Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-07


Massachusetts which elected delegates to
Baltimore n few weeks ago, and Oh reso'
,,,;o, declaring IN favor OF Mr.. Lincoin's
70 election made speech from which we
quote commenced had |
,,dv,,iv to the government. No such
,a.al surrender of every barrier OF personal
l,I,,,,. a. the people had cheeriully seen
It'll en- down. had ever been made. And |
now asked the speaker, what has the |
.',,,r mariner In the government-thc Adj !
,.;,,;.;ration-done The people have ncv
~ ,altered or failed, bat three years of cf-
G,r. in the hands OF the Administration do !
ne, en,itle them TO the credit Of having e.
6cicntly used The means and the power
committed 70 them
The garnered wealth Of the nation By the
census Of 1860, was sixteen thousand mil
lions dollars. If the war were TO stop to-
aay we should And that the National,
State. County and Town debts would absorb
on. attire haif or' The capital 81 the country,
| feight thousand millions Of dollars) spent
IN the effort to restore the Union. u VIC
succeed, il is cheap argain-a drop IN the
buekct--dust on the balance but if We fail,
it i, mountain load Of debt pressing on
every living man and all that are to be born
| .os generations. Il makes the condition oil
the labo,ing han awful to contemplate
With regard to President Lincoln, al
though he might Be honest, honesty was No.
| creug. We wanted capab:,ity as well o,
| honesty
tie spoke for twenty millions Of white
men. the laborng men OF this conntry.-
| Their future vas 10 be determined by the
success Of this war We hal been fighting
three wears, and the Conicd,acy was terrible
IA it, strength. Let u be just to our enc
tr. Grant. Butler, sherman. Sigc!.-all
thtse are gathered around Lee and they are
lust able 10 hold him in cheek. lie hoped
,,ian' or Butler might succeed against him,
bu, after all, the Conicderacy Is a terrible
: power. There was neither tnionism nor
! loyalty in las, Tennessee, nor IN New Or
leans.
| LH. He;s star'e1 a nIsHioa, Lpt i r0s
M IL Lipcal H. hDdd pDa 'o4f.dsracy
Iic lun.s'g 5roc'oaofiDn hal dr.c~ ont
III Int seoe,..'nt ~ iiDionisnt Mtt teux itt
IN tie >ou'h 1ke ij.tnist,otion rJs hring-
ing Me tcrstryfo 4 ,qint orhpc Z n,"9 b I'M
pvssiH, toior he p,opif up 70 II, t.ft Fl
Z, sisttnc, IL The .Soafhern pitt. n pc eItrtei
Lmroin agsta M mttt ., mtd1le "ge ,r9"ii
kare cha,ro IL seo rtrpnstroni~n n tho
fniDn ifthf 's,'r .sttS MT Stpf},o1 ~ fsro
yst,x, n. NANCY gt.sti,n srcuidwoanp rs.
Mr.. Phillips tnen offered the following res
o!ulion:
X, soiced That III the opinion of thu, con
ven,on, neither Tennessee, Missi> ,ipp, Ar
kansas, Louisiana. Florida, North or south
Carolina is in such condition TO be cnttlc',
to II Representations IN the Baltimore Con
,rutioM.
Mn Phillips said tia; he wished the conn
try to be saved by its loyal citizens. There
was 10 nioni,n in either of these States,
such as 10 el.;ltlc it to IL voice in the Con
vtniin,
The resolution of Mr.. Phillips was re-
jectcd.
These extracts will suffice to shcw thC
sentiment II discomfort with !.iAe'i:. al
mnistration that prcyadcs the N,i.lS... AZ
ranks and which, if he is f,5n.Gi'oI iOl
rc-clcc,ion, will certainly be ar,ayed AGAINST
him. The rcnsioncd organs OF tic !ia.i
>traticn may affect to regard the Ccvelane
e movement as of little moment, they may
ridculc It, proceeding, and oaudlatcs bal
those engaged in il have gone too lar hav,
. committed themselves too uneuLiyoOa!ly t.
I oppose Lincoln il any c,cnt, TO hack down
+ Upon both principle ard personal grounds
90 they stand pledged to labor for a change
} of administration. And they will do So.
. The attempt to whistle down third part !
movement will deceive nobody. No thir,
party ever entered upon a campaign Will
greater elements Of present and gaining
strength anl probabilities of success, thar
docs the original Republican party repre-
, scented at Cleveland. In 1886, there wer,
, three candidates for the Prc,idency--Frc
mont. Fillmore, and Bue hanan-and the,
divided the electoral vote between them
The lowest i'll the race was only 400, 900 be
hind his next highest rival in total popular
vote of 4,ooo,ooo. Again: in 1860 there
, were four candidates, Lincoln, Dougla,
Breckenridge. and Hcil-and each had cleo
toral votes. Mr.. Lincoln, who WIS elected
, was IN hopeless minority IN the popula,
,otc-the vote Of the people The tota
:, ,ote cast was 4, $50 1913, while Lincoln hat
i cnly sei.4j2 or i..;,Gi5. Amos. half !
million, less than Il majority NJ. Lincoln
although constitu.ionally chosen, is minor
lily President. So that, with three or NOR,
candidates il the ii.'.l, there i, no telling
. whu VIII come ntt ahead.
7Sri:sn.'iaoi; ssmsi Mysterious.