Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-25
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The President elect. having completed
his sss-sasing ooorss through the coua
try, and having covered himself I'll owe
With glory by . liberal dispIsy Of burn
ing sloqosoce. and having sarPrised ~
svybody with bis sage remarks aos
ssstssmsoIike hsrsngues, now sits hin
self down in the capital city of th.
Union, to take momsnts breath pre-
paratory to mounting the car q Stat,
and taking the Federal "ribbons." New
Of before hes there gone to Washington
President elect under such circom
sssnces. His illustrious predecessor
have he'd no such peculiar, and We maj
ssy, extremely unhappy matters to con
tend With - those which on every aid.
beset Mr.. Lincoln. They went 70 The
Federal centre when al parts Of the
country we're 1t pesce-one with the
other-before sectional spites and fac.
tioual grievances and hatreds had mag
ni6ed themselves from mole-hills into
mouatains-before one section became
arrayed against the other = before
brother had sworn sgsiDst brother and
confusion and disoord had usurped the
halle Of peace aud harmony. Never
before went President elect to take the
Executive chair who held ouch . world
Of power within his grasp-for good or
for evil-for veal or for woe. lie can
take NO step which will not tell pow
erfully one way or the other.
The nation 10 on the very brink
Of an awful precipice-one noble and pa
tnotic act may save the priceless fabric,
one false motion may-nay viii, throw
it from its balance and dash it 10 frag-
ments. There is no middle position
neither mastery inacticity, secret diplo-
macy nor "gittering generalities' will
exert any saving influence in this crisis
it must be met, ole way or the other,
squarely and faily in the face and in 90
plain manner that every and all con-
ditions Of men can understand the policy.
In one week from to-day MIR. Lincoln
becomes clothed in the administration
robes, and assumes the national tceptre.
A nation psuscs till then with breath
loss anxiety. Every son Of the noble re-
public awaits the inaugural declaration.
Will it be life or death? Will the fiat
60 forth with healing on it's wings, or
will the word spoken on that day Of
days consign all our future hopes to per-
dition! Until then we must wait. MOI
ouly do the people Of this country wait
with deep anxiety, but those Of other
nations OF the globe stand on tip-toe Of
expectation for the inaugural edlct to be
proclaimed. One week from to-day de-
cldcs the tate of the nation. Co !, in
his in6uitc mercy, grant that this, our
beloved country, may yet be saved.
Fresh Acquisition Of Territory.
The latest advices from France state
that tn, kingdom OF Morocco has been
annexed to France. Morocco COM
pr,ses aa area Of 100000 square miles
equal IN extent to ali the New England
States, New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Delaware, Maryland aud Ohio,
and contains a population Of about TO-
900, 900 OF people. 1t is larger by some
1900 square miles than France proper,
and contains more than one quarter as
much population as France. This 10 no
small acquisition, and will belong to
France within the reign of Napoleon
Ill, il possible.
A HUGE CHUNK OF CoLD SHOULDER
If We may place any reliance upon what
the foreign correspondent of the New
York Times says it is evidenqthat there
is large lot Of cold shoulder in England
just served up by the cabinet cooks, to
be placed before the Confederate
States" for their discussion. Fire eaters
will not appreciate or relish very keenly
such diet. They would prefer to have
it steaming hot. Such cold vituals will
be apt to induce severe attack Of col
ic. The report lacks continuation, 80
VIC defer further comment.
A SECsDER SrILL.-It 10 said to be Z
dead certainty that South Carolina will
secede from the Southern Confederacy.
She don't like the Constitution. It is
too much like the Constitution of the
United States, and that never had any
charms for the genuine fire eater. Well
let her secede-let her keep on seeding,
and set up government Of hor own, and
see how she likes it. It is pity the
Southern Confsderacy 10 10 suffer disso.
luton 90 soon after ito formation.
bouLlaSY STILL THER1.-Mr. Boul-