Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-11


first charge Of powder has been burned
under Uncle Sans nose the dogs o
war have been unlashed by the sece.
sion,sts. Whether the first blood ha
yet been spilled is yet a question. Tha
matters but little. The Government G
the United States has been not onl1
menaced but attacked by an armed forc'
in seeding State, and second aoar q
american Revolution has already be
gun, and unless checked by some out
stretched arm Of pooer niH so far eclipse
IN blood and carnage, the first Revolu
siondry struggle, that the ecptoits o
that day piu source be remembered.
War has been commenced IN III
United Suites Great GOD, uhdt a,
0wfH announcement! And yet w
have been expecting it; We could no
well, under existing circumstances, lool
for any thing else. The storm has beer
brewing for years and years. Aggres
sion has been doing its work; unwist
counsels have been excrting their bane
full inhuence-have together been sap
ping the foundations of this fair fabric
and already it totters upon its uncertain
foundation.
From one end Of the confederation
unto the other on the wings Of lightning
has this awful intelligence been scat
tered through the land. War has actu-
ally begun, and already Federal troops
are moving Southwark at the order OF
the ruling powers to avenge the insult
offered to the American fag-to wipe
out in blood-in scenes OF carnage and
desolation this first warllke dcmonstra
ton. There remains no doubt with us
that, a. indicated by the dipatches
war is already declared, and that for the
offence committed, hundreds Of Ameri
can citizens will, in few DAYS, lay down
their lives. Charleston will undoubtedl,
be bombarded if any further attempt bt
made to thwart the movement OF the
Federal authorities. What scene will
that be in country like this; and yet il
seems inevitable. We look for nothing
else than al offensive position on til,
part Of the secessi, nists, and wo lool
for nothing else as sequence than tn,
desolation OF that city where the reigI
OF terror has already commenced. Mo-
can we see what stop the Government
OF the United States can take, but t
move its forces in that direction. There
will be no other result to tbs action, al
we look upon it, but to precipitatc th'
entire Slave States into war with til,
North. The expressions made by tn,
councils which lave been held in tn,
different States indicate to us NOTHING
else than that the first battle bctweel
the Moth and the South--between IT,,
Government and Carolina, will be TIL,
bugle blast winch shall call tho on,ir,
South t. arms, and bind them t. gctheI
in the common cause.
South Carolina has struck the first
bow 1t WAS undoubtedly done OF
authority OF its Governor and Council
it was premeditated, and redress, fearful
and bloody redress will be sought fol
Immediately If we are not mistaken
|, may not be that the other Southern
States sympathize with South Caroline
in this step, but it is more than proba
BILE that several of them do. Whether
they do so or not, it makes but very lit
tie difference as regards the action 0
the Federal Government. III war ha.
begun.
So long as We have Constitution and
laws, let them be enforced and we hope
j. can be done without the etfusion o
blood.