Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-06-22

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n various sections Of the oouutry We
notice many papers Of both parties are
dropping : portion Of their talk about
VA, subjugation and such, and have
commenced ooasidsring the probabili-
ties and possibilitiss Of foregoing the
necessity Of spilline the beat blood ofthe
nation, and spending million Of Treas
urs per day, By some honorable adjust-
ment Can it be donsi The question
il an extremely knotty one. The dec
lsration made BY certain member Of
Congress last winter, that il the North
would present the South with . clean
sheet Of paper. and grant perfect liberty
to write thereon her own terms Of SET
Element, on the basis Of remaining in
the Union, such an offer would be
spurned, shows precisely, - We think,
the position Of the Cotton States to-day.
We think We can name nine Southern
States in which there is not Union salt
enough to keep thcm from spoiIing. The
inhabitants Of those States. with some
isolated exceptions, prefer war to the
bitter end rather than submission to the
Constitution Of the United States. What
theni Simply this: There is no
means Of settlement excepting upon the
basis Of dissolution. When the people
Of the North decide that a dissolu-
ton Of the Union is preferable to the
loss Of half million Of men and hum
dreds Of millions Of treasure, then there
will be grounds upon which to found an
amicable settlement, and not before.
And right here the question arises,
whether, after the slaughter of that
number of citizens, most of whom are
perfectly innocent Of this quarrel, and
the impoverishment Of the country,
which il most deplorable contingency
whether, after this, the South will assume
that relation in the Union which it held
before the eruption. If such q result is
sure to accrue, then there 10 some shad-
ow of reason in calling forth armies-in
Harvesting the entire country to the bat
tie car-in spending the treasures Of the
nation, and bathing the country in the
gore Of fathers, sons and brothers. But
those horrors should be Stunned if pos
siblc.
We have never yet seen the time
since the rebellion fairly commenced,
when wo could honestly ana candidly
Gay to ourselves that we expect to live
70 see that happy day when South Caro-
lina,and some seven Of eight other States
Of the South, will send their represent
a.ives to the Congress of the United
States.
There is no hope, then, of compro-
misc on the Union basis. The party which
is in power in the North would not ac-
cept even Crittenden Compromises and
surely the South will not accept that, or
any other. In sueing Tor peace, them 1T
is upon the dissolution basis. 1t is upon
the hypothesis that the bl GOD, the peace,
the treasure of the Union is more to be
coveted, more to 10 desired, more to be
sought after than tho perpetuity ofthe
Union itself. Is tho hypothesis a correct
one! Taken in connection with the as
sumption that the South will never, un-
der any pressure, resume its fcalty to the
Union, it would make the present war
most atject piece of folly. AS before
remarked, there arc some knotty
points involved in this matter, and upon
which we may speak further at another
time. At present, however, we leave
the subject, expressing the strong hope
that upon the meeting of the next ses-
sion Of Congress, the wise men Of the
nation will inaugurate some policy upon
which an amicablo and honorable ad
jnstment can be made, and the shedding
of blood avoided. An honorable peace
is a consummation for which all good
men will most devoutly labor.
Peace Resolutions.
We publish this morning q series Of