Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-10-02

usUssO"s PoutSsy ouU vOkot~utOeS SuO Ceu
elo,hs them.elves 10 CO ton end wooisn
sslothe, aud hsvs 90 IN -shau.t bic sup-
ply Of shsss, De. Eqr.lIy futile, il
seems from our expes enve Vi two yesrs
end bait Of h.sl.ii.ies, have been our
effsr,s to exhaust their supplies Of am
mun't,oo, srms, ard munitions Of var.
Thy ei her purchase these ibings for
themselves. Or lhsy hare them in sbss-
dsBes through oar block-ded porte.
they beys Dos qprocurvd them from the
~ spef Ni,siSippi. bee use, uu,iI recent
l., that region was It elf in need o! these
articles. IL, thrn, this sr-gi Of eosa-
t'y u alre.d, uuy acknowledgements
~irh all srticles Of prime nee, ss'ty, u
may be ssked Of what value will IT. CON
werce be 10 the North wcs,, where the
ch,st staple - God? Before answering
ms quest on, it seems to me, proper t.
cay Something Of the present &C u.l cor
d ton Of sft.irs there, and dispeI the mis-.
conception which 1 belle exI-ts on the
subject, and upon which is butt the
whole theory OF the nece sity of cODtio.
umg, through the 1rea.ury Depart
uent, the embargo Of JEFF. DAVIS.
The en,ire region bordering on the
MississiUp, River, for hundred mil .
q either bank. free from the pre-
s.nce Of any organized force Of the
rebels, and large po,tlous OF that tc'r'-
tor are substantially embraced within
Our IN iltArv lines our troops hold
every point on the river Caeabe E be-
ing forlfi d every point WHICH com
nun cstes by imuoad nth the interior,
ard the river Itself, with is navigable
af1n.nts, and the innnmernb c bay Gus
which permeate the Low or bottom lands
like the VEINS in mans b. dy, sre open
10 our gunb' ats, W ,icb constantly pa
tfol them and make it next 10 impossible
for any large organized tor OF The enc
my TO approach TIE Miss g. ppI, with ut
danger Of beng cut Oft by a fO,oe
thrown On their fla ks or rear. W Ii
not deny that small guerilla bands have
occ .sionaIly made their APPEARANCE Oh
the river tank, bu, since the tall ct V,cks
bu Z and por, Tia lson, The motive tor
III . . .ecie- OF warfare has been so much
di ninIsi,ed, and the danger to the que
r,lIas 50 much increased, that think it
might be safe y asrc ted that they have
not tired halt q dozen hostile shots si"ce
these events. on the banks of the Mis-
slssil p'.
Instead therefore. of these regions be-
ing 10 country b,lstl NJ with enemies,
whom we must no, .npply, 1t 's. !" fsc'
clear to AL hostile force, ant n vas NUN
he Of pc ,pls are anxious tor tucm
allegiance and rsum. .e'r old relations
to the government shall di tate. 1h's,
at leas', Is my candid opinion, formed
f'ou persona, Ob>erva alton. Is It desi-
'sble 10 TO TER lis d spusit'ou on the
part OF the people. aud which IL tn.
rest course 10 effect tba, object, Shal.
We treat them, although not in n MS, a>
enemies who arc not TO 10 supplied, os
shall We allow them again t. share The
blessings oi the I'D government ~h'c",
IN an evil hour, they renounced or wer
forced to rcnon0ce Which cou ST. i.
cscu AID to concll,ats them, and which
IS most worthy Of the rulers OF q gres,
nation :
Wnoeser heard Of an army in The
field ommuting it's safety on tue meas
IA. es necessary tor It's snccess to y bate
OF TIE su,y agents aud Boards # Trad.
Zoe simp'e TACT that the,e Ieguat on.
have ben devised b, the ch,et vi u c,vl
department, and their execution intr us,.
| eu to CIV officers under bis control
20 fart show that they are grounded
up III any mil ta,y re sons aud demand
ed by any military neces>i y. 1t de-
mahded tor the safety or sncc' g. Ut on
ARMY, they should be devised b, the com
man lei OF the army, and executed b,
"f1i . undsr his control. lie - mo,t
Likely to know what is demanded 10,
IN l,,ary putpo>ss, FIR more likely to en-
.orce with 'iyor aud i'm .,utity what b.
conce,ves the interest of the AMY re.
gu res, ard can b. better relied upon Il
te.ax all unnecessary RESTRAINT tina,
hos. ~ho feel that tie r whole imDor
nee and perhaps ivel, oo.l, is deps"d
cot on keep ng up rgnlat one, wh,ct
live them power over the business I.
the c"u munuy which the live upon By
tax ngi.
A confederation which. l thi k would
o, be overlooked. will be to. nd IN III.
~. ,al Influences which would be excited
at hume and abroad, by prociamal cn
t,On tho pies,drtt. set, NJ free the con-
merce of the NJ 'ss'ssirpl. This grra, fact
could uut tail to az. est the at e"tiop il.
,sre'gn tou, tries n " lch public Opit.io,
has been swa.i ing t. aud fro on The
question af recognition aud 'ni-rvent,o,
IL would not only a'Iest q tentson, but
-uch Of king proof Of the progress 4
our arms might even arrest desig (which
it l. NJ, mp'obsble, have been ha, bored
in some quarters ag.in-t us. 1t has
been SAID hat the cap ure OF Richmond,
the rebel capital, 10y our arms, wouln
exs,t . vast m nal fluancc in our favo,
IN the old world. 1t seems t. me ,ha,
With reflect ng 10 n-the men to whom
he destinies Of the g,.ver"" ents Of Eu
rope are confined proclamation s'r'k-
my of the shacxles placed by l'~v 8
and b accompIices upon the navigation
and commerce Vi the great NJ ssiss'pp,
oUld convey far more ,mport~nt les
T, 100, n -. h.. -.