Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-14
Fat Conofsss--gd District. :
GEORlaE II. PARKER.
Democratic State Ticket.
The Record 81 Mon. George n
pemdietOm.

At the extra session in July, 1861, when
Congress was discussing the question Of
Increasing the Regular Army and author
izing the President to call out unlimited
numbers of volunteers, Mr.. Penileton
said:
/desire, SIR, 10 rote tor all measures, asasst
for to enable He gorernment 10 Dlat1t1in tlr
hosor and dignity, rhich may be sanctioned
BIZ the Constitution dnd by ony srsasohdits
OF the necessity Of TIE CASE. will hearth,
zealouslv, gladly support any honest cAort
10 maintain the Union and ieinyigoratc the
ties that bind these states together. But,
sir. am not willing to vote for more men
or more money than the administration
asks more than il can fairly use; more
than Gen. Scott, who advises and controls
the administration, tells us he thinks me-
cssary. Neither will vote for an increase
of the Regular Army, for this uprising II
the people Of the North shows that or
brave and noble volunteers are ready and
able to do the work now to bc done, better
than regulars can. And the only necessity
Of increasing the Regular Army now is TO
give patronage and power to the admins
tration in the appearance OF officers.
Neither, sir, will vote for bills OF III
demnity to the President ior bills which
are not intended to relieve the country from
its difficulties, but to cover the acts an
doings Of the administration from fair in
vcs,igation and honest Judgement. Nor
will vote for the suspension OF those laws
for the protection oil personal liberty, which
the President tells US were passed in 10
great tenderness Of the rights of citizens.
Nor will close my lips, lest may speak
Of usurpations, or corruptions and abus, ;,
which arc said 10 be rife in this city nov,
and lest the government may be thereby
weakened Sir, let the government d.
pend for its strength upon the integrity of
its motives and its adherence to the Con-
sttution. viii vote for none of these
measures but will do what is fairly nee
cssary to give the administration power to
maintain the government, and prevent disas-
ter to its flag.
Mr.. Pcndlcton always manifested deep
interest in the welfare Of the volunteers Of
his own State, particularly, and Of those Of
the whole army generally. At the extra
session he Altered this ,ssotation, .rhich ras
adopted, placing ct'rers ct' counters on
the came footing as 10 pay ,-dM cricess ~
regulars
Eesolrr', That the committee Oh military
affairs be instructed into the cxpcdicncv Of
providing by law that officers Of volunteers
shall be entitled to receive their pay accord
ing to the same rules and times OF payment
IS officers in the regular service.
On the 18th Of July he introduced bill
fer the relief Of Tie .olantesss IF ohio which
gave rise to much discussion, and which lie
ably carried through. rar
On the 3ist Of July. 1861, he offered the
following:
Rcsoire,l, That, under the Constitution,
the rights, powers, and duties Of all the
States OF the Union are equal; that the
Union is founded on this equality; that in
order to maintain the Constitution and the
Union this equality must be preserved;
that every honest effort to perpctaatc the
Union must be made in accordance with
the Constitution, and with purpose 10
maintain this equality that an attempt on
the part OF the Federal Government to ub
Jugste any Of the States, and hold them as
territories or provinces, or in any position
inferior to that Of any other State, or to in
terfere with their State Governments, or
with their domestic institutions, or to abol-
ish or interfere with slavery within their
limits, would be 81 attenipt to destroy this
equality, and would, If successful, subvc,.
the Constitution and the Union.
Rssolccd, Therefore, that by the Horse
OF Representatives, that Congress does here
by solemnly declare that hostilites again.t
the so-called Confederate States shall be so
prosecuted as to emf rec obedience to the
obligations Of the constitution, and the laws
passed in accordance therewitfs and that
they shall not be SO prosecuted as TO re-
duce to position Of inferiority any OF
the States, or TO interfere with their State
Government, Or TO xbclish slavery within
their limits. >5f~1A