Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-31

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ING strict neutrality, yet 70 never have
been. NOR arc ve to-day, arm 10 the be-
lief that England, With Ill her interests
i. this country, and her vital interests
10 the South, caa Or will keep her
hands out Of this difficulty and msin-
tain . stoiral, ueeosserssd peutra'ity.
The tone OF the leading branches Of the
British press squiots wonderfully in the
direction of ,ntsrmeddliOg. As ques-
tioa Of moral duty there can not be
much loubt bat that the Law making
power Of Esgland leans towards oeo-
trality, but there is another vital matter
which 10 crowding homo with IN almost
irresistible force upon that Government
which awakens the masses-which
breaks the note Of alarm aud finds utter
snce through the press IN most uo"'s-
taxable words and aentences-it Is the
question: Shall We haze cottOny It
come with awful import TO British ears.
Shall the five millions of cotton opera
tives and the millions more who ind'-
rectly derive sustenance through the
manufacture Of cotton, be thrown ont
Of employ ment-be brought to st ite
Of starvation and rebellion because they
want to fight in the United States :
Shall our hundreds Of millions Of capital
invested in manufacture looms and
spindIes remain idle for the want Of cot
ton . shall we breed civil war at home
for the want Of cottonl shall our ship
ping rot in idleness shsll our vast COM
merce in cotton which reaches it's arms
into every nation and every cline, be
cut off for want. of cotton These are
grave questions which England will pro-
coed to answer-and which, as it would
seem are capable Of being answered but
one way. 1t hardly possible to conceive
how England can maintain strict
neutrality under such immense disad-
vantages as she will to placed by the
embargo on cotton. 1t cannot be raised
elsewhere iu sufficient quantities to sup.
ply the demand and it is sure that in all
England and on board English ships,
there 10 not cotton enough to run the
looms Of Great Britain more than FIVE
months at the very outside. That is
short time, and when it is gone the war
will be but just commenced, and millions
of people in Europe will demand cotton
1t is folly to undertake to cheat our
selves into the belief that England will
not demand uorton, that france VIII
not stretch forth her hand for it. The
lava of nations, and the dictates OF JUS
tics may yet be over rode by the press
ing demands at home. The toLe Of
popular sentiment Of Great Britain h
not to be miscontrued murmurs among
tho manufacturers and shippers are
already aroused, and the mighty power
OF self interest is at work in all England.
To attempt to conceal it would be un-
Just to ourselves; to neglect to prepare
to meet the awful result limited at,
would be suicidal. There is only one
path left open for this Government to
pursue in case Rogland interteres, and
Of that we will speak hereafter. Let
the American people watch closely the
movements in other countries, and pre-
pare for such events, such deeds as the
world has not yet witnessed. We hope
for the best, Of course but it is folly to
assert that the political aspect OF affairs
not u becoming more and more compli-
Gated and more and more omnous.
One Hundred Thousand More Voluu.
tees.
There is probability that the coun-
try will soon be called upon to furnish
one hundred Thousand more men to
enter the service Of their country. II
there is anything in the report, Iowa
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