Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-11

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- nWfnily slssosd President q ~ Unlss6
0tsAseY Was u ~ pestsoded u Pro-
6so1 - 80 oo0og60sueS Dt11.t yuo
knov 49, CsaeFsss nakes Aws, ~ &c.
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Linoole, Il hinsslf eeuld net take away
yowylihes NsW, I uasiafanisiaan, -
s~hils Is planters end osshanics and In
dustsiegs ps9Qla ysrs happy and prosper.
ou4 cpd pslei1ekp end busy bodies were
scheming end plolfing, end get IL Lsgisla-
turs - adept an ordinance Of secession,
W11gA WOo1bu b4o4he eeeoaa. ~ -,
ted sgeiast it-yst ~ politicians volsd Tie
ss:' us ss s'ss:s SI. eSs IS
ssnal-and tore down or - dklaAeth6A
il That Toe, hafpes NJ, Linseln bed got
70 ~. - de- tb16,0d
ee6gsa DtlGe ~ eaaFsu . and ~ sse1os
Moore. and ahost Of personal friends, 10 BE-
ware. In that va hiebbtnGSAs 'DAtAcn
ansysesd Tie North was neds % Il
mton uahesAstussfs, 0ltfs6aut Sfsaels1sSt,
who would peA 9oht., The peopls If ,thc
North nsvjr drsalksd Il idtsffS i5e vitS
the 6lasss or property q ~ Ssuth. ,Thsy
simply voted, ~ they had { fsght TO ia, aad
OulGuoe uU60Utaad WY ~ pssPae
Of the South shaaald heGin 70 take poassss..
ion Of - u44e1 6t1eoA fers md sgsene(e
till our 0overnosnt had done some thing
wfent 1:f<sthine epetsisiS. Tho seath
btead thS war. You know Il. /, Ind
millions Of oth~s living ~ ~ 6saGks kp>N
It. But the people Of the North were q IN
nocent Of il - your little. sao61 dttn.A-
Even ~ SU1s3o1 been taken. public arms
stolen from ous .assenals and distributed
among the sAtft militia, the brave and
hesssS AnsaniG fl6s great North could not
realize the fact, and did not. until Beaure.
81 !e&ae " ~ sPen tastitha of the
udiAAiStatss ltresps, inc fdst bulk b the
couuDso trsasusy a. ohe svhele, ouuntsy.--
1esos eoS4esO1o1y-ePheesa2, ~ pssplo.
rose and began 70 think about war, and not
i. ! r. s' my pot. Il h.si.i.S. in March.
1851, because Of the public act on the part
Of the State in seising the United States Ar
palae b. Reu0e, - wsnt - 81 Louis,
ers 1essdlt eoS' lter4tise enpIo1msn1
DPtny has soue .ehen0 Vlnn ~ ayue6
VAR. Dotk oac, An1 1, ou1 Il Of mili1Arv
educoa6on, bad - CHEESE. .sspsal Ohi1
then, - now, had ~ much love for tho
onest people Of tho South - any man living.
Had they remained true to the country, l
would have resisted, even with arms, any
attack upon their rights-even their slave
rights. But when, - people, they tore
down our old flag, spit upon It, and called
Us towards, and dared US "a the contest,
then took up arms I'd maintain the integ
rity Of our country, and punish the men
who challenged " 70 the conflict. Js not
this true picture? Sepposs the North
had patiently sdHaitled, wAat wou1d haze
been the verdict Of history and the. Wotld.t
Nothing elae but that the North was craven
and coward. Will you say the North 10
craven and coward now
Cruel and inhuman % this war has been,
and may still continue TO be, it was forced
upon Us. We had no choice. And we have
no choice yet. We muet 20 on, sven TO the
end Of time even il it results in takiRg =
million Of lives, and desolating the whole
land, leaving a desert behind. We must
maintain the integrity Of our county. And
the day will come when the little grandrh'lj
you love 30 we'll will bless us who fought
that United Ssescs OF America should not
sink Into infamy and worse than Mexican |
anarchy, BY the act Of Southern politicians, |
who caae no moro for you, or such as you,
thaD ebay ezra foe uottentpts. have nsv. |
er uuoessated HE magnitUde q this war, for |
knew the size Of the South, and the diff
Guilty Of operating in it. But also know
that the Northern races have, ever since the
war bU,9 hednore pa1ience And ps - ger, |
ancs than the Southern races And 50 IN !
It b. now We will persevere to the end. All
mankind shall recognize in us . brave and
stubborn race, not TO be deferred by the
magnitude ofthe danger. Only three years
hAve passed, aud thaE 10 but minute in .
nations FIFE, ana see where wears. Where
are the naughty planters Of Louisiana, who
compared our hard working intelligent
whites Of the Nosth---wjlh their negsoes
The defeats We have sustained have hard
u made pause in our course. and the
Wanted braves Of Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Missouri, &C., instead Of walking
rough shod over the frcemen Of the NORTH.
are engaged in stealing horses add s0bbing
poor old PEOPLE for wing. while our ar
mics now tread ~ every Southern State,
and your biggest armies in Virginia and
Georgia lie behind forts, and dare not como
out and fight US towards Of tie North, who
have come five hundred miles into thar
country to accept the challenge. - 4
But, my dear old FREUD, have bored
you too much. Ny handwriting is not
plain, but YEA have time - study Il oct,
and, ss you can understand, ! iAvs great
deal of writing to do. and il must be done
in hurry. Think Of what have written. |
Talk it over with your fieighbofs, and ask
yourselves II, in your trials and fluctuations
you have suffered moro from the Union
soldiery than you would had you built your
barn where lightning was sure 10 burn1 i
down. Their course haa provoked the pun
hhment Of an indignant God and Govera
ment. care not straw for niggers. The
moment the master rebcls tic ne0rs i. fires,
Of covrse, for hs 10 . slave only bv lss, and
the law broken, he il free. l command in
all Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ala
hama and Georgia. The paper l indorse
will be Of service to yo0.
Love to1rs. Martin.
(Signed,l W. T. Sherman, Maj. Gen.
49, s-S- =
The Nlichignn Cem1ral's New
Carb.
A writer in tho Chicago Journal thus
describes the first Of series of new cars
just put on the pioneer railroad Of this
city:
Inc 1e~ coach, In it's interior viewxis
more imposing in appear icc than the IA
ones rs nigh archcd roof adding greatly to
US beauty and harmony Of proportion. Al
, usln o. tness coaches will no longer be
nkened 70 snake, gliding along it's sinu-
GUS course, Tor the squatty appearance has
gwen P'ace to the majestic. We run rather
than creep.