your families, countenanc
any such arrangement? We do not be
lieve you will. The best and only wa
that you can oppose the dark curren
that threatens to override you, is t
pronounce your opposition at the ballot
box. Let no abolitionist have one 9
your votes, but make most united an
determined opposition against them
They would put you on par with tn
blacks make yon work side by sid
with them; compete with race tina
can live fifty per cent. cheaper than 70
can, and consequently work for fifty pc
cent. less wages. Election day is nea
at hand (; assert your rights, and pu
your veto upon any and all such aggres
sons upon your rights. Speak loud tina
you may be heard from one end of tn
land to the other; speak with one voic
that your united action may cause you
enemies to stop in their career of Grim
against you and against enlightened hu
manity. The remedy is with you; ak
it: never or now.
| An abolition newspaper the other da
manufactured rumors of peace prope
sitions coming from the rebels, and a
the abolition newspapers have sine
been discussing the question of what tn
Democracy would do with them. The a
fair is simply an expcdient to invite sue
propositions, and to open the way for tn
abolition party to become the peace pal
ty, and for the Union to become a
vided country. Chief Justice Cation,
his letter on the emancipation proclsm'