Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-17

heart feels there 10 . duty to perform.
Auxiou. ~ We Ill are to close up tho
breach through which our national Vi
tails are iast draining, and to check the
tide Of this gigantic drama, We must OF
necessity feel how pressingly important
At the approaching opportunity, it is to
adopt some metbod,t to strike some chord
that the fountain from which hope may
derived for re.adjusting the conflicting
elemeote, may breathe . current OF the
purer and more Christening stream OF
elementary feeling in our bosoms and
hearts throughout the circle ofthis once
prosperous and happy country. The
mind of the whitensd sire, whose pros
pective imagination has been his solace
and comfort in anticipating the joys and
blessings ~ reward to coming genera
lions, falling from our sacred principles
of liberty, is led to hope (bow vs'nly IS
yet among the unsettled things OF the
future,) that in the forthcoming political
canvass every voter may be enabled to
exercise. in the wild scene Of confusion
agitating the mind, power correspond
ing with the impulses and tone Of the
great mass Of bleeding hearts-both in
the field of action and around the heart b.
stones-to aIlay this unparalleled strife.
A most imperative necessity rests upon
tho Indifferent, as well as powerful
stimulant to the invalid to rise from bis
couch and approach the ballot.box," to
partake of that sacred right low en-
dangere0 to save those institutions IN
herited from our fathers, and renew q
higher tone of n oral and religious ap-
probation of one anotbers rights.
Shall we sit quiet and let nature be
allowed to work its own destruction,
and the moral tone Of our being be.
come swallowed mp amid the atrocities
of the agep Shall VIC permit the mind,
with all its visiols which the genius OF
imagination ever pictured in the range
Of the radius of thought, or those Eope-
tul aspirations which have ''buoyed up
the fettered heart and l,ghteued the
burdens of the oppre' sed," to be
cIogged with the dust Of the insane,
fanatic or wreckIess spirit of disappo'nt-
ed ambition Shall we cndow our off
spring With the seeds which shall con.
sumo all virtue and render abortive the
npexampled strides in human progress,
which few short years, under the aus
picious laws enacted by our worthy
sires, (for the promotion of principles
OF justice, peace and harmony,) have
sent forth to brighten the intellect Of
man? Let Us then begin to look around
US. The world 10 full OF anxiety. and
all nations are watching for the result OF
this ''irrepresslbIe conflict" Nobility
are pratipg about the falacy and weak
ness Of republics, and laughing over the
PROSTATE advocate of the freedom Of
bought and the press. The heat has
been filled with the intoxicating
, draugbts Of suffering humanity until the
legitimate attributes of our nature have
> gwen way, inscns,ble to the smoke and
ruins before us. The brilliant lus,re
heretofore encircling tie thoughts, is
about to be stricken from the pride of a
nation of people, brought about by
, working upon the passions of men.
3 Shall we remain inactive, aud permit
$ the gossi ping world to rejoice at the
!. prospect of so fruitful return for the
, christian sympathies and philan,hrophic
impulses Of years past for the enslaved ?
Let us then begin at the fountain head.
The heart must be righted. "Let us
. cleanse ourselves from the rotten yes
tlges of fanatics and party dogmas" and
commence wo'k of harmony and uni.
! ty of feeling IN the human heart toward
our fellow beings, with an energy
strengthened by the visible depths OF
despair ~'t"ue-vu along the borders Of
the conflict. Let not the darker glades
of mo, taI,ty enshroud the genius of our
name, or gloat the imagination with
Afrlca's Inherited doom. Wake hen
t,om the sleep Of conscious indifference
and re erect our energies into life.
, The dreadful calamities threatening
this once peaceful land arc looming ny
with such gigantic magnitude that all
hearts are fearful of the impending
crash. Yea, this avalanche Of woes up.
on nation of people habituated to ali
the virtues OF peace, harm ony, kindness
, and brothery love, is sufficient to cal
INTO requisi'ion the strongest energie,
which ennoble mortal existence. The
spirit of ipd ference SO long sickened
, by tie obnoxious vspors Of believing
fanatics and IDLE dem"goguea, must b.
made. Conscious OF the imperative neces.
slty Of renovation and reform. Is it no,
time to reflect what mast he the end
unless some divine power soon begins t
spend its mighty ,rfluence to assnag,
the fury of the elements, and help Il
}, bring peace aud consolation to tn,
afflicted I? The tibres OF the heart beg,,
70 ech to the mournful dirge sweeping
! throughout hill and vale Of our ono.
= happy country. Then let tho coming
political canvass be the harbinger OF hope
The Trumpet of the Masses" mus
sound through the ballot box its halle.
lujahs to the freedom Of thought. LIE
j. us show our patriot soldiers that tn
t work has commenced, that our heart
t are torn and bleed ng until the bitter.
8 ness of our 1oes have fired our ener