Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-04-14

4 correspondent Of the New York
7;mes lately attempted parallel be-
.v.,, u. democratic party Of today and
.be Fe1era,is,s Of the war Of 1919, bu'
WA unto, tunatc in . treacherous re-
msmbrsnce Of facts, and subjected him
.sli to structures which the editor Of tba,
paper hss deemed it polit'c to notice.
The Times. in defending its correspon.
dent assumes that Mcclellan shas fallen
out with Lincoln" and is wiling to head
the democracy in opposing the, and
upon these assumptions, It recognises
the likeness OF the Federaiists with the
democratic party Of to-day.
Nov. this same editor. 10 . speech
made ID New Yo K sho.: time since,
emphstically declared that the democrats
we're not opposed to the war, and had
given it . cordial and earnest support.
THE assumption Of the Times to which
We have alluded 10 there ore proven
falss by evideooe furnished by its editor.
The Times further remarks:
at is . way the American people have
when once engaged in var, to stand by
the government which conducts The
war"
Let rs see how these abolitionists
"stood by the Government" during our
war with Mexico. Mr.. Lincoln then
said 10 a speech N Congress
''rhe President is deeply conscious Of
being IN the wrong. He feels that the
blood of this va like the blood OF ALel,
is crying to heaven against him."
M. Corwin, now minister to Mexico,
said:
"Were I Mexican, I would welcome
these invaders with bloody hands to hos.
p,tAble graves"
Mr.. Joshua Giddings said:
"He never had, and never would, vote
for dollar or man in war which he
had 50 long denounced as wicked and
barbarou.:"
Horace Greeley said
"The whole world knows that il is
Mexico which is imposed upon, and that
our people are the robbers"
Other evidence might be presented,
and from equal eminent auth rity, show
ing the bitter opposition Of the sboIi-
tionists to that war.
It's a common sense proposition, says
the Chicago Times, that the pledge to
perform appetite act upon a condition
snpPoses tn It the act will not be per.
formed unless the condition is fulfilled.
When the New York Tribune pledged
"thrce times three hundred thousand
men" il the present war should be per.
verled trsm its original aud lawful pur-
pose, as war for the Union, TO an OBJ
lit'on crusade, it virtually asserted tina,
its party would not support tho govern
ment in it's conduct of tho war unles.
such chang; was made.
Similar declarations were made BY
Gov. Andre VS., of Mass chusetts, aud
Go. Yates, of Illinois, while Gov. Blair
Of Michigan, boasted tina, he had neg
lected to furnish troops until the contest
was change into On abolition war
Cassius NJ. Clay, our Minister to Russia
said he would not draw his sword uples,
emancipation vas made the object o.
the struggle.
Contrast these declarations by these
leaders in the miscegen party with the
action Of the people in the "coppcrhead'
State Of Illinois, which has furnished
more volunteers in proportion to its
population than any other State. Then
what singular method Mcclellan has
chosen TO manifest bis opposition to the
government. Mr.. Lincoln has expires sed
to him the most earnest gratitude for it,
and Congress thanked him for it, before
be had second me saved the capital
from capture, or fought the battles oil
South Mountain and Ante,am. Then,
too, what singular method was chosen
by the entire miscegen party of holding
up the hands Of Mr.. Lincoln in his con-
duct OF the war prior to Sept %, 1862.
1t was very much such way as was Sc
lccted by Pomeroy in bis Chase circu ar,
and low adopted by the partisans Of
Gen. Fremont.