Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-27

The great crime ior WHICH ''e
.;.,, or Mr. Lincoln is arraigncd Is mat oi
,,ervcrtipy the object 81 the war IRON inc
broad. simple and original design declared
IN the Inaugural Address and IN inc resoiu-
,;on unanimously adopted by Congress,
,,oo, both of which the people were unitea
a. lang as tlrcy we're kept in view, TO an IN
cana . clifton crusade and All effort 70
;. comp.lr the Southern rebels to bow down
and bend their noc<s before the person VI
.h. nresent occupant Of the presidential
chair Tho paramount object having thus
becn lost sight Of it follows that all pohc'es
based upon the visionary end sought must
be destructive in effect, and ti.at III enor's
nut forth in their support. II" matter az"
herculcan they may be. must fail Of sue
ccssful issue in peace ard reunion No
stronger bill Of Indictment has been present.
ed against the Lincoln administrator IMAM
tha. to be found in the elaborate report ~
its own friends, Wade, Chandler 4 Co..
Committee ON the Conduct Of the War.
Said they:
The administration called by the people
TO the head Of the Government in tins th'
most critical period Of nation history.
was more promptly and fully support" a
than that of any other government ot which
history has preserved any record IN.
calls OF tie President for money and men had
been more than complied with; no lcgis'a.
ton which, he had deemed necessary had
been denied by Congress; and the people
hal most nobiy and generously sustained
and support ted what THEN representatives
had promised in their name. 1t needs but
10 refer to the history Of the Congress Just
closed, its prompt and thorough action,
clothing tie trecutico with the fullest powers,
placing at his disposal all the resources OF
men and money which this nation possessed,
TO prove that your committee judg' d rightly
that Congress needed no prompting from
then to do it's entire duty. Not upon those
whose duty it was to provide the means
necessary to put down the rebellion. but
UPON THOSE VIII, Sc DUTY IT WAS
10 RfGHTFULLY APPLY THE MEANS.
AND TIE AGENTS THEY EMPLOYED,
RESTS THE LAME THAT THE HOPES
or THE NATION HAVE NOT BEEN RE
ALLIED AND ITS EXPECTATIONS
HAVE BEEN SO LONG DISAPPOINTED.
This terrible accusation, be it remembered,
is not made by coppcrhcads,' or oppo-
nents of the administration. but by its own
fastest friends and supporters
4 late number OF the National Intelligfn-
Ger, gives tho following figures showing how
many men have already been called to the
field during the past three All half years:
Raised in 1851, rs per report of Secretary
Cameron, for , months. ............... az, 50
Raised in the same year, as per same report
tot three wears. .......................G $50 ~
Call q. July LIST. 1859 % wears mem. .3cc.ooo
Call of August 18th 1850, for militia u
months men. ............. oep, 100
Call for militia of certain states June Is,
ISIS, to repeal invasion Of Penn, 49,. 100 oeo
Draft Of july, lsS". 70 wears mem. 3.e 600
Number raised since October eth. Ms per
statement Of Senator Wilson. ........ 100. 900
Total. Observation-Disclosures. ASS SAC
This number is about to BE increased BY
q CONSUMPTION Of Three Hundred Thous-
and more, which will swell the total to near
~ Thee Millions When we remember that
the total white population Of the eleven &C.
coded States, mon. ,e0mea and children. and
not dedncting the loyalists of Virginia, Ten.
nesee, &c, was according to the sensus Of
1860 only 5,45o,7ll, what commentary
upon the management Of the administration
is this draft Of nearly 5000, 900 Of men up
on our population. And what unparalleled
audacity in such an administration to ask
the people fora continuance Of power for an
other four years