Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-07-05
Arbitrament of the sword--A Capital
ArticIe

5 Article.
We find the following capital article on the
y revolution in a late issue of the Baltimore
, American:
r If any revolution Of this kind had been at
J, tempted in the Middle Ages" in the absence
Of books, newspapers and telegraphs, those
j tremendous agencies for the enlightenment oI
the people, so great success would not have
been remarkable but in this age, at time
when every movement was apparent, or might
Ehave been, even to the least informed in the
land. we have seen strong convictions yielding
the clearest understandings taken captive
througb startling contracts by others of small
capacity, and the whole made subvient to pur-
poses Of evil so vast that the mind instructive
ly recoils from 4 contemplation of them.
1 Going back TO the period after the first de
cided legislative action in South Carolina CON
sammating Secession, the sensation move
ment In that department for a while dragged
heavily, and there was a decided lull in the
storm There was lively doubt whether
other States could be induced to take the final
/ plunge, and what then did we behold? What
/ but the old policy of those who divided the
/ States of Greece-a swarm of spccious ora
tors let hose upon all doubtful localities to
dazzle and deceive the people-the as yet pat
riotic masses--iuto a betrayal of that Gov
ernment. the most paternal in its character of
any that had ever existed in the history of the
world. Seldom replied to, allowed to fling
! abroad their 'poison arrows and death" un-
Holested, what could have been expected but
that uninformed minds should have been taken
captive by these orators by profession What
fruits could any hope for who knew the dan-
geroHs heresies they promulgated? They tri-
umphed by these arts, backed by the machine
ry Of the +secret sessions, and seven STATES.
badgered, cheated-the people in some in
stances not allowed to vote at all-annOunce
themselves a "Confederacy." and here the
movement once more comes TO a dead halt
The leading conspirators had fondiy cacua
ted that at the first announcement Of the re-
suit of the Presidential election the whole
South would have been a unit-that, beyond
even that, New York city would "secede.' So
afraid indeed was Mr.. Rhett-who as an
ultra, differed with his colleagues-that too
many might then come in, that threats were
made against any Free State coming in which
in such case might look to a reconstruction"
Out of of this day dream they were speedi-
ly awakened. The Rorder States stood firm,
and without them the risk and labors already
encountered promised bit little Another
sensation WAS uccGed-was Indispensable, and
it was created to their order The artillery
of Mr.. Calhoun5 dieipIes opened on the forl
in Charleston harbor, and almost before It's
echoes died away the result ety had hoped
for and anticipated was reached. What irI
fIs oil Il
armies To- overthrow the Government attack |
ing its property, and scouting its authority ?
What if they had already done everything |
their ingenuity could devise 10 'precipitate
revolution 2" What if their chosen leader
had already in his opening speech to them ap- /
pealed to the arbitrament of the sword
Then came the declaration of one Of their
principal leaders, the head Of their War De-
partment, that Washington must be taken,
and their flag must be planted over Faucuil
Hal--in o;her words that the Uaited States
must he "subjugated."
In all this SO far as the Government was
patience had done her perfect
work. The Government had, for the time,
lost its prestige in the eyes of the great naious
of Europe by its almost supine lorbearance.-
i
wonder at the passive submission of the great
Government, which, upon occasion, did not
hesitate to rebaf England. And so, at lalt,
the guage of battle thus arroganlly thrown
down by the Southern Coneleracy was re.
luctartly taken up by the powers at Washing
ton In view Of all this, who was it that plan
ned the revolution-qcio IS 1t that has appeal
ed 10 the arbtramsnt of The sword.
Well advanced along the thprny path of
revolution by this time, the leaders of the
new Confederacy begin to estimate the persil
of the mig hty game for empire and for power
which they have entered upon. The spectre
Of war they have summoned wi Ii so much
llacrity will not down at their bidding. The
great powers abroad frown upon their under
taking. The Border Stare have nlrasurably ,
JAILED them, and their quOndam hackers in the
Free States, with Fernando Wood and the
New York Herald at their head, have been
to degree Of patriotism doubt
ess surprising to themselves. ITemmpd in,
;cant of money, provisions arms-of all those
things which make war in this age largely Il ;
game of material resources, they now plead
simply TO be ''let alone"-they cry out against .
war of "subjugation, they who at one time ,
to subjugate New England even.
We have seen thus far in the progress of
events that the demands Of these reyoptiOnists
lave been lindted only by their fanciel abili-
y TO make themS that they could have carried
,ut their purposes, the Capital of the country ,
would have been in their hands, the officers OF I
he Government driven out with every indig- $
lity. and these conspirO tors aglr3t the Princi-
lies of free government, these followers OF the Ii
ubtle Carolinian, installed in their Places
We have seer that they have been the aggres. t
Ors from the very first.
There are periods in the history Of nations, s
IS Of individuals, where the sharpest inAiction {
he most cOnEgn rebuke. conduces oftcntimes i
o the highest good The great question be-
ore the American people is-shall one-third {
# the nation, for inadequate causes, because I
hey will not submit to the will Of the MAJOR Ia
ty, be allowed to destroy the best government r
4 the world-shall these conspirators theml v
elves be allowed successfully to appeal TO- TIE a
rbdramsJa Of The Hsard Ia
SECE SsIoN OF A WIFE.-Iu tile last Congress,
ir. Butcer, of Virginia, a sort of Union II
ian, but when it CAME to the pinch, he went v
# with the rebsls A late Washington letter h
lys: y
The wife of the Hon. a. r. Boteler, member
the last Congress- frunE Harperg Ferry dis q
-ict, but now a secession leader, has seeded g