Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-06
A wonderful Change.

wonderful Change.
For months and months-loDg before
.ho o,ection and after it-until within a
few days, the entire Black Republican
press Of the country has secuted and
boo,ed at the idea Of secession. as a
matter not only altogether improbable,
but entirely impracticable-totally i'm
possible. When they we're warned OF
troublous times and cautioned to moder-
ate their asperity, and forbear their
taunts thrown in the face Of the South,
they merely laughed at the idea, and
continued their overbearing conduct.
When after the election they then saw
the country in imminent danger of dis
ruption, they went vigorously to work
to prove that peaceable secession was
impossible, and heyproued 10 handsome-
ly. They proved that no State could
leave this Union at will, and that on the
attempt on the part Of South Carolina
or any other State to do SO, there would
be federal powder burned under the
noses OF the secejcrs, and that blood
and carnage, and all the horrors Of san
culinary war " ould be the speedy result.
This proved, what next! Whv they
see that there is strong probability Of
4 a.
means what she says means fight
--war-anything-these same Republic
can sheets which had proved that Sc
ccssion was impossible, are now berett
of their sangninary mood, and beg in the
most cowardiy tones that the States
who wish to 90 have chance to do SO
without any saltpetrc demonstrations or
sword exercise. They presist IN this
course they abandon the position that
they can't 90, and embrace the affirma-
tive. The pluck is all taken ont of
them slick and clean. They now de-
clare they didn't mean fight. OF course
they didn't But what change.
Backs Down Handsomely.
Our worthy Gdzette friend, who, only
three or four days since, asserted that
the loss of few States by secession
wouldn't amount to anything--that they
could be easily made up out of North
Western territory, and like stupid asser-
tions-backs down handsomely from his
position, and declares that he didn't say
anything Of the kind-that no sane man
would utter anything of the kind. So
we thought; and we think we said as
much in our reply to the puerile verbiagc
Of the Gazette.
We infer from its article of ycster-
day that this country cannot G9ord to
lose star from ats bunting-that ore
star less ,cW make some difference after
all. Sudden conversion. st, Paul him
self was not sooner translated from
heathcnish darkness to heavenly light
than has been our friend. We congrat-
ulate ourselves upon being signally in.
strumental in this good work. May it
be permanent.
ONE DR.. kcnch, who for short
time only was connected with Mr.. Paul
in the exhibition of DR.. kane's Pano-
rama, has, since being discharged, been
playing sharp on the citizens of Musca-
tine, i'll the way of getting board and
money. lie hired fine livery team, a
few days since, of Mr.. Skinkle, since
which time he has not been heard from,
and it is feared that he has run away.
Skinkle is after him, says the Revieao.
THE FARMER's HoME.-This is the
title Of AN excellent agricultural newspa-
per recently started at Cincinnati. 1t is
issued monthly at the low price of so
cents per year, and contains a vast
amount of useful agricultural, horticul-
tura and household information. We
take pleasure in recommending it. Ad
dress +. NJ. Spencer IL Co., Cincinnati.
THE Muscatinc Messenger, the Bell
Everett organ of Iowa, has been discon-
tinued Those subscribers Who have
paid in advance, are to be served with
he Muscatine Journdl
Interesting To Farmers, Wivps..Y elbow
Skin ia the West.
We cal attention to the FOLLOWING
from the Philadelphia Ledger. AL
though it is not universal in its annl;ca.
tioi TO the people of the West. it is
worthy the attention OF large tribe Of
"Yelow Skins" found here:
''If our Western friends can in any
way teach their wives, daughters, or
cooks, to keep the pearlash out of the
bread, all the yellow people, especially
the yellow children, who are supposed