Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-09-23
letter lfom The Great Re.
puhDicao MOGu0, Thar
low Weed.
Abolition "Talse Pretenses, =
Cheap Loyalty and 30.
gus Patriotism" De.
nouECed!
The Cosescrtptt0ss Pro-
nOeeMceA . 8ln1e1es' ana
a Dead FAtlssSE.

Thurlow Weed IL out in . letter to
the Albany Journal 10 which be deals
a terrible blow to the Abolition Destruc-
lives and the Suicidal Policy of the
Federal Administration. The short
somings Of both are so palpabls that Mr..
Weed, 10 a renewal OF his fealty TO the
Republican party, is obliged to say:
Ii 10 to be regretted, a.so, that lead
ing, boisterous Abolitioniste, who are 90
tree of their abuse Of al who differ With
them, fail to justify their prscep.s by
their ex .mples. The editor Of the In
dependent, whose zeal for the draft led
him 10 raj At all ~ho questioned ils
wisdom, when drafted himself, inglori-
ou.lv shrink. from taking his share Of
do,y and danger! Shame on snch
sneokl Subject by law to mil t.'y
du'y. and con-tantly pressing o'hcr' in
10 lie field, Mr.. n ton must be craren
in spirit, wi'hout patriotism. PRIDE or
manhood. to stu l. draft himseH,
yhiic he is n,erciltss IN regard 10 the
mechanic and lab0rer ,rho as compelled
to lease his o;te and children.
Sill more notifying, it possible, is
the course OF Mayor Opdyke, whose
d. af ed con, instead Of gaIls"tIy sepping
forward, a. an example to poor men,
skuiks ! The Mavor is filled with p t.
riotisn at conventions and in prociamo-
tiOns: ~ HE IS GoRoEp WITH a"v-
EahMExr CONTRACTS ~ he leans
heavily upon the government to make
good his los, profits bnt his SOD, when
drafted, il not strong enough to lie .
,ldier! He IS, howerer, strong eno"gh
to hold ctices but these offices do not
expose him to anything but ss'siy and
fee. Being soldier is quite differ
ent thiog. Out ~ on such talse pretem-
Gee such cheap loyaAy-such bogus
patriotism
As to the d aft, II tcas. at the least,
out Of doubtful expediency; and il h"-
been, fiom various causes, SO compiicat-
and embarrassed as to render 1t large
" Intellectual. We shall not obtain as
many consc,ip's a. are r.quir. d bring
the ar 70 an honorable CONCLUSION. We
ought not to have been in this dilemma.
At ~ early day suggested and urged
upon members Of Co.gf IS and members
OF the Cabinet, q remedy for the evi S
We now 9 .ffer from. Ii was simply &c
enl ct men for 1.-TWO Years, or For DIR
inn the VAR" Under that for" Of
enlistment zoe should n0w haze reiOice0
in an army of Tterans. But IS az
outsider, my voice was to feeble. Re-
member thst this was the most popular
form of enlistment in 1912. 1t va. the
form. If er serving three short CAM algn
a. 4 volunteer, under which eniet. c
nyeelf in 1914, thou b that te' m Of aer-
vice expired by the Treaty Of Peace. be
fore left the recruiting rendezvous.
But while the y aft will not give t
the army the nun Der OF troops :. CURED
there is mother way Of doing it. Ant
this imposes . duty upon US sli W.
need now . re-kindI,ng OF The flame o
pstro,i m which Illuminated the State.
and in.pred the People in 1861 ane
1862. Let us appeal to the splr't tina
then animated all classes. 9dB Mosl
AND BETTER soLplxKs CAN BE oBTAINEI
BY VOLUNTARY RFFok1s THAN By CON
scR,p11oN. ~ Experience has laugh
others that the Washington governnsen
seems not to haze understood, that fo
b,a,u,ngs Id era. July ard August arr
Il he bot -
cruits. during the heated term, are Oh
taioed with ffiuul,y, 10 September, DC
tober and November they come With I
rush. II thi. and other States can b,
organized ard stimulated, rs this S'at'
VS. il 1892, by q vernon Morgan, At
iny,ncible army, including ons-bs { o.
two -,hmds Of the returned veterans, (on'
If whom is worth t,c0 green volunteers
or three contcr,pts,) can be raised 10 two
months.
Nor should it be forgotten. either BY
the recruits o. by those who arc calico
upon to furoish bountier, that their army
work Is nearly done that the fighting II
principally over. We need large army
nov more for moral effect than for bat
ties In tie future. moro ,ciH d,pe"o
upon Statesmen md Civilians than upo'
Generals and Soldiers.
"Will some Of our superior lovolty
friends" Gays that sterling democrat
sheet, the Rochester Union, "point t.
anything more bitter or swtspiug in dc
nunciation OF the Abolition Destructive
and Policy Of the Administration utter
ed by 'Copperheads' than this bias
from the great Republican leaders bu-
gle?" We commend Thurlow Weet
to Republicans bol'tien papers Of thu
county, whose columns are stuffed will
Government patronage, aod whose dali.
rant is shout democratic disloyalty AM
democratic opposition to measures OF thu
Administration, and the conscript OF
act in particular. With just indigna-
ton does Mr.. Weed say: "Out upo.
such false pyetenses-such cheap 10, al
ty- such bogxs pairiotism - And ye'
these ba.ely partisan stipendiaries ant
recipients Of the public charity are th.
men who through their sheets daily de-
pounce their superiors in 81 that make