Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-03
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DevelOpements.
The former correspondent of the New York
Times at Charleston has furnished that iour.
nal with the following statements, which derive
additional p'ausibil;ty from the advantages of
observation enjoyed by the writer during his
protracted residence al the South. He says
While in Charleston was thrown into con.
slant communication with the leading spirits
of the Southern Confederacy from all the Sc
cedcd States, and having had superior facilities
of information, l propose to lay down four
distinct facts Which, plainly and openly s'a:ed
to me "s part Of the prograHme of the new
i COntedeFacy.
| Firstly. Davis, his coadjutors and a.
bcttorS, have laid down on their yolitica chess
board, from the very outset that that tbs Cap
ital of the mutton is to be seize,i.
1t is assumed THAT if the cUnSpirators could
seize Harpcrs Ferry, With the 10000 stand of
arms, and could get hold of FORTRESS Monroe,
by a coup de main, Virginia would have to Sc
cede whether she wished to or not.
This done, they would raise the Confederate
flag on the National Capitol, and bid dc fiance
To all the Free States The Capital of tho
nation seizeds and the Pres'igs of the Republic
gone they would find it an easy matter to die
tate terms to the representatives OF the ex
stars and stripes.
Secondly y-As part and parcel of the FIRST,
agents have been and are still seEit TO every
Northern arsenal and establishing TT for the
manufal tlre of arms and munitions Of war, for
the purpose of guagiBg accurately the exact
amount OF warlike material each establish
ment can turn out iuily. The agents Of the
c. S. 4. are specifically instructed 10 try and
Overbid my offtrs made by the Federal Gov
crnment for cannon, guns, etc, furnished at
these establishments. If they could not offer
cash for orders, they were authorized 10 pr0fTcr
muuiHcent grants Of land and payment by hotg
at some future time, with interest allowed, ut
compound rates. This it was, and stiTl is sup
posed would tempt Northern cupidity' and
assumed love Of the Almighty Dollar"
ThirdIy-A careful hst hTts been prepared
Of all the officers Of the sTfhy and navy, with
tabular columns, as follows: Rslia6ls Unre-
liabie, Do,lbIua" The reliable were supposed
to he those who were born South, and
therefore, had Southern affiliations. Tho "uil-
reliable covered those who we're born North,
had married North, and Rom' their previous
anteccdents, were supposed to be positively
and Enthusiastically for the North, and the
North only. The doubtful" covered that
class who had TO special affiliations either way
but who simply adopted war as IA profession,
and who :ould be very apt to adopt either
side just according as there vas d ciance Of
promotion or of superior emoluments.-
These men were to be scduced by oFR.rs of su-
pcrior pay and grants Of land, which were to
be so proffcred as to dazzle the imAginations
Of those who were likely to be affected by
such magnificent promises.
Fourthly-The Z. 5. A. wish the moral
support Of England and France, and earnestly
hope that their agents will Obtuir u recogni-
ton, and therefore they have, in the CoHven-
tions that have ratified the Constitution, pass
cd over the slave trade prohibition. But
when they obtain tllis hoped for recognition,
and feel sure and snfc in their Southern Con
fllcrle s ats, will they gradually relax their as
sumed hostility to the open slave trade, and
first commencing with private impOrtatiOns OF
negroes from Cuba, they will after awhile
throw off the mask and openly and avowedly
advocate the reopcDing of the African slave
trade ns Il plliticisl necessity. In this conncc-
tion, Sontl Carolinans lssve openly assured
me- within the past month, that if they did
not import direct from a ricA within few
ears they could not carry on their peculiar
system Of Government, that there were vast
tracts all through the q If States lying idle,
si,r,Ty blca:lSe white m,n could not work
them, and they had no surplus Of the black
rnce to occupy AN till the sJil; and as cotton
was king" and Ks3lanl must have it-if they
could import dr.ct aHl cultivate the:r nOw
un s d feds, they would have all the wolrd
completely at their nj rcy.
The above ars Ec.s, absolute, facts, and
your realcrs may r.'y OF the implicitly
I.t me add, in con e: ion with fie above,
hut there is on~ spf sn' South from the
North III re are hullrc en- .,ioycl North
working for III; SOIth. have all ;ht dc: ailS
| OF this infamous movcDR,nf, AMI know that
these spies and traitors sill hold Office in
Washington. They fill high places in New
York and other cili,s; AMI while assuming to
be Union men. they are daily and hourly SRI
king at the very vitals of the national heart.
| Let the North arourc itself, AMI let it un-
,lerstand that all who cannot swear positively
that they are for us. arc positively against
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