Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-05


IN nQsd 70 The political conduct Of q
n'ra Jon will please latsr to impress upo
~ inhabitants II Missouri end the adis
es"t States, that We ass fighting solely 70
the integrity Of the Union, to uphold tn
power Of our National Government. and I.
restore to the nation the blessings Of peac
and good order.-HeCletlan to Halllck.
we shall most readily suppress this re
oe'''on and restore the authority of tn,
government by rel,giously respecting thu
constitutional rights Of all. know that
express the feelings and opinions Of the
president when say that we are f;eh,ino
only to preserve the integrity Of the Onion
and the Constitutional authority Of the
General Government.
The inhabitants Of Kentucky may rely
upon It that their domestic institutions will
in no manner be interfered with, and that
they will receive at our hands every consti.
tutional protection. ! have only to repeat
that you will, in all respects, carefully re-
gard the local institutions Of the region in
which you command, allowing nothing but
the dictates Of military necessity to cause
you to depart from the spirit: Of these in
structions. NcCkNon 10 BrsU.
This rebellion has assumed the character
Of war; a. such 1t should be regarded; and
1t should be conducted upon the IA CHEST
principles known to christian cisiliy...iion.-
1t should not be war looking to the sub
Jugation Of the people ii any State in any
event. Ii should not be at all a war upon
populations, bat against armed forces aud
political organizations. Neither connsca-
ton Cfproperty, political executions Of per-
sois, territorial organization Of States, nor
fosciblc abolition Of slavery should be con-
tcmplated for moment. In prosecuting
the war, all private property and unar,ned
persons should be strictly protected, subject
only 70 tie necessity Of military operation
All private property taken for ailitary use
should be paid or reccipted for; pillage and
waste should be treated as high crimes /; al
unnecessary trespass stcrnlv prohibited,
and "sii.".::;.slvc demcanor by the military to
wards citizens promptly rebuAca. Military
arrests should not he tolerated except in
places whore active hostlities exist AID
oaths not leluirodby enaetments constitu-
ionally made, should be neither Demands
nor received Military ,oYcrrr.e..t s..ould
be confined 10 the preservation Of public
order and the protection Of political rights.
Military power should not be allowed to in
tcrfeYe with the relations OF scrvitudc, ei,l-
err by supporting or i'n.a;.:ns .o Authority
of the master, except for snppressing dis.
order, as in other cases IL ClUnn's W0r-
rtson Lan3ing letter.
Time, ard The Ions Continuance Of good
fortune, ouliteratcd the recollection Of the
calamitics years preceding the adoption
of the Constitution. They forget that con
! Citation, cv.,nion in'ercsts, and mutual
; charity had been the foundation, and must
be the support Of oar Government, and al
the relations Of life. /. : . Rebelliar
against Government like ours, which con
contains within itself the mean of seif-ad
lustmcnt and pacific remedy for evils
should never bo coafoundcd with a rcyolu
ion against despotic power, which refuse,
redress Of wrongs.--MCAN,n's West P1in
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