Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The edit rial article IN the Uo@eie
Monday morning WAS read with aston
i.hment by come of our cl,izens-w'''
dismay by otbers a.,onishment by tn
friends Of the Unon-dismsy 10y III
enemies-the Aboli,ionists. We con
fess that We never expected to live t'
see the day when the present editor o.
that paper would confess that "raihe'
than roe our glorious Republic d'smem
bered VIC had rather the black pau 0,
slavery ouerspread every foot Of as Ter
r;toyy." We were astonished at the
declaration, from the fact that 1t IS en-
,irely oct of tune with the general char
acter and tenor OF that paper ever since
we have known il. 1t vas but fe"
months ago, that while speaking OF the
war and the prospects of peace, the
same paper declared
"JVe hope 10 see his aror frosecuted
until tie dark stain IF Sfdoery, winch
res.s upon our Government, ami when
ia the cause OF all our troubles, and VIII
be so long as tolerated, as otPed out Jor'
eUr."
The italics are our own, gwen the
more clearly to show the comparison
to show the more forcibly the complete
ness Of conversion. Then he was IN
favor of making war upon slavery-of
wiplng out the 'dark STAN" with the
best blood OF the country-regardiess OF
consequences but noU, IA her than see
the Union torn 10 sunder, he Is willing
TINT slavery ttali exist not only IN those
States where it il already planted, bat
that every State, from Maine to oregon,
shall he "ovcIspread with the black pail
Of slavery"
1t is within the present year, and
since the commencement of the war,
that The same sheet has ffcquently de-
clared an entirely different policy nom
this. The change is remal kable one.
1t staggcrs the Aboltonlsts and gives
Joy to tho hearts Of those who love the
Union, and ask that, under God, 1t may
be pcipctua,ed TO the end Of time.
In speaking Of this We have not the
slightest disposition TO rake mp old mat
teIs, or chastlse our neighboI for what
he was guilty of before the scales fell
from his eyes. The crrlng sinner,
though he has detit,l the true light even
to the eleventh hour, has a chance left
for repentance, and when he does So,
even though his former lite has been OF
the most demolalizing character, should
be forgiven, and the wrongs OF which he
has been guilty IN his days Of SIN, should
never be brought up Ia c,ideucc against
him. Let US not pass the rublcon oI
true repentance to hunt up the penltcnt'
acts OF shame and moral turpitude In I'll,
sloughs and cesspools through winch b,
had previously been walowing. Let US
rather take him 10y the hand and con.
gratnlate him upon his safe delivery
nom the bonds of darkness, from tn.
error Of his WAYS, and say TO him even
as our Blessed Saviour sad to the peni
tnr
We only wish that every keuutlieau
newspaper IN the country would make
the same declaration that our neighbor
has done. Would to God that every Re-
Publlcan newspaper, for the last six
years had promulgcd jast such doctrine
as our neighbor commenced but with
this week. Had the newspapers, til.
leading politicians, and the pulpit ora
tors of that party, taken such a course
the present calamitpus condition Of oul
country had never been reached. Til,
butter dcssensions which have arisen GU
OF the slavery question have brought u
upon strange times. Better, indeed
were 1t for this country that slavery haC
been introduced into all our Tclritor,
than that this present awful state Of at
fairs should have been inaugura'ed.
Now that the gazette has taken til,
true position, we trus: it will man,ai,
1t. Let Abolitionists howl as ,hev di
on Monday let them circulate Their Dc
ttlons for the abolition of slavery b,
Congress AS they are doing daily; j
matters not, If the true conservative Re
publicans come forth in their streuotl
aud stand shoulder to shoulder with III
Demoerats-stand firm by the Admins
tratlon. Though great damage ha
been dose by the Republican press j
Its tamperlng with Atolitionism, let
hope that all is not lost; that the Uuio
may not 90 down in ruin.
BIsuoP TIMox, OF Western New Yor
l, out IN pastoral letter calling mo