Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-16

material for painting the new Catholic
Church at Bellevue.
GAxBLERs.-We see by the Register
that the gambling fraternity At Des
Moines, is getting into the hands Of the
Grand Jury.
Remarkable Article from tho Seni.O&-
cial French Organ.
The Paris Pays, Of February 18th,
publishes an article, the concluding
words of which We give below. The
Rvs is one of the semi-official organs
of the Emperor. After stating the ne.
cessity Of the great southern staples Of
cotton and tobacco to France, the Pays
says:
But let 10 continue. The South, far
from having, like the North, rival inter
ests with Europe, has, on the contrary,
the some or rather co-reIative interests.
Confined, in short, to the extensive cul-
tivation of those articles which Europe
cannot do without, the South has been
compelled, up to the present, in spite
of constant protests, to pay IN enor-
nous tribute to the North, in the shape
of Custom House duties, for no other
reason than to protect northern manu-
featuring interests without advantage
to herself, at least, unless we choose to
consider it an advantage for the South
to aid against her will government
which does not fear to proclaim openly
its sentiments Of hostility and aversion.
MIR. Lincoln has declared that the time
for compromise has passed. The South,
on her side, has suffered too much to
hesitate longer. She has decided to
withdraw, aud several of those States
are about forming new confederation.
If the North declare war against her
she will defend herself, and will be most
certainly drawn into An abyss, the effect
of which will be cruelty felt in Europe
for then four million bales of cotton crop
will be wanting every year to trade, and
the tobacco crop will be annihiated. II,
on the other hand, returning to senti'
ments worthicr great nation, the
North permits tbs new confederation to
be mistress of the p!entitude of her
rights, then the picture changes at once,
Commercial liberty becomes a funda.
mental law Of the Southern Republic
her ports will be free to the commerce
Of Europe, whose merchant marine will
be quite naturally substituted for tina,
of the North. Europe will double
her exp rts, and the South
the population of which exceeds
twelve millions, will exchange her
productions for objects Of European
and particularly French workmanship
In fact, they have not forgotten that
France was their mother country; aud
faithful to the traditions OF their fathers
they have preserved their manaers and
customs, and are we'll aware that France
alone can furnish those thousand and ono
notions which crown her industry with
lenOwn.
1t suffices to call the attention of pub
licists to these facts, in order that they
may enacavor to moderate, in Europe
the too ardent desire Of changing sud
denly tho position Of one particular
class OF the human family. A nation
can not, with reason, desire tho realiza
ton Of its phiosophic aspiration at The
cost Of eacritices, the very nature o
which would at once compromise the
individual we'll being Of it's citizens, and
the commercial prosperity Of the coun
try.
The press which represent European
interests will perhaps hesitate to lavish
further its boundless eulogies AMI ap
proval on policy, the practice Of which
would but hasten the ruin and destruc
ton Of Southern marts, which are, ate,
all, its proper markets.
Let Us not be deceived; the North ex
hibits so much rashness ard audacity
only from the belief taught it by the
European press, that the inhabitants o.
the South, too weak in numbers to re-
sist its attacks, will not find on this eide
Of the Atlantic a single generous senti
ment, much less moral support Viii
philanthropy so TAR blind European
commerce as to make 1t forgetful of it,
own interests We do not think an
and already England, profoundly moved
swakes at length to the reality; she be.
gins to measure the whole extent of the
disaster which menaces her manufac.