Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-08-18

Whi.e the safety oft,ie country demands
success Of our armies i'll the field, through
which success alone can al honorable peace
be secured, 1t imperativcly requires that
the People should demand of those who di-
rect the armies and expend the treasure
that they should not sacrifice the one cr
squander the other. Already have iAosc
than million Of men and mans millions OF
money been furnished, with supreme de-
votcdness Of patriotism hitherto unequallcd
in history
When the first gun Of treason doomed
with dread sound and deadly missile across
Charleston harbor, the people, laying aside
all party prejudices, although fresh from
the most bitter partizan strife, with an
unanimity which astonishcd the world anil
sent shudder to the very heat of the
traitors, rallied around the sacred standard
that treason in the very cxtacy Of madness
had dared to strike with impious hand
SO generous were the offers OF men that til.
Administration refused thousands Money
flowed like water from private purses. fhc
Treasury issued its evidences Of indebted
ness and evory one more than anxious to
furnish the sincws Of war, took the National
Loan without question. All coin disap-
peared from circulation, every article Of
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debt has reached fabulous sum Of billions,
still hardly a murmur. Again and again
has the Government called, and again and
again. have the people responded with the
same generous trust and abiding faith in
the Administration Thus for three long
years and more have the people gave up to
the holy sacrifice, and on the sacred altar
OF the country seen her richest blood Tapped
up b. the flames, and her noblest ashes
scattered by the whirlwind And to day
when the Government seeks foreign loan
and calls for SOC, 900 more men, there is no
material indication of refusal.
But the questions naturally arise, Have
the men already furnished been properly
used? Has the enormous treasure already
expended been sqrandered? Has the Elk.
ecutive wisely and honestly used the NUM-
fcent means placed at his disposal for the
purpose Of quclling the rebellion and res
toring the integrity of the whole Union =
While the people have been as true to the
ct 4, IL
North, has the Executive been equally true
and faithful
Has his only aim been the safety Of his
country, Or has he sought to grasp perma-
ncnt power. These are the momcntous
questions of the hour. and these questions
It IS the imperative 1u.y CT the people to
have ar swered. Look 10 it well. The fate
OF the Republic hangs tremblingly in the
balance. Shall the priceless birthright OF
American citizens be sold for mess Of pot
tage. Shall the bright star Of Liberty which
shohe at our Nations birth now sink for.
ever in the crimson clouds of anarchy and
despotism, the certain, inevitable result OF
an imbacile, vaccillatins, treachcrous and
usurplng hzecutive.f Lo, the hand points to
the hour on the mighty dial plate which
records the destinics Of Nations By the
graves Of sur sacred dcsd, by the honorable
scars and yet fresh wounds Of our noble
hv'ng' let US see to 1t the hand passes not
the hour which seals our doom and gives
US oyer 70 the merciless despotism Of the
usurper.