Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-29

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From the Richmond Examiner, Oct. Ill
Some doubt remains Is 10 the political
complexion of Penn Syivania. The press OF
the United states has become 30 radically
,nendsci0ux Tat It is impossible TO put
trust in the tisSt accounts even 0t N event
70 public and plsin = the result Of m <lsc
ton. 6one DAYS may yet elapss before
gertrude is attained. But We entertain
strong hope that the republicans have done
what they seemcd At first 70 have done, and
confess = deep desire that the present result
may orcshadow the reelection Of Abraham
Lincoln. Fur Abraham Lincoln il the
S0uth's best ally. This Coniederacy had
million and = quarter Of men capsule Of
bearing arms Ct thu outset Of the contest;
a force sufficient TO meet any invading pow
e, and defy the possibility Of suf,j igs.ion.
The only danger lay in the difficulty Of
bringing the force into the field. AbiahaM
Lincoln removed that difficulty by the char
actes which he impaired to The war. lie
made Goths and vsndals Of his troops, an !
proclaimed devastation, con6scation and ex-
termination ~ | il purpose.
It was thus that he invoked into the field
those powerful Southern armies which have
so successfully resisted his assaults. 1t is
scarcely possible to conceive how q conflict
could have been rendered more envenOmed
than the present ore has bccOne through
that turbulent policy Of Mr.. Lincoln Yet
this man found means Of intensifying its
ferocity. lie proclaimed instruction to
the slaves, and armed all the blacks which
he could scducc into his service against the
writes who had been their masters. By
this policy he cffectually succeeded in call
ing out and combining every element Of re-
sistance in the South-a strong element OF
that resistance is yet to come, as will appear
soon after the meeting Of the Confederate
Congress. The enemy talk of the despot-
ism which drags conscripts into the South
crn armies, and forces old men and children
into the bitches, but the despotism which
coerces the South is seated at Washington,
and not at Richmond. The Confcdcracy
has proved that il had nerve and resolution
to achieve ar independent destiny, but it is
indebted to Lincoln for forcing these quail
ties into action.
The disruption Of political associations is
always hazardous experiment. The grea,
majority Of minds in a wealthy and pros
porous community are aver>e tO change and
revolution, p,eferring to endure great evils
rather than resort to sanguinary measures
for edress. No man ever felt the weight
Of this truth more forcibly than those who
naugurated the movement for secession
The whole danger and risk Of the expert.
ment consisted in that conservative aversion
to change and convulsion which possesse.
the popular mas sea On this rock the Sc
ce>sion cause might have split, il Vt had moi
been safely pilotc.l past it by the pains o.
Abraham Lincoln. The cause was saved
in 1862 hy CONSUMPTION; ani Lincoln-no,
the Examiner newspapcr-may be said t
| have been the author Of the conscription
| because. except for the fcrOcious polio,
which he pursued, it could yer have been
| enforced Ne has rendered resistance az
ahsolutc duty and necessity, and brough,
that duty ard necessity home to ever,
| mans door; insomurh, that no man IN ths
south having any sef-respect or regard 10;
he opinions Of hi neightors. dares u dis
'bev the call o! his country to arms.
But tor the Incentives supplied by Mr.
L,nnln. the South, b. want Of union and
enc gv, might have failed to deserve tho
| respect Of mankind might have been una
bic 10 levy great armies; and the forces in
'he field might nave fought with little .ner-
" or resolution. The popular majority
might have been disposed. 1t the first soft
words from the enemy, to renuunce the
Souti ern cause and return to the enjoy
tnent Of rcpo,e, prosperity and dishcnor.
Mr.. Lincoln has Prevented such contin-
.ency, and relieved the South of all these
dangers by course Of policy which render
cd reconciliation impossible. By driving
us to extremity, he has combined every Gle
ment Of our rength, and ensured our sue
cess.
II the people Of the United States choose
TO re-el,ct him, they thereby pronounce a
decree establishing the independence Of the
south. We can bring larger armies int,'
The field to fight Lincoln than any other
Northern President, and his continuation
in Office will inspire every Southern breast
viii. the resolve to win independence as the
only alternative to determination.
From the National In,elligencer.l