Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-10
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From The n. r. Evening Post. Republican.
Nts oa1.3dl!y Manounccd in the Georgia
CoHt6dcrxcy that arrangements are making
onuniehmAund ~ Ann, s0s rHE sFashs Ca
pAl0r. TmHrK nrHDKED ruorsAND SLAVES.
vh.se masters are 70 b compensated by the
Confederate government. The slaves tsius
armed are 10 have their freedom and itty
g = II land zach, which iusurss them per.
manent homes IN the South.
5ton the n. x. Commercial Advertiser fRepl
Viewed in ever respect. this new ex,cdl.
ent j. Of the utmost consequence.
n found 70 operate according Il the hopes ~
M rel,w's. III Will. MATERIALLY PHO
LONG TIE REBELLION, WILL CALL
FOR IMMENSE FURTHER SACRIFICES
IF BLOOD AN, TREASURE On TUE
PART or THE NORTH. SEVERELY
TESTING BOTH IT'S TEMPER AND RE
SOURCES, AND WILL PLACE Us IN
THE. UNWELC NE ATTITUDE OF HOS
TILlrY AZ AINSr A IT AS WHO HAVE
BEEN no PARTY TO THE WAR. AND
IN WHOSE BEHALF THE STRUGGLE
IS PRACTICALLY WAGED. Hitherto We
have considered ourselves safe against the
possibility Of having - fight the slaves, on
the gras,d that sooner chan do battle tor
their own perpetual ei,slavensent, they would
desert e. Ssnsse TO our side, thereby making
The rebels The rasier prey. This reliance.
however, is appa emily unsettled by the con-
sidsratiOn that thu consc, iptesl slaves are t.
Be promised their freeslmn and = HOMESTEAD
II my acres Of land. The rebel Government
outLida ia. b. not only offering o III g aves
the frse& m that We should assure to them
but also on amount Of property that would
alfo.o means fev their future subsistence.
Thi. latter consideration would bc likely to
be regard i as a great boon by class who
have always grosned bcneath CALLING serv
itude. and hive been denied every species
Of proprictorship.
Hers We have the fact, and the effect of
the fact, that the rebels have resolved to put
three hundred thousand Of their blacks into
the hsli and have them ready FOR the open
ing Of the spring campaign, a. stated in Re-
publican quarters. Il will" SAYS the New
York Com ns,riH Idcertislr. ''maierially
'p,nlong tn rebellion. vi rali Coz immense
'iur,h. sacrifices q, blood and treasure on
the part "f h. North. and viii place Us in
"hosiil,tv against n rinss IN ma,se teh1lf lie
stra,r,'e il pr4efctUD ,cageI.r THIS i the
ind niahl, truth, apd We. til policy % the
Lincoln aim i>,,a'i"n j. irrcvocablv hasrd
upon b'cJ,,.. ia, he whr.e pow Of the
Eeicr.l Gv.t rntncrit Stall be wagel III va,
to "rcco-n,ze airl nj ,irtain the freedom" Of
IN : very "a,s,' The men who shaped and
now rpntroI thu, aoicv hold Lincoln t. IT
and viii 'ot oi i.m depart from il even !:
he had sh. disposition. winch he has not, to
do so. The proclamation declaring the ne
grces about to he brought in arms against
u ire, and laeAgng the Government to
''recognise aad nlaint in that fiec,io,n.' /.
hcif u be Binding beyond recall or judicial
review o. reversal. Postmaster Gen. Blair
in hi, Cleveland speech used tins emphatic
Language:
The people once slaves in the rebel States
can never again be recognized a. such by the
United States. No JUDICIAL DECISION, NO
LEGISLATIVE ACTION, STATE ox n >TloxAi, can
b. admitted to rc-cnssve \ people who are
assn iAte,l with our own DIES mics in this
war OF d-icnrc to save the Government, aud
whose nanulai~>iUn was deemed essential 70
the restoration AMI preservation If the IN
ion. and 10 its Deroshaeat peace.
The l,v. Henry War Bcechcr in his ser
mon preached At Plymouth Church, Brook
lyn. two weeks asn last Sunday. and Official
~ reported in the Independent. said after
quoting the proclamation:
ldes'lsse that. if after such solemn pledge
~ this Of the Chief Magistra Of this IA
ton, he shall. by any cq.livdNa,i,n by any
prdtense, by any su',erug.. or by any sub
tlc underwriting. nalify this intended and
real Proclamation, il will be shame aud ev-
erla ting contempt on his head. and on the
head Of this nation BIT it will not be done.
lAppIA'sse. Old Abraham will az soon for
get his p0stcrity. tae jews, as our Abraham
will forget his word and pledge Of liberty
Renewed applause.
but shis ought not to be left merely upon
his word. Our honor is also pledged The
Baltimore platform has this iustrious and
noble clause
Resotcsd. That as Slavery was the cause,
and n"w constitutes the strength OF this re-
belion, and a IL must h. always and every
where h'st,ic TO the principles of Reprbli
can Government, justice and the national
safety dc7uand its utter and 60 plete cx.ir-
patton from the soil Of the Republic: and
that w uphold and maintain the acts and
presentations BIZ which the Government in
its own defense. has aimed a drath-blow 1t
this gigantic evil.
tlOw long il it since this was passed?
And vet there are men whispering AROUND
already to know if VIC will not forget it !: to
knows The South now. ny such men a.
Wee President Stephens and Governor
Brown, will cItcr to come back, retaining
tdeir landed estates, and continuing 10 have
slayeCy untouched. only allowing those
slaves that have. been feed tn be free.
whether W. viii 10 acce,ls to the PROPOSE
top MOI ~ THE HEAVENS FALL.
MI .iApptause a
teheretoses fret IN. the ground of equity
anq Justice. because it il right. and SECONDLY
on NE ground VI honor, because our m
tioool geputat'On Is at stake. and wasarA
p'eslyalstoithsiote the worli Dxx Avn aa :
cond'si N of peace, not merely tn. supprcs.
sion - tAe sebc1llSM. 5cv ixr,Rp r,nN NJ
sLNEA.Y. Yoa shall not bind me. nor shall
anv u1Aa.in the North, ~ any tucked-,,n
compromise. by any seurn;sl,cd peace. r
w''k aevsr - rssee l'e in my dav a. I'm Z as
sness - = slave - ne nation. + will agi-71