Delaware gazette. (Wilmington, Del.) 1837-1883, 1861-06-01

CLARION, Del, May goth, 1861.
mr.. JOHNSON Sir IL have read tho letter of
Yankee Grip in your paper, also that Of 'Del-
aware Girl, who writes to tell you that all do not
think alike and she for one differs from the cyan
kee Girl II Is very evident from the tenor Of
her letter, that she is traitor at heart, and al
though she PROCESSES to be for the Union, future
history will class her, and all such like, with tori
81 tho Revolutionary war. whom Washington aud
his army dreaded more than the British They
bOast In the rebel army in Virginia of who 9
company of Union men, and anolher with only six
secessionists, &c. God save us from such mon,
who, while protesting love for the Union, are In
arms against tho Government evolves 10 sleeps
clothing" Wewould rather trust ourselves with
straight out and out traitor than with such men.
She seems surprised that any woman should have
such feelings ms the yankee Hirl." What will
ste think when tell her our blood has long since
past "iever heat" and reached the boiling point
Andw We stand not alone. plenty Of mothers and
daughters 10 the land are classed with us. Al
though our town Is small and boast Of but few
inhabitants, yet the women as we'll as the men are
'true grit" and will contend for our rights under
"the Constitution and 10 the Union" aud ii neces
lary can lend helping hand did some of the
Revolutionary wives and daughters to free our
land Of such foe. Although tho nerves may DO
weak aud the heart faint and under other cireum
stances the mere thought of war were enough 10
make one shrink with horror, yet the blessings Of
freedOmJ for ourselves and future generations, in-
.pirestne whole being with strength before un-
known. -
She says "the riot in Baltimore was caused by
King Alcohol, and not by treason" We are no
friend to King Alcohol in any shape or form, and
could bury him with all the solemnity and state
with which somo Of tho rebels have dared to bury
our stars and stripes, and then sing his funeral
dirge We arc willing to give every one their due,
and know that King Alcohol is guilty of great
many bad acts, for which he will have 10 be ac-
lDOuntablo. hut fnr fhia .vttI
which she charges him. Treason alone Was the
cause. She thinks "tho Yankee Girl has never
known sOrrow,or hor heart would never be SO dead
10 all tender feelings" to write as she does. Whose
sIrs mat eaTps T With true patriotism could her
geaRcartom tho ground as did Abelss aud II pa
frtfou held their tongues "the very slsass w6tAt
cry out" shs says, ~ should Judge the cold
blooded scheming North to sussass the hot hoad-
ed and impulsiye South in fiendish and diabolica
ao:s" and ''prays God to protect the homes Of oui
southern sisters from such a relentless foeD--
Shame on her for the insinuations she throws ont
From them one would suppose that the patriot
That nave risen 70 protect their right, a set
nends let loose from the lower regions to lay vast,
the South and murder hor women and children
which is far from being the case. Those that hay,
gone forth at their cOuntrys call to eight the balt
Of freedom, are noble and honorable fathers. sons
sroihers and lovers, who know how to respect III,
WEAKER sex and we know that no outrages will
stain their hands or characters and that they will
protect the wives and children Of their foes, an,
weuld seorn to lay waste southern towns and vii
lageRrdae -take "booty and beauty" for their pay
~ the southern officers and generals have promiseC
their men,. The Delaware Girl" says, az am I
Woman,with womRn's heart, and love not to hea
Of rapine and murder" 1, too, am a woman, an,
can feel for others woes ; and, if sorrow soften
the heart, can lay large claim to enc of tender
ness and sympathy, as have been called to par
with some of the hearts bost trea and thou
IL were worse than dying fifty times ones self I,
part with those we love, cheerfully could resier
all that remain to the tomb than have them liv,
nnder such government as that Of the robe
sesf6s shesays, 'tho Abolitionists are at tho roo
Of the evil, and have been striving for years Il
kinde the fire Of disunon that threatens to destrp,
our Union, and now come forward with hypoeriti
cal faces proclaim their patriotism and eagernes
TO lend their aid to teach the South submission.-
4 They should remember 'the hand that kindle
| cannot quench the hame.'" How true quotation
and quite applicable to the South. They alone ar
answerable for this great sin that has been 80 vi
broadcast over the hand they tell us il is not thu
work OF week or a month, but has been gather
ing strength for nearly thirty years. In 1888 Sout
A carolina tried TO overturn the Government by he
nulllfcation act, which was put down ever sine
she has been secretly trying to attain her end
Y When tnat act was defeated John G. Calhoun said
4 MY frendsas We have not been successful in this
we must try another plan-we will agitate ih
lsh"fSiJ quos'lons anu now inc "DelaWare U1rl
: comes forward and tolls us tits the Abolitionst
that have played the mischief; such IN assertion
lshows she is not we'll posted in tho history of th
past Some disconnected southerners, who belev
that the Union is less conducive to their welfar
than separate government embracing only slav
siateswh no man shall vote or hold Office unlcs
no owns slaves are the men that have produce
this war. They tell US Of the great governmen
lani country they are eoin to -h@-g sA~s. - va
before In the history &C tkasrhole world tbnt al
n ations will do them homage, and even we-of Il.
ssoe.A-siaNa few years, will on our Blended knee
oog 10 be admitted to this great Confederacy Wa
!, wi presumption SO great1 We are free peoplt
anu eau never be conquered by all the nations o
: leagtn combined, much less by this Southern Con
, lieaeracy. The Federal Government has not bee
Tue aggressor. She has been insulted and piur
aorea' her stars and stripes trampled in the dus
ner lreemen impressed in a rebel army or assass
ualeuJ her tort battered with cannon her soldier
murdered in her streets, imprisoned and slain q
spies, her capitol and cities threatened with de
sfuetion, her Chief Magistrate and other Official
threatened with imprisonment aud death, besid,
npmer BUS other outrages perpetrated by this reb
band. After all this they complain (poor, limo
cent creatures,) of the unriRhteoua war wage
against them, with which they had nothing to d,
Our Government has borne with thom until 0fol
oearauce has ceasedlo be virtue !" now she wi
yladicate her rights, and DO TO all that oppos
WIN Tod on our side we have no fears for the r,
suit of tho war. This stain of treason must |
blotted out now and forever from our land. eva
should 1t take the blood Of millions of her sons
do it.
J. sfhen ennquor We must when our cause It Is Just
II And this be our motto, 80 God is our trust =
III And the Star splnglvd Banner In tfiunth shall waya
III ger the land ofthe Zee and the home Of the brHyrn
ANOTHER DRIAwAup Gtpr