Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-02-12


Congress, should be read eserywhefe-
do We commend 1t to the
attention Of the editor 0. the Gdzette.
II ne can't stand it all at once We advise
nm to take a dose OF paragraph at
,ane l. ma, have the effect 10 coun.
teract the negrophobia, With which he
has been so severely suffering
WAsHlSGros, Jan. 70.
III DEAR SiR.-I am in receipt OF
yoo,s OF he l5th. ! will make very
.ilort reply: First, as ,o Why onr aruy
does no strike at some other point than
the stronghold Of the enemy here. We
ant Withdraw any considerable force
fsom tie army of the Potomac without
weakening our line, and VIC have v'gl-
liant Toe ready 10 I. Ike advantage OF any
.no,cmcnt Of the kind. They can alioid
- have their wings TUNED II they can
force our centre. Trust, my dear SIR
to Tie SIKH OF men quite as ANXIOUS .o'
victory as either YOU CT can be, WIN
more knowledge Of the means by when
il can be attained. A Joint Committee
h.s becn in session for the last ie"
weeks. 1t was created BY those oPPos-
"a a. the manner in which the war has
bccn eonducted. opposed IT, but
hat was among my mistakes. 1t ha'
lone good the plans Of the army have
/ been disclosed TO tins committee. lAeJ
INNS, keen the secrets thus communica
I'd but I know they arc now satisfied
nith the plaus Mcclellan has been be-
lore them. The President stated the
other day in my presence that there was
o.obabIy but one man IN the country
more anxious for battle than h'nseli,
and that was Mcclellan. IL rcpndiated
N words Of wthering rcbuke TO those
who made the charge, that he or .Hr.
Seward or Gen. Mcclellan were iamper-
ING or delaying out OF any cons'dera-
lion for rebels or rebel Institutions, or
that they indus cd any thought OF end
me- the war by any means other than
conquest on tie battle field. ! wish
oy,ry man in our land could have heard
him. =.
hi, brings me to the second subject
| 4 1our letter That THIS rebellion must
he mt down ty iorec Of arms. That Is
exactly whele you and | (while We ap-
D, ar to agree differ. /, mere than You,
believe Nat the sword must stay tbs re-
bciion. That is not on y the best way,
but /, is the only hay TO do ii, and tie
Constitution giye3 the Government TINS
method IN all its rigor. You would
eek TO 90 il, il | understand You night,
81 passing laws, and by DEGREES and or
,lels, Of, at least. doubtful Constitution
II authority. Iou can't but know that
a law or decree eonfiscatlng property Is
jnopcralisc while that property IS in The
hands OF an aimed enemy. lon wouic
coniiscate and then capture. | would
CAPTURE and then coutiscate. Bat that
i. not tie main difference between us
Let rs be frank and state it in the plain
est .anguagc | would prosecute thu:
wal tor the restoration oil the Union
You would prosecute It for the abolition
Of slavery. When the war is over,
would leave the people that should b'
cit In any and all the States in posses
sien 81 All the political rishts they pos
>esscd before the rebelion-preseryins
III the States, aud to all Of them equa
political ghts.
You would reduce portion Of th'
States to dependence, and deprive then
.! The constitutional nights OF re9ulatn!
their own domestic institutions. IN
for restoring the Cnlon-yoa fer imp ii
;ng il. don't now argue which theor,
is the best. | only want 10 make clea
The loint Of d ference. You may sa.
Of niue that have too much rc>pec
for slavery. | deny that | have an.
re>pect for slavery. My respect fol tin
| Constitution, however, is supreme
| Whenever and wherever slavery stand
10 the way OF conquest by our armies
| would not spare it; and | care no
how sorely il may be impaired BY thu
conflict, or whether anything of it b
left when the war is over but the RICH
of each State to do with it just as here
toiore, when this war is over, must b.
preserved, or YOU see it is no restoration
Those who with me are for complete es
toration of the Old Union, can take ~
other ground. You who are for chang
may be more wise than we, and ono
breaking through constitutional re
straints, you may make all the improve
mcnts you think best, but your action i
revolutionary, not constitutional.
| lou say the rebels have broken tn
Constitution. Certainly they have, an
| would punish them as the Constitn
ton provides. It's provisions are ampl
for crushing them by arms and hangin!
them by law. Law breakers are pun
ished by the laws they break, and thos
who execute the laws and inflict the pun
ishment should not themselves becom
law-breakers. Let me close with a
extract of letter from Gov. Sprague
in answer to an invitation to the lat
New England dinner at the Astor House
Il trust that we shall not forget thu
this rebellion is based upon a mistake
that the masses Of the South have bee
r deceived by reckless and ambitious n. Ell
; touching our sentiments and purpose
1t should be our object, while vigorousl
prosecuting the war, to give the lie I
and not to snbstantiate the statement
by which Thousands on thousands {
honest men If the South have been mi
o led. Let us see to it that when the W;
is ended the Southern people sha
blame their own leaders for having CO,