Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-24

2 figflIo -lhe property Oh the Union. That
property, the territories, will remain where The
? Unian remains, and the slave power would dc
well Arst TO consider how much blood it car
spart7 before it attempts to strip the Union o.
: a siasle square foot of ground. Tremendous
Chez,
HnT SETTLE THE RREPREssIBLE CONFLICT
: There is bat one way of settling the ''irre-
press BE conflict" It is not by resisting the
! spirit Of the times and trying TO ncutralize its
i ilnpsssss t,yser for you attempt that in vain
but 6s4Eg neufYeit<tag the obstacles tcaies haoe
throsa Themselves ifto as path. The irrepressi-
! BILE cor fct will rage with unabated fury until
our ascial and political development is harmon
lied 9th the irrepressible tendency Of tie age
Tat IS the solution which the Republicans
proFsse, Their programme is simple and con-
; sistesf;
Protection of our natural and constitution
al rights.
Non-intefarence with the social aud polite
al iEstitutions existing by the legislation OF
sovereign States. Exclusion of slavery from
the national Territories they must be free
becaase they are national. Immense cheer
ing
e-t4| SA 4A1N isAOOA
the homestead bill and the encouragement OF
home industry. [Cheering renewedl
THE HEAgsEss OF THE SOUTH IN WAR.
/ Bat we are toid that the people oftbe Slave
States are warike race, and thst they viii
gain, by force, what We are willing to coneede-
/ Nar! What charm there is i'll that word
i for people Of colenels and generals! Well,
since that old German monk invented that in
significant black powder, which blew the
streagholds Of fendalism into the air. war falls
ffiqsa.-an9 more under the head of mathemat-
iesfi sciences. Den Quixote, who, undoubtod-
", would have been a hero in the seventh cen
turg, would certainly be the most egregious
fool in the niReteenth century. I have no
| thisg to say about the bravery of the South
eFlfspenple for Eught care they may be bra
ver-that- they pretend to be; but / invite
them candidy to open their eyes like sensible
niata.
will not compare the resources of the
South, in mea and money, to those of the
North, although statistical statements would
demonstrate the overwhelming superiority Of
the latter. We can afford to be liberal, and
| for argument sake, admit that the South will
| eoisa1 the North in numbers and if they in
sist upon ii, excel us in martial spirit. Bnt
it requires very little knowledge of military
mstters TO understand that, aside OF numbers
equipment, courage and discipline, the strength
| e IN army consists in its ability to coGcen-
trate It's forces, at all times, upon the decisive
| point. Providence IS on the side of the big
| f,,attall;ons, said Napoleon. That means not
! fi-st victory will be with the most numerous
II obi
/ ii sftfsst wren f decisive biexF Is to be
stuck. An army that is always scattered
! over large surface, is, properly speaking, no
| army at ALL Even by much less numerous,
! but concentrated enemy, it will be beaten in
detail, division after division it is defeated
before having lost a man. This is plain.
| The South thinks of going to war for the
| benefit and protection of slavery. But slave
Try is not merely an abstract principle; slavery
| consists materially in the individual slaves
| in SO aud so many millions of human clattel6
scattered over so many thousands Of square
| miles. In order to protect slavery, it is es-
sential that the Shareholders be protected in
| the possession OF their slaves.
| I say, therefore, that slavery cannot be pro-
tected in general without being protected in
detail. But how can you protect it in detail?
By guarding fifteen hundred miles Of northern
| frontier and two Thousand miles Of seacoast
from an enemy who is perfectly free in his
movements. and aided by an extensive railroad
system always able to concentrate his forces
| wherever he pleases? 1t is impossible; the
| FULLEST understanding sees IL 1t may be said
| that it will not be necessary indeed, for the
free States it would not they may, in order
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tory fer the damage done by an invasion is
easily repaired. The retreating invader can
not carry the liberties of the invaded country
away with him. Cheers.
Not so with slavery. A northern anti-sla-
very army, or even small flying corps invad
ing slave-holding State would perhaps not
Systematically Iiberatc the slaves, but at all
events it would hardly squander much time
and health in catching the runaway. The
probability, therefore, is, that wherever
northern army appears, the slaves disappear,
and slavery with them-at least for the time
being. Invade free State, and the restora-
tion of liberty, after the attack is repulsed, re-
quires only the presence of freemen. But the
restoration of slavery will require capital
that capital consisted principally in the slaves
the slaves have run away, and with the capital
necessary for the restoration of slavery.
The slave States therefore, cannot expose
their territory without leaving unprotected the
Institution, for the protection of which the war
was undertaken. They have to cover thou
sands and thousande of vulnerable points, for
every plantation is an open wound every ne
gro cabin sorn. Every border or seaboard
slave State will need her own soldiers, and
more too for her own protection and where
will be the material for the concentrated ar
my? Scattered over thousands of miles with
out the posi- bility of concentration.
Besides the slave States harbor danger
GUS enemy within their own boundaries, and
that is slavery ITSELF Imagine they are at
with anti-slavery people, whom they
have exasperated by their own hostility
What will be the effect upon the slaves ? The
question is not whether the North will insti-
gate a slave rebellion, for suppose they will
not ; the question is, whether they pre-
vent it, and / think they cannot. But the
mere anticipation of negro insuneetion
land the heated imagination of the save-hol-
der will discover symptoms of rebeious
spirit in every trihe) will paralyze the whole
South Do you remember the effect of John
Browns attempt? The severest blow he
struck at the slave power was not that be
disturbed a town and killed several citizens,
hut that he revealed the weakness of the
wh1le South.
They will not have men enough to quiet
their fears at home what will they have to
oppose the enemy? Every township will
want its home regiment, every plantation its
garrison and what will be left for field army?
No sooner will movement of concentration
be attempted than the merest panic viii undo
and frustrate it forever Themstocles might
say that Greece was on the ship; French
general might say that the Republic was in