Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-25
OUR NATIONAL >1RE\Gin.

minus oi the peoPhc VI w." ""'''
INV no hin. oi our Eu opcan ncishbors'
TIE vas, recup.rati I, energy aud ever
whclnin, strength Of Our go,ernMen'
Eight oI,ls a.o We were very "a
from lei ra~aiiike nrtion. OHi am,
was compos cd OF few scattered i'ei
m,ns out %. nt tiyc car oyhcE', atd :
na,y IT snail lioporlions scattered
ahou, ia tic world on missions Ct peace
,,trad II w.,. What little military
roll We could lay cain 10 MAS =
mere II Ne as cornrar, 4 with that o'
other leading nat ois, an was Tctaln' Il
mc.ey tor lore. epera'i is. Our
f,,tres. e. and Notifications were dc CIT
Cd Ito all p,ac'i' al in,ents ard purposes.
and the idea OF vigorously prosecuting
the work Oh forts already commenced
or upon new schemes u and dci.i'ecs
had leary been ignored. Orr navy
was TAR from l'ics'n iin1 h".i wall ~
tiont. II fact We were last losing Ghi
IL land and laval d,tcnscs, aud arpa
rn,ly last approaching tina, hal ~ con
d.tion alluded TO IN scripture where
swords were 10 = converted mo touls
10, cult waiting TIE soil and spears int"
an honest a.r.c' it'lal Implement used
in trimming u.clcss branches from thr.f
" o,chares. War was about the last
thing calculated nIon. Not one man
ia thousand consulted a militia y book
aud warl.kc l;cta,u:c Was a: an aston
j hing discount. We we've rapidly Pio-
crossing ia llc ar.s Of peace and pos.
pcrity. Oar iron l,odncers sought tor
customers IN railroad schemes and the
thought OF manufacturing co.umhiads
aud wicked .i,lcl cannon Lcvct tn:cic !!
their heads. Workers OF IRON aud steel
were searching for markets for mechan
zeal, agricultural and household cutlery,
little thinking that they would SO soon
be called upon TO hammer their solid
bars into sharp instruments Of blood and
torture. We were all calculating en-
peace aud peaceful avocations. Some
times the possibility Of war with some
other nation was talked OF merely for
the sake o! taking, but the importance
OF pacing the country upon a war foot
ing has never held cur serious attentions
for single moment.
Bat the time mentioned has effected
n marvellous change. An army suIpass
ing IN extent that OF any European p ".
err, has been taken from the avocations
of peace aud placed in the field. Arms
for its use have been manufactured on a
large scale, and amnun ton and cloth
ing his b en- provided in enormous
quantities rs il by magic. The entire
c,unt'y has been suddenly aroused by
the war tocsin an with a readiness
which greatly surprises more wa,Iikc
nations, the country ha. assumed war
footing on ponicrous scale. Our
dreams OF uncn ling peace have faded
away AS dreams tad., and our hope. #
continuing bright example tor such as
were regarding rs with wa,chful eve,
have been bushcd away as dew from
the grass. We have taken an
entire y new road since the present
year commenced and are engaged in
war Ct great magnitude. The readiness
with which the Government has pre-
pared the loyal portion Of the country
for this struggle is surprising, both at
home and abroad. Nothing so forci.
bly, express the national strength as the
ease with which every demand of the
Government for money has been and
continues to be met. If this fact alone
does not strike Europe with astonish.
mcnt no fact can. They expected to be
called upon for money, and confidently
pre-arranged the hard, usurious terms
on which they would dole it out to US,
but they have not been asked for a sim
gle dollar. The wants of the Govern.
ment have, SO far, been met wholly at
home. The Government bolrows Of its
own people and depends entirely upon
bono manufactures and home markets
to supply all wants. No other nation
upon the globe couik have done al we
have, which is conclusive proof that we
lack nothing in national strength.
LIEUT.. GEo. w. SNYDER, one Of the
officers at Fort Sumter, and of late An
engineer on the Notifications about
washington, died few days since, CT
typhoid fever. lie was native 6. Soho.
har'e county, n. Y, aad % wears Of
S~'o W
age.
49,
Washington News via Baltimore.
Bahia ORE. Nov. q.
Succession reports are circulating THIS
evening mat our 'rosps in northampton
county, Va, have met with Resistance
but they are without truth.
Gen. Stoncman, Chief OF the Un;,s,