Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-09-08

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tive usurpat one, and preserve then "ee-
dom-uone can acqu'esce. tor any con
siderable time, in sucl s.officiai" lawless-
ness, and a. sure their tran luiiity. Il
All these evils are clearly and fl "
trace.blc t. . single malignant source
the haJiuated disregard Of LAM by our
present class Of rulers. For long yeats
their presses. pnlpas, orators, authors,
Judges, leg sla,ure., 6 ,vr'nors, have
BEEN edu afing their followers, every
where, into the pes'iIer' us higher law"
dogma that ~ pol actio" ihelf lndi-
y,dual discretion is above the law the
and. A contemptuous nideHy for
constitutional Obligations and guafan-
,e, s man, estly originated this abolition
ioray, and has NAKED every s'nglestage
of its calamltoas progress. until, by II,
10th political and social org mas sms OF
the narion have been thrown into vii
is rider. One Of many Thousands OF lis
manifesto 10, s, exh bits the Governor o!
lows, proclaiming 10 an pplaudfng
auditory hat his light arm should with
er before will obey constitution
behest, and Just such regulations OF
The Constitution North produced its re-
tud alton South AID both together
have caused its reputation 10y the Pres
| dent himself. 1t revolutiopzed the
| south. and threatens revolution IN the
| North. Its grea, lesson il we will but
earn it anew, i that he law is wiser
than any uau, whe ther lie be Pres dent
or General aud mure mialable than
any farty oi Gov rnor OF party. 1t
has been and promises stu be a
source oi unrnixed and continual evil, to
| bond and ire black AMI While and
vet the ma yates Ct bis Ill starred
!" epubliean p.rly, il spite OF all our sad
experience .vtrseiy ii, gi e 10
,u.le ,mrusp-- unl~~id aboIit on;
, and acknowledg bur one ne OF aumn-
!. rat,oH to acc ompIi,h IT, md that is to
do as they pl.a, With them every
,all.y partisan necessity suggests seine
n,,oI.iable Outrage upon Gov, rn:HeI
} "a" - = 81 'eAl ll,nln.1 nnhal
io"'d means OF its execui,., Va oId
abruptly. as We logan by ask,no ,,u
| NO. "HetbeF IL is not MI
'or f"'llica! defamation and re1utn
sanc'lfy OF CONSTITUTIONS and Lax.
"am'nls'ef' by s,alesuanship Of ~
tine honofcd Democratic IAN, Al
s"ef the question at our Oct, Der eIe.-
ton.
gar E<ectson, did we say Alas !.
w. re are Indications that even tbot ,;..tt
WIZ nor tie lett us, und,sinrhed by
Ne mn 'a'y pret' nslons Of this prosc,kn-
we administration for. as We vii. a
burnside 'nte'poses federal bssonets lie.
wen Democrat ballots. and ,la., nm
lnJg 10 kentecky, upon his ;pse ,;lr;,
u ""isioy lty,' and then m,na.;n. ~
tells ns lhst Ohio aud Iwa ana M, -
i"'ai as dls rancils.d Kent, civ wb,ss i
our own uo'trnor arms and drlls h,is
artisan political societies at The nn,,fl,c
e@pe"se, aud lis tbem lheir m ss,o,1H :.
!" = a" .u' Their opponents; aud ~ g
~" ON 4 s6une scouts al p.r,,IIon
ioF esidentraI election in 1914 j.. .
"'e"'y IN er'' ence and stupid ana theh b.
b. H. out OF d and '.iike cala mo
n'cnara the Lion from his syuve toj :
! li LIMIT a.ih : sssI IL ~ e-,-
1t is tue that io.cible terferehce
Wit a lawful election in This gu ct and
patriotic community OF Io,a would be
the worst ct trcasons true, that our
Constitution scly provides that ''e.ec
to sh Il, in Ill cases exccp, treason, tel.
ony, or bie 4ch OF the peace, he priv,leg-
ed from arrest on days vi election, gong
to or re urting tberetrom-and that 10
one shall be obliged to per orm military
dugy on that day true, that there is | 0
con evabe pubic neccssl y Tor this arm
81 display It ne, that executive wisdom
wou d take every stand OF those arms
and lock thVn securely und.r guard on
ect'on day--but " hat . III all these and
more, avail, with our present rulers ? =
Have they ever hate at anythlng whlci.
promised a Continuance their po"e ?
II S we tail to ,ecc Ilect ii. Let us
hope, still b'pe, however, that we may
escape this Threatened ,rdeal, and o be
driven to the last refuge of fIeenen; but
whether re are Mt, it is well Tor he ., O.
pile of Iowa, of all oliiical predlec iors,
to remember, T. at il is lar e4slcF to de-
tend The & eat existing franchise of the
ballot, than to recover 1t, alter II sla
have been los.
LEGsAHp BYINcroN,
A W. CARPENTER,
A. +. SsLBsEGER,
p. NJ CAsApy,
FkAsK PLuMER,
Comnaittee.
DRAFTED Men EN TILED 10 Bors,Y
"A section IN the act I'm the d, af aci)
tor enro.1ng and calling out the ration.
al ioi ces has, strange y enengh ESCAPED
attention. 1t is the one eutit ng those