Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-01

TO the rescusSf the Pr sident that You
selectsd, de,not mak1 wss upon them
and ~ to msnuiActuss partiasn capital
out Of struggle in which they are en-
gagged from the hottest and purest Of
motives. Renewed applause.
Thee appeal TO you, my own Demo-
cratic friends-those meu that have
never failed to rally under the glorious
banner Of the county, whenever M
enemy 1t home or abroad has dared 10
sssail ito you who | believe to be the
purest patriots that ever livcd-do not
allow the modification, growing out of
defeat IN partl.sn struggle, and the
elevation Of = party to power that We
firmly believed to be dangerous 10 the
countryside not let that convert you
from patriots into traitors To your native
land. Long continued applause When-
ever our Government Is asssilcd-when
hostile armies are marching under rude
aud odlous banners against tie Govern
msut oil our couatry, the shortest way to
peace is the most stupendons and unani-
nous ars,ion for war. Tremendous
applause. The greater the unanimity
the lsss blood will be shed. Much ap-
| plaase. The more prompt and encr-
yet,c tho movement, and the more i'm
portsnt il 10 in numbers, the shorter
will DO the struggle.
Every friend Of freedom, every cham
pion and advocate Of constitutional lb-
erty Il roughout the land must feel that
this cause IS his own, and that there lis
and should be nothing that ought to be
dlsagreeable or Illuminating to men who
have differed in tunes Of peace on every
question that could divide fellow men, to
rally ia union in defense OF the country
and against all ~ssaiants. While all the
States of this Union, and every citizen
Of every State has priceless legacy de
pendent upon the success OF our efforts
to maintain this government, we in the
great valley of the Mississippi have pc
cullar interests and Inducements to the
struggle. What is the attempt now be-
ng made! Seven States Of this Union
choose to declare that they will no longer
obey the behest Of the United States,
that they will withdraw from the gov
eminent established by our fathers, that
they will dissolve, without our consent,
The bonds that have united us together.
But, not content with that, they pro-
coed to invade and obstruct our dearest
and most inalienable rights secured by
the Constitution. One OF their first acts
is to establish battery of cannon upon
the banks Of the Mississippi, on the d.
yiding line between the States Of Mis-
slssiPpi and Tennessee, and require every
steamer that passes down the river to
come to under gun, to receive a Gus
tom house officer on board, to prescribe
where the boat mny lane, and upon what
terms it may put out barrel Of flour or
a cask Of bacon-upon the river and
upon the borders of these States to cut
OF our freedom OF trade.
We are called upon to sanction this
policy. Before conserving to their RICH,
to commit such acts, implore you to
consider that the same principle which
will allow the Cotton States to exclude
Us from the ports OF the Cult, would au.
thorzc the New England States, and
. New York, and Pennsylvania, to ex.
Guide us IRON the Atlantic, and the Pa.
citic States from the ports of that ocean
you ssnStssee bs ssf 2sEEn so
dering upon the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans to withdraw from us, form ALI.
ances among themselves, and excluGe
| ha
from communication with all the rest OF
Chlistendom. Not only this, but there
follows tariff on Imports, levying OF
taxes upon every pound Of tea and cot
tee and sugar, ard every yard Of cloth
that We may import for our consump-
ton; the levylng, too, of any export
duty upon every bushel of corn and ev-
cry pound OF meat we may choose to
send to the markets Of the world to paw
for our imports.
Bear in mind that these very cotton
States, who in former times have been
SO boisterons in their demands for free
trade, have among their first acts estab-
Ilshed an export duty on cotton for the
first time In American history.
1t IS historical fact, well known to
every man who has read the debates of
the Convention which frau ed the Con-
stltution, that the Southern States re-
fused to become parties to the Consti,u-
ton unless there was an express provis-
ION IN the Constitution prohibiting Con-
gress to levy An export duty on any
product of the earth. No sooner have
these cotton States seeded than an ex-
port duty is levied and they will levy
1t on their cotton, do you not think they
Will levy 1t on our pork, and our beef,
and our corn, and our wheat. and our
manufactured articles, and ali we have
to sell : Then what is the proposition.
1t is to enable the tier OF States border.
ing on the Atlantic and the Pacific, and
on the Cult, surrounding Us on all sides,
to withdraw from our Uo;on--form al
nance among themselves and then levy
taxes on US without our consent and COL
'ect revenue without giving US any just
proportion or part Of all the amount col
lected. Can We submit to taxation with.
out representation Z? Several voices,
mol Can We permit nations foreign
to us to collect revenues off our products
the fruits Of our industry! / ask the
citizens of Illinois l ask every citizen
IN the great basin between the Rocky
Mountains and the AIleghenics; 10 the
valleys Of the Ohio, Mississippi and