Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-03

ment, and the restoration of public order.
From the New York Herald.
Our Southern 1ebsIliOn--The Duty Of
the Government, the Temper Of the
North, and the Dangers of the South.
The evacuation and burning of the UniteC
States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, to prevent
its falling into the hands of the secessiunsts
and the restoration Of the reign Of rufianism
in Baltimore, are among the startling events
of the last twenty-four hours of our Southern
rebellion.
In resisting the passage through Baltimore
yesterday of the Pennsylvania and Mussachu
sets volunteers, en- route for the defence oil
Washington, the secession mob Of that unfor-
tunate city received some warming from the
Massachusetts men which it would be well for
all concerned to remember. The respectable
and responsible citizens of Baltimore appear
to have realized the dangerous character oi
this last exhibition Of rufIiauism in their midst
and from the subsequent efforts among them,
in behalf of Law and order, il is to be hoped no
further impedimeRts will be made TO the pas
ssge OF Northern troops through their streets
in response to the calls of our general govern
ment. We say that this is to be hoped for
IRE 0dmoniSh the good people Of Baltimore, an a
spirit of fTuternal solicitude, that another rtLf-
fanLy or revolutionary demonstration or tlro in
said city, like that Of yesterday, may possibly
result in the reduction Of the ehytO the eondi-
tion Of Fort Sumter.
We mnst also admonish the people Of Ma
ryland that we Of the North have the common
right of way through their State to our ma
tiOnal capitol; that, under the flag of the Uni
ted States, we shall maintain that capital, and
the right of way TO it. by land and by water;
and that Maryland will thus be retained in the
Union, though her people to q man may join
in this Southern rebellion. The true position
of Maryland is TO stand by our federal gov
ernment; it is, indeed, her only position of safe
ty. Loyal to the Union, the advantages which
will accrue TO the State from her fidelity i'll
this sectional contest will immensely contribute
to her prosperity. Instead of suffering from
the evils Of war, she will only experience the
cash benefits of vastly increased transporta-
ton of passengers and freight through her
bUrders to the theRter of war beyond her. But
let her Join the revolutionists, und her sub
stance will be Jcvnured by our Northern le-
gions as by an Arabian cloud of locusts, and
her slave population will disappear iii single
campaign.
The conservative people of the North eX-
cused the forbearance Of Mr.. Buchanan, and
they would have excused even greater dsgrec
of forbcarance OH the part of MIR. Lincoln with
any indications of a conciliatOry spirit in the
res Solted States. A large number Of our peo-
pie of this section were not disposed 10 apply
even harsh names or epithets to the seizure by
the seeded States of the forts, arsenals, ships
and ship yards, mints and money OF the Uni
ted States. so long as the door o; reconcilia-
tion remained open. But the bombardmcnt Of
Fort Sumter has changed all this. We now
understand that VIC have been deceived by a
deliberate and comprehensive rebellion, not in.
tended to enforce concessions within the Tn
ion, but 10 build up a sepcratc Southern Con
federacy We now perceive that President
Lincoln is right in treating this grand conspi-
rAcy and its developments as u gigantic iDsur-
rection, and III exercising his constitutional
powers 10 suppress it US an insurrectiOi.
Thus relieved of the thankleS5 Office Of .
peaccnrslker, this Journal is free TO undertake
the unqualified ddty of sustaining ths cause oil
arms We believe, too that this great cause
can thus be Fe-cstablish:b. LIN truth, this
Southern rebellion has betrayed AL the Gle
ments of a Southern reign of terror. The Sc
ceded States, we hate some reason to believe,
have fallen under the fearful despo;ism Of u set
of JncObins with a mob at their heels, AS stu
pid and remorseless as tn. Jacobins and the T
mob of the first French Revolution. Their
passive, submissive and helpless victims are III,
men Of substance-the planters, the large
Shareholders, tie capital sis, and tie law anu
order B4eE Of the rcvoIted States.
The secedcrs, in their desperate enterprise
have not only tramPled under foot the laws Of
thc Union, bnt have usurpcd the rights oil
their own people. Excepting South Carolina
We dare say, that but for the terrorism OF 4
secession. mob, secession would have failed in
every seeded State as sigrEaly as it failed in
GeorRia, Alabama and Mississippi ten years
ago. In the election of her State Convention
in February last, before the invasion of this
SeatherR terrorism, Virginia cast popular
majority Of thirty thousand against secession
Her State Convention has been frightened in
to it, and coerced by terrorism into refusal
to submit the issue to the people, after the
fashion Of all the other Ievoltcl States. except
ing South Carolina. She stands ulore, in tn
undoubted honesty of her rebellion.
What are we to infer from this general dis
trust of the people? We can safely conclud,
that they are under the reign of terrorism ant
that, with any reasonable assurance OF safety
to their lives and property, we shall find ou
that they ave still devoted to our Union. L
is our duty BOW to open the way OF deliver
ance to these conservative men of the Suutl
who are ROW suffering under systeng a sla
very to which that of their own slaves is con
paratire freedom. A powerful Northern army
in Virginia, offering protection, equal rights
and secusiTy to all good Union men, will soOi
show that disUniOn has BEEN thrust upon he
people. On the other hand, Northern inva
sion of Virginia, and of Kentucky, if nccel
sary, carrying along with it the Canadian lin
Of African freedom, as Il must do from tn
very Bature Of civil war, will produce pow
erful UEion reaction. The slave population
of the border States will be moved in two d
rections. Ono branch of if, without the mas
ters, will move nortIiWard; and the othe
branch, with the masters, will be moved south
ward; so that by the time a Northern arm
will have penetrated TO the centre of the boz
der Sln~e States, they will be relieved Of III
substance and abstract rights Of slave prcpeI
ty for all time TO come.
Finally. the revolted States. having appea
ed to the sword of revolution to redress thei
wrongs, may soon have to choose between sui
mission to the Union, or the bloody cxtinctio
of slaverF,. from the absence Of any law, an
wish, any power for its protection. Let Mf
ryland stand fast if she would not bring upo
her own house the ealami,ies of hostile inu,
vasion, aud the listening enemy within he
gates.
The traitor, ex-Secretary Floyd, is at II
head of a rebel battalion in South-easter