Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-17
Mc(1eIIam's Record.

In regard to the political conduct of af-
fairs, you will please labor to impress upon
the inhabitants of Missouri and the ada
cent States, that we arc fighting solely for
the integrity Of the Union to uphold the
power Of OR National Government. and to
restore to the nation the blessings of peace
and good ordcr--MCLllant 10 Hatieck.
We shall most readily suppress this re-
bellion and restore the authority of the
Government by rclgiously respecting the
constitutional rights of ALL know that I
express the feelings and opinions of the
President when | say that we are fighting
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 vii 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 these in
structions NcChYan 10 EueU.
This rebellion has assumed the character
Of war as such ii should be regarded; and
it should be conducted upon the h. CHEST
principles known to christian civilization. -
II shoald not be a war looking to the sub
Jugation of the people Of any State in any
event. Ii should not be at all a war upon
populations, but against armed forces and
political organizations. Neither con.isca-
ton ofpropcrty, political executions of per
sous, territorial or ,anzation of States. nor
lorcible abolition of slavery should be COD
templatcd for moment. In prosecuting
the war, all private property and unarmed
persons should be strictly protected subject
only to the necessity Of military operations
All private property taken for military use
should be paid or reccipted for piage and
waste should be treated as high crimes all
unn acessary trespass sternly prohibited,
and offensive demeanor by the military to-
wards citizens promptly rcbukcd. Military
arrests should not be tolerated, except in
places where active hos tlities exist, aid
oatls not required 10y cnactments constitu-
tionally 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 be allowed to in
teffcrc with the relations of servtude, eth
or by supporting or iinparing the authority
of the master, except for suppressing dis
order, as in other cascs-Mcg lettnnS Har-
risen Ldtdtng Letty.
Time, and the Ion :, continuance of good
fortune, obliterated the recollection of the
calamitics 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, ana all
the relations of life. y Rebellion
against Government like ours which con-
contains within itself the means of sclf-ad-
justmcnt and pacific remedy for evils,
should never be COMPOUNDED with reyolu-
ZION against despotic power, which refuses
rcd'css of wrongs.-NcCle llan'S JIIea Point
Grafton.