Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-02-15

rearing and educating their young chill
dssn, sud by paying generous dedom-
ageuDent 10 their Legitimate owners.
Holland, who has always acted -
Christian nation, did not preach "Io
war, TO var, for God and psinc'ples-
she did not steal the property OF her
colopists, nor stir up their passions BY
Interpretations or false. so'cailed
philanthropy, without offering ore sln.
ole penny TOR the only means Of lawful
livelihood she intended to take away OF
her fellow brethreu-shc did not inclte
instruction, crime and murdcr-wh'!e
she did not believe in the doctrine:
.sthat tie aim justifies the Oeans!
Holland followed the example Of Christ
and His Apostles. She was true to her
Constitution, and true to the highest
laws above that Constitution.
A painful review Of the American
slavery agitation, kindled and contlnu-
aIly inaamed by Great Britain's policy,
reveals more hidden motives. 1t Is not
only destined 10 divide tie North from
the south, but to break again later both
10 frsgments-to check their growth
and prosperity-their increase and en-
iorat'on. before the war, focking in
large numbers to their shores, by means
of heavy war taxes, internal troubles
and anarchy. A continuation OF all this
can annihilate Great Britain's former
powerful rival for years to come, and at
the same time promote not only the
greatness, prosperity and wealth OF
England J, but also that Of her colonies,
where her policy will dictate now 10 at
tract the European, and even a great
deal OF the American emigration.
Americans, may you be guided and as
sisted amidst the clangor OF trumpets,
the clash OF steel, the roll Of drums and
the echoes of laundering artillery, by
the powerful inspirations OF true pat
riots. and among those Of the noble
philanthropist Edmund Burke, the &C.
complished statesman Henry Clay, and
the wondrous orator and great expouu.
der Of your Constitution, Daniel Web
ster. May now another Beatrice to
another Dante, point ont their majestic
shadows, when they listen to sthe roll
Of the red artillery" and the tramp Of
the close columns ct armed men who
blast the earth they tried to keep green
with the velvet garb Of peace!
We're we permitted to witness them
in dim pcrspectives Of the spirit world,
would not Burke he seen as he moved,
on the 22d of March, l775, his resolu-
tons for Cancellation with the American
Colonies, and like an angel OF peace,
thus addressed the warlike English Par
lament "Great and acknowledged force
is not impaired, either in effect or il
opinion, by an unwilingness to exert
itself. The superior power may offer
peace with honor and with safety"
Would not Clay appear, with his head
thrown back, his foot advanced, his
hand extended, filing the Senate House
with the tbunders of his voice and re-
pea,ing to her, what he once said to
Vice President Van Buren, with impa-
tent gesture: ITO you then, sir, in no
unfiiendy spirit, but with feelings sof-
tened and subdued by the deep distress
which pervadcs every class Of our coun-
trymen, make the appeal. Ii
tirmness he honorable, when guided by
truth and justice, it can be intimately
allied to another quality, of the most
pernicious tendency IN the prosecution
Of az erroneous system." Would we
not admire Webster's statuesque, with
folded arms, and from beneath his mas.
sive brow darti1g CLEANS Of living fire,
as lie invoked worlds vengeance on
the vioiators of the national compact,
under the protection Of which the
growth Of the Union had become pro-
dizzy to the civilized worlds Would we
not listen to him, if he now repeated
"Tbe domestic slavery Of the South
leave where l find tin the hands of
Meir o,cn government. There
are, in the Constitution, grants Of power
to Congress, and restrictions on those
powers The supremacy Of the
Constitution and laws of the United
States is declared! %
Though the dream Of the poet is be-
yond our realization, and we can only
recall to memory what has passed away,
would patriots and Statesmen of the pre-
sent day not seek counsel from the wis
dom and eloquence of these noble and
great men, as to their course in the sad
emergencies of the times "The vic.
tory Of error is but for day, the vigor
of truth is eternal!''
"Human passions. human failings,
Every man must feel within,
Hear their evils in the Wailings
Of the blasts Of human sim
Men are barks on life's sea driven;
May the wrecked ones be forgiven!
| For life's waves are surging ever,
| And the ship-the minds strong,
That can ride, and riding, never
Yield the right course to the wrong.
Every man 10 still our brother;
Let W pray for one another Npamlding
Rock Island, Feb I'd, 1852
A CINcINNATr letter to the N. Y.
Tribune, says: "A merchant of this city,
who has recently mingled in official
circles at Washington, states that the
President reads no newspaper much but
the Louisville Journal"
Sensible people generally, will com.
mend the course Of The President
especially in not reading Abolition jour.
mails. Tho Tribune and its lesser con
freres are doubtless much disguised a,
being ignored by the Chief Executive.