Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-13

| In regard 10 the political conduct Of u
fairs, you win please labor To impress upor
the inhabitants Of Missouri and the adja
cent States, that we are fighting solely fol
the integrity of the Union, TO uphold the
power Of or National Government. and "a
restore to the nation the blessings Of peace
and good order. G. leiian to HatLeck.
We shall most readily suppress this re-
bellion and restore the authority Of the
Government by rcl,giously respecting the
constitutional rights Of all. know that
express the feelings and opinions Of the
President when ] say that we are lighting
only to preserve the integrity Of the Union
and the Constitutional authority Of the
General Government.
The inhabitants of Kentucky may rely
upon it that their domestic institutions will
in no manner be intcrfered with, and that
they will receive at our hands every consti-
tutional protection have only to repeat
that you will, in all respects, carefully re-
gard the local institutions Of the region in
which you command, allowing nothing but
the dictates Of military necessity to cause
you to depart from the spirit OF the ueis-
structlons McTLllan to BueU.
This rebellion has assumed the character
Of war as such it should be regarded; and
it should be conducted upon the highest
principles known to christian civilization
1t should not be war looking to the sub
jugation Of the people of any State in any
event Ii should not be at all war upon
populations, but against armed forces and
political organizations. Neither confisca-
ton ofpropcrty, political executions OF per-
sos, erritorial or anzation Of States, nor
iorcible abolition Of slavery should be cod
tenplated for a moment. In prosecuting
the war, all private property and unarmed
persons should be strictly protected, subject
only to the necessity Of mil tary operations.
All private property taken for military use
should be paid or receipted for; pll.age and
waste should be treated as high crimes all
mnn cessary trespass sterny prohibited,
and offensive deneanor by the military to-
wards citizens promptly rebuked. Military
arrests should not be tolerated, except in
places where active no Titles exist, ard
oaths not required by enactments constitu-
ionally made, should be neither demanded
nor received. Military government should
be confined to the preservation OF public
order and the protection Of political rights.
Military power should not DC allowed to IN
tcftere with the relations Of servitudc, eth
er 10y supporting or impairing the authority
OF the master except for suppressing dis
order, as in other cases Nc (ellaa's lar
rison Landing Letter.
Time, and the Ion continuance Of good
foI tune, Obi:eratcd the recollection oil the
calamities of years preceding the adoption
Of the Constitution. They forget that con-
citation, common interests, and mutual
charity had been the foundation, and must
be the support Of our Government, and all
the relations of life. = Rebellion
against Government like ours, which con-
contains within itself the mean Of self-ad
justmcnt and a pacific remedy for evils,
should never be eonloundcd with revou-
ion against despotic power, which refuses
red css of wrongs.--DcClltam's W.st Point
Grafton.