Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-27

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or suffer them 70 return TO II A. states.
For the truth of my assertion on that Mss
rfsse would Dot allow the border STATES 70
remain in the Union submit the following
letter
"WAsnsSareS. February ., 1881.
DraA SIN: Thanks for your note and ex-
plana,inn Of that vote. II lnay be useful.
The,e i. n greater disposition to compromisc
thaa fisIs 10 sse. BIT Ihope the beet Half
dozen Of the border States gentlemen have
been in our room tonight. Etherdge and
stokes Of Tenness", Adams and Bristow, OF
Kentucky, Gilincr, Of North Carolina, and
others. Ircaily symTdthiss ~ih them, but
see no reason why we should sacT.fce per-
nepensty a targe poner to help them, for
the purpose Of gaining temporarily a hffee
one Yours cordially,
s. p. CHASE.
When this letter was written, bold devo-
ted Union men in North Carolina and en-
nessce, were struggling TO keep their States
in the Union. anxious 70 sustain the gov
ernment and to stand by the Stars and
S r.pes. The Border state proposition,
a,,opt d be Congress, woul have hel. them
Incir members OF congress went personally
t, " OUT room, itnI,loring aid. Mr.. Chase $
sympathy" wa- excited, but he '' saw M
reason for sacrificing ALoli,ionism for the
Inion
What followed is historical. w harl
Jeen infoieed FIR ncoriy Joar gears N On
.fJ0litioa Var. The influences that drove
North Carolina and Tennessee, from the
Union. extorted an Emancipation Proclama-
ton. yracticui and efscttye only a. g,ttn9
iuioa, atrengA and Jeterminatioa e Esbel-
lima proclamation TO wnrh the first
slave ha, not OWED his freedom. for it Is
only operative where our armies 60, and
| ,,ifhovt II tic os,ais ro"d hGse gcns i"ste,
md faftter .ind let it be remembered
| that all the while these Abolition DcInaso-
CUES and Fanatics were aiding both rchei-
| lion and slavery. The North united, and
&c Of the incubus Of AbolItio..lsIn, woud
nave crushed rebellion and with it the ours
! ed Institution which struck at and sought
| to divide the mon. II the South avert Tho
| punishment due to the great national ctinit
Of Rebellion. they will owe their escape tc
The insanity Of ibolitionists. 1t thus that
antagonism work together.
And here, to guard against those who lay
in wait to prevert oil say. let me exempt
t;errt Smith, with other, who have nobl,
given thc,rselv s to the duty Of sustaining
the government in It's war against Rebel
lion. Had the same Il gree Of patriotism
and sense governed Mr.. Chase, leading
| members of Congress and influential jour
mails. &c should this day rejoice in fri
| umph Of the government over the van
| pushed armies Of the Confedcracy, consign
ing rebellion and Slavery to a common
grave.
| did not, three years ago, mistake OF
magnify the evil Of Abolition influences MOI
though iicrccly denounced, did | shrink
tron the duty Of warning the people Wha
then was only Prophetic is now History
| Abolition influences, in Congress, and ii
the Cabinet, have doubled the millions o
dollars, and decpened the rivers of blood
spent and she'd. in a way. which 50 LDNG
! rs 81, gH IFIUENCES AND COUNCILS
SWAY THE GOVERNMENT, PROMISES
NOTHING But AN INTERMlN ABLt
| CONFLICT OR AN VICTORIOUS TER
| MlNATION. I. W.
IMPORTANT FROM GREELEY. The y.
Tribune Of Friday, July 22d, contains TIN
following item in ref rem e to Greeley's ne
gotat'ons for peace. Though but grain
Of comfort, it is nevertheless q grain:
| .nory Maa tbs lie Jocs not rs yet feel a
| HJtrty 10 state, Moogh he soon my be. Al
| that he coa noto o,id is his yener"{ inf5rsnc
Mat Hepacifcotion of orr c,pnfrN Is aeitheJ