Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-12-07

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Oar contemporary gave sirong ev''
dence, yesterday, that the previous day
had been one Of more than usual bitter
mes. to its grim-visaged editor. lie Is
in q desperate condition, and in order to
retrieve himself in the eyes OF certain
class who have recently taught him a
.evcre lesson. makes a furious dash at
our leading article of Tuesday. lie
would have done SO before, he tells us,
but probably his head was not SO sore
when tho article appeSed as 1t was
upon Thursday morning, when his dc
sire TO wade in and break things had
reached the eliminating point.
Upon first appearance at the scratch
our beliicose neighbor attempts to take
us at disadvantage, and with his usual
disregard for truth, alleges that we gave
the notification laws Of the Northern
States az the cause Of the re5elllOns out
break in the South, and consequently
the cause Of the present war. This, OF
course, is false. The editor Of the ia
seNc knew he was falsliying when he
wrote it. We have never stated that
the unconstitutional acts Of the nullity-
ing States was the cause Of this war.
We have said, and say it still, that GER
tain Northern States have set the Con-
stitntion OF the United States at defiance
by legislative cnactments This Is now
being confessed by the States themselves.
We have said that such conduct was
provocative Of Just such state Of affairs
as we now experience. 1t is human ma
turc for party that is struck to strike
back and do as much damage as posi-
BILE. Yet, the notification Of Vermont
for which she has just been craving par.
don, constituted no just cause or good
reason for secession. We so stated in
our Tuesdays article, but our neighbo'
was bound to misrepresent and so quotee
us as he did.
The States which set at defiance th,
Constitution by the enactment OF per
sonal liberty bills, commenced on
small scale what the Southern States
made clean sweep Of. For instance
Vermont nullifed one provision OF TIT
Constitution, and South Carolina get
up and nulhfies the entire instrument
Both States had their faces set tho sam,
way, but one of them carries the matte
to the extreme end, forfsits the respec
of all christendom, and involves the en-
tire country in bloody war. Righ
here is where the "treason comes in
where the Intelligent friend :" Of TIL
Gazette gets his eye upon traitor. II
is doubtless patriot Of the first water
in his own estimation, though there al
ten chances TO one that he will neve
make any practical exhibition thereo
further than lounge about the EDITOR;
coal hole of the Gazette, and make hin
self useful in the way of stealing cA
ntavy constitutional points. We advs
Bro. Sanders to watch him closely.
by the way, it pleascs us to see til
Northern multiplying States retracin
their steps and getting back upon tn
Constitution. We arc also rejoiccd a
the disposition Of the Administration t
keep them there, and pray that it ma
succeed. Long before this the lou
voice of the Government should hav
been sounded in the ears Of the nulify
ing States. The rising disregard wa
trihed with too long. No State shout
have been humored in that way. Whe
Vermont became dlsloyal she shoul'
have been brought into the traces, an
when South Carolina commenced he
tantrums, powder should have bee
burned under her secession nose unit
she had recovered her senses.
What strikes US as being very charac
teristic in the Gazette's article, is tn,
fact that it has no word Of condemnation
for the unconstitutional acts of the Ger
tain Northern States, but seems to b.
sorry, rather than otherwise, that the.
are retracing their steps. What doe
the "intelligent friend" who preside
ut the editorial elbow of the Gazett
think Of such patriotism !? If our co
temporary is yet suffering under tn
stripes with which his friends hav
troubled him, he might do we'll to adver
to this subject again. There may b
capital in il! Who knows!