Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-20
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Iowa CIR. Sept II. 1864.
Hcs. Laurel .S"mssers, Chairman Of the
Democratic State Comm; tie:
DsAR s'a:-.Having accepted the Demo
cratic nomination Tor Congress in the fourth
DEtfic.' ana Dem. thereby rendered Unable
10 iuinii ."e d' les OF an Elector for State at
large ~ me manner had desired and in
iehdea' do hereby resign my position on
.ae rcket as an eIsctyr, and tnd'r to my
l. low ID m ,rlts througho il the Stat, wh,
tio,ored iic with such Manifestations OF
confidence, my warmest thanks, with as>ur-
ancvs that IN the future, as in thu. past, ev
ery efforl Of mine shall he given for the
restoration Of Democratic party, tn power
Ii was under the rule Of this party. and
operation Of the Democratic principles, that
die American Union enjoyed it unexanpled
prosperity and rose to its commanding
greatness. and, ! lam thoroughly convinced
that the bl. ssings OF ieec government can
never again be enjoyed in the land until
those principles arc again adopted as the
RUE Of action by Federal and State Admin
istrations. The platform of the Chicago
Convention and the letter OF General Nc
| CIellan's present the true issue to our people.
On the one side wc propose to ask vi the
| people of the South as condition OF peace
no more than we arr willing to perform
ourselves obedience TO the Constitution OF
the Feuerai government and all laws enacted
| in purs,ian C thereof, while on the other
| hand Mr.. Lincoln and the party he repre-
s.nls haze declared their determination to
take no step in looking TO a peaceful solution
| Of eXising difficulties until Emancipation,
contiseaiion and military suhju,.a,ion have
been acco npIished in the Southern States.
The one proposition promises speedy ter
min.tion OF the stupendous and unnatural
stri in which we are engaged, on the basis
Of "A restored Union. with all rights of the
several S G. al q the citizens thereof main
tanned in Their integrity; while from the
other we are warmed BY past exp, riencc to
expect nothing but an indefinite protraction
Of The war; with all il, horrors, to terminate
| in the complete exhaustion OF the two sec
tons, and the permanent establishment oil
desp,tic government over the remains Of a
once proud and glorious republic. That
the American people If the issue is full,
presented to them through the instrument
talty Of an active and vigorous campa On
will select the evil and reject I good. |
cannot believe. there III conclusion beg
leave to urge your committee to all into
action from now until the election all the
talent and means that can be found in the
party, for tn purpose of refutng the false
hoods and Misrepresentation with regard to
our position, with which the popular mind
has been p,eldiced. II such curse i
pursued in every State IN the Union, and II
the masses of our fellow citizens are left I, &C
to exercise their great Icmcdied franchise at
tht ballot box, there are strong reasons Tor
believing t.,at our country viii soon emerge
from the darkness that cnshrouds it, and
again take It's position among the coniroii
ing nations of the earth. Hoping for such
success | remain, in the faith of the De-
mocracy- lours Kespectiuilv' az,
10. & Mi1curiI