Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-02

From The Cincinnati C0mmeFcaai req. 81
i. il nleass-t % krow that there beats in
~ hoson ~ the Governor of that great
9 ate ~ Illinois a truly loyal heart-a heart
onicx 10 respond to the calls of patriotism.
snd ready 10 receive as many pixies as the
Aus,rians thrust through the body Of the
hero Of Sempach, II thefe-away path OF
safety may be opened to endangered liberty
and an imperilled country.
Thi. heart belongs to OslesLy, the i'm
petucus sut patriotic, aud while its palsa-
tons wee quickened by the intelligence
from Washington that the President had
determined, in q reprehensible summary
manner, doubtless-to test the constitu-
tio1aity Of the -of-ofiice law, making
W the case by removing Stanton and order
Ing Thomas to duty Is Secretary Of War al
interim. the ever-reliablsiO glesby hurried off
q dispatch TO Congress, assuring that body
that the usufpatioo Il A. ]. had created a
progouua seosatiea IN his State, ptonounc-
ing bic last Get the ct Of traitor, demand
Ing that his tssasoe shall b checked, and
crying Congrsss 70 procesd With the i'm
parchment VI this prosumptuous demsgogue
i0mediately. He b saaisdsd that Congrsss
viii proceed ''eissly ed cautiously that,
- oil the country knows, being its inve,sr-
~ habit Of late He b only solicilous tina
| u shall proceed. "Nilliens Of loyal hearts"
sxclaims the enthusiastic Governor, ARE
painting 10 stand By The stars and stripes"
| We do not doubtsthe historical and ply To-
] logical accuracy Of this statement, though,
were We disposed TO be bypercritical, we
might take exceptions TO the aptness Of the
rhetorical figure Of painting hearts standing
by anything. But we are only curious TO
know what on earth there is to prevent
these numerous hearts from standing By
the stars and stripes as long, as devot, dly.
as firmly, and as proudly now as ever !?
What's to binderf For thot matter we're
they to forn phalanx more compac: than
Grecisn around the war office, they would
find the stars and stripes there. whether
Stanton or Thomas were the incumbcnts.
At east end and west end Of the capito Of,
they would find the same fig to stand by,
and We do not suppose either President or
Congress, or cabinet minister, or under
secretary, or clerk, would offer tho least Oh
lection to any demonstration Of devotion to
, the stars and stripes that those millions Of
hearts might make, standing or sitting
down.
Gov. Oglesby ought to understand tha
| this sort Of gascodade is as ill-timed as ii il
, IN bad taste. Ii does not become the Gov
. srn0r Of great commonwealth TO indulg'
r in bunkum, II the occasion has the gravity
which he affects OF believes it TO- have
. Leave that 10 the politicians. Nobod
. doubts that were the flag in real Peril,
million Of men would spring forward 10 res
; cue it. as they did when treason in arms as
|. sailed and tore it down. But il is not i
such peril, and neither Oglcsby's advice no
e assistance 10 in immeGiate demand.
> laeneral Mcclellan.
a Anew days ago the New York World oil
served that Gen. Grant was not . man OF
4 great deal of culture. The Tribune 81
swered that General Mcclellan was NO be
ter educated than General Grant, both ha,
ing pursued their studies ut West Point
10 We think that the education oftwo men
ID the same academy is q rather doubtf
t. measure of their requirement; aud thong
- We do not intend in the least to compal
II the degrees OF culture Of the two Office
named, we believe the fact that Gen. u
I'd Clellan is enc Of the best scholars the Mil
" tary Academy ever produced is general
VI admitted lie speaks nearly all the dei
S. languages, aud is so studious man ths
ne when some years ago he was on a COMM
1t SION to Europe to look into the military 9
he eanizaton OF foreign armies, he learned
e. read the Russian and turkish language
b, cause he couli not find English trans
" tons IT certain military works aud statisi
ii which he needed to complete his report
d. We have head from from friends who NJ
ly the General on his last journey in Europ
~ informed himself thoroughly in inath MAJ
Y cal and military studies wherever he wer
Vi and that he will bring back to this countr
70 when he comes, IA greater STOCK OF know
sr edge than all the many scores of our habi
ID ual "tomists' in Europe combined.
speak dIsparaeingly OF the culture of such
e man, is a tolerable criterion of ones own il
e elltctual st~ndard.