Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-07

rh shilosopher Of the Tribune has
s..,.red his want Of faith IN next years
var, ..d seils bic readers3 that what
ever . dcss ., I'll 10 restore the Union
uu,, Be done within the next NINETY
a.,.- from TIE date cflN article, which
!. pov sbou. two weeks old. To Il"
prsdicsicn be hs. made eold ssreSe
On, a, TO worn rat Of Ahos..seais1, A.
"a lar =. ue have ns,iasI tie seal's'os
hts,srsa are NJ. dspeee3 70 as
sues. Neither as tie srny e1tS'
who are drawing bis Psy ard d'sss d
heavier service than 10 polish 'hsi' bat
tons and lay around the best boarding
places nor the contractors who a.e
coming money by cheating the soldier
and the government with miserable
shoddy and glued soles nor yet the oil
Ace holders and Office eXpcetauts oil The
abolition ,chool- none Of these have
any inclination to have the war closed
Internationally a. the end Of nln,y days.
Nor have We any confidence in the
rrophesyiug Of Horace Greeley. lie
has told the country 70 much within the
past two years that has not come true,
tbs, We are disposed to set him down as
false prophet. The war will not close
q, the end of three months, nor at q c
end OF eight times three months. There
is no more sense in saying that 1t WILL be
closed within the timo allotted 70 tins
administration than there is in aserriog
that the milcnium WAS ioaugnrated
when the sbo.lnonis:s come toto power.
lie who lives 10 see that All day of
March, 1865, will see The war still rag
i0g and the Union not yet restored.
To close j, in ninety daysimpies tie NJ
ter cefeai and snnihIation OF al the or.
gained rebel forces in tia; time. Does
any one suppose that We have strength
enough 10 tie fed 10 DO that The
lea IS IS Preposisfous ss was ibst q
the President q. the outset. that tie re
beilloa could be crushed With 5000
men. We NAV have million OF men
in the field bu, II is very doubtful. Tie
War Department has no knowledge Of
The numbe, OF troops the army IS com
posed Oft canro, tell into q hundred
thousand. Why: lic.ause our men
arc dying IL and deserving so las, tia,
the Secretary Of War cannot keep MP
within the above named number. So
the military committee in Congress says.
But the Secretary says i, will not do to
tell the people about il. VII, again.
because they would be astonished a, the
difference between what they suppose it
TO be and what it scalyis. The people
don't really appreciate the true state OF
affairs in the army. To fill up This de.
fcIt, caused by dcseilion and death,
which amounts to thousand day at
low estimate, the administration is
calling for the niggors. Massachusetts,
white men won't go. so Massachusetts
niggers must. That Is good. II will
take full year to get the Niger ma
chine in operation. Du,ing that time
and in view Of the coming Of Their col
ored "lrethren" Of American descent. the
Generalization Of the army will become
more general. A hundred or two thou
ssnd "African citizens Of American de-
scent" will be in tho field, armed and
equipped. The white men Of the army
will be propor,ionslly reduced. Then
1t will take about another yearto prove
to the administration and It's Niger low
ing friends, that niger armies are aye,y
useless very worthless and an estremel,
expensive experiment. Thus, at III,
9th Of March, 1865, tho war will still b,
Gu hand. Very soon thereafter it WI
close.
Lincoln Compares Himself 10 Pig.
Judge Claggel, Of the keokuk Con
stttution, has been to ace Old Abe. who
in reply to his objections was on hand
with The annronriata story ~ y,I;oh h.