Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-08-17

mind il we may believe in the New York
H-rcld, which says:
WED ~ rnr FENCE.
II appears that Thurlow Weed did mot st
hi, doubts removed while he was in Wash
in-ton. He appears tch. unsettled a. - me-
course vet. In a vote taken on the Hudson
River Railroad on Monday last, when one
hf1 ned ma sfxty were recorded against
The Administration and sixty-four for. Weed
ind eAsntly cefuscd to give his vote. Thus q
seems that w eed has not made up his mind
vet, and his recent visit TO Washington did
not enable him to decide where nc stood.
Seward should look after him
Since reaching horac Mr.. Weed has given
evidence which goes to show that he is not
50 much on the fence q his refusal TO vote
would indicate. He is out in another letter
to the Albany journal. On the Presidential
question, in which he says:
IL Statesmen or Soldiers who have, since
the outbreak Of the rebellion, given their
services to the country, are placed lby the
Chicago Convention upon platform when
demands vigorous persecution OF the w ar,
on tie bas;s 81 Jnion and Right which re-
qurcs all in rebellion to return 10 their al
legiance md to tic eajoymafs ettheir rights
una.r tie Constttu,ioa we repeat, such
men are nominated and such principles are
enuncated, at Chicago, | shall hail the re-
suit with heartfelt JOY. Such nomination
would leave erery l.cor to choose between
Mr. Lincoln and another candidate Tor Pres
ident, equally patriotic.
Equally patriotic is an excellent make
weight to save the appearance Of contln-
gently open abandonment of Lincoln. II
the above be not left handed blow at Lin
coin than there is no force in it. Nothing
could be more incon sist.ht with the de-
CARED policy of Mr.. Lincoln than a prcsecu-
ton OF the war Oh simple bass Of Union
and Peace" ard the return OF the rebels to
the enjoyment o: their rights undcr Tie Cen
Nitution." To attempt to compel them to
abandon slavery in acc, rdamce with the
President zine quo non would be to deny
them their right, under the Constitution"
and would preclude the possibility Of war
on the basis of Union and Peace And
when Mr. Wed say that between such a
and.iatc as he indicates and Mr. Lincoln
livery" clcctor will he free 10 choose, he
c early Indicates that in his opinion dis
RI ton of the so called II uion' rarty will
! the GO tinycncy named be inevitable, and
{ lat its members will be ahsolved fro.:. all
to remain in it and support its
candidates. If Mr.. Weed means anything
at all he means to abandon Lincoln. And
the view that he does mean something is
strengthened by the following vague allsion
to the scheme now on foot among the admin
lstration leaders at Washington to rake
peace by recognizing the South on the con-
dition Of Compensated emancipation re.
fcrred to more plainly by &c. d. in the let.
ter quoted yesterday:
The men who rushed the country, ma,lly
and blindly into WAR, were scarcely worse
Enimies than those who now GENEROUSLY
demand dishonoyable Pace. Nor is it
more anomalous that at least one prominent
inliridpol appears ia both characters -.frst
Joisterous for War-non blatont Tor Ilace.
Mr.. Weed concludes his letter as follows
But although blind councils and mad nr
ilucnces have brought our Government and
Country into perilous condition, and al
though The Past is lrretricva'c. eli Is not
lost, for the TrrrIE may be secured In
bued with the true wisdom, the Democratic
Goarentioa has the po1rer to eontsr grgc,
Blessing upoa orr Co,!ssTg. inaeea. sir re-
NE Fourth tag Of .faly. 1875, no xvch o,,.,,,.
'aAity.fo usetu,usss and houor has oceyrlsJ
hat ConYeIltion can, by its action, irnmor.
aize It's members !; and it can, lift will. find
wen "lower depth than the cxccratf.J
Hartford Convention"