Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-02-26

thus the ship Of State turns bottom upwards.-
IN the other there is no pauper labor with powe
OF riaing the ship of State has the ballast of
ul,iranehlsed class there ia no possibility {
political upheaya, therefore, and it is reason
amy certain that so sfeadied il will sail erer
aud onward to an indefinitely distant period.
Such are some of the more obvious difference
IN form and constitution between these ftW
societies which had come into contact within th
imi's oi the recent Union. And perhaps it i
moi the least remarkable, in this connection, tha
while the one, shapeless, organizes, mere mas
OF social elements in no definite relation to eacl
other, is loved and eulogized and stands the idea
o' the age the other, comely and proportpnet
VIVA Rb0r and direction, mind and matter in ius
relation to each other, presenting analogy to the
very highest developments in animated nature
IS condemned aud renrobated Even we our
serves have hardly yentured to affirm t-while
tue cock crows, in fact, arc ready to deny il
an Il 1t shall not perish on the cross of human
Judgment, it must he for the reason that the
Great eternal has not purposed that still another
agent of his will shall come TO such excess Of
human gnominy.
such are the two forms of society which had
come to contest within the structure of the recent
Unlon. And the contest for existence was in
eYtable Neither could concur in the reouisi
tlons OF the other neither could expand within
the forms of single Government without en-
croachment OH the other. Like twin holsters in
single ehell, II such thing were possible the
natural expansion of the one must be inconsist-
eht with the existence of the other; Or like nm
eagle and fish, joined by an indssoluble bond.
whicn Tor no reason Of its propriety could act
together, whero the eagle could not share tho
luld suited to the fish and live, Whoro the fsb
could not share the fluid suited to the bird and
llVe' and where one must perish that the other
llay survive unless the unnatural Union shall
be seyered-so these societies could not. if they
would, concur The principle that races are
unequal, aud that among uuequals inequality is
right, would have been destructive to the form
OF pure democracy at the North. The principle
that all men are equal and equally right, would |
nave been destructive of slavery at the South |
Each required the element suited to ite social |
nature. Each must strive to make the Govern |
ment expressive its social nature. The natur-
al expansion Of the one must become encroaob.
ment on the other, and so the contest was
inevitable. Seward and Lincoln in theory al
least, whatever be their aim, are right, re-
allied the fact and 80 declared the conflict
irrepressible years before either ventured to
advance that proposition. Upon that declaration
have always acted, and the recent experience
oi my country has not induced me to question
the correctness of thar first conception
Nor is indignation Mt such leaders becoming
the statesmen ut the South. The tendency o.
"S'ivh nus aBulnst US Inc speaker to be
heard must speak against slavery; the preacher
to retain bis charge, must preach against sla-
very the author, to be read, must write against
slavery the candidate, to attain office, must
pledge himself against slavery; the office holder
to continue, must redeem the pledges Of tbe ;
They did not originate the policy. !
but they pandered to III they did not start the I
current hut they ioaled on it; and were as !
loWerless as drlttwood to control its course. - j
Ile frpnf tpndnuap IN unef,1
It was in the heart Of the North-it was in the 1
very structure of Northern society 1t was not /
D matter Of choice but Of necessity that such
society should disailirm society in contradic- |
ton OF 1t. IL was not matter Of choice but of
necessity that il should approve Of acts against
L. in possession ofpower, it flowed to political Il
lGtlon on the South, as fluids flow to lower levels.
The acts of individuals were unimportnnt iii h
lau possessed the power to change the mind of q,
very Republican in Congress, would not have n
een at pains TO do so. They would hut have q
allen before an indignant constituency, and men a
'ould have been sent to their places whose i
linds could never change. Nor, in fact, haye ri
hey been without their uee. As the conflict NJ
ias lrreprcssible; as they were urged on by an a,
lexorable power, it was important we should ii
now it. Our own political leaders refused To 10
ealize the fact. The zealots of the North alone y,
ould force the recognition and am bound to ae
wn that Giddings, and Greeley, and Seward. 10
nd Lincoln, parasites as they are, panderers to
opuar taste as they are, the Instruments and
le mere instruments, Of aggression, have done u
ofe TO rouse us TO tho vindicaion of our riebts ~ ~
ian the bravest aud the best among as. ~ ~
Such, then, was the nature Of this contest - vi
was inevitable. IL was inaugurated with the 60 90
oveTnment. 1t began at the beginning. and " W
most at the start the chances Of the game were e e
rned against us. II the foreign sldDe trade had W Wa
eer 5ten suppressed Stare society must have fri W
aPheG 1t extended to the limits of New Eng y: Us
nd. 10 bic
Payi assu with emigrauts from Europe came m un
lVes from Africa. Step by step the two in ~
ZION marched upon the West, and it is reason n,
'y certain had the means to further union uO
zen admitted, that so they would have continued he
march upon the West, that slave labor would D'
we been cheaper than hireling labor, that.
lnscending agriculture, it would have expand q &
to the arts; and that thus one homogeneous Md
rm Of labor and one homogeneous form of So
ciety unquestioned by one single dreamer. and tee
erished at home and honored abroad. would sln
we overspread the entire available surface Of VIZ
lnte United States But, the slave trade %
ppressed democratic society has triumphed he
ie States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- No
MIA, and Delaware found an attractive market fo
their slaves. They found cheaper pauper In
Dor to replace it, that pauper labor poured in col
om Europe; while it replaced the slave II in Ih
eased the political power of the Northern sla
ates. More than 5000, 900 from abroad have The
en- aided to the number that addition has ba'
abled them to grasp and hold the Government. as'
at Government, from the very necessities Of 10
sir nature, they are forced to use against u.s. tri
avery was within its grasp, and forced to the dec
tion ot extinction in the Union, or Of inde- no'
ndenoe out, dares 10 strike and IL asserts ifs rev
im II nationality and its right to recognition sla
ong the leading social systems Of the world emi
Such then, being the nature of the contest, hay
s Unon has been disrupted in the effort of it.
We society to emaucipate itself; and the mo- pol
ntouf question now 10 be determined is shall the
Il etorl be successful Tint the Republie OF sha
south shall sustain her independence, there an
ltle question. The form of our society is too ord
'gnant Of intellectual resources and military but
engtli to be subdued, it, in its products. il did ami
holi the bonds OF amlty and peace upon all you
leading nations Of the world. But IN fhe in tho
endeHce Of Me South s dsre suyelg The egg,,cj- mis-
Ion # domestic siareyyf That is greatly TO be Sla
ibtcd. Our property in slaves will be cstab- The
ned II It has stood in Government more ate
N hllt OF which has been pledged 10 iis de. tho
encc But will il be established ns n normal not
titniion of society, and stand the sole exeu uti'
SOCIAL system Of the South That is the NOV
bending question. and tho fact is yet to be re- unn
ueh. thtt It will so stand somewhere Mt the u
nth d' not entertain the slighlest question by j.
nay he overlooked or disregard now. Il kas it OF
= he eifli ogenf of M,s 0r,qt eo1,yoee,sy. If hut
eneiglzed the arm Of every man who acts a u "
I III This great drama We may shrink from .is "A
ogiion Of the fact we may decline to ad- It n
the source OF our authority refuse to slavery prog
invitation TO the table which she herself has you
sprend but not for that will il re slay
IN powerless or unhonorel. II may he nbnn- will
ed by Vrginia, Maryland, Missouri. Soptb labo
olina herself may refuse to espauee it, The yoAr
cling aborer from the North aud Europe NAV socie
re it from our staboard. As the South shall meAt
ONE the centre Of her own trade, the metro. ture