Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-10-10
Or I'M NlIT IIllf' AIT TICaN
thc PO.stiom Of the COUNTRY

A. y is 10 be Supposed, taere Is a fer
,tcr af opn mon among intelligent men as
10 '!e "a innate effect OF certain politi, al
oh'I GO CO. Tow mprhdIn., over the
country. | m The general qae,tsun that
the COHutry Is tirealrntG more seriously
lhaH eyer before, there Is 20 ill ei lily Il
/ up.bioH h. the South. aud but little among
rejecting men Al the Nth. The South as
the weaker Of the TWO geographical divls-
ioE~, IN, ed, and II {, nr>e the qnes
tIot forces Itself NOR Immediately home
10 her state,me,. What is 10 be the result
OF he sectional contest. SO Of en- forewarn'
ed against, 80 much 10 be DEF lored, and now
ieaIfultv imminent, y the soc question
a1i,ating them. There are not wanting
tho e and we would IN beli-ve them nj
,ais, of the South. drten INTO aLtagou, O.,
by uitraism OF the North-who predic.
necessity of az immediate appeal 10 viol.i'
aui revolutionary cCtns, i IA the cUutul.
gerCi ut the election of a Northern Pre-
tdeuj BY exclusively nortle vote; while
there are Others. wiuiu, we much lear. are
tai ely dehd-d NlIh the idea that the great
iou dat,on OF uniiy III a fce people can he
broken nj wi 'ntife tinpuniiy-'he land
Ma h oi psoihsr'tood, ramiiyIlg The whole
country. can be obltefated--and all vii
stu be We'll We leave each Of these to
pre- fheir oNtr, me views upon the other,
ali SO DOT viii hot, vet consent 10 heii-vr
mat the Rad aatagohisiu> OF IT., Nnrlh or
tn Will be Slowed to riumph over tie
coed sense of tie conser, alive masses of
thv c uhtty, and bring the issue before n.
an al IL horror
We VIII not vet allow ourselves to br
ie,e tia, the uuliird experiment OF placing
he Union npnn ~ utmost verge Of haz-
aid'' Is 4" be made, that we may watch in
The tiuriuai ons OF feather an the capsic
# n. wounded want, Of Sonth Carel :
>ecessioGist, or craz, new hight prcpsgan-
dis # The North, reeking with the uni.oy
aidor of his sectional liUmpL-- hoW nrar
car brhg Tie priceless boot OF tins
great Ct untry's peace aud STABILITY TO n
nal overthrow, and We, escape unframed.
The mere risk Us suffic eni 10 teter all rIu-
dent men from harboring for an instant HE
thought 10 place so mHct upon IN, dan
gerous chance OF bad mans de'i, ~
weak man's ignorance, IS immeas'rable tot
" And while We cannot preient 10 pre-
lie, the 'sn.aybes" of such Contingency.
" Can speas N warning VOICE to The
friends Ct ne Union everywhere, 10 take
heed IN time The caiInes, and best al the
South unite m the belief hat though the
election of sectional cardiaate might moi
pc, Sc dissolve he bonds Of union, The cry
Of peace, peace" is in measure lie lus ia.
A state of feeling will he produced LAT no
toTcihought can calcGtate the ultimate ct.
feots of The nnion Of hearts in the peopte
will be discovered. The government itself
beng ~ the hand, Of section, The defeat
ed section must aud will feel that u IS
discarded, prescribed minority II will be
IN very deed, minority, not of the whole
4. a. l.
noriIy, inferior alone from geographical ex
tent, and os,raeised BY a geographical prey
ponderence. The bare contemplation of
uch an vent fills us with alarm. To ave-
1t. what would aot The lover Of his connirr
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