Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-04-16

M. Baowssox on Mr.. 1IscoIx.

Nh. BR0WNU0N ON Mr.. lISCoLN.
Nj Lincoln evidently knows nothing
# the philosophy Of history or Of the
Z ,er olsmtats of human nature lie
that men act only from low
md Interested motives, and does not,
suspect because he does not feel
The presence of . heroic element, the
element Carlyle would call it, OF hero.
worship, that makes men admire, and
cling to and uphold bold, daring policy
eoergeticaIIy proclaimed, firmly adhered
to, and consistently acted on, though 10
the face and eyes Other interests. His
soul seems made Of leather and incapable
Of any grand or noble emotion. Compa'.
ed With the mass Of men, he is . line o..
Fat prose in beautiful and spirited lyric
He overs, he never elevator you. " on
leave he presence with your enthusl lsm
damped your better feelings crushed and
your hopes cast to the winds. You ask
not can this man carry the nation .hougb
its torribls struggles 2 bnt can the nation
Gerry this man through them and not
perish in the attempt. He never adopts
. clan policy. When he hits upon .
policy, substantislly good in itself,
he con,rives to beIlttle it, hcssue ar it.,
or in some way to render it m cans,
cootcmpt,bie aed u.eless. Even
wisdom from her seems but folly
II 10 not his fault, but his misfortune
He 10 good sort H man, with m uch
natural shrewdnes' and respectable ma
tive abilities; but he is misplaced in tire
Presi 'ential chair. He lives ana moves
IN an order OF thought. in a world many
degrees below that in which a great
man lives and moves. We blame him
not because he is mole-eyed, and not
cagle>syed, and that he has 10 suspicion
OF that higher region of thought aud &C..
ton in which lie the great interests and
questions lie is called upon to deal With
az Prcsl tent OF the United States. He
has done as much ~ was in his power
to make himself, and should be respects
cd tor what be has made himseli, and
the fault that he is not TT for his position
IL the fault of us who put him there
HIS only fault is the misfortune Of being
unconscious Of his own unfitness for bis
place.
Mr.. BRowNsoE ON A'cLELLAN.
We regretted, and regret, the act Of
the Prei,dent relieving him when be
did. We thou hit and still think that
he should have. been relieved some six
months earlier or not at all. Never had
he proved himself 80 worthy OF COM
manding the army az he was proving
himself when he was relieved, and no
man who has succeeded him has proved
himself superior to him. There are Of
ficers in the Army OF the Potomac work
ing their way up who will prove his su
pciors, but none Of them has as vet
been placed in command Of that army
He had in the beginning, like all our
oihcers, no experience 10 commanding
and manGuvriDg large bodies of men,
and never was he able to bring all he
forces into action or to use them all With
advantage. The only exception was the
battle Of Malvern Hill, which, unless we
have been greatly misinformed, was
Gen. FhzJohn Porter's battle. But
his want OF experience was defect tina,
he was everyday overcoming, aud he il
reported to have said at Warrcnton to a
friend, day or two before he was re.
lieved. II feel DOW for the first time in
my life that l am able to command a
hundred thousand men," 1t is not i'm
probable that had he been continued in
command that noble army would not
have experienced its fearful losses at
Fredericksburg and Oh ,ncellorvilIe. No
man has ever commanded that army
who has had juster appreciation Of
OF military merit, and we may safely saw
that the officers promoted to high com
mands by him or his influence were
among the very ablest in the army. and
far superior to those advanced po,pr;o
nauto, by the President. We do not
think the Army Of the Potomac ever had
40 offcer superior to Fitz John Porter
Perhaps he deserved dismissal from the
serve, but not more than Gen. McClel-
Ian himself, Gen. Franklin and others
equally implicated, and all should have
been dismissed or none. 1t would give
us pleasure 10 see this able officer 70
stored to his rank in the service. and
placed II command CONNIE nsurate With
his rank. Power, to be loved and re
sPected, must be equitable, just, impar-
tai, not capricious or spiteiul. Under
PohfscdI point of view we have always
distrusted General Mcclellan.
Inc Des MONIES correspondent of the
Hdwkeye says
1he appropriation for benevolent in.
st'tu'ions, the University, Penitentiary
arsenal Agricultural College SC.
amount to something over one hundred
thousand dollars. The expenses of the
General Assembly have been unusually
heavy; in keeping with increased ex.
PEI psnses -, every where in private and public
me: The Postage bill is between .ix
and seven thousand doll , nearly double
the Expenditures of the nrav;or. $500,