Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-02


= A new petbeb Of es9ePing the dan |
gers q becoadb6g pa lot IN the held
has Den diseDvered b. csrtsin wortnie:
Of q cage THAT desc! b thy unqual'nsd
appr6batlon Of every unity coward IN the
land. These men, without either Patri-
otlsm, moral honesty, common decency.
or brute courage, stay at home them
selves and make II their business TO go
round and tsunt and threaten Demo-
crat.. and tell them that they are spot
ted and, .ssnsrk ed NOT withstandieg II
il a veil known fact that an overwheim-
ing wsjo,isy OF our city soluntssEA are
Democrats. These base towards would
cover up the color Of their own white
Iivers by this species OF cheap but DIZZY
terrorism. Too craven to volunteer
themselves, or TO risk their worthless
csrcasses in the field, they compensate
their country and satisfy their patriotism
with frotby talk and insolcnce to our
own loyal citizens at home. Even mean
or motives than these are apparent IN
the conduct Of these insolents. In many
instances it 10 apparent that the object
10 to harrass aud ipjure Democrats who
are their rivals in business, or TO coerce
them by sowing suspicious Of their 10y
atty to leave their business and volunteer,
and thus end their competition. Others
take this means of wlesking vengeance
for old political and parry spite. In
fact there are as many mean motives as
there are instances Of threats and 'spot-
ting"
This thing ought not and must not
be continued. Ii a city where the
Democracy Of all classes have SO nobly
responded to the call Of their country,
and have generously let sleep their party
feelings for the sake OF their countrys
flag, it is a simple infamy to permit
these things to be done. 1t is calcula-
ted to breed trouble and injury to the
cause Of the country. The RepubIl-
cans especially should take this matter
in hani. 1t is an injury to the honora-
bic Republicans who are honestly en-
deavorlng to serve their country to have
the hearts OF Democrats soured by these
selfish and cowardly scamps. The
Democrats OF Chicago are rot only To-
cal, but are above just suspicion, and to
permit them to be snnbbed and threat
ened by men Of the opposite party can
not but tend to ALLEVIATE them from the
cause. Democrats here are determined
to adhere Loyalty to the Government in
this fight, but they do not expect while
they do so, to be the subjects OF malig-
nant insolence and personal insult, from
men Of the opposite party who dare not
90 themselves and fight the common
enemy. Those who have the ear Oh
these men should whisper in it very
loudly to stop such insolence at once
We have had many bitter complaints
made to us upon this subject from oul
Democratic friends, and we have but
one advice to give them, and that Is
this: These men are not in sympathy
with the genuine patriots of the Repub
ican party, nor will their insolence bs
sanctioned by any party-when, there
fore, these selt-conslituted censors, in
suit you by their hints of your being {
traitor and OF "spotting' you, just treat
it rs you would any other personal iu
suit, and spot them Chicago Times.
The RESULT OF THE WAR FOREsEEr
By THE SouTH.-lt is a certain and zig
pWjtiaapt tae !.. tina. when q Sontherne
sends then North. Exchal GEES are al
in favor Of the North, and capital from
the South is finding its way thither 70
safety. In Virginia while their ow,
paper is at twenty five por cent. dis
count, Northern funds are reported a
!. at a premium actually worth NOR,
!. than gold. as being more easily an,
safely transportable to Northern cities
Thus the SOuthc,ners themselves hay
prejudged the result of the impendin.
struggle.
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