Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-19

terms the "coppspkSeds,' anA expressed
his private prefybhce Cor negroA- a COM
panions at bed /hd board. and hil desire t"
continue the ar until thA last ~la ,e should
be free. Hef,he speaker was wiling that
slavery shqbld be ysorkhed, but insisted
tina, it -hofd be fore Under cq,>ti,u,ion
forms, and "t hy Jan usutpa,iun 4 the Pres
ident ~ lay his o-jstons tq the enaa-
cipa'ion |os|anttion aJd lneasIrA, that
The orr kinal bolyon and Jtcession par
ties had rougfa 6n his far. Seward,
II lie an ! Chase Sted in FAY yor Of a petition
for disunion n 1850. WIRE they not al
most as criminal as the sefessionist~ South
They had AIDED in stirriyy up this strife be-
tween the sections.
MIR. Parker then efcyiewed the artfui
do 'ges which the ltader~ Of the party had
resorted to in acVfrins power in his State.
Tn were MayN ianor law men as long a.
ths, hoohy.Nrved their purpose, but drop
ped lhat/as hot poker when the Ge' nn;l'
votasas to be secured. They were know
nothi IS Ff,4sed to the supp ri II none ba
native Aneric'hs f,r Office Their watch
word then was "hst none but Americans or
guard to night - TIM too, the necessity OF
pandrring TO The f"reAn element. caused
thvm to anand IN. Thth the an.i->lavcr,
movement assumed ptomNpen AMI they
eager seized thai opportunity Of riding
into power.
Tne hoAc,t and sincere ah1 1t:onsis would
be treated BY them as had lscn the tempe
rance and know nothing p.Jlie~, soil out a.
Don as it suited th,r self fh purposes. iIe
would hazard another brediction; marx
whether, in case Of thciysuccess in ,hs cleo
ton, it Will not be verified. When the coun
Try is drained 0 its It,ources, and plumber
no Longer bs/f'aae from the war ox-
prniture, they<<il be the first to adv9ra'.
the rccngni,.ah Of Southern independence.
tie was fts.>speaking without au hority
as 70 the capacifN for peeu'ation and Ii
alarming corruption hhih II prevailed non-
the Rcpnbli Rn IeaIcrs.N Mr.. D " :. oneo
Their party, a A.,s'ch9~S Repreee''atis,
in Congress, hal publish \ the fact hat il
the first year Of Lineoln'> gule they haa
stolen more public Treasure han the entir,
r,venue fshe government durt,g Tie Whole
four years oi Mr.. Bu,iilnan $ Presidency.
His opponent ha attempted 10 say me
thing about the y.s~s>eial question How
stood The f.c,sy The VnLlic 'Iebt at tn
commencement of the \ Elr was Si"o,ooo,
600. Now Che govern hent admitted til,
debt 10 be &, ,,oo.o1o,oI. Tni.f only in
clndc.l ,la amount audit ID and owed, anD
had nothing to do with Gle immense li,ss.is-
ties which ha / not b,ensy syrt passed upon
Besides, the immense Ashlites Injured b,
States, counties, cities kni town. inarce,.n.
Of be war, must be je,tinat,j, 81 form i
corfcct idea OF the fiji }Incal siiuhion. rh
grand total, accorlss to the ino.t '.usi
wyrthy autaor.,ies, i ,uli not .xc less tina,
sk, 5oo,ooo.noo, AMI this inm,f fnse sum wa
bsios hourl, inrreYeed. 1hytotal salua'io
a iae properly of the V.rthera stales,
su4A.nd personal, wa, ,,>arcor,ins to II,
censuscGloao soms>tl, ,0no,V ,o,n00.
In other words the country is today j.
debt TO the amount equal to onc-hali oi it.
entire assets. Every mans property )
morlgaged TO a moiesy Of it. value Il i
true that we may BE- deceived by the fac
that the represcnt.ttire Of money. paper ellr
rvncy. is unusually p.enty, into the bell
that the finances are more prosperous than
is realty the ease. The circulating nc liuin
of The country nas increased from so.nc
s;ioo, o,onU, ,uuo to s9uO.ouo.0 90, while ia
basi, for all e,ulcnr, worth calling money
gold has ga ually diminished. Asa mai
ter Of course viieos are h.sh and people )
rcrkct> are fuil. II man can procure
discount at the baAk and uses The funds thus
procured he is temporarily ln,. of none,
and ,an. if he plca>cs, indalge III lavish eX-
penditurcs But when the money thus boI-
rowed is gone. and h. must pas his note a
suffer constant drain for the interest he
then AMI not before experiences the hard
ships Of debt;
Over two millions of men have gone fortl.
to she butte tel nj Their country s call. 4
cons, d ra lly Ia e. number than the whole
number of voters xho cast thc.r ballots. ior
Abraham II. coin in 1860, Of these II is "a
extravagant estimate to say that over half a
million 'sicep the sleep which knrwS no
waking" Yet he would not gruige the ex
peneliture in blood or treasure if 1t tended to
restore the Union, and was not perverted
for crusade against tie domestic n.litu
tioas of States. The war for the Uni IA
wa. in favor of. but it was the Union Il, j,
was nn.l.r the Cnnstiiu ION as it IS.
The Alumni tra,inn ha> bv isS policy on
the slave ques ion cndravor.d to wrest th.
war from its lesitm.te OBJECT. the object
upon which all parties in the North were
agreed, an has 50 managed matters "a tc
ALLEVIATE from It's support the noble uninr
men Of the border States and the conserva-
tive statesmen of tn while country, VIII Il
it has rrevcned an | discouraged any sen
tl,nent OF retl.rnia. un onism IN the part o
the inhabitants "f the se.eded States. Mr.
Price e., instance states it as his policy no
L. ..e:.. q, b..al. ix,to IL. q li.io., ~