Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-22

Aaeshee state Gess.
A fsw days sines Ne ooantsd thirty.
three stars O the corner Of our national
bunting, now We discover but twenty.
eight. Georgia left the Union on Satur.
day last. The work Of dDruptioh and
natural arrangement is going on. In q
few days more, It b probable that
Louisisns and Texas will cut the cable
aud Aoat ont to sea on their own hook.
When viii these States return. viii
they ever be again recognized - Por.
ton Of the Unions Never, VIC believe,
until there is . policy adopted in this
government and firmly eOgrafted in the
constitution, giving oil sections Of tht
Union their indefeasibIe, constitutions
rights.
But the radical Republicans say we
will force them in-we will make them
stay in the Union whether they like it OF
not-we will march down there and kill
of their inhabiNsnts If they don't stay
in the Union. We advise them to 20
down and attend to this matter before il
gets any worse. 1t will be easier to
whip Eve States than fifteen.
The storm is gathering. Every day
there il something happening which
seems to preclude . peaccable solution
Of our manifold troubles, and bring
nearer the dark hour Of revolution. The
North il raising armies to defend the
stars and stripes the South 10 muster
ing her forces to defend her institutions.
On the one side, We see people ready
for the fray who have no interests at
stake, farther than an abstract idea,
while on the other, we find heavy monie.l
and social interests together with a
ike abstraction.
The time for compromise is now past,
say the disunionists Of the North-the
time for blood and carnage has then
arrived.
Cheap Courage and Cheaper Patriotism.
The Albany Evening Journal OF the
18th inst, contains letter from it's edi-
tor, Mr.. Weed, which it will not hurt
any Of our Black Republican friends to
see in print, and which, moreover, We
submit TO the candid perusal Of all.
Those who, standing here in the North
away from danger, and never once ex-
pcctiDg to lose a dime or be sacrificed
to the amount of cent, have very
easy position from which to send forth
their clustering talk about their incx-
haustibIc wells of patriotism and noun
tains OF courage, but in his letter Mr..
Weed concludes that the patriots Of the
South are entitled To the most credit
and patriotism, even though the NJ. Il ID
line runs along above them.
We print the following. Will the
Gdzette please copys
Throughout Tennessee, North Carroll
ma, Lonisiana, and s~,.,ai vshci .,u.Ln-
ern States, are thousands Of Union men
standing up firmly aud nobly against
the madness which seeks to involve the
whole South in the treason Of South
Carolina. Treason into which Florida,
Alabama and Mississippi have rushed.
These men are true patriots, and they
have our highest regard and warmesl
sympathy. Their devotion to the Union
is real and praisewoIthy. They peril
their fortunes, and perhaps their lives.
Or patriotism costs US nothing. We
are merely promoting our interests by
doing our duty.
To sustain such men as Senator John
son and dr. Etheridge in Tennessee,
Messrs. Stephcns, Johnson and Hall, OF
Georgia, Mr.. Gilmcr, Of North Carolina,
Gov. ticks ard Mr.. Davis, Of Mary land /,
We would 60 just AS Tar in Cancellation
as the Constitution permits. To save
this Union aud avert the horrors Of civil
war, we imp.ore members Of Congress to
meet the reasonable propositions Of the
Union men OF the South. We know
how little Of consider alton our previous
suggestions have attracted. We know,
too, with how much more favor our
friends in Congress listen TO journals
whose columns abound in appeals to
backbone, pluck" etc., etc., etc.
These things are very we'll in their
place; but very mischievous out OF
place. In discussing question upon
which the Union hangs, and upon which
the welfare Of thirty millions of people
depends, we will not dismiss the hope
that there are Union men in Congress
from the North, who can meet Union
men Of the South with fraternal feelings
and in the discharge Of common duty.
agree upon terms Of adjustment which
will hold border slave States from dis
union.
The cheapest aud the thnnest kind
Of patriotism is that which costs moth
ing. So too with that species ofcourooe
which, out Of danger, vapors and sway
gers. Of the army Of Aboitionists who
have for 50 many years been teaching
war and rapine, on paper, not one OF