Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-12-26

- - Anoeioon eitisrn q The North
esnos1 r our opioios the zsibssss doc.
trisc, whIoA Ne suppose 10 also that Of
viss- President Hamlin. u the very doc.
tsine Of Houthsen rebellion, aud IN timss
like the present il unreasonable" 10 the
common aosepsatios OF that term among |
public writers aud speakers atthe North |
II it 10 not, then Why not.
II We cannot have the u MON 40 it wsd
who dare contend that An American cit |
izen il not free TO advocate and work for
any union or government that he wantts
| II 1.-THE Constitution ~ it il" is not our
present and fntore bond and charter Of
government, II our oaths TO support 1t
are absolved and no longer binding. II
By those cat! we are not bound before
God and man to labor, fight and pray for
1.-THE Union az it was and the Constitu-
ton 20 il is," then will the Tribxns OBJ
ligiugly tell u. in plain language what
government, or form OF government, or
power, or principaliiy those oaths do
bind 10 to labor for; or whether, per-
chance we are adrift among a chaotic
mass Of broken government, discovered
States. ungoverneJ man, led in q free
fight by men accidently 10 seats of nomi-
nal power at Washington, Sc king victo-
nv over another mass OF the same sort,
guided by the same views and seeking
: the same end, to-wit: come new govern
ment in place Of the old. which both par
ties declare is destroyed' Is this SO Z
!Ifso, where are we =.
Here is another view Of the subject
which requ res consideration. We said
that Vice President Hamlin's tone was
, dicta.orial. We repeat it, and add that
! it was insulting, and is necessarily .
gross and unjustifiable insult to the con-
servative men OF the country, who are
millions of its inhabitants. having in
, tdnced them to unite in supporting the
4 war for the Union; having pledged the
! government to a war for that purpose by
the Crit,enden resolutions, which were
not only adopted by Congress, but by
: the Democratic party everywhere, 1t ''
: now insulting, aud dangerously 60. to
D throw q haunting statement like this 10
to the faces of the men thus induced to
sustain the Administration. We call II
taunting, for it amounts to first this
y 1--WE got you to support the war by
y promising to make it war for the Un
: ION and Constitution; but now tha
g we've got you in it, we tell you yot
can't have what You want, and we vii
: make it a war for abolition, according Il
. our own notions" This was unques
d tionably what Mr.. Hamlin meant; 1t i
il iadisputably what the radical party
2 mean everywhere. IT. when the wa
began. the Tribune and its politiea
friends had published such articles a
this Of Yesterday a. their creed for tn
: war, if Congress had resolved that "thos
who want the Union as it was aud tn
Constitution As it is can't have it, ant
d that the war should be conducted t
II abolish slavery and make . new govern
n mcnt, with new social institutions, doe
e any ono believe there would have beeI
g unanimous North for the war
g Would the men Who went by hundred
Of thousands have Comet II the IA,
bad been at once cut down, stars erased
and stripes removed. with the open de
: claratlon that these stars and stripe
were not to be replaced precisely as be
$ fore, but in some new fashion, wou''
: there have been such enthusiasm for to
H. flag? Wo Id Broadway have been s.
q gay with waving banners of the net
u kind? Why, then, is it not an insult t
q the men who went to the war, or VIII
J. have so bravely supported it, to tel
n them that they can't have what the.
: made these Sacrifices for, and that it i
8 tine they saw the fact and yielded Il
$ the partzans or the party in power!
'e The assumption ofthc Vice President
D. and those who defend him, to declare
: new purpose in the war, seems to impI.,
u in existing right in the dominant part.
o to dictate the object of our contest
o bnt we are abnndantly convinced tina
when the people understand distinct
that such is the intent Of the men VIII
" control the Republican party, there vii
'e be a majority against them that will
"a sweep them from office and position
J. They assume to tell Us We cannot pre-
~ serve the Constitution as it is, We car
o not have the Union as it was and the
i are laboring to make their statcmen
70 true. But we have not lost con6denc
s. yet, aud we believe that the people Q
4 the North aud the South will at lengt
. right the wrongs done by radical me
:. on both sides, and come together il
u peace and Union under the old flag an
e the old Constitution. For that emf
IL we labor, and to that end We believe
:, to be the duty of every honest man {
" oppose the Northern radicals and III
. Southern rebels, for both arc enemie
OF the" Union az it vas" the onl
J Union to which we owe any respect Q
y for which we have any affection.