Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-10
ANOTHER ACT OF 7ps.Sn'OG
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ESn.
That recent act Of infamous despotism re-
Gently perpetratcd in Baltimore hy the All
minstratlon through one Of it's generals
should arrest the attention Of every well
wlsher Of his couitr. The particulars at
Briefly: The B.tl.norc Past, democrats
newspaper established only few weeks age.
and NTH rto unhcard of outside Of Mary
land, printed in It's general news columns,
as did the press throughout the north, an
account Of the recent riot at Cincinnati, in
citei bv the Lincoln club, as published Nv
the Cincinnati papers 4, IS the custom n
Baltimore, the riot was, with other new :,
briefly and truthlnlly mentioned on the
Iosts Bulletin Board. 1t gave offence, Il
seems, 10 squad Of sol liers, and they took
possession Of the bulletin and carried it t.
the headquarters of Gen. Lew Walac,
threatening that unless he at once suppress
ed the H.st they would destroy the Office
Whereupon Gen Wallace sent for Messrs.
Bo-ley Il Brewer the editors and pgoprietois
OF the Post, and after stating t. them The
nature Of their "crine' and the threats 81
his soldiers, he issued the following order ::
HEADQUARTERS MIDDlE DepARrufSr,
Elghln Army Corps, Sept. 30, 1864
ESitofs IF tie Egming Pet:
As the surest roans OF preventing voar
office being made the sl.Aicct of violence.
YOU will discontinue The publication of your
paper, the kcsning Post.
Ky or,,r Of Maj. Gen. WALLACE.
OLIVER MATTHEWS,
Captain and A. \. G..
pom lis face this plain and unvarnished
statement carries is own commentary. Bn;
behind II tncre.arc facts that lend stll further
signineance TO rs features. On THURSDAY,
The "ay before tie suppression, the Demo
cratic State Convention Of Mary land assem-
bled and placed in nomination an electoral
ticket Tor Gen. Mcclellan. On Friday the
Test appeared with the proceedings of the
Convention in its columns and the ticket nj
ITS editorial head, and oa Fiiday 1t ras sup.
Ptesssd npoa ne pietsrt gic,a ajoyei II is
stated in the \ v York World that the order
o. ten. Wallace was issued by command Of
the President himself.
Now we ask candid and thoughtful men
to consider and weigh well these facts.
ask themselves, whether, ~ American c;t;.
1enS' loving he constitutional freedom e.
'allIshea b. The revolutionary fathers. and
ae7ir'ng to maintain the guarantees of tl.r
Eel impact, which is The COY. rn,. on.
and wnlcn being trampled under foot con.
vets order INFO anarchy, if they can snpport
and vote to re-cioct an administration u b;cl
thus without >ha,ioN of cause and so,e,r
III It's own mere partizan interest. strikes
down he freedom Of the press. 4, il NO,
evan all 90 Iha the Port was guilty Of the
slightest ~, oya,tv.' No charge is made (
against 1t exc pit that it published an orl;. |
nary newspaper report Of = current event.
riot IN no way connected with the reh.,,- |!
ION vfthr Sauth, whirh certain soldiers ,rsro |
not pleased at reading. But who believes
mat these soldiers acted from impulse nnon
seeing the mere announcement mo, h,,,
ietin that in the next issue OF a daily ;o,.
nal an account Of a riot, participated in NV
Lincoln club, would appear?
II 1t hot probable that these soldiers u.r,
prompted to do what they did in order +,
give the Lincoln authorities some exen,o 8,
depriving the Democrats of Baltimora oe
their only organ in the President;a, rom
paigns Is the President, who orders -
Tor single moment sanctions such n,o.
cced'ng, fit to be the Executive Of tb;rt,,
millions of people living under a govern
ment Of their own choosing and framing !,
the Constitution Of which is written !. ..rha
freedom of speech or of the press shan -.
be abridged"-is heg Are Democr... r;.h.
lr wrong when they arraign Mr. Lincoln ~
. charge ofusurpation
Let Us ponder well these questions. Two
Ut the ablest and most eminent men Of n.
Republican party-Senator Wade and Rem.
'esenrafive Davis have. upon other feature.
y this administration, filed bin against
r. Lincoln, charging him with the sroas.st