Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-08-19

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probability Of electing President wAo scoNkd
arsseyse IL ear. foS objects 1telar0 to Il
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MOULD GIVE MY VOICU ANb vCGk
uDR SUCHyA CANDDAn.A-@- -
And again he says in conclusion:
But Messrs. Chase, Wade, Sumner
and Chandler, with the "Tribunes'' and
POSTS" compelled Mr.. Lincoln SO to per-
vert and narrow the conflict Is to leave US,
to-day. with united South and . diridtd
North.
by recurring to Mr.. Weeds recent and
more remote letters, and viewing the pcliti-
cal situation Of the present, it is plain that
he desires and intends to support the can
didate nominated At Chicago. Heasks sim
ply Whist nihety nine hundredths Of the op-
position arr firmly united upon-the Crit
tcndcn resolution, which is in these words:
Resolved, That the present deploorble
civil war has been forced upon the country
BY the dsunionsts of the Southern States,
now in arms against the constitutional gov
eminent, and in arms around the Capital
that in this national emergency Congress,
banshing all feelings Of mere passion or re-
sentiment, will recollect only its duty to the
whole country; that this war is not wagcd
on their part in any spirit Of oppression, or
for any purpose Of conquest or subjugation,
or purpose Of overthrowing or interfering
with the rights or established institutions Of
those States but to defend and maintain the
supremacy of the Constitution and to pre-
serve the Union with all the dignity equality
and rights OF the several States unimpaired;
and that as soon as these objects arc accom-
plished the war ought to cease.
When Mr.. Weed says he has from the
held that the rebellion could not
be overthrow by any party, he means to
be undcrs TODD that he has never ageeed
with the President declaration in his FIRST
message to Congress that ut is now to be
demonstrated to the world that those who
IAN fairly carry an election can also sup
press rebellion" And when he says be
,ocs the Crittendcn resolution now, as be
lid when it was adopted, he AYERS that anly
IS the choice between two evils can he cou-
ent to the reelection Of Lincoln and the
continuance for another four years Of pol |
cy which, in his own words, has given US :
WE HAVE BEEN INyOLv-
Ed FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN AN
ABOLITION WAR. The influences that
lrove North Carolina and Tennessee from
he Union, cxtortcd an EMANCIPATION PRc,.
'LAMATION, PRACTICAL AND EFFECTIVE ON LY
GIVING UNION, STRENGTH AND DETERMI SA-
ION TO REBELILON-aPro Proclamation to W hi IN
he first slave has not owned his fire. edo m.
or it is only operative where our armies 20.
nd WITHOUT 1T OUR ARMIES OLD uAvE
ONE FASTER AND FARTHER.
did not, three years ago. mistake or
magnify the evil of Abolit on influences.
'or, though ficreely denour, iced, did shrink
rom the duty of warninr, the people What
hen was only prophet. C is now history
abolition influences IN Congress and in the
'abinet have doub) ed the millions of dollars,
nd deepened the rivers of blood, spent and
he'd, in q war, which, SO LONG AS SUCH
AND COUNSEI.S SWAY
HE GONEENMENT, PROMISES MOTH
NJ But AN INTEH.MINABLE con-
ION.
Lincoln answer to all this is: my pro-
'am' lion Of emancipation is irrevocable =
nv ,,ltimatum is ''the abandonment Of slav