Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-04-08
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a,s AOrRAriC County, CONvEN-
lion.

On the 18Th oil the present moo'"'
the democracy Of Scott county meet IN
Convention st 10 A. NJ, for the purpose
Of selecting delegates TO the State Con-
ycn,on, TO be held at Des MONIES on
the 2o,h Of next May. 1t is the duty =
the democracy Of ich Township 10 me
county, to meet st once, and se'd -
their delegates IS per call. Inc d''S y
this convention is to select deieea'e''
a. before stated. 1t is not mere mat
Tor If form. an las been the case 10
farmer years, but TO select men VINO
will 60 10 the State Convention ana At
,o,a 10 Inc interests Of HE patty. llith'
e,,o this county has been very l'g9md
in tbistcspcc,. Dat oil the entire deies
ration chosen sometimes one man goes
aud fen not a delegate ID IN attend
ancc npoo the State Convention ron
! tbis section II the State. ii is the dntl
Of the coming convention TO select sen
men AZ viii discharge their duty faith
FL ", aud We lope the matter WIN Dc
attended lo--nay, We ipti tnpon IL. !
is time that this work was done IL
earnest. Ii a man cannot give some
re, sonabIe assurance that he will attend
Tho convention, what is the use OF aF-
pointing him. lie, US have done with
all compliments Of the kind, and 90 to
| wo,k with the view Of aceompi hing
the work in hand.
Ca the came day the Mass Convention
of the county m, cts at The Cont House.
Henry C.sy Dean will be present and
address tho meeting, which lsa suilici, Mt
guaranty that II Will be interesting.
lie, The people turn ont by thousands
and attend The greatest democratic rally
ever known in The county.
1 Fox the cspcc,a, benetit 81 tho ido'a
,as OF The "Ms.ic Word which was
10 free In, mill ons OF sla3es, tlrong
he h ghways and tywa,s OF New Eng
land with pugnsclons down casters a K
Gus for ii ut, and ,et tn &C times
,hree hundred thousand pair ots 81 al
nations tugg NJ away at the tsis OF
urecley's VIII TIC C 1T IN the vain Mort
20 keep 40 with him as lie led them on
To victory or TO death, lut which did
not do any,h n. Of the kind, VIC qnc,c
Earl kuss,l's views OF tho cmancipA.i N
pt1elan.atiJn
FoRFloS OffIcE, Ian. Z.
My Loep: &c. Tic proc amat on OF the
Preside OF HE Cn,,,i State, ,nclosed
IL Your l,r!sh l'- despatch OF the I'd
INST, aIplatS 10 be OF very s!iangc
} nature.
II processes 10 enoncpate all Stares
~ J.G,ccs ,che,e the I"ited .Stafos ou
i, Morihcs cannot ,.rercase an Jur'sdicfion
: nor make emancipation rcul,fy, ont !
toes no! decree emancip"ftoh ~ stare
. ~ any Stafe or /,artW States 0ccup'e,
;. IN Hderai TRAPS, aaG sa1Ject 10 tnateo
Stairs larisilcftoH, and scherc Meit|oyc
emancipation, II decreed. m,gAt hor'
TEEN curried ub cdfct
1t would seem 10 follow that in { {
, RorIer Statce, and also ~ New Orrans,
slayeho der may recover his tag,tlve
slave by The ordinary process Of law
tut that IN len st les III which The
a.. Il 4
. fugitive slave arrested hy legal warfan,
, uaY resist n d hs r1s arce, VI sue
! &c stul, is 10 be upheld and aided ~ the
United States at Iitles and the United
States armed forces.
The proclaim ,ton, therefore, makes
. slavery a, ooce I.gal snl legal, and
make slaves either punishable for run
uing away iiou their masters, or cntl-
lei to b. supported and I, c,uragcd IN
% dung, a,coid Nc to The loca lty OF
the plantation to winch they belong, snd
tie 10y ally OF the Slae IN which they
may happen To be.
, There seems 10 be no declarations Of a
princ'pte adcerse TO Siarery IN this proc
ftntdtion. las a n;tasitre Of aar, and
q measure Of Udr II a ce-y Questionable
kHd.
! A. President Lincoln has twice APP
pcaed TO the Judgmei OF mankind IN
ii. Proclamation, venture 10 say 4 10
MT mini Il ca, ar 0R9ht 10 satisfy tie
Trends of ab0iitiVn, VINO look 20 total
aud impartial I dom Tor tue .ave, and
not ior vengeance on the STAKEHOLDER.
g,ed sm, dc,
RU.sfLL.
The T. LMsNT ACr..--A corsulta
ton OF the Governors Of some o! III,
: Northern States upon the eniuilmeb,