Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-04-18

Brave, Giasestes Brave.
We were mosstban usually refreshed
ysstsrday morning BY Pssusal OF the
eGpsieus Of our irate contemporary
WHOLE columns Of bourgeois we're devo'
ed 10 ~ in the msse unsslsntiag styla
Had We been seeking the :" bubble. rep
utation, 1t the connon's mouth" We
doubt il w should have been moro sue
cessful than We have been in this quiet
little villsgs on the western bank q the
Mississippi. The expression Of ~ hon
est opinion in regard to the novel expe
dition to Sumter, was our Sin. We
considered it = fool operation. We have
not changed our mind in the least. Fh''
is the time for decisive action and mol
for boys f,lly and the initistory steP'
Of oil others, should have been such
one - would have told with the most
powerful effect. In contest like the
one inaugurated, every blow must
count; every charge upon the cohorts
Of the enemy must be made with such
vigor- with such irresistible energy -
knows not defeat, - cannot BE- made
to recoil. Were the President OF the
United States 10 send . force OF ten
thousand men to-day. to take any gwen
point in the Southern Confsderacy, the
act would be properly denounced a. fool
hardy, yet the attempt to reinforce Sum-
ter was not whit more sensible, and
we denounce il. Our patriotism 10 Of
that stamp, that we recognize no man
as being free from censure, when by pre-
mature and i'll advised movements, he
forleits the lives Of ten thousand men.
If il is to be war-and we verify be-
lieye it is to be nothing else, let not
another blow be struck until there has
been accumulated aforce that will carry
conviction with it. That 10 the style OF
fighting that we want to see when fight
ing cannot be avoided, ard when the
President of the United States or any.
body else attempts any more namby.
PANTY demonstrations, we rather calcu.
late that We shall exercise the right to
free our mind on the subject ; in fact We
have not the leae. doubt Of it. We
20 in for the Union, and when that great
American Eagle Of our gets into little
brush with some other fowl, don't, for
Gods sake, let him sail 10 with talons
bampercd, his wings cropped or his
back tied up-let the old fellow spread
himself anu 60 in with full powers. II
anybody Hampers with that.bird, we are
going to say what We please about it ;
We are going to denouuce it, and We call
upon the Gazette to do the same thing.
Let US have no more Sumter opera
tons ; no mare unnecessary defeats Of
that kind, no man worshipping-but
give US the unauthorized article Of pat
riotism anything less than that goes to
destroy con6dendence in the sagacity
and capacity Of the Administration.
Does the Gazette feel like asking our
pardon now-and that of the public,
also, for having made an ass Of itself
Ifnot, suppose that it lets drive another
column or 90 Of its natural spleen At our
heads. 1t don't make any difference
to us which it is.
Making up tho Issue l..The Border States
The policy of the General Govern.
mcnt and that Of the Seeded States il
fast approaching the eliminating point
The Border States, with the exception O
Delaware aud perhaps Maryland are
about to declare to the world that theiI
heart and hand is with the seceders
The seven million population Of tn,
Border States added to the three mil
lions already out, makes the issue more
formidable than all have really expected
to see it. The fight inaugurated by tn,
seceders at Charleston few days sine,
10 fast bringing about such condition o
affairs as will call forth the energies O
every American citizen. The troops il
the North and in the South, to the OF
tent Of not less than one hundred thou
sand on each side, will soon be in th,
6eld and be ready TO defend their flags
Each and every man 10 expected to d.
his duty, to advocate the best interest
Of his country and defend them to tn
est. The result can be surmised b.
one - we'll - another. Let 10 hope f.
the best, and work for il.
The Volunteers.
The Chicago Rbst suggests that th
army Of Office holders, 90 lately b.
sieging Washington, can now be serve
with positions in the military service
The Alton Democrat thinks this 10
good idea, in which we fully concur
The patriots who have been petitionin