Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-30

- 91uAatug - Rsauanss
.ma 9uuee 49, 49, sbuon thissliug FOL
blood ere y s ny; thoss whose ear
haye been anxlously agsps 70 catch th'
arstSbis a ~ - war, have y
20 unsstis0ed; q least the telegraph
5sys y, sod osss u great WINS sbs1
eoocers tsIls come very plain tru,bs
No more fighting 1t present! Wha,
will become Of the country What
WIN bscSnle ofthe greedy sswsmosess.
Who talk 90 sagely and savagely abou,
instant destruction Of everything south
Of M. = De - ssted lisSa Well,
when will there b! my 6ghtinef Not
: single fort, fortreos or fertilization,
battery, arsenal, 6eId-piece, or powder
flask which we're takso by the rebels.
have been re-po.sessed. Not : single
lesson has been taught che offenders in
any manner. BloekGono have been in
stituted to be 81 chat il to be
expected of block - They cut of
commerce. So they do, but the mere
fact that foreign commerce is cut of
does not reduce or crush out rebellion,
but on the other hand, nourishes it.
strengthens i. II every nation in the
world but the American, were blotted
from existence to-day, there would be
no further need Of blockade; but who
says that any thing Of the kind would
render the capitnlation Of the Southern
States imperative. There is no such
thing in the books; the Southern States
are selfsupportiog. The South is not
going to be compelled to buy dollars
worth Of goods either from Norlhers
merchants or European dealers. Force
the Southern people into tight place
ifyou will, but they will live and live to
fight in spite Of blockades, in spite Of
huge standing armies scattered along
the boundary line, in spite Of any and
everything except actual offensive war
war that shall produce lakes and
rivers Of human gore, war that shall!
cause old earth to shudder, and tho ma
tions Of the earth to stand aghast with
horror. Ii Mr.. Lincoln means to carry
out the programme he has sworn he
wuuld carry out,he must resort 10 strong
er means than have yet been used. Talk
about blockades and standing armies !!
Talk about defensive operations En-
circle the entire South with walls so
high and thick and 90 firm that the skill
Of man could not scale nor batter them
dowo,and Southern people could live and
grow tat. They can raise their own
fodder, they can manufacture their OWL
wearing apparel, they can do everything
that needs to be done to make life com
. But suppose the forts and all the
stolen property be recartnred with,
six months, v hat does it amount to il
no concurrent action is taken. The
mere possession of forts will neither
,~ake nor break any body, and will sever
plant the stars and Stripes on Southern
soil, or cause the Union to be loved ans
revered as it should be. The day oil
compromise has gone by, aud Mr.. Lin.
coin has only to let the Southern States
60 or make an offensive war upon Them
The people have been expecting the lat
ter, but it the telegraph tells the truth,
there is to be nothing Of the kind; the
grand army Of two hundred thousand
men at an expense Of $500, 900 per day or
$l5, 100000 per month is to be kept up,
to watch southern antics. That vii, be a
pretty state of affairs. But it seems to
be the programme, and We poor devils
have to stand and look sharp for the
Presidential policy:
TIE Commissioner of Patents and