Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-08-13

yTuD 1sepe.
yNses.s. Eps. AT tAlGtime. when
bur 0svsrsmubt . engaged in one Of
The cost nAemenseus sosugglss Of which
history can foroish . parallels strug.
gle, the SUCCESS Of which involves such
vast resul,s-it behoves every true
hearted American TO renounce tn De
partisan teelings which ere destructive
to republics, and come to the aid Of tha,
noble old Gag which has protected him
isom his infancy. In order 10 endure
oar ssessss il this tsuly desperate
struggle, Il = requiaite tibet VIE si,isess
u the loyal States should be firmly
united party considerations and party
pride should bs laid aside, and crim'ss-
tons and recrimiDations should be rec.
oned - bat The foilies Of . vofsl past
The main arguments advanced by
'hose opposed 10 the var are, that 6rstl,
ibis is merely . contest to decide the
supremacy between the two sections.
secondly. Ii I the loss Of life will be
terrible. Thirdly, that the destruction
Of property viii be unprecedented; and
tourthl,, that the edec's on the bushes.
Of the country will be unrem dial. Tnn
10 not q contest between the North and
the South, but noble effort OF . dis
solving Government 10 sustain it. pos.
ton among the nstlons Of the earth.
That the loss Of life will be terrible, and
the destruction Of property aud business
will be such as has been hitherto IN
known in this country, we do not At
tempt to deny, but another view Of the
case presents itself. Suppose, for argu-
mennt, that the secession dogma had
been acknowledged by Congress, and
the Southern states allowed to with
draw quietly from our Union, would the
chsnces for . war have been diminished
Supposing that two COnfederacies could
have continued for any lergth Of time
without a subdivision, or Q continuance
Of the sece ssion doctrine, could they
have remained at peace with each
other? No! In less than year the
Abolitionlsts Of the North would have
stolen one third 9th slaves Of the TOR.
der States alarming questions would
have arisen ~ to the disposition Of the
Territories and the press Of either
section would have been busiIy iuAam-
ing the public mind to such pitch tina.
nothing but war would have beeen fruit
less, and the only way would have been
to take up arms and decide these ques-
tons by the sword. Thus war would
have been initiated az destructive to
commerce, property and lives AS the pre-
sent one carried on with greater teroc-
ity, with Abolitionism inscribed on our
banners, but barren Of tire same great
object which this has in view. And
where would our Government have
beeus ENJOYING that iuglorious peace
which Southern sympathizers propose :
No! A lar worse + t. would have been
hers. With the secession doctrine 10.
grated into her Constitution, her c,ed-
it would naturally have been destroyed !;
her people would have lost confidence
in her power; the South would have
had possession Of the strong tortresscs
which VIC now hold in the s0.culied So
coded States those States would have
been recognized by the world as free
aud independent nation our Govern
ment, from being one of the first pow
ers OF earth would have sunk to the
level Of q fourth-rate one; our flag
which is hOnO'ed on every sea, would
have been as mere play thing, 40 far
as protection is concerned; and our
Southern sympalhizers wouH haze been
IN arms against IL. Therefore, let us
continue our champions in the field and
demonstrate to the world that free
Government can be perpetual, as well as
despotism. PATRIOT.
LECLAlaE, Iowa. August 9, 1860.
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