Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-04-23

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zleeisn, unitoa with fsnando Weed,
Dhan1lr Psnl 1pAsqr aad othse pro74 1nvsug
,ymf hissss { Ia - r1bellioG teEkesp
~ + n he Ygeaa& Their tucut
! Ess1. Cot. II Ide's. y ~
Tho Democratic ubulr' Was goring the
Republican 'ox," and you sec what . fuss
tho patriots Of that party made about the
,9atta, although it should be remarked the
sentiments Of the said Long, so Ear - dis
union is concerned, were promptly diss-
vowed by the Democrats Of his delegation,
by the N. Y. World, the Rochester Union
and the Democratic press generally
Now let US see whether the Pspublican
''bull' has not been - vicious and ''gored"
As savagely q the 'bull' o. the other side
Of the House! We novquoss from the N.
Y. Tribune
II the Cotton Ststes shall become salts
fed that they can do better out Of the Tn
ion than in Il. re Insist on letting them 80
- ne.ce. The right 10 secede may be
ravolut;onarv rae, but 10 erists nererthsless.
we must ever resist the right Of
.nu State % remain in the Union and multi
~ or deg the laws thereof To withdraw
| from ne Union Is quite another matter, and
whenever q considerable. section Of our
onion shall deliberately resolve 70 SO out
IRE shoH resist all cotrcire measures designed
to keep it in. We hope never to live in q
Republic whereof one section is pinned tt
another by bayoncts ~ \. Tribune, Nor
9, 1860.
If it the declaration Of Independence
justified the secession from the British En-
pirc Of three millions Of Colonists in 1776
we do not see why il rouiJ not justify tin
Secession Of Five Millions Of Southron
from the Federal Union in 1861 If we ar
mistaken on this point, why does not SOM
one attempt TO show wherein and why ?
For our own part, while we deny the RICH
of Shareholders to hold slaves against tn
will Of the latter, we canrsot see how TWEEN
ty million Of people can rightfnliy hold ter
or even five. in dctcsted Union with them
by military forcc.-N. \. Tribune Dee. II
1860.
If seven or eight contiguous States shal
present themselves automatically At Wash
ington, saying 1--WE hate the Federal Union
we have withdrawn from IL; we give you tn
choice between acquicscing in our sccessio
and arranging amicably all incidental ques
tons on the one hand and attempting to sui
due US on the other--ue cowid not st0nd y
for Coercion, fer SuIj"gation, for re do mt
think IL ,coutd be just We hold the rigl
~ l..
those who deny it to others. So much fo
the question Of principle. ~ y Ti'ibur
Dee. II.
If ever seven or eight States send agent
to Washington to say, 1--WE want to get OF
of the Union,'' we shall feel constrained b
our devotion to Human Liberty to say, Ii
them 20. And we do not see how "
could take the other side without coming i
direct conflict with those Rights of Maj
which IRE hotdporamonnt to ml poiiticaio
rdngements, however convenient and az
vantagcous.-N. Y. Tribune, Dec. II, 81
We have repeatedly said and we on
more insist, that the great principle cmbo.
led by Jefferson in the Declaration Of Amc
lean independence, that Governments deri,
their just powers from the consent of Il
governed, is sound and just; and that,
the Slave States, or the Gulf States onl
choose to form an Independent nation, tn.
hare clear moral right to do 50. Whence
er it shall be clear that the great body
the Southern people have become concl'
siyely alicnated from the Union and anxio,
to escape from it, WE WILL DO OUR BEST
forward their vicws.-N y Tribune, Fe
%, 1861.
Did Mr.. Long ever pronounce SO empha
icaily for the right of Secession as Prime
pie! Never. Yet, who ever heard of Gre
ley's being denounced by the redoubtab
Gen. Schenck as man who should be &c.
ecuted on the gallows - The Indepeads'
never raved at Mr.. Creole. as it did at N
Long for less offence; indeed Mr.. G. ".
one Of its omm contributors. The 7riJu,
correspondent who now wonders why Lor
is not sent to Fort Lafayette, silently a
quicsced in the arrant treason of h
chief Mr.. Seward did not ring his be-
nor Speaker Colfax explode in patriotic il
dignation. All the Republican leadc
looked OH complacently while their favori
'bulr' gored to the right and left, al
pledged himself Ito do his best to forwal
3 their views'--i. c. the views Of the Scce
sionists.
And now let us see il a Republican Mcl
Der Of the House has not gone further tn;
the said Long and in the same direction
\ part of what follows has been publish,
in these columns before, hut its republic
, ton is necessary to the completeness of Il,
record. Mr.. Conway, Republican memb
from Kansas, introduced series Of rcsol
tions into Congress, Dec. 10, 1862. amor
which arc the following:
Resolred, That the 10serican Lnn;o CO.
sists Of those States which are nor lcyal
the Federal Constitution.
Hesotred, That q restoration Of the Uni,
as IL eristed prior 10 the rebellion ,rouM be
yrsater calamity than tie rebellion itsel
since it would give new life to the s'irr
pressiblc conflict and entail on the natl,
another cycle Of bitter contention and ci,
war.
Resolccd. That it is matter for scrio,
reflection whether another election for Pre-
ldent must not supcrvcnc before the RICH
ful authority Of the nation can be cstablsl
cd, and eAether, IN the meantime, IT is NOT
FLAGKANT WASTE OF OUR ENERGIES TO co,
TlNuE THE WAR.
On thc27th Of January following, the r
publican Meinber introduced another set
resolutions, which, as also some of his pre
| QtOrV remarks hxs1.o