Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-09-13


to the emergency OF enuncialing that fact in the
very face Of a contrary popular prejudice which
has been intensified by stump orators, dema-
z CUES and traitors for aims and purposes inim-
ical to the public veal and the trne interests Of
The country.
His recent Proclamation in reference 10 TIA,
oinlscation Ol the slave property of rebels found
III arms against the government, Is evidence Of
the scope of bis tact and wisdom which hsye yet
o. he enlarged and further developed by the
PRACTICAL operations of policy which is rs in
eyit,he in the prosecution Of this war, us it is
strongly grounded upon the plaiuest principles
OF humanity or the memorable demands Of ueces-
sty or destiny. This contest cannot he brought
O a speedy, successful or permanent conclusion
while the acknowledged cause Of its origin re-
mains undsturbed and unremoyed. Dcmagoeues
and eroakers may talk Ms they please, we are
engaged in a war Tor liberty against the aimed
minons Of a system of slavery-brulal, harhr
Gus aud anti. christian-and we might as well
hope to come oil Of the field conqucrors without
The use Of weapons, as 10 expect to settle this
account against treason without bringing upon
The balance sheet the enormous, cruel item Of
laycry. 1t has been the only formidable oh
stacle in the way of the complete prosperity Of
southern industrial and mechanical interests for
years and has been hintei ut as the true basis
upon which to found m aristocratio empire upon
his western continent. 1t is the bane Of the
working man in any community; AMI parnlizcs
Inventive genius aud enterprise in u most
damaging degree 1t is moreover curse to TIC
country aud disgrace TO the age in which We
i've; aud now that it has raised lis trenchcrous
hand and is protrudng its poisonous tangs
against the Government aud Constitution which
hitherto have protected it, the law Of self prcser
'ali7n calls for its determination from the midst
OF free, enlightened, christian people, lest il
should plant still deeper its moral leprosy into
the very yitals of the Republic and destroy it
forever
Gen. Fremont's policy may be cale ajoldioa-
ism or not as it suits interested parties; We can
sec in it only the development of the order Of
nature. Slavery and freedom cannot exist in
harmony together. The ''irrepressble conflict
so long forebodgd is Mt length upon us, agra
gated by the lowest forms Of orime-treasou aud
pe1ury-on The part of dishonest men in higl
ilicial positions and hastened by acts of bloot
and violence perpetrated by madmeu at Caroliut
who could see nothing hut ruin whore they coul,
no logger rule; and now it must be shaken oil
and if in extricating the country from the grasl
Of the more than savage dcspotism which il
striving to wrap its tolls around it., the NECESSITY
shall arise for striking the monster evil sqnar,
i'll its most vulnerable parts, and so deprive it o
its power for mischief, so let it be, and witt
those who invited the blows let the responsible,
rest, albeit they aud they alone may he the chic
mourners over the death of their ignoble child
the representative Of n dark and barbarous age
We have no sympathy with abolionism as i
is understood and c1pounded by the madcaps o
the North. We neser belonged to the part
which claims it their distinctive rule of polit
ical faith, We have deprecated as heartily a
any man in the country the dangerous agitaiio
ot the subject, in Congress or at the bus,ings-
So TOO have hundreds of thousands OF PEOPLE t
the North but when We see that it carries with
in il spirit Of evil which can AMI i1es nslim
wicked war upon the country without cause, an
, thereby at,,mm IA des,roy mo ,i,t,s ,o,n,
and ban,,inoss Of twon,y.,s o n,i,,;oas - 49,,
that four millions may be held in letters conttai
to the laws of God and nature, we conclude tin
,an,erons son;,l aui It'll ' a,a. Wv
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=" r''p''u"'e INV ''oer'y anu glory ana s'r'ns'
in the name OF humanity and patriotism, III
sooner VIC begin 10 abolitinnile ,bc l,,d IA
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