Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-30
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country has ever known since the days o.
the revolution We are about entering
upon direct taxation, which will swell cnor
Mously the already vast burdens which for
some time have been borne through the
medium OF increase in the prices Of living
hcccssitatcd by the depreciation Of money
10 these financial cmbarassmcnts-tl
winch there seems no end but speedy and
iTetr'evable ruin--there is added the dis
couragemcnt arising from the persistent i'll
success which has for the last six months
attended the Fedora! armies. In the man.
our forces have suffered disastrous defeats
and when they have gained occasional adj
Vantagca, ii has been at cost which far
outweghcd the benefits. Could one glance
IN the future, and OF any distance, howe. er
great, discover CLEANS OF light, the darkness
which now cnyelops our military operations
might he endured with patience. Human
nature has vast. an almost unlimited capa-
| city for the endurance Of evil. when with
that endurance is coupled the promise Of
reliei. But, as in the case al our financial
affairs, our military operations give no indi
cation oi 4 change from worse to better;
rather the contrary. Therefore these evils
| are the more iltolcrabe as We reflect that
they are intcrminabe.
Financial ruin and military disaster ore
not all that afiiict this nation at the present
| ,pomcnt. These are seemingly enough to
be borne at once by ,ny single people, but
they ere not ALL
The " hole country is filed with mourn
Ing. There i sc:rccly \ family in the land
from which death la, not taken the strong
ct arm and The trayest heart. Here il i, a
father. there brother, in another place a
son: brit IA every "a 9 tie ore whom the
rest could least afford to spare
X is 70 this 10 financial ruin, to cond-
ton in which military disaster has become
chronic, to state in which ono portion oi
the people are mourncrs ard the remainder
filling ncw made graves-,hat this former
happy and prosperous nation has been re-
duced in three years. Then We stood frs,
among the nations Low there is none so
poor n, to do Us reycrancc"
Bat terrible as is the present. it is less
terrible than the future promises 10 be-
Suspended over us is the enormous. ava
lanche Of a debt Of two thousand millions.
whose proportions are hourly swelling with
fearful rapidity, and which. IN 4 little while
by its own weight, must break It's f..tcnings
and prccipltatc Itself upon the ration
Swollen already Ia gigantic size. its descent
viii crush everything before ii IS easily and
a. ruinonsly "a the Alpine sn,w-slidcg do
the slender hnls Of the peasantry
Equally nnpromisine is the military hori-
zon. II We could not conquer people when
in their infancy. how can We expect to do it
when they have become::mailpd giants E,-
cry hour that the contest is prolonged make
success more and more doubtful; what is
not possible to-day will he no more possible
tomorrow. Therefore, in the future we see
only continued defeat. further depreciation
of currency, further drafts for lives, and fur
ther Wholesale and futile slaughter
1hcec things are, every QUE of them. the
direct result atrepublican rule; each of them
can be traced directly to the party now in
power. II is they who have mis'nanaged
our finances until ruin is the result they
who have united the Sou.! in It's opposition
until success has has become impos sible;
they who have filled the land with grave.
and morning; they no contemplate further !
drafts cf victims and further useless sacri- |
fees.
There is partial remedy for these evils |
We cannot amend the past, but we can yct to |
some extent shape the future. To do 1T we |
must serve the party in power as Christ |
served the money changers who had gained |
possession Of the TEMPLE g hicago I.nse& |
Robherics in the large stores New York |
by the clerks and porters are getting to be |
alarminely frequent, as well as highway |
robbcrlcs
Ii is reported tina. the heat in Havana |
has been ;:!mast insunportlble. and that |
there is considerable yellow fever in the |
harbor ami on shore.
\ SUPERIOR REuEny We can ccnscien- |
to, sly recommend t. those suffering from I
cough, Dr. S;ritklan'ls Meliiu- |
Iou> Cough Balsanl. 1t gives relief almost |
aud is uitnal not disagreablc |
to the taste. There is n, doubt but tho |
MeliiAnous Cough Balsam is one ofthc best |
in use, and is all that its pro-
prc;or ,iailps for it. We haze trial il lar !
ing the past week ami found relief from a /
most distressing cough 1t is prepared by |
DR.. Strickland. Ne. = Fast flth street, Gin |
tnnsJ, o., and for salchy druggists at 80 |
cents per bottle.