Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-23
A FEW WORDS TO THE DEMOC.
RACY OF IOWA.


A FEW WORDS TO THE DEMOC.
RACY OF IOWA.
Stand firm in your position. You are
reviled by your interiors because You
love the constitution and cherish the
hope of the restoration OF the old
Union. Heed them not; turn neither
to the right hand nor TO the lett;
neither towards the south nor towards
the north-but towards the Constitution,
and that alone. If you can preserve
that, and you are sworn to do IT, oil is
safe under il the Union will be re-
stored under it free speech will be de-
Tended. II, through inac,ion or COW
ardice, you permit that great bill oil
rights to be ,rampled under foot by any
enemy-any traitor, whether in arm'
against it, or whether training fanatica
batteries upon it-then yon surrender
the Union and all its priceless blessings
Hrever. You are not prepared to do
this; ycu were educated in school
where the constitution was the leading
text book which contained the true
creed Of Your fathers. You will not
abandon it 70 any foe. You will use
every rational, every reasonable means
to defend it: YOU will sustain any ad.
ninstration, no matter by whom elected
or by what name called, who will stand
up for the constitution as it was given
Us, and support it without reservation
OF any kind. But you will support no
administration that assumes to over
slaugh or suppress any word or any line
OF that instrument, not even If 1t is done
in tie least degree for the right to eX.
pungo Q word or syllable implies the
right to wipe out the entire document.
You must not, cannot, will not counte-
nance any such act OF any adminis,ra-
ton. Hang your fondest hopes upor
the constitution and the Union, and
make up your minds to fight for them
TO fight their enemies in arms with arms,
and their enemies without arms, at the
ballot box. You will not surrender. The
eyes Of your fathers and your patriot sirss
are bent intently.upon you stand firm
and strike hard stand firm for the
Union as it was and the Constitution rs
it is-the Union with not State the
less-ths constitution with net sy liable
sxpunged. Cling to them and be deaf
TO anything else. Prepare airesh for
the struggle, and be ready to win the
victory.
THK REMOVAL OF GEN. Curtis The
st. Louis Democrat { Republican and
Emancipation organ OF Missouri, J pro.
tests. in vigorous terms, against the re-
moval Of Gen. Curtis from the command
Of that department. 1t fears his remoy-
al is the first step towards return to a
do-Dothipg conservative policy, in
which it is confirmed by tho fact that
Gov. Gamble, in whom the people have
no confidence, is said to have brought
the change about. 1t adds: "Thc change
reported in the present condition OF az
fairs 10 thislstste, might and probably
would lead to serious complications.
Por AND KRTrLK.-The New York
and Chicago organs Of latter dav Re-
publicanism have fallen out. The NY
Tribune calls its Chicago namcsske mis-.
chisvons and silly. The Chicago 7ri-
bune replies
We know that the Editor.in-Cbief o,
that Journal has no stomach for tho FIGHT
and we are justi6ed in believing that h,
'ooald, even by the sacrifice of tie Union
and The irreparable disgrace of tn,
No'th, consent to stop tie car to-dav.
REoIHEsrs MUSTERED Our.-Tbe fol
lowing regiments arrived in Wa,binc-
ton on the 18th. their min. $500