Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-28

1t 10 plain 70 zee That thefe u ~ ose''
whelming desire on the part OF the Bor'
der States TO remais in the Union.
They believe in asserting and maintain
ing their rights IN the Union and they
will not go out Of it 90 long . there re-
mains . last lingering hope Of getting
Justice done them. ANY decent com
promise-even though it may not be
such ~ will please the cotton States,
will retain the eight border States; are
fusal to grant such, or any comprom-
iae, will surely snap the cord in twain,
and the Border States will either join
with the southern confederacy or set up
. confederacy Of their own, having 10
view tho reconstruction Of the Union.
The compromise which these States v III
demand. will not be such an one 40 Will
End response in the Chicago Platform;
nor will it be Of that character which
will tend to produce peace and harmony
in the Republican ranks.
We have sometimes thought that II
this Union is perpetuated at oil, it will
be through such acts and deeds OF patriot
lam and love Of the Union Is is found IN
tho Border States. In the extreme North
and IN the extreme South as we'll, there
is too much ultraiim-too much OF that
negative patriotism which considers
that ever ything must be bent and brought
down to their own standard OF right or
wrong. A persistent, noncompromlsing
Northerncr, who says: give me my
own will, and let this nation be oon-
Quoted after my own preconceived ideas
OF liberty and justice, is no more pa
triot or Union man to-day that the
verlest fire eater in the South, who
swears by his nativity that be don't want
any compromise. There is no practical
difference betw cen the two, so far as the
preservation and perpetuty OF the ma
ton is concerned. But in the Border
States we find medium condition OF
opinion, . sort Of saving grace sand
wiched in between two ultra and an,ag-
onistical sides, possessing spirit OF calm
ness and moderation-a love OF country
which almost surpasses all other love,
and vet not Of that over baked nor halt
baked condition which is found on one
side or the other, Would to God that
that lump Of patriotism there existing
might lcaveu the entire loaf The action
Of the Border State men is such as will
save tie country, il it is susceptible OF
sAvat;on.
They demand no such ultra compromise
as do the cotton States, aud yet III ,Aot
remain quiet without sufficient national
Quarautles. They ask nothing that is IN
the least degree unreasonable will &C
cept nothing less than reason. Ii the
Border States are permitted to remain
in the Union. they can better draw back
the Cotton States into the contederacy
than could all the Northern bullets and
steel imaginable. The North and the
South ale not in a frame of mind to
treat with each other Like certain
chemical substances, Their collision IL
any manner would result in sudden
flame Let Us hope that the Border
States with the calmness and dignity
which they possess, will prove tue saw
ing grace Of our noble Union, and that
through their fundamentally the great
plan ol the great Republic OF the Western
hemisphere may be carried out by us,
v our children, by our chlldrcn's child
ret, even down to the very verge where
tine i swallowed up 10y eternity. Is
thee man in tho North who SO hates
his country that he would stretch forth
his hand to clog the PROJECT! We trust
in God there is none-not ore.