Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-04-18
The Real Aidcfs OF the Re.
bcllion i'm Congress.
The Lash applied to the m
by q Republican Paper.
THEIR WORDS STRIKE UPON THE
EARS OF The PEOPLE LIKE rHE
GIBBERISH OF BEDLAM."
THE NERVOUSNESS OF THEIR
ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE
FREEDOM OF DEBATE.

the New York Times of tho 18th inst
Gold 1t IFS, and Congress, with Ia,
bills, tariff bills, bank bills, every finau-
cial measure. lifelcss anil shapeless, en-
gagged in putting down the freedom O
debate 10 the National Capitol! In tn,
name Of loyal people We protest. 1t il
disgracs and an outrage.
We tell these men At Washington
that passion 10 making them mad. II
10 an absolute i0fstuat,on that has seized
thom. Their words strike upon the car.
Of the people like the gibberish Of Bed
lam. Where have tho senses Of Con
grsssmeo gone that they doo't realize
the terrible burdens that rest upon the
people, and the fearful dangers that con.
front the government? Do they call
themselves loyal men, and yet play those
fantastical tr,cksp BY their default the
prices Of everything that susta,ns life
are rapidly mounting. The currency il
gradually turning into worthless rags.
Inch by inch, foot by foot the povern-
mont moves on. straight before the e. ca
OF its guardians, toward TIE bottomiess
pit OF baukruPtcy-yet distant, but, un-
less they act, inevitable. Not an arm
do they yet raise to save it. If they
had but done the duty they were put to
do. the credit Of the government would
still be resting on its own foundations.
They have neither done it nor made any
rational effort to do it. 1t is not mis-.
fortune, but guilt, that rests upon them;
not failure, simply, but faitblessnes..
1t is astonishing, it Is astounding, that
the House, after this long and fragrant
neglect of duty, should turn upon one of
Its members 10 this fierce fashion, for On.
couraging the enemy by words-ty
words which we're made Of ar, and
which, bad they been let alone, would
have s'raightway vanished into cir. It
10 the wildness Of the fireman Who stands
motionless while the flames are getting
head~sy, aud tails foul Of the mao who
declares that the FIRE will not be subdued.
1t is tho inactiou Of these so-calIcd Ioyal
servsnts Of the people, that is aiding the
rebellion ten thousand times more than
the 60 called disloyal speeches Of the
maIcontents of the House. Not words
but acts are to decide the var. Un-
fathfulness in respect to the former
s'nk: into insigui6cauce; 1t is absolutely
nothing, when measured against that
other onfaithfuIness 10 act, Of which this
House is every day being guilty.
Not coutent with the fatal derelec,;on
OF ncglecting indispensable action. mi.
body must suneradd an equally fatal NOS.
tive fact. Unsat:s6ed with helping en-
the southern rebels by depriviue onr
government Of the sound credit which j.
Its life, they must put into the hands Of
the northern copperhcads . weapon Of
more deadly potency than they have ev. |
Of yet handled or b 'psd for. How 10 it
possible for true men 30 to misuuder-
stand she American people, a. to suppose |
they will submit quietly to the de.truc-
tion OF tree debate 10 the council halls
Of the nation! What hellsbore have
s soey been drinking in Washington that
aas struggled their old perceptions I Are
we % % told that Americas liberty il
- soe bastard type these men would
....s !" hss It Indeed % deoeuerated
,s rs transported from IL native
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bslow Parliament Hoose. ~ ~ ~ . .
eoly tax II Il sby- the card |" ma vmh
bated BREATH Far The lat hr,S.sI
5sar: Who be- hsa&6 Of pa,I;amsn,.rs
expalaion 10 RaGlaadAbp vosds sr.I..y
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