Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-19

Cd and influenced hundreds Of toos-
ssnds,) tifty men have found themselves
in Forts LaIsyetts and Warren. Hts
craven, treachcrous sigual thrown 70 the
enemy, encouraging them 70 pefsever'
ance for 'three months, a'tes "n'co
Va should "bow TO destiny, vail coat W
Thousands of lives and millions OF treas
urc.
Il known that, comprebending, -
early a. December, 1860, both the Ger.
.ainty and the formidable character Of
the rebellion, / endcavored. il It could
not b svsrted, to at least narrow ito
boundaries. On this point Mr.. Greeley
says:
"Mr. Weeds personal supcrvision-
his editorial associates, even SO early as
the last OF 1860, or the first OF 1861,
having felt constrained publicly to dis.
claim I'll participation in, or synpsthy
With, Mr.. Wc.d's amszlng support Of
Senator Crittondsn's so-csiled co.Spro.
mise, which invoked . surrender BY the
Republicans OF the main distinguishing
principles for which they had ever con
tended"
| vas earnestly in favor Of = PROPOSE
on which the loyal members OF Con-
gress from tho Border States agreed up.
on, and which would have tied those
States TO the Union, thus narrowing the
rebellion to the Gulf and Western Me-
,issipI States. And ~ earnestly urg-
cd, 10 the formation Of the Pres,deu,'s
Cabinet, the selection Of two Of ito mem.
bcrs from North Carolina and Tennes-
see, 30 that from the Mississippi TO the
Atlantic, the Southern line of those
Ststes would be the fros,icr OF rsbell,eD.
These two objects, with all the advan-
, ,sges resulting from them, we're defeat
ed bv abol,ionism. For the long train
of disasters and horrors that followed,
TO the bereaved widows and orphans
: whose cables darken the land, and to tho
battered forms and broken constitutions
Of the Thousands who arc 10 drag ont
, their existence without arm or legs, the
. Grccleys, Summers, Phillipses, etc., etc,
, are largely responsible.
: But Mr.. Greeley breads, as the worst
;. calamity, an inferna! compromise where.
BY tie ,ohote country, bound hand and
foot, shall be delivered oper to The occurs.
: ri siars pomtr." And yet, what is MIR.
Greeley driving At but an "lnfcrnal
compromise What but an "lniernsl
con- rcmise" was the object Of his let
tiers to Nj. MERCER and Mr.. Vallsndig-
: hami VIVA, but an ".nfernal compro
{ mise is 1.-The best atta'nable peace Pr
. Is Mr.. Greeley demen,ed, that he in.
y wolves himself 10 such contradiction
I" aud absurdlticsl
would not ob,rudc Mr.. Greeley Of
;, myself upon the public attention fol
any mere per.onal reason. follow him
= up because he has held aud sbused {
mighty power. Iii. tescLiogs have dis
eased tho popular mind. His jcurns
* has perverted the Judgment aud m'sled
:. the -vmpa,Lie. OF tho uat,vu. lis insc
D. icnce has shaken aud his threats paral
= yzed the army and the government. /
~ :; = time that an engine.o potent for evil
- driven By ambition, revenge aud ianati
- c,sm, should be either ''swltchcd of y o
:. :: deprived of it's motive power. The New
- York Tribune, il first encouraging re
tcllon; in then aggravatiny its horrors
- laboring steadily to unite the South an
:" divide the North and now, when cour
age and fidelity are more than ever need
=. - ed, in demanding the "best attainabl
" peace" has done quite mischief enough
The good and loyal men of Nev
:, Hampshire, by "mindlng their own bust
- ness leaving new channels" ard "op
~ idea pesches ont OF the canvas, hav,
~ saved hat State. The same measure c
!. " s1om and patriotism viii save Con
:" necticu..
- Let such resuit', while they rebnk
aboitionism, slso leach the democrat
- - hat TO lie successful they must be loyA
!" When their opposition to the Admins
:, tratiou carries them, ~ 10 Connection
- o the extent Of sympathizing with re
: belIion, the people will not 20 with theu
Tho party, which, when its country
- Involved u war, falls into the error
~ the Eedcrslis.s in 1914, digs i.s ow
:" grave. sour country, right or rropg,
o 80 given by Commodore David Porter
-. Il the sentiment 10 which pslrlo,isrn re
~ spends. Truly yours,
" TnuKLow WEED.