Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-15


MAS. NJ DUNBAR jackson county
For Auditor of State,
a. e. HESDERIHuTT. of Iowa county
For Register Of State Land Ct:icc,
d. u. HOLBROOk. Of Monona county.
FOR Judge Of the Supreme Court
mos NJ MrNROE. Of Dubuque county.
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Expealicncy Of the Constitution.
Reader Republican reader, il General
Mcclellan should deliberately declare IN
writing that in case he is elected Presidc.i
he will take the oath to support the Cor
stitution Of the United States and thea,
governed by views Of expcdicncs, tramp!r
it under foot, and if VIC should urge you TO
support him in the face Of that fact, what
would be your response: What would he
YOUR opnion of General Mcclellan: II
Abraham Lincoln has done precisely the
thing that is hypocritlcaily hut before Gen.
Mcclellan, what ought to be ,onr opinion OF
and action towards him? Precisely that
thing h has done. IN the month of March
las. Gov Bramctte, Senator Dixon, and
Col Hodges, editor If the Frankfort Co;2
monreaith, had an interview with Mr.. Lin
coin, and afterwards. at the request Of Col.
H., the Prcsidcy put in writing his re-
marks on the occasion over his own sigma
ture, under date Of April 4th, and they were
published in this pa ,cr at length on TIE
29th Of April. Mark this declaration:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, April 1, 1864.
A. q. Hodyes, Etq, FanlJoyt, n.y..
Ny DEAR SIR lou ask me 20 pu! in
writing the substance OF what | crbal
said the other day in your presence to Gov.
Bramlettc and Senator Dixon. 1t was
about as follows:
am naturally antisiavcrv IL slavery is,
not wrong nothing is wrong.
took the oath that | would to the best II
my ability preserve, protect. AMI defend the
Constitution Of the United States. =
| feel that measures otherwise ,incons.Hu-
tionat might become lawful bv bee ming
indispensable TO the preservation OF the
Constitution through the preservation Of
the ma ion. RIGHT OR WRONG, I As
SCME THU GROUND AND Now AVON
III! clam, not to raw, controlled events.
out confess plainly that erenfs hare confroH-
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Yours truly, y. LINCOLN.
Here Mr.. i.iDcon sets his mere op Mon
ms mere w,,n and v r H.n
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'p'' '''' r'' ''rs t'me ne says
n:,.. .a', c',ap"hc'''i's rs to lis "in!isprnsa
When eariu IN tho war Go, r,ou
tempted military emancinat;on for,,.d. ,
be 'ause did not then think it an ind,snen
ssDle necessity. When little later General
tho .r,,,;r. 81 .,'Ic','N % war, suggestc'i
Lid not va, ,h;,L :. .m ;",yce'ed pecauS
cessity. When. still later Gcn u"n,ar -,
tempted military emancipation forbade !.
hls na,.,. ~" no, yet 'iiInk the indispensa
!, go. IN a ;, .''''e'
.h.. h. -'"c pressure
f.""s confronted him
..,,.. -, "'Spe"
''"' 'ii' Lincoln issued his
emancipation proclamation which would
have been 'otherwisc UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
Such is the fra;l .ovar,ra,,, .e a.. l.,
ro,.l, ~, "' VIM
so".''s u"de' ar. Lincoln IN
S'e"u VI ines able government Of Law which
maintained this country under his prede.
cessors who followed tho ,.,t.r ,na ,,;.;. :,
III. C.ns.;,..;a -
a.. '"'' ''o people nor
ron, -. CIV ",''..s'' nave any security be
M I;a.a, Inv pressure OF events which
him, AM ,no.,'. p'a eon'roI
measure ''iat the pressure
tells him IS "indispensably nccess.r,,, J. !,
feels honp, IN .,,o,+ l.
who knows anything Of the lif. and chora
-. or Ill