Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-09-26
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WHAT Is W ANTED


WHAT Is WANTED
Month alter month passes and wears
are being oousumed i" the prosecution
of,h,. immense war, aud still there Is 90
nre.ent sign that It is to be closed with
IN the term Of Mr.. L'usoln's sdmin'stra-
ton. That It might have been done ere
tbi. there is scarcely any room for doubt.
That i. ought to be done v thin the next
ak months is likewise patent. Docs any
.s,.,hls man believe that tbi. govern
ment has not the power and vital y
.,ouvh -s,roor arm. and stont hearts
enough to crush all oppo.i'i'n that lies
he,v.sn Washington and Richmond aud
At one grand stroke capture the rebel
capital I No; any man with halt an nm
d.r.so ling about HIN knows that there
are troops enough that can be thrown IN
to the army of tn Potomac to break
5o, al the fo,ce that Gen. Lee ca
command and march triumpLan'ly IN
10 Richmond. There has not been a
month. VIC verify believe, within The past
two years, that this could not have bee"
dove had tie administration been go dis
uo.ed. But Instead Of massi"g troops
asd striking deadly bow at the the
my's vi,als, our President has been beat
inc sbou, the bush here, there, aud ev-
ery~hsrs. His chief forte has been the
niger question. Manipulating the dar-
KEYS through the medium Of proolama
nations, be has counted ulon for accom-
pli.hing the ruin Of the Confederacy.-
Greeley 10 him 90, and all the abolition
cew assumed the same position. The
Emancipation proclamation was deliver
ed little moro than year ago. AL the
abolition papers, all tho abolition Gen
era's and ornc.a,s MI the abolit on horde
throughout the land declared in concert
thst the back bone Of the rebellion was
broken square 10 two by that p'nderous
blo~. OF course they expected that the
mo lster rebellion would drop dead in i's
acks. That is the usual result Of brok
., backs in the animal kingdom. Bnt
they have 10 ,ked month after month and
arc still looking. and still they see the
animal alive and possessed Of as much
. aiv,ty and LIE Is before the blow fell!
We know Of blow that Mr.. Lincoln
might have struck At that time that
would have knocked the rebellion sense-
less, Had be kicked his radical advi
sors out Of HE prcseuce-cabinet aud all,
aud drawn about him the sound demo-
cratic wisdom OF the county, and aced
the power in the han Is OF men who
knew precisely how to run the Govern
ment machine, then, Indeed, the rebel
lion would have been shoro of Is power.
The cause would have been removed,
disposition to make terms, which We
doubt not she would have done, the
rebel slrongholls would have been
stormed by such an army and with such
crushing power as The world has never
dreamed of, aud before tnis day re-
belIlou woald have been humbled in
tie DUST.
4 change of administration is what
this country wants. II is in bad hands
Incompetent men are at The helm
They don't un iers,and the bu ine>s.-
Theory is Their great forte, when prac
tics 10 loudly demanded.
Al this .t.ge Of the game the adm n
does not want to close the war. L
wasts The military influence to aid il
the comirg Presidential election. 1t il
we'll known that it. only salvation rest.
in that, and in keeping the rebellion
alive so that the people Of the >ou,t
vii have no word IN the next Pres den
tisl canvass. To rcaucc the REBEL OF
nov i no part Of the programme. Tn
next year will see it still alive and &C
tive. @
What must be done il the country i
to be saved, is to make change in to-
administrative power. THIS the peopi'
on do If they will. Let us begin wei
this year aud eoatinue to labor until tn
obio0t IL achieved.