Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-27
The Crlsis-A Candid Review OF the
Feeling at the south.

The Crsis-A Candid Review of the
Feeling at the south.
The Savannah (Ga.) Express, one OF
the leading Douglas papers OF the South,
has maintained the reputation of being
most conservative paper. 1t has ia
ken no extreme position upon any ques-
ton, and while every other almost In
the South has been free in the express
sion of it's opinion as to what the South
should 90, or what the Gulf States would
force her to do, in the event OF Llncoln's
election, the Express has hitherto pre-
served dignified silence. 1t has at last
spoken, not in the language of menace or
abuse, but in the caIlnness of conviction,
and with the sense of impending dan
ger. We quote from its issue of the 18th
inst:
The fears of conservative and good men are
Justly aroused at the Portentious sigus ef the
times for clouds, black and lowering, loom up
on TIE n. rtheIn horIz~ II, ana the wisest prolh-
ct cannot ioreted the result. la these des.
bonding circumstances, 1t is not out OF p ace
for one, Who owes To the North, AS the region
of his birth, the lingering respect which mel
Their time nor climate eiface, to s. eak PLAIN
~ and dispas ioDateiy, words OF truth and 90
bernese, the consequence OF long observation
and reluctant convection,
We had no: allowed the thought to enter
our mind that there was any real intention,
H.al on he rt # 4 oh
portion Of the South, to proce' to extreme
measures in the case of the election of Lincoln
to the Presidency and we have studioueiy ig-
nor.d the idea in writing and our CONVEX
sAtion. Truth, and determination to do our
entire du'y to the section OF CUR choice and
adoption, TO- ce US to reluctant admission, that
we have Teen in error, 1t is useless to di-
gulse il, il would be arrant ,reach.ry to hide
j. from the North, that there Is deep Sc ted
fiXed determination on the part OF the leading
Southern States, to 20 out OF the Union. peace
ably aud quietly, without noise, without
threatening. ii that event occurs There Is no
blinking or evsjng the tact. Ninety-nine out
Of every hundred that you NEE: here, not
Breckenridge tnen alone, but indiscriJin stely
of sii parties, thus think and have thus re-
solved. We grieve to say 1t, but it "a too true
that the feeling OF respect and veneration tor
the Constitution OF the Confederacy, which
once prevailed at the South has given way to
feeling Of innate disatf.ciion and estrapge-
ment, even to hate for the compact. This feel
Ing is universal. it Is not confined TO south Car
DINA, 1t has penetrated AMI swept over the
once L Mon loving Georgia. The young men
just assuming the rel onsltii,les OF citizenship,
are imoued with the spirit. and as they adj
vance with time and occupy the places OF their
seniors. ;hey VIII enforce the spiri, 10y overt and
open acts. These ara truths, and the North
may we'll give heed 10 them. The South, ~ it
cares not Tor, SO II Will not stop to consider con
sequences. Argument is lost it ia worthless
now. Action, unuistakab,e, friendly action
alone, on the part OF the North, NAV avert the
peril; words and promises are thrown away
WAT We have written We have written with
regret, but truth will not permit us lot ger to
shut our own eyes, or aid III misleading others
No FCSION IN lNDIANA-A mectinor