Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-25
ON TO CLEvELAND:
The Movement In the Republican
Party Against Lincoln.
A SCATHING ATTACK UPON THE
ADMINISTRATIONS BY A FIRE.
MONT PAPER


he time mas colnc--ln inc ianRuaBc vi
the call for the Cleveland Convcnton-for
all in dependent men, all who are jealous d;
the national liberty and greatness, TO unite
in a common effort to oppose an insur.
moun,able barrier against the flood Of shame
and ruin which is pouring over the country
FROM Washington and threatens to bury
even the American name lnaugurated in
error and cowardicc, the present admins
tration tended inevitably TO the painful cad
which we have before our eyes. Error Us
to the true bearing and character of TIE
contest; error rs to lis probable duration :;
looking only upon compromise Il, a posi-
bic solution OF the struggle, and protecting
in slavery the very source of the conflict,
the administration of Mr. Lincoln could
only and inevitably terminate in the half
measures which prolong crises and never
conclude them cowardice in dealing with
foreign powers, which did not blush to as
simulate themselves to'rcvoltcd criminals
under the name Of bcl,igcrcnts; cowa,dicc
In dealing with England impcriously dc
manding the Trent prisoners. notw:thstand-
ing the open manifestation of the popular
will; cowar,licc in dealing with Louis Ma
polcon, who insolcntiy reads the Monroe
doctrince under foot and slaps US in the
face with its fragments, stained with Mcxi.
can blood; cowardcc toward the whole
world, in suffering, without rcprisals, our
commerce and our flag ~ be, nsulted in
every sea by pirates issuing from the. ports
Of powers which make war upon us under
the shelter OF neutrality; everywhere COW
ardicc. Americans is this device which
our fathers left to US. Is it this which we
shall leave to our children? Without en-
crgy for good, without force against evil,
and without intelligence to forcsec and ,li-
rect, what has become Of our liberties, and
what has become OF the immense resources
Of every kind. put by patriotism at the dis
erection Of our Executives. Our liberties
we have seen them succomb, one by one.
without a murinur without single popu-
lar protest to vindicate right and Justice
outraged military Prot onsuls have every
where replaced the law BY caprice, and the
Judge By the Provost Marshal the hajeos
corpus no longer exists and the capricious
bell Of Mr.. Seward sends, without power of
resistance. the best citizens Of the Republic
to dream in dungeon over our lost liber-
ties. There is no. citizen to-day who can
be secure in going TO sleep at night, that he
will not awake criminal not by law. but
by the will of Pro Consul or one of his
agens
That which England would have desends
ed 10 the last drop of blood, that which Is
the most glorious appsnase of the Anglo
Saxon race, It's pride in, and its attachment,
and respect for The liberty Of the citizen, we
have abandoned without protest.
Are we the descendants of those sturdy
Saxons who never knew how to bend their
heads, or are we the cifcininatc so;,s Of that
Latin race, of whom scryility is the distin
gushing characteristic?
In fighting for universal Liberty, are we
going to surrender our ownr Our national
wealth is following in the wake Of our lib
critics. The resources hcaped up by cen
tlrv Of persevcring labor that pro sperity
which was the envy of the world and our
great and just pride. is flowing off at the
rate Of four millions Of dollars day, into
the p cscts OF contractor, scattered and
vast, ID by incapacity on the battlefield any
by corruption III public transactions Pros
tratc, ruined and ,lishbnored, have we ut
least the consolation to see all these sacr;-
fees crowned by victory over our enemies.
Judge for yourselves.
After three years of voluntary impotence
after having steadily drained our wealth
and our blood in such way as Just to carry
our existence along far enough to bring Ia
to the moment Of a Presidential election.
the administration, drawing together !or a
supreme last effort Of all the force Of the na-
ton, stakes its existence on a last card in
order to perpetua.e itself in power, or, If il
falls, to leave with its successor ONLY a r,,in
and the remembrance Of a greatnes DESTROY
ed forever -
All our resources are engaged. NOT IN
those combais of civilized people where
modern science wins victory while it spares
life, but in ahNmah hetacomb like the re-
corded struggles of barbarian ANTIQUITY.
where masses take the place OF intelligence.
and where exhaustation and death take the
place of victory-a triumph of darkness
over light; history will mark with her
bloody finger this ferocious butcAery. u |
shame to humanity and stain upon this |
age OF civilization and progress. ~ 4 rcd
We have lcstsa 1t least forty thousand men |
n Ten days: We push forward even our mi
Iitla what afterwardsr lis IL cn,,,,oh "a 4
pay dearly the ignorance Of those wh6 81. /
stead Of leading oar men to victory Load
them to deathf The imagination rci|,ses -
look q the consequences Of l tlisastcr' =
such circumstances. Under this adm;r;s.
esafion, sold to foreigners by fear or, Inv in.
tsrsst, We hap 6Ssh1 that s:ddest ana S,H ~
incredible spectacle Of. he Wusir o. on a..
ce:tors bsf!ed and overthrow before 4 had
yet !sachsd . century of existanca. h..t~ !
waaeh ~ alse ss1sukt u unazsnpled
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