Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-18

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Of the 18th Inst II commends itself to
Ne patriotic sentiments Of every true
American oitissu, and We trust il will
be- reed and considered not only By Mr..
Lincoln, but BY every eitisen Of *no
csmproniss blood" in the Northern
States. There are mstter and things
soseshsdowsd therein which it will b
well-be prohtable-be jadicious to i'm
press upon the memory. Read every
word Of it:
To A. L~eols, Pyss;dsss elect ef ~ Usissd
6tsses:
Gloom pervades the country-despais
Of . settlement Of the difference be.
tween the North and the South il taking
deep root in the minds Of the People.
Those who we're ssnguine . month ago
that the good sense Of the leaders Of op
posing sections would work out peace
iul and satisfactory solution Of questions
which in themselves ought to be adjust
ed in days time, now begin to give up
in despair, and to look TO the consequen-
ces OF disruption Of the Union and
civil war. Brave men though they be,
- oil Americans are, they yet do not
contemplate the alternative without
shuddering and adherence. It u no
ordinary thing to look 1t such On array
a. this country will present if instaat
measures are not taken to prevent rs-
sort to arms. Men who ore nov tranquil
and even indifferent-men who, in the
quietude Of their homes, rest under the
delusioa that these questions are to re-
ceive On amicable solution-wiIl, when
aroused to the dread reality Of the clash
Of arms, b - prompt to resist coercion
Of the slave States - any citizen of any
one Of the Cotton States. Blood ought
not to be-must not be-shed, if pat
riotism and loye Of country can prevent
it. The Governor Of Virginia, in man.
ly, noble message, has said to Virginia,
and to the country, that no hostile army
designed to coerce any one of her sister
States, shall set foot upon or pass over
Virginia soil without meeting with resis-
lance. That sentence is, Of itself, indie
alive Of the determination Of fifteen
States Of the Union, and they will find
hundreds OF thousands of supporters in
the Free States. We, Of Missouri, have
always held close relations to Illinois,
We see each other every day-we nd.
minister to each others wants-we buy
each Others products-we intermarry
with each other, aud cultivate the most
kindly social feelings; think you, cir, it
will be . pleasant sight to see people
holding these relations arming for the
deadly strile-the carnage and destruc-
ton which is TO follow civil wars And
yet, no man who looks At public affairs
as they now stand, can avoid any other
conclusion than that, unless there is a
speedy ard final settlement OF these dii-
ficultiss the country, must be deluged
with blood. South Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi and Florida have declared
their separation from, and independence
of the United States. Two other States,
Louisiana and Georgia, will soon follow.
Thus, six States have virtually gone ont
of the Union-so far as their own action
is concernec-Laslily, without sufficient
cause "a We believe, but still they have
assumed an attitude OF independence of
the Government of the United States
and what is to be done? To attempt to
coerce them back, by military force,
will bring ruin upon every State in this
Union. One-half of your own State
will resist any attempt to organize or
march an army for the subjngation of
Mississippi, or any one Of the revolving
States, and Kentucky aud Tennessee,
when the worst comes to the worst, will
again become clark and bloody ground"
before they will suffer their soil to be
polluted by the tread Of armed hosts
marching to the slaughter OF their neigh
bors and friends and kinsmen in the
Southern States.
You, Mr.. Lincoln, have it in your
power to stop al this disorder and posi-
BILE civil war. Upon you will rest the
responsibility If It be not done. You
have only to say the word, and two
weeks need not elapse before I'll these
difficulties may be healed, and harmony
and fraternity are restored. It will not
do to say that you are not President, or
that it will be presumption 10 You to
move before you are sworn into Office.
Men Of good impulses are moved to do
whatever 10 right, whenever and wher.
ever the occasion arises. You claim to
be, and We conceds that you are, Pat
riot, and that you desire to restore the
harmony and the prosperity Of these
States. We doubt not that you would
sacrifice your life, if by 90 doing you
could bring back these States to the con-
dition in which they were six months
ago. Can it be regarded - . very great
sacrifice, then, when you are asked to
advise your political friends at Washing
ton, in Congress-, to give up their oppo-
sitlon to the measure Of adjustment
known ~ the Crittenden proposition. A
word from you is sufficient for that pur-
pose, aud - you have SAID that you are
willing to do anything that 10 honorable
to secure restoration Of fraternal rela-
tons between States, why not do it now
before men become more exaggerated
than they are, and when settlement 10
yet possible 2
Mr. Lincoln-the people Of st. Louis
spoke trumpet tongued, two days ago,in
favor of the Union, and of the adjust