Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-23
PLAIN TALK.

The Mar Nafioa the anti Administration
republican new Spapcr in New York. speaks
some pretty pain things concerning the
conduct Of affairs at Washington, and
which, if printed in democratic sheets
would be termed disloyal, but coming from
an abolition source sc presume upon its
orthodoxy. and reproduce it, II says
"Thc administration. leaving itself to
drift with the current events. has made
driftwood Of itself aud Of the government.
II has brought the government itself INTO
diScrodit and j. cxhaustin@ tho resources ot
the country in both men and money. II
has run up the expenses Of the government
to four million dollars day. and if contn-
ucd i'll power beyond IL present term. viii
contract "A national debt equal to the whole
assessed value Of real and personal proper
" Of the whole | MON in 1850. and most
likely leave the mon further il,an ever
from being restored, liberty from being ma
tionaized and constitutional government
from being yindicatcd. Such being til,
facts IN the case. opposition to the measures
Of the Administration, to its conduct of the
war, its management of the national linan-
ccs, it, adoption Of false there's of currency.
its usurpa;iun Of powers not vested in the
Executive. and its unconstitutional method
of restoring the Scccd states to their ytofns
IN the Union, s." FAR f,"Ml beiDg optosifion 10
The gorernm,nt anil .ncompotobe rim Ia
snftty ~ tie nufton l.. il stems to, THE Duty
Of every citizen. and We cannot well under
stand the citizens loyalty who viii not, al
whatever risk to himself oppose them b,
every lawful means in his power We owe
more to the nation. the government, and
the constitution, than 10 amy alninstra-
ton that manfestly fails in lis duty to
them
This is plain talk AMI cvinccs that some
of the rcpub ans have discovered the truth
of the p in i.3lc Tor viii h we have often
contcndcd that the 'adrnn stration'' and
the ''gov,rnmc TT are two very different
affairs; and tat t is not only compatible
with the most devoted loyalty, but may be
demanded by dutg, to attack and overthrow
a particular admin STRAIT on. while we stand
by the goycinmc It in all lis straits. But
If il is reasonable, IS was at one time al
legged by tyrannical Union Leagues, COM
posed of the suhscrNi,nt minonS and en-
ployees OF the present administration. to
show up its imhecil.ty and misconduct, then
traitors are as thick as leaves IN simmer.
and a plentiful crop of them may be found
in the Republican ranks. as well ~ among
the Democracy.
The tone Of the above article is not con
fined to one paper alone Thus. the Ncr
Era. another Republican paper, Published
at Washington, directly un.lc, the nose Of
Mr.. Lincoln, pitches into aim AZ follows
" Not content with the Precipitation 70
South, contained in his admission Of his |
wants Of constitutional power to interfere
with slavery, he went on to make the de |
claratlon. most astounding and till then |
never heard from any Northern public man,
that he had M wish to interfere with sla,- |
cry, il he had the power This was out
Hcroding llcrod. and al one bound leaving |
Cass and Pierce and Buchanan in impiea- |
surable distance behind him.