Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-30


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|sg u Republicans, the following report off
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No was formerly = Distinguished - bis
defence Of Dsnocntic pri' ciplcs and the
Dsmocsatic construction Of the United
States Constitution, ~ he has since been
ssr his advocacy Of he Republican candidate
ibr President:
David Dudley Field, Esq, was the next
speaker: in our mutual congratulations up.
on the result Of the late election, let us not
fbseet it, true Significance. The victory
which Nc celebrate is not the victory Of
p,rty-is ID not the victory Of class or Of
Individuals; il il the victory Of ideas the
ersat primal thought, which has created
this success-the thought which has taken
hold OF the minks and hearts Of the millions
whose votes dropped silently at the polls,
have uttered these audible voices with which
al the air 9 filled-the thought which has
done al this Is our nationality. lCheers.]
That the people who possess this continent,
between the Gulf and the Lakes, and from
sea to sea. are not many nations but one NJ
ton, invisible forever, IS the ineradlcable
belief Of loyal Americans They held it be-
FIRE the var began, but the fircs Of the con-
dict have burned Il into their hearts, where
Il viii remain till the blood has left them
forever. fApp'ause. Take any Of those
citizens. place him anywhere within the con-
fines Of the bread land, on the cleaning
waters Of the eastern sea. the mountain
ranges OF the west, the busy streets Of COM
merce, or the broalacres yet untrimed by the
hand Of the agriculturalist place him by the
Father Of Waters, the slopes Of the Sierra
Nevada, or the shores Of the Pacific, and he
can still say, "All this is my country torn
now, and bleeding in the inevitable conflict
between evil and good, but destined TO be-
come peaceful and prosperous, united in in
tersst and affection, and mourning only that
it ever has been otherwise" This is the
sentiment that has been predominant in the
last week, and We will look at its transac-
lions in this light, and thus interpret their
true significance.
In to fret place they do not signify tie
indiscriminatc approeaI Of the acts Of Mr..
Lincoln's Administration. Every one ofus
knows that many Of those who spoke and
voted for the re- election Of our present Chief
Magistrate, dssentcd strongly from some Of
those acts. They are, Of course, free to op.
pose repetition of them. They think it Of
the first necessity that the President should
have united and responsible Cabinet, by
whose advice he will be guided, and each OF
whom has tho confidence Of the county,
They insist that the ConstitutiOn scds made
for rar az ,ceN a. for peace;; that aothing
may be done abors or beyond the ias, and that
in all things the rules Of both Prssident and
people, Of ecery officer, high or lo,e, and q
erery citizen, Is tie lao Of the land. II the
election does not signify our indiscriinin ate
approval Of the acts Of the Administration,
~ eh less dos Il signify an approval Of any
particular plan Of reconstruction, as u Il
called. There are those who voted for Mr..
Lincoln, and perhaps majority Of them,
who think that no reconstruction is neces.
sary, that in the eye Of the law the Union is
still unbroken, and that all the Government
has to do is to put down the rebellion, and
al the rebels need to do is to submit to the
laws. What, then, docs the election signify
It signifies two things, the suppression Of
the rebellion by force Of arms, and the ab.
clifton Of slavery throughout the land.
loud checrs.] The people have reasoned,
and reasoned justly, that our nationality
can orly be preserved BY showing that we
have government, and there can be no
government which is not capable of over
coming by force an armed rebellion. To
show that We are nation, and can as ma
ton, We must show that we have National
Government. To govern and t. command
obedience are convertible terms. If we
cannot command obedience, we cannot gov
ern; if We cannot govern, we cannot hsve
National Government, which is the sole
essential bond of = nation. So the people
reasoned SO they acted and so they have
triumphed At the polls. and SO, with Gods
blessing. they will conquo. in the field.
The abolition Of slavery, by an amendment
to the Federal Constitution, is the second
proposition which thu people have establish
ed by their votes Of Tu .sday. Whatever
may have heen tl'eir previous opinions re-
specting slavery and the right Of interfering
with it in the States. there cannot be a
doubt that they now believe that it has
been the cause Of this war, that but for il
We should have p ace and prosperity, and
that We can justly lay to its charge the
hundreds Of thousands Of our brave men
who have died in hospitals aud battle, and
the two thousand millions Of treasure that
We have expendedin the war. Thus believ
ing they think themselves free to follow
tho instincts ef their moral sense, and BY
an amendment Of the Constitution. in the
mode provided by that instrument, and
therefore contemplated by those who fran.
ed and those who adopted it. to blot Out
forever that great work which has been oui
curse ct home and our rep. zach abroad
[Cheers.] lift were proper to prohibit 1
Safe from entering into . treaty coming
money-passing . bill Of attainder or i'm
pairing the obligation Of contracts or fron
establishing any other than republican
form Of government, i cannot be imprope
10 protect it from holding men in bondage
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