Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-10

onSDAY NAY y, IN.
ss.A IL uAw haag VAN u vanol
How long w,n u take y terminate
~ ~ jsst isaagsratsds The qsss-
tios = one Of inposteses, and like 9TH
srs d the came nsturs, 10 more easily
aakAa thes. -easesssd. TIE eejsst -
b obtaissd - this was, If ~ under
stasd to case rightly u the complete
vindication Of the supssnsey Of The
Government not only y applied 70 one
State, but - applied 70 svssy State in
the United States. Il b not the intss.
ton Of the Government to give the re-
bsllious States little switching merely
to prove that I've have . 0ovsssment"
and then torn them loose, With perfect
liberty 70 do - they choose it u . var
70 the bitter end. NJ. Seward says to
NJ. Dayton, - he departs on hn mis-
sion 10 France:
"You cannot he too decided or too ex-
splicit 10 msking known TO tho French
" Government that there 10 not nov, nor
"has there been, nor will there be any
"-ths least Idea existing 10 this Gov
"ernweot Of suffering . dissolution Of
this Union TO take place 10 any way
Whatever. There will be here only
zone nation and one government, and
" there will be the same republic and
the same constitutional Union thai
shave already survived . dozen national
= changes, and changes Of government
"io almost every other country"
That 10 what 10 meant, aad nothing
else.
Nov, how long is it to take TO do oil
this work is what people would like to
know. TIE history Of former revolu-
tons does not show that the labor Of
putting down rebellion is the work of
. day or matter Of easy accomplish
ment. We zee it claimed that the entire
job will he completed 10 ninety days.
That 10 absurd. Not less than . three
years war y upon Us, aud We should
sooner think it would be twice ~ long
than half ~ long. There 10 . long
journey ahead which many will never
complete. The South is not weak by
any mesns, and it will require the most
vigorous exertions to put down her re-
bellious ideas. She has 1t least Eve
hundred thousand soldiers to conquer.
We have the men to do it with, but it 10
not the work Of few months nor !
year or two. Year after year did the
American colonies stand out against the
force of Great Britain, and 80 in this
case. years will transpire, and millions
Of treasure will be expended before the
supremacy Of the Stars and Stripes will
be acknowledged with one heart and
one accord through the length and
breadth Of this land. Of the ultimate
result, however, We have no fears.
The Last Resort Of the Gazette.
Having no argument to prove that
what We intimated respecting the Gov
eroor the other day was not true, our
amiable Contemporary betakes himself
to that last resort Of towards and COM
mon scoundrels-of endeavoripg by base
il sinustions to divert public attention
from ito proper course. He calls ms
"trsitor in disguise. That pleases us.
Had the insinustion come from any 9th
er source than the pen of the "littls
joker" We might have asked some res
sons for the same, but % it 10 we are
satisfied We like the imputation. We
tender the little puppy the usual "com.
plants" Of the season.
When not less than twenty prominent
Republicans 10 town make up and sign
their names to = petition censuring the
Governor for not coming up to the
standard Of action in accepting the Of
fers of State troops, these men are writ
ten down - traitors n disgu'se. We
endorsed their sentiments, and per con-
sequence We are traitors. No man can
ssy anything derogatory to the action Of
. man VIC By his acts has proven that
be knows nothing about bic business
without being called . traitor. Then on
are traitor, openly aud boldly. We
consider that Gov. Kirkwood, BY his
laggard conduct, brought upon Iowa the
shame Of being the last State to com.
plete it, quota. Cal us . traitor for
that. We believe that his miserly con-
duct concerning the outfit Of the troops
vas induced BY political motives. We
believe that he did not do his duty with
regard to having tho Keokuk rendezvous
fitted 20 that the soldier could have
some Of the comforts Of life when arriv-
ing there. We have NO more idea that
Gov. Kirkwood il competent to gil the
position which he has lately been called
70 GIL than We have that tho editor Who
calls 20 . traitor i : gentleman.
PRAcTrcrNo War TasY PRDAcn.-.
The voters Of Muscatine county have