The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-02-12
TTY CoTsEoUKNcEs OF A WAR,

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In speech in the United States seaa's
On the 4th inst, on the relations between
this country and Great Britain, Mr.. foele
generally conceded with the OPINIONS pre-
viously expressed by Mr.. Seward, aud oou- .
cluded by saying LII, after SO much tor !
hearance, war comes, let it sone. w
shall be justified beth BY God and man.
We do net intend at present to inquire .
whether the war would be justified By either |
OF the very different authorities which the /.
honorable Senator qnoted, but we copy h's
remark for the purpose Of Introducing the
following reflections OF the New YORK
EueaiH2 Post. We make no comment as
to their correctness, but merely give them
as the views Of an able aud influential ienr-
mali
3In which part of the United States the
calami,ous results OF war with Greet ErIl-
ain would be most seriously felt, We have
already shown. 1t is the nature OF disease
in the human body TO fix Itself in the !eeoser
parts. In our republic. the southern States,
occupying four-fiths OF our seacost, ana
comparatively thin population, hall OF whom
are slaves, and have no country to defend,
would be indaiieIy the greatest sufferers
by war with Great Britain. The agr.cul-
,ure Of the slave states. which supply The
cotton mills Of England. would be rdined py
IL: the young men Of the south would be
drafted 10 defend their coast, with the usual
waste OF life IN war: the slaves at hame
would be the secret friends Of the luYaders;
there would be no sense OF security al the
freside of their masters; slavebreeaing
would become an unproftable pursuit; the
dream of direct Intercourse between the
southern ports and England be a. AN end,
aud equally SO the magnificent dream Of an
indefinite extension OF the area Of slavery
over the hapless regions of New Mexico.
No blow has ever been struck at slavery
in the United States. or ever will be, SO for
midsble, SO fatal, as declaration Of war
with Great Britain would be at this moment.
1t would crush the mighty plans OF the
southern politicians in their mid progress,
and visit the region they inhsbit with pow
erty and distress.
II may De that, in the iascrutable plans
of Providence, there is no way provided ~
caeck that growing evil, the predominance
OF slavery, but quarrel with formidable
naval power. Il may be that there Is no
other way OF curing that chronic, eongsntai
malady which has hitherto gained strength
as the country grew stronger, aid extended
Itself with the enlargement of our domain,
short VI the calamity Of war, Graduating
permanent BY temporary mischief. what
no persuasion, no sense OF right, no awaken
ing OF the conscienes has been able TO ell
feet, may be accomplished by the necessi-
ties and miseries OF quarrel with the very
nation which is the great customer OF the
slave States, and the consumer OF thtlr
products quarrel BY which the keeping
OF a herd of slaves will be rendered almost
as Improbable and nearly as dangerous
trade as the guardianship Of 5 herd ot
wolves,
To the guilt OF nation which rsshly en-
cages IN q war We are not insensloie, anu
we do not seek to disguise Or extenuate the
evils which war with Crest Britain viii
bring upon both countries. Almost ali
calamities, however, have their compensa-
lions, and even out Of the crimes OF men,
Providence edaces blessings for the human
race. If our readers were compelled 10
choose between war and that guilty pre-
dominance of slavery which barbarizes Our
population, debauehes the pa5lic mind, cor
rupts our politics, SEXES spon one region
after another to I'll it with race u bond
men, and restrsins our country with It's glo.
rious institutions, from fulfilling It's proper
destiny, that OF giving the world an example
Of the puress liberty and the most peaceful
order, associated with the highest prosperi-
(which alternative would they make
Which Of the two evils is the leasi!
For our part, il there be no other remedy
thar the one presented to Us in the threat.
ened war, we are prepared to submit. II
may be tina, Providence, in its plans Of be-
nevolence, Ia. placed at the head Of the ma
ton man whose imbeclity is associated,
as often happens. with rashness, for the
very purpose Of conducting Us through
great calamity TO greater good. Franklin
Pierce may stand, in the history Of our
country, as the unconscious instrument, il
the hands OF the Supreme Wisdom, b.
which blow was struck that broke the
power of slavery into fragments"
MoKE LEAP YEAE DEVELOPMENTS The
Lowell News says that the leap-year ball
OF the carpet factory girls came of accord
ing to announcement on Thursday evening,
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