Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-16

never win.
Southers l3ragaaocio.
w ithout questioning at oil the pluck
and bravery Of the Southern fighting
men, We must say that they are second
to none in the world on Dragging. The
following article from tho Mobile Regis
ter 10 . specimen. II 70 thought the
writer believed what he wrote down
there could be no other alternative than
to set him down ss . fool or the worst
deceived man on the continent. Hear
him:
NORTHERN PALrRoONs SOUTHERN
BRAvEs.-The Massachusetts troops
which we're 70 roughly handled by the
people OF Baltimore, we're halt armed,
badly clothed, and nearly starved. Their
colonel behaved like = bastard, gave his
men the order TO "run," and sheltered
himself under the wing OF the Mayor.
At Gosport, where, by Lincoln's order,
the public property was burned, all the
acconnts show that the naval .~d militia.
~ Officers and men to whom that van
dsl work was entrusted, behaved in a
most cowardly manner, and all hands
we're drunk, from Commodore Macaulay
down.
The 5000 rowdies who have seized
Caro-, are represented rs the scourings
Of the CITY Of Chicago and other west
eun towns, and they amuse themselves
with stopping unarmed boats and steal
ing hen coops. An eye witness says
100 firm Southern men could run them
from the town, unless the mosquitoes
and chills and fever save them the
trouble in the meantime. Throughout
the war, 90 tav, not one act Of courage,
not one symptom of generalship and
eoldierly feeling or ability have been
displayed. Lincoln himself is frighten-
ed 70 death, keeps up his spirits by pour
ing spirits down, sleeps with his boots
on, and his "cap and cloak" at hand,
with his palace filed with armed men to
guard his sacred person. The govern
ment, and the military and the press in
its service, are exhibiting at every step
uomstsksble signs of trepidatlon.
Woe be to the Northern battalions
that meet the first shock and outburst
Of tho fiery vaior aud fierce indignation
that have fused in one compact mass
the entire Southern mind and heart. If
the war lasts FIVE yesrs, the terms Of
peace will be dictated at the gates Of
Boston. But the var viii not last 90
long. The day is not distant when tho
North will sue for peace. Until it does,
the policy ~ we'll ~ the will Of the
South is to give them war to their hearts
contsat-waS to the knife and to the
hilt.
Another bit Of intelligence from the
Charleston Courier will be read with
dssp interest in this latitude. The
items therein contained are entirely new
to US:
Passenger direct from Ne,o York
sspressaas III condition Of tj!ings in that
city - one " great confusion and tend
ING to ANARCHY. Mob law Is triumph
ant, and Southern men, or those known
to sympathiss With the South, are in
cessesats danger OF their lives. Tgi-
lasses 0bmssitsae vi9s ne houses Of tie
,seaIthy, and every man 10 heavily ~.
ssssed Tor the support Of the families Of
those who hsve volunteered their servi-
ces to the Administrator. Assessments
OF $4,000, $1,000 and $4,000 on large
noases are said to be very common.
those merchants Who refuse or make
the sl'ghtest hesitation are threateped
with the cleaning out Of their ,t,res, a
.scsrdt already haze Dem empsied ~
Three mon soere ut upon in Egorenc.
Aofek Ne's York, and too killed for
ezp~ess''eg sympathy With Tie South. 3
tfthe south don't know it yet, it viii
soon dad ont that the circulation Of
such reports among it. people operate.
in ihyor 81 the North rather than against
it. However, let them keep it MP. Thew
wilfthink bstter Of i some time.
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