Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-28

nef -bcoter may utSc uCcIs o1' -sspa'8~ =
present, nothing can ttd.ee ~ q gre on
suppvrtto either Lsseyin o. 1AcCkl1dn. The
Ra.lical y -.necracy will be maintained ~
.u..a OF Fremont's withdrawal, tor 1t is butt
N principles, not persons. Not lust Tor
Office and plumber keeps that party togetn-
r. but the unselfish desire TO work Tor the
geifnre Of the country.
McClclian's Fitness 20 be Hresl-
dent.
veteran Soldier presents, in the COL
ulnns Of the Missouri Republican, the fol-
owing brief bat admirable summary Of the
qualifications of General Mcclellan for the
high trust for which nc has been nosnina ted
BY the Democratic party. We have rarely
seen anything presenting so much in so III
ii space, or exhibiting a more truthful es
innate OF the character of that great solde,
and wise statesman, on whom at this hour
the hopes Of the nation are concentrated.
Giving our unreserved assent To all that the
writer has to say, we adopt his views as our
own and present them for the perusal OF
Idluia anu patItutl1 men Oh all parties.
Says this =" Veteran Soldier !"
l. was less than four years ago that all
he loyal States rose up IN arms ITO pre-
erve uS from the indefinite evils Of dis
ncmbermeit '-'he representative men, and
ne mass Of the intelligence of all parties
ubscribed to the conduct Of the war upoi,
ne principle, embodied in the Crittenuen
solutions. There were, it is true, her.
md there individuals Of great sincerity who
ere opposed TO the war: but at tbs iimo
General Mcclellan assumed command an,.
carly II not quite, up to the time he rclili-
Push d 1t, there was no regular State VI
xtonded lo' al organization which fairly OPP
,1scd Itself TO the continuation OF ho,til =
'cs ana II was deemed a great act of sci,
cone cation for any one hold'ng office under
a. General Government To oppose Its wishes
any WAY. OF endcayur TO incline 1t towaid
ny policy Other than that which it was
nsnng. Nos ut this time General Mc-
leIl1n, commanding "A no ,ie army. facing u
e wAish n had vinquished IN two ,epa
stc engagements an seven consecutive
avs fight conscious that his whole midi
cary carer might be sacriiiced--robbed q!
he onor, already won and the hopes sal!
before it, that his spotless name might b
Cup u Atog ti4c vitS,t sanders, all ms q
e were 10 uiicf ole wor Ia antagoHl>la TO
IT, V5en a. tlt. dominant faction. At lhi'
sac and under those circgH~ tanoeS u,
siotc tAa brIci, but most maStc u lcttel
on liarriSun's Landing, in which wa
innei ap nearly AL the political and iliii
ny iorcih0ugit and wisdom tfiaj has been
yeioped during the war. The result !,
,Hst he might have, and As | Know he do
81. ilatt
Nus a. to lhe excited character Of the az.
Challenges coinpaIisol-- ii has 10 pcraliv.
the history Of any other General, fo
sesr thre items to turn his legions back up
u Rome, aad Napoleon overthrow Inc I'M.
ceile Directory that wo,d have runeu
rance. Tie actual peace men can claim no
l"rc Independence OF thought or action,
u he wrot, Il, a soldier writes mourning
yer his cotntry'S evil destiny, and stand
lr almost III the presence Of her enemies.
do not know how thi, strikes others, but
consider IL one Of the great acts of ID
Clcllan' !, life. and since it wa, the source. o
least the abundant tributary to all IL,
sI'seeuiIoas tt'at i,n.V since followed HIM.
ne country should eontidc to nn the +
i'ln~fbiity 81 carrying ont IA - stem o! pol
y thus constitutional and conservative, ana
'elvaaed ~ the influences of Christianity
ni lrecdora. ihc views OF General Nc.
'iellau, tx res cd in The celebrated le,t,,
rom liarilson's Landing, remain unchanw-
Il lie WAS careful in his West Point or.
stion 10 make this understood He said IN
peaking of our dead I'VE have met to-
ny. my comrades 10 do honor to our owl,
cad; brother ties, who have 50 freely civ
n their lives Tor then county in this war
,ojust an righteous, 50 iong as It's puroos,
IS 10 crast re6fNion and 10 sare mr. nai;au
tram ne .tnit {, Is Of dismuuJeyment"
Again, in his Lake George speech. You add
20 the cogcnt arguments afforded by tn,
leeds OF your sons and brothers in the feu
he sanction and W. ishl Of your opinion in
iavor ct the justice AMI vital Importance OF
II the reat cfFse for which we are fph,ino
mt tie c,use ,rhtch Movld aereg be Dexse,f, Il
= fost ysgtt ri! He has never given In.
anction to var for any o,hcr purloss no,
vii he ever.
No man woald more gladly see the war
ermnatcd upon no orabIe terms to bo,h
sections. II elected President. his or,a,
teart wauld emhra III It's love the wh,l,
country, ana he would, with earnest t,;ih
ma IN Gritty. exhaust every meas for ;b,.
attainment of peace inconsistent with ma
aonal honor and integrity of,he Mon In
making this declaration, speak that which
do know.
This Is, however, by no Means the s,ro1,o.
est reason ieT his selection on u,.rsonas
pnnis IN al agc Of uneNan,, led eor,iiu
ton, he has been pure, ana oi urbu,en M
SONS, he has been c .las. and OF IL, kl.s, de-
nunc'ationS, he has preserved his dirni y
and OF inhuineiable eomh naiions he ha.
heeh involved IN none and of weak b.,r;s
and weaker heads. h has always h.n,,.
stfeng, reSoiute and conidcnt-a,d az IN
bred and il.lterate impos.oas. he has bcnn
me marked type OF gentleman. and has
borne away from the most refined scholar 81
tae ma, me honor Of thought and ..fo-
iuehce. here is no national or personal
virtue of which he has no, in son a mann.
been called upon to he The channion .'n,,
'here mas been no correspondent we. aaainst
"neh he has not been obliged IN The 3 nv.
oi his career to contend. When God All.
upon man TO be the pioneer in such st,no.
gies rs those through which he has nasscI
rs will surely crown him with victor :,
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