Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-10
THE Philadelphia Press contains the
following table Of provisions consumed
daily by force of 5000:
The Crisis.

The following extract from the Phils-
delphia Ledger may not be importune At
present:
1t is quite idle now to talk of . war
of defence. Aggression and defiance
have come to Us IN every shape from the
South. The firing upon Fort Sumter
under the circumstances Was an act OF
unprovoked aggression, and the se,zing
Of Harper's Ferry and Norfolk, in Vir-
ginia, that of the United States Mint 10
Georgia, the property Of the United
States in North Caroline, and the re-
cent capture Of United States troops
and steam vessel in Texas, al render
the declarations of the traitor jefferson
Davis in bis message, that be desires
peace, mere revolving b. poorisy.
We respect the motives OF Mr.. Bolts.
His recent letter to MI. Bates is deeply
sincere ond affecting. But it 10 too
late. The time for any such movement
has passed away. If National Con-
vention had been sought BY the South
ern States BY peaceful and Constitution
Al means, We should have been iu favor
OF granting it +; bat with rebels with arms
in their hands, we cannot treat. They
must be chast,sed.
Mr.. Bolts asks, and the question is
often repeated, What 10 to be gained
by wsri After Thousands of men are
killed, States ravaged, property burnt
aud homes desolated, will we not be in
the same position as We now arel Must
We not begin then to negotiate, just -
We must begin nowi To which we re.
ply, that al this involves . fallacy which
II passion did not overpower judgment,
ought to be transparent. The question
is precisely like that of allowing, on the
part of the Government, Of any other
crime. Suppose Mr.. Bolts to be plead
ing for. pil acy, or murder, or highway
robbery. Suppose it to be rite and
powerful. Suppose that good and ten
der-hearted people should shudder at the
idea ofsheddiog blood, and tell % that
It is an awful thing to send out fleet
to siok dozen ships with : hundred
human beings in each, or an armed
force to shoot down . banditti of =
thousand men. Or suppose commit
tee Of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, with volunteer spokesman 1t
their head Of AIgerine tendencies, had
waited on Decatur and begged him in
the name OF humanity to stop the effn-
sion Of blood, and not to attack Tripoli.
What would be the replyl
Ii would come in some such shape ~
this !: "Your motives may be very
good, bat you are singularly short-sight-
ed. These pirates, tuese Algerines,
these highway robbers. will 60 on rob-
bling and numbering until they are put
down BY the strong hand. You are
recommending cruelty; you are shield
ing nest Of vipers you are exposing
the innocent and defenceless to outrage;
You desire to loose the very bands that
bind society together"
Government 10 the only thing that
'stands between the bare breast and the
assassin's knife" 1t il the only thing
that enables any man in euch ! world
- this to lie down in peace ct night. sur-
rounded By his family. It is tho thing
that distinguishes EngIand and America
from Dshomsy and the Cannibal L.
linda The right Of Secession i the
right Of disiDtegration. It il the right
% reduce nation 10 . mob. It u the
right Of repudiating debts Of destroy
ing freedom Of speech Of muxzling the
press; Of making forced loans Of fore-
| ing men into the ranks Of an army
sgainst their consent It is the right d
leaving the Union and breaking up the
Un,ted States, whenever the maiority
vote against our real or fancied inierest.
The inevitable result Of allowing il
would b that California would ssceds il
the Pacific Read we're delayed Name
would 60 cut If the Boundary Question
were not immediatsIy settled Penn
sylvsnia would secede If there we're moi
. psotsctivs tsriG, and New York i
there vssay aad ths Nosshwsas vo1lt
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