Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-27

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then / ID supposed. Yea knew weos
their do9sssic fslations usually ass. Tks1
idea of freedom 10 not 70 ~osk-os only Soe
thsmsslvss directly. The wssd ''esossees''
10 n0W sGbood on ths plantations. Ismust'
hereafter. when one 70 tolerated, b Super
intsodsnk Nsw, what b to bsdene With shie
ignorant, degraded element, which may, IL
not wisely cootroled. push b /, II Il does
not ovsrwhslm, civibaalioh q the South
While elevated and snlightsned BY Ill
avausble meens, 4 must, ct the same time,
beueA 10 shsek in its evil tendencies By
stesnly repssssivs laws. The criminal
must b. punished the idle must b torcsd
to work. The cbiidren, homeless and de-
serted, or Of psrsnts unfit guardians Tor
them, % most are, should be apprenticed.
The men should bs forced 70 enter into con
tracts and 70 abide BY then.
An this may not BE- very demecsatie, but
I think il il bsttsr usdsr the circumstances.
These people must bs slloued their civil
tights 70 sue and be ~ I'd, and 10 testify Ia
courts but nineteen in twenty, are no more
ft for the political responsibilities and do
ties Of . citizen then my horses. ! wish
Charles Sumner would come down here and
occupy . position like mine awhile. He
should cay nothing more against slavery, Il
he thinks Il at school In which to educate
savages in two or three generations, Of ths
lowest human race, too, to discharge wisely
and we'll the responsibilities Of . citizen in I
government which can only exist upon
basis Of intelligence and virtue. He shoult
think most worthily Of slavery to justify hi
present course--or much worse Of 1t, ane
then act more wisely.
think the disposition Of the people herr
towards the government 10 misunderstood
and mi.judged 1t the North. have no
met . Northern man who was not eat
isfied with Worth for Governor - Unio,
man.
Mr.. Worth, off Quaker family, had d.
ways been in principle opposed to slavery
| ~ was OuS Vi tObGo III TIC Ctato ACetSto
ture who opposed and voted against callinI
the convention to pass the ordinance Of Sc
cession. He refused an election to the con
vention itself. He opposed secession . "a
q no could
The people here Loyalty Sustained thei
bad cause. When it fell think they hon
estly and In good faith gave it up and ac
cepted the result It wounds their prid
deeply that at the North they are considers
incapable Of good faith. Nor do wonder q
it, nor am without sympathy for them.
would trust them hundred times over t
sit in Congress and legislate for our Who'll
country before would such men rs the
and men Of that stripe, who would have a
sassinated our country as Booth did Nj
Lincoln, il they could, instead Of mectin
us in fair and manly fight rs these men die
These men were the victims Of politics
hcrcsy, in which they had been educated b
such men as They have given
up. They were true to bad cause; | b.
live they will be so to . good one.
In case you feel bound to read thus-far
: accept my apology for such an unil
tended intrusion on your time aud patienc
IT, you think this would have mr.
interest to any one else, of course dor
care who sees it, rs l think it is the trut
: and needs to be told.
u Very respectfully,
II H. q. LAWRENCE,
Brevet Major A. z. NJ, U. s. Vols.