Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-08-23

was created to conduct the Government. anu
who finds Mr.. Lincoln indisposed TO accept
his dictatIOn whole Of that countless
brood OF political sccrs who knew from the
beginning how this thing was coming
out and who found the President deal to
Their warnings and their threats al
no,c e0mbiued 10 ru.dtcate heir presctenrs
aad rorJy thar re9entmeuts BY roting agasnst
him
TIE U,moc,ats are qude right, IN rie,r Of
tbs STATE Of Hi,.ys, 10 eruh II tic prospect q
~ easy triumph They have good grogna,
in these discussions smong the Union meA
for their exultance over their (Me la,0n
mana con.iagdtysot.
The Iimos of course is despondcnt over
this state of thrgs and moralizes upon the
dire calamtios that it is sure will follow
conservative victory. Its admissions, how
ever, are significant and amount to con-
ftssion that T.incoln's doom is sealed
AbHsatiunnienao OF the Siege Ofaec-
tersbnr:.
The following Washington. cor. cspon-
dence Of the Tines dated the 7th inst, will
be read with interest
By the time this letter reaches you it
.yill probably be no secret at any part of the
North that Grants army has been with
drawn from before Petersburg, and has been
Transferred - a new iiuld Of operations. For
o5sleas reasons | retain from indicating
that new field
Thus has the seal been put upon the fail
i..c Of Grants campaign against Petersburg
That such would be the final result OF the
great hlunder OF attacking Petersburg at
ali, stated long ago. know that it is The
wish OF those who have constituted them
selves the masters OF tic once-lrce American
people to keep the public i'll a constan; whirl
Of excitement, and to seek, in the new pro-
Jcct and enterprises Of to-day to make
their subjects forget the humi.ations ana
the defeats OF yesterday, and thus to Shield
themselves, the authors OF those calamitics.
from odium and ccnslrc. But they shall
not escape. The facts Shall be made
known.
Here has been Il place besieged for sixty
days, from the 9th Of June to the 18th Of
August 1t has been defended by force
varying from 10000 to 10000 troops
there beng usually no more than the Tor
mgr resent within its intrcnchments, and
neycr more than the latter 1t has been
bescigcd by the whole strength of Grant 9
army, and that army has dragged to itself
like an immense sucker, the whole military
strength eli the North, except Sherman
army, and Il few insignificant det acb,aants
Gen. Grant sat down before Petersburg
with $4,000 troops. Ia order TO save
Washington from capture l.c Hao obliged TO
detach 10000 men in the 18th corps: and to
pursue Early, a few days ago, about IL. 900
cavalry, unGor Zen. Sherman, were also
dctacbaccd. He has now, in the five corns
Of Hancock, Warren, Birney, Ord and vii
cox, respectively the I'd, 9th, 10th. 18th
aud 9lh--15 900 men 1T the utmost. Where
are the other 80, 900 men: They have per
shed during the Sky days. We have lost
$4,000 men Of the flower of our troops
fathers, husbands, sons--ior nothing. No
object whrtever, lot the slightest. has been
gained, to compensate for this frightful cx
penditure of human life. Thirty thousand
more families i'll the North have been pl,,.,p-
ed in woe, and will pass the remainder of
their lives in anguish,-and all for moth
ing.
And to-day the people of the loyal North
are expected to throw up their CAPS and
hurrah because we arc told by Mr.. Stanton
that " important movements are in progress
on the James River, which cannot be de-
scribed now, but which will result in shc
immediate suppression Of the rehellion.'
II, on the other hand, the peoplc of the
North DO not hold some person responsible
for this wicked butchery of 10000 of our
fellow citizens, in addition to the 80 900 that
were slain III the attempted execution of
my plan on the overland route, they will
almost deserve to be the slaves that they ap
pear to be to the people of the foreign ma
tons. The i'..ger ofhistory win point viii
uncrring certainty 70 Abraham Lincoln.
he-vy measure of responsibility rests w %,
zen. Grant, too, which he cannot exc ..,a
True, he was obliged To shape tlle am ,a ap.
IN such way as 10 please and salts &. =.
President. But even that fact will ~. nv
cuse him. If he could not see fresp ~. .i% Va
ginning the hopelcssness OF takin 80 W, ~
burg, ana the uSeiessness oft car
II It coul'' ne taken, he is unwost -, =,
mand large army. He sees = =, ~ 'o'',
really good General would have 90 "o". =
months ago. ="
The most Absurd cxpediens S,roho;
sorted to cover up this allan d.. ,r,.,,. ~
siege of Petersburg. II .csa nv' ~ 'il'
would be laughter If the IN, tte, e'i''
grave for laughter Thu, ca,,no. no ,'o' .o'
the rebels at Richmond hut -, 'o ,o us' ,elv'
pie at the North are expected to 80. peo
stories about Buffers canal ~ ~. ~ aiioN
anu ap9as the capture of Fort DARLING III III
l.r" . p ,i ereuuity that they formerl v be
Moh;,a nc cs ~ ,ne c-ptnre of Pctersbui .. o
..n,., y. n'.lies,son, and of Atlanta.
an, nu.isr Is cutting a canal at Dutch {; an !,
,nd Az. ',as capt." led Fort Darlng.'' 81 iran
tho na.. .ae IL moving on Rich nond from
ara -. - side of the James Riv' 81 ~ S1cl
>. &c stunning announceme MIS- that ar,
lat forth by 1.-THE government to-day.
If Butler were in want + shoyels nnt
pick-axes to dig this canal it'll. the author
tiles at Richmond would gladly furnish
them. No opposition on their part will b
made to work of such e reat public utility
II Butler really does cut dis canal. he vii
do what the State of y irrima has long dc
sired to have done, and he will confer upol
that State a Iastlngbc neft. But what pos
sible good can such canal do to us Ii
what way can It a. ivance our operation
against Richmond, If any such operation
arc seriously co ntcmplatcds 1t woul
shorten the navig alton Of the river sevel
miles. Granted. Butithc current of the riv
er, during those seven miles is broad m,
aeeP: Our gun boats completely command
y. lnerc IS no obs tacle, there are no Oh
structions Their :. We can, in word, as