Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-07

Whqe tAtes 81 - etons ~
xu56 1satsd sha} sir~s r 81 ~ llpv,
shit BID the s||6csa q s66ths& 49,
that r. IL willing 70 suffer anyth ns Il thsrs-
BY the tsavsils ofshose people ere kept apaes
and -tncss6Aed, t1ea these y rsaeon WY
such man should desire and labor for the
, reelection Of Abraham lincoln. But how
any patriotic cit'sen-any man not an Office
holder who looks solely to the welfare 81 nis
country and wishes for peace apd arestonssl
Union, can support the President Tor anoth-
o. t.im, Is ainasi0g. Now ~ de- from a.
questions a. to Mr.. Lincoln's ability and
honesty. is il not fact potent to all that,
though It my - lie misOrsuns ana ast his
fault tbs pecullsritiss II his tpcsitien Is
President have been such - to render il
utterly impossible for him to restore good
will and harmony in the Unaffected portion
u our countrys Would It not be great
advantage. even + the line Of policy he il
pursuing were to continue, If some new man
we're 10 be called to the executive chair 2
Shall the Nation die that one mar. Abraham
Lincoln, may live in Office and Gil out to the
last the Presidency Of the United Statcs
The question is plain one and demands
. plain answer. II, rather than preserve the
Union you would let your party prejudices
run away with your patriotism, than you
will vote for Abraham Lincoln, and against
the Nation. Every such vote is nail driv-
en- into the coffin OF the Union. Beware
Of that act. You may scott At the idea--you
did SO when we predicted disruption years
ago, and you snceringly called US Union
savers"i
1t Is better that Lincoln die and the Ma
ton live and those who thus believe will
vote for the unconditional union candidate
-Gcorge y. Mcclellan.
Let the Union live though men lose posi-
ticn aud power-though parties and institu-
tons persist though augi else is consigned
to destruction. So cast your votes and so
WELD your influence tomorrow.
How long oh how long will people al
low themselves to be deceived by the false
assurances that Mr.. Lincoln and the men
he has called around him possess the talcn
or IRE pursuing the proper course to bring
this war-originallv entered upon in the
name Of the Union, but now prostitutcd in
an Abolition crusade-to successful, con
clusion. After over two millions Of men
had been used up by the administration.
Gen. Grant. with an army in numbers, and
in every appointment all that was desired.
set out upon his campaign against Rich
mond just six months ago. Already he has
nad put hors d. CONDUIT over one hundred
thousand men. The great bulk VI his army
to-day is composed Of men who have been
furnished him from time TO time as rein
forcemonts He has used up the avails Of
the consc'iption which is Just over, and yet
the demand is Cor '',nnre reinforcements !"
iirw is h. to get th~ms Only by another
dmtt! Everybody knows that. But that
draft vii. not come until after election. To
order it now would be to injure Lincoln's
prospects. And when II comes there will
br either another feast for the scalpers and
their Federal acconplicss md a famine for
The tax payers. or else by All amendment o.
the law--and that is what is now proposed
in administration circlcs-- erery man 1yuen
~Whare to co. Substitutes escape. desert,
d" not answer the purpose. Lincoln must
have men to prosecute the war for the
abandonment Of slavery on my fhis)
'lan" And the only way in Which he can
get them, As his friends ,cho hare procured
Mcir orn exemption contend, is by a merci-
less CONSUMPTION under law with the sub
stitute clause stricken out
Let the people think of these things calm
~ and decide whether under Mcclellan they
will have peace and Union, or under Lin
coin intcrminablc war in crusade for aboli-
ton.
Y0ur Country! In Danger.
Your votes will either redeem it or curse
it forever.