Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-21

10 % Peoco o. WorS
aQhs grand object to DO sttsined 10
the preservation Of the Union OF these
States. United in one common family,
and bound together BY strong fraternsl
feelings these States present . noble
front % the world, and insure priceless
blessings to their children; distracted
and rent 10 fragments al prestige is
aose, all that strength apd pobe beas-
ing which has challenged the respect and
won the homage of the world, IL forever
lost, and the stong arm OF protection
which their children enjoyed will be
stricken down.
We are threatened with destruction.
Is il peace or wari Let it be peace
Through peace alone have We the least
hold upon hope. War in any form, will
have, can have no other effect but to
widen the breach aud drown all hopes
Of reconciliation. The abandonment OF
Sumter meets the approval Of the mass
ca of the Union. Abandonment Of 9th
er strong points in the seeding States,
will have q more direct tendency to
calm the storm than would the action OF
armies and navles. 1t has been demon
strated that the revenue cannot be col
lected by Mr.. Lincoln at the seceded
ports; it is likewise pretty well under
stood by this time that the new Presi
dent will perform but few Of those
things which the Republican press has
been endeavoring to convince the people
that he would perform. lie has not ar
rested the Southern Commissioners tol
treason, as it was INSISTED by the Kepub-
lican press that the late administration
should have done. lie has ordered Tho
evacuation OF Fort Sumter, and soon W.
may expect to see further acts highly
nnpalitable to the Republicans. When
he shall have taken time to look tn.
ground f.iriy over, and weigh well tie
result Of the different lines OF policy pre-
sented before him, we predict that he
will adopt the peace policy and discard
entirely the idea Of mstltuting war &c
force submission. The sober second
bought will never counsel the marshal
ing Of armies ane navies with view o
perpetuating this government. That
noble result will be sought and, if at all,
will be achieved through peace. None
but ultra Republicans, we think, will oh.
jcct to that course. The conservative,
Union loving wing of the party will &C.
qulesce and Democrats will applaud.
With peace will return conf 'ence
and business prosperity with war viii
come disuaion, dissolution and national
dispair. With peace meu would know
where they stood, and could calculate
upon the tnture with reasonable dc.
gree OF certainty with war no man
could hope to do so. Let it be peace.
Slaughtered by his Friends.
Slaughtered in the house Of lis friends,
even while reposing upon the Abra-
hamic bosom was that enthusiastic Ger.
man Antl-Slavery ranter-Carl SLnrz
The mere mention Of his name to the
Sandman Ministry called forth the rab-
ID proscripllve feelings Of the entire
eastern country. New England Repub-
lican As with one voice, protested against
such an outrage, and to make room for a
live ankee, stabbed Shurz to the heart.
Carl was great man during the cam
pslgn. His speeches in New England
aud New \ ork and all through the east
ern county were declared perfect MIR
acles OF wisdom and statesm snsbip. He
is as ap?lauded and carressed at every
town, his name-ior campaign purposes
vas tower Of strength, aud the
number Of proselytes made by him
through his incendiary appeals to his
fellow countrymen was immense. But
after the eection-like worn out gar
mept-he was cast aside. His desires
and pretcntions were ignored his SER
vice to the party was rewarded with IN
feeling re5utis -his incessant labors
we're forgotten 10y those tor whom he
labored, and he has been iostled and
spnrned in the rush for Office. THIS is
the reward Of his labor. 1t is cad
warning to such as him. Know. Moth.
ing Republicans laid him out in the
cold. Poor Schurx.
THERE can be but little doubt that
Lincoln meditates military coup d'etot
somewhere upon something. Not less
than . score Vt vessels, including the
Harriet Lane, Cor~in, Bib, Vixen, Po
cahontas, Powhattan, Brooklyn, ST.