Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-16
RE CATHOLIC Press and the war.

i ne CatHDliC EFGSS gives LD6 y OrtQ q strong
support in its war against the Southern Se
cessionists, <bough none of them go beyond
whaI is written" in the Presidents proclama
tion. But they are fully up to the masses of
their Protestant contemporaries. Thus, for
example, tie concluding portion of article
in the last number of Bfownson's Quarterly
Review EN- bodies in a Better and briefer form
than we have elsewhere read, the general
opinions and prejudces Of the North with re-
ference to this War. file admission that slave
ry is wrong, yet an expression of willingness,
for an old parchment's sake, to support and
uphold it; Piled with an eagerness, albeit,
to take any good chances to crush out the
monster-all these Northern peculiarities of
opinion are ably expressed by the writer Of
this passage
What will be the final effects of the contest
on the slave question, we pretend not to pre-
dict. Nobody has engaged in the war with
the intention of putting an end to slavery: all
who have responded to the call of the Presi.
dent and backed on their armOr, have done
so to vindcate the Constitution, to enforce the
prevailing laws, and to preserve the Union
But if the rebels p4ofe theH3s8l9es dtle TO pro-
tract the struggle and to gain some victories,
if they carry on the war in the manner indi
Gated by the murder OF TIE lGnented Ellsworth,
and large numbers Of our fathers, husbands,
bruth rs, or sons fail, aud the passions of the
non slaveh0fling State ) become aroused and
embiticrcd, slavery must go, and the war will
be- in eject ii war Of liberation. We, for our
selves slrll not this result, for we see not what
disposition could be r'fEtle of the slaves, ii
emancipa;cd But that this will come, we
think hy 40 means unlikely. In the mean
ti,rc, ct us say distinctly that while we should
G.sap, rc,,e II all uttempS to incitc the negroes
10 insu rrcijun, We earnestly protest, in case
insrrl, ctitn among them should take place
without Our agency, against employing Fed.
eral troops in suppressing them. AS long as
the Shareholders are in rebellion against the
Union, we say let them employ their own
forces iii keeping their slaves in subjection.-
II this weak,ns their force against Us, so much
the better fer US; and so much the worse fo4
them. We are not enough in love with
slavery to volunteer it any protection. The
pound Of flesh" stipulated in the bond, we will
pay to the exact scruple; but If the STAKEHOLDER
ask for more, let the penalty fall on his OWL
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discharged his obligations to the Union, we
were bound to give up his fugitive slave; but
when he turns rebel, and arms himself to over.
throw the Union, we are by his act absolved
fco.s1 that obligation, ard he must expect from
US no assistance IN recovering or III keeping
! his slave property. If his slaves run away,
escape from his control, they are for US free,
and we will bid them take care and not be
! caught; and if, in order to ete5erve the Uuion
I It is necessary to- allow the slaves to emanci-
pate themselves, we shall not grieve, but shall
be much better pleased than we are with the
necessity under which our fathers felt them
selvs to give up to his owner fugitive slave
But we hare entrusted or space. 1t is
a trying moment for our Republic. Popular
institutions themselves are on trial. The
caGse OF enlightenment throughout the worlt
/ is ut stake. But let not absolute monarchs
the oscura1lt3sti, or the frieIds of despotic pow
er rejoice or persuade themselves that the
cause of liberty is lost The Republic ye
stands, and with the brave old veteran, thu
well-tried soldier, the hero Of so many battles
who now commands her armies, and who i
more than match for any military skill o.
| science that can be Drought against nm, COZ
tinue to stand it will It has, we think, secr
its darkest day. The New World will ye
prove true to its missiou, and be, as it ha
from the first, the asylum for the oppressed
and the lreme of freedom. We bid our friend
abroad, who are struggling for free govern
ments or constitutional guarantees for liberty
be of good heart, keep up their courage, con
tinue their efforts; we shall not fail them, bu
prove ourselves firmer and more cfficien
friends of the cause than we have heretofor
/ lNep"