Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-10-26

J.. OCTOBER 26, 1850
friends of she Institution. that tfey have not
the least faith in the -colersa pietures of
the happy contentmeBt, of the aegroes. szs5z
HqW Infatuated, then, or how reckless must
be the Southern, demagogue who propagates
I the sfatement, which, If be Is able TO Read he
must know TO be false, that the Republican
Pafty meditateH the overthrow of fssSlavery in
spite Of the Oonstitution,s and at any sacrifice
of the lives and honor of the men and women
| Of The South The SHAREHOLDERS have no enc
mics equal to those, Ia recklessness, and in the
power Of evil The madhess of John Brown
vas harmless; hias invasion ofgVirginia was
too transparently absurd to be initiated by sane
men but the eloquent deusgogue who pro-
claims to the slaves that the party which is
about 70 triumph in the Presidential contest is
determined to aboiist SlaRery and make me-
groes equal 20 white men. is the public enemy
whom Ahe SHAREHOLDERS 4haye need to fear. and
whose punishment, or compulsory silence,
would be justified by q regard for the public
safety. 3 sa.ss4ss ,saFsa ri ses,.s,.s .v=s H.
y These Demoeratic maligDers of the Repub-
hcaa party and its principles, are preparing
the hearts Of the negroes for bloody 4insurrec-
tipl. They are instilling into them the hope
of freedon, and the belief that their masters
are to be, forced into, measures of emanci-
patton BY Northern conquerors at the point
Of the bayonets, Can the effect of such ir-
culcations. be mistaken? Can they fail to
inspire the negroes with courageous hope
and to nerve their brawny arms fof the
nghI fsss 1ssgsEsr, ssa Is ess5sse st5 So - a
We are not left to speculate in the dark on
these points. We know what was the effect
of Democratic Misrepresentation in 1856, after
the defeat of the Republican candidates We.
know that serious attempts at insurrection oe-
eurred, which were not Suppressed but by the,
sacrifice Of many lives. Leading Southern
ji.nfuais- charged these insurrectionary move
lhents to the false hopes created in the breasts
of slaves by Democratic statements of the
purposes of the Republi .an party. Since that
period the fnisrepresentetionah has beenastudious-
II persisted in,. year in and year out, for the
simple reason that the propagandisis of Sla-
very have little eles to say for themselves
Their own outrages upon the rights Of free
dom, and their frauds upon the Treasury are
too monstrous to be defended, and their sonlys
hope Of retaining power, iiss.inslbe effect of,
their Misrepresentation of their opponents--l
There is now real and imminent danger that
this systematic indoctrination of the negro
race with tine idea that it is.to be liberated and
put on equality with the white race. hy a
Republican triumph, is about tobear its .natu-
sfal fruit, in widespread nsurrectionary
scheme, whatesar be the result7of the election.
The election of Mr.. Lincoln.and the peaceful
aequiescence of the South, would, without
doubt, avert any serious efforts at rebellion :;
but nothing is more probable than that any at
tempt at secession would produce an instant
revolt of the slaves. s# SO saiassass s.
ef'he seeeders have impressed the slaves with
thezbelief that the Black Republicans have
no other aim but to set them free; and is it
probable that, with such hopes, they viii qui-
IaflF submit to being taken from under the
Black Republican y rale3 lind isi # mot
clear that the only way 10 avert lthe eonse-1
eHences of their own falsehoods is to acquiesce
in the election of Mr.. Lincoln like good citi-
zens Fs7sa7 ss4i e szzaas ~ 81
But if the people Of the south wish osen11
JOY all the peece and safety that are consistent
with their peculiar Institution, gieif course Isl
clearly to compel the demag gogdes who have
done the mischief TO retract their Ealsehoods,
and teach their slaves that the Republican
party occupies the position as regards -Sla
very, Of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and
Clay; that they have no thought or purpose
Of setting the slaves free, and that they will
promptly put down any attempt at insurrec-
Htion 9%g 81 Ea e Asas s1s8asA
s We are glad to find that the facts sand sug
gestions set forth abeve are Beginning to- force
their way into the minds of men IN the exs;
treme South, where the greater dassger exists
A country paperj Alabataa, called the Re
sporter, whose remarks are qaoted and Endorsed
by the Mobile Mercnry, says
!" We would say to Southern men every
where adopt i more svigilant system OF police
and patrol regulations. Keep yoar Slaves at
home. and worthless white meh of yoar presnis-
es. Don't talk politics inas theif pHeseaee and
bearing. Welearr that the idea prevails to a
very considerable extent among them, that a.
Black Republican, is negro and that if u
Black Republicafi & elected President he will
set them all free.s' hsS9zis ri 5saa4 sae'e
l. This is doing very well fer a beginning.
But the Alabama editors must go q good deal
further, if they, hope to avert the danger. r
l'They must correct the Misrepresentation
which they and their leader, Mr.. Yahcey, have
made. and which have led the negroes into
these crude mistakes Let sthea,s therefore, not
cease to discuss politics in the. presence of the
slaves, but let them retface their steps, and
learn to speak the truth. They are 10 way
to learn the value Of truth for once, and we
zcongEatulate them. 1T is ahetter that men
should be honest aud truthful from policy,
4 than that they should be false. It is not often
4 that the utility of truth is made SO conspie-
uous to those who have no natural love for
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