Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-19

81 Tue oPpocbeo O. IL Asooo'1' 49,
Abe eou6 sncsmsoG Of his pvcgress 70
w aahinetou, hsve bssn looked tor with
|frest Interest, = the hope that they
might give some mixing Of his Admin
trative policy, and present, also, some
insight into the character Of the man.
So isr y bin pojiev u concerned, it may
be sid that he did not use too strong
terms to his Kentucky visitor, when, ai-
Ter being told that the Kentucky Legis-
lature had, BY nearly IN unanimous
vote, passed resolutions against coercion
Of the seceding States, he told Kentucky
to " prepare for war;" His speech 1t
indianapolis is in perfect coDsonance
with tbis idea. The forts, sIsensls,
mint and custom-house, in possession OF
tho secscing States must be setaksn, &C.
cording 70 the President, and to do this
the army must be called into requisition
~ vel - the navy, and so civil war be
gins-the North sgainst the South, and
the latter to be subjugated at oil hazsrds.
Nj. Lincoln may begin this war il be
likes it, but the end Of his term will see
him further than ever from the object
10 view, nor can he ever bring back
the slave Ststes into the Union by the
employment Of military force and
if coercion be attempted-if war be
made IN the Territory Of the Border
States, be will meet an aruy At the
threshold quite powerful enough to de-
stroy hlm.
At Columbus, Ohio, the President
improvised Iittle-and certainly it il
the most remarkable speech on record.
The burden Of 1t is, that " nobody is
hurt" nobody 10 suffering" from the
present condition Of affairs, peeunisry
and political. Was the like OF that
ever heard! What could he have meant |!
With perfect knowledge that the
Union has been virtually dissolved that
SIX of the States have renounced this
confederacy and formed = new Govern
ment; with official information that the
Government vas bankrupt, and that on
the 4th Of March not . dollar will be
found in the Treasury, but pressing de-
msnds fer 1t least eight millions, &C
know lodged to be due, but without the
means Of payment; with . knowledge
that the Secretary Of the Treasury had
asked for means Of any kind to meet
tho necessities Of the Office, and that
even the Endorsement of States had been
solicited to give character to the nation
al credit; with Congressional appro.
priation of the credit of the United
States for from fifty to sixty.6ve millions
OF dollars, authorized for the ordinary
wants of the Government with commu-
nications before him, stating that not
dollar Of money could be obtained by
him for carrying on his Government until
all difficulties between the States are
settled-he proceeds to tell ns, that
nobody is hurt" and nobody is suffer-
ing" from the present condition of the
country.
Nobody hurt-nobody suffering''-
what does this mean9 We ask the
people of St. Louis to respond to this
inquiry! How has it happened that
commerce is checked in every depart.
ment; that our merchants are forced to
curtail, and even 10 close their business;
that hundreds and thousands Of worthy
men are thrown out of employment, and
lett with their families to starve-how 10
this the case, if, according to Mr.. Lin
coin, there is mo sufferiug!" What
say you, men of the foundries, and
of the machine shops, and of the
the factories, and the carpenter shops,
and OF all the other indus rial classes, 10
there no suffering among GU, and in your
families? What say the masons, and
the bricklayeTs, and the men who aid in
building houses, 10 there "no suffering"
among you since Mr.. Lincoln's eIectionl
Have you tuIl employment and good
wages, and are you happy in your prcs-
ent condition Of want. if not poverty !
What say the draymen, the laborers, the
men who strive for honest employment,
aud yet cannot get it, are you not ".ut-
feriog," and are you not hurt" by the
present condition Of affairs, growing
out Of the election Of Mr.. LlncolD? Pc
Iiticaly and socially, did tho United
States ever present such an aspect OF
wreck and abandonment. and
yet Mr.. Lincoln tells Us "nobody is .uf-
tering"
So, too, we have no doubt that the
Black Republicans of this city will tell
Us, that all is prosperous that, though
we have reached the starvation point,
it is incumbent on US that We should
vote their ticket for the Convention /: |
that it may become necessary, but il is
for our wholesonse, that they should
shoot down some portion of the people
on Monday next; that they have organ
'zed for this purpose, and it would be |
wrong for us to deprive the "BIack |
Guard" of this pastime. Mr.. LincoIn's |
Columbus speech and the entertainments |
provided for the people in the low er |
wards of the city be&r no little similiari-
y to each other,in the Indifference which |
hey manifest for the welfare and the |
peace Of society.-N. Louie Republican.
AccIDBNr.-An interesting and beau
iful little girl, daughter Of Mr.. Geo. |
corriell, residing on Seventh street. be-
'ween Walnut and Mulberry, bad her
'ye put out BY running against the point
If = penknife in the Land Of one Of her |
sisters, last Saturday evening. Dr.. B.
w. Thompson attended the little snf}ar.