Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-29
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The igno'nny incurred by the Rcpubll-
can party in wiliully breaking the pledges
made to the country in 1860, finds coun
terpart only in similar chronic mcndacty
and inconsistency in the present embodi
ment of that party-wlo, unfortunately for
the country, is also President of the United
States.
Mr.. Lincoln was elected President fonr
years ago on a platform winch was liz
which said one thing and meant another
which spoke words of consolation while it
dealt treachcrous stabs. He was elected -
His first official act was to deliver an inau-
gura address; and in the course OF that al
dress he used the following language:
have no purpose, directly or indirectly,
to interfere with he institution of slavery
in the States where it exists. believe
have no lawful right 10 10 50, and have 10
inclination to do 20. now relterate these
sentiments, and, in doing SO, only press
upon the public attention the most concll
sive evidence Of " ich the case IS susceptible
that the property, peace AMI security of no
section are to he in any wise endangered ~
the now incoming administration.
Now, in all fairness, honesty and candar,
W. ask any reasonable and upright man,
what have events proved these pledges, 50
solemnly uttered, to be: Have not every
one of them, IN the light of subsequen.
events. been proved to be falsehoods the
most unmitigated! judging by what he
has lone since he made these pledges, can
any man be 50 crednlous as to believe that
Mr. Lincoln really intended to do as he
promised t. do in HI, inaugural message .
It's impossible. He pledged himself not to
interfere directly or indirectly with the IN
situation Of slavery in the States where /
exists, and does he not now announce thas
he war shall. 9, OIL. without NJ ,tialion of
rny kind until he has n,erfeicd with slay
erJ TIL II has no existence, and may hap UNI
I'll the Union has no existence also.
He declared in his inaugural asldrs,. tia,
he believed h has no }g.c,at rtgi,t 10 inter
fere Tith slavery where ii existed, and that
aad NJ in-hna in to do So How is il
with this declaration? If he had o Ia +
fisat To ut.r or tn SLAYER. IN ills. stat...
where II existed, but dli, N pcint ul i,
interfere with it tn re, and continue, to do
30, what mast be the character Of taat inter.
ferance2 lie says, himself, that il is not
tdicrmt IL must shcn BE- nnlawiul-in vlo-
lation and usurpatien o. the laws and til.
Con >Ifatlon. As 10 the persihage about
his iaciiinfioa that is tnere menaaco,,s
trick. II acts have proved that he hal ~
inclination which he sole MY declared h.
had not and if this is not fal,ehood. nc
should be glad 10 have some casulst tell us
what is
juilc'ous and talented cotefnporary
passes In review the circumstances which
nave occurred 81 &c the above enunciatior
by Mr.. Lincoln TO the present time. and in
winch his inconsistency and insincerity are
made plainly apparent. Says our cotem-
porary:
Five weeks after the utte-ance of thes.
conservative and sound views. which it was
- ''~'s'' "PPtd~N VIC aDD'tntu<iUnS OF
.me cotton states produced by tho triumph
Of sectional pyrty with sectional cand,.
dates, the madness of secession culm;ua,ad
IN the attack on Fort Sumter. There were
No party distinctions then indicated. TIC
president called SPECIAL session of Con.
gress on the 4th of July succeeding. during
winch men and money f,r the suppression
OF the rebellion We're voted with a lavish.
ness and unani.nity which had no parable,
IN history. He called for 400, 900 men and
v4OO,OOo,"OO and the ways and means for
more we're pr vided. While Congress- was
in session the battles Of Carthage. Mo
Laurel Hill, Rich Mountain, Beverly. Car
rick's Ford, in West Virginia, Blackburn's
Ford, and Bull Run, had seut their rever.
seressd thunders over the capital; in the