Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-06-04
IN A MAD wAY.


penned his comments on our article We will
give a few samples to prove this. After giving
the article in full he opens thus;-
No gtusser insult malicious libel upon the peo
pie Of Delaware aud especially of the prominent in
the Democratic party ofths state be invented than
ia contained in the above paragraphs clipped from the
columns Of the largest II not the most influential Repub
ean journal published in Delaware.
Mark you, render, our paragraphs" contain
" gross insult" and "malioious libel" upon
the people of Delaware Now, what is the Ian
guage of those offensive paragraphs, which
we published Here they are, and the people
may read them We said -
That our people true and loyal to the Constitution
and the Union pratends doubt Mother is
matter question that the almost every State
sOuth of loyal also; but they heen dragged
out Of the Union neverthees and by just such reckless
political trimmes and hypocres We know working
| for rebellion in Delaware.
| According to the opinion of the editor of the
Dsiawareda therefore, it is an insult and libel
to say ." the people of Delaware are true and
loyal to the Constitution and the Union" 1t
would have been much nearer the truth il the
editor had sud that 1t was insulting, libelous
and malicious 10 him to charge us gratuitously
with attacking prominent men in the demo.
cratic party where does he hnd warrant for
such charge in anything we wrote Does he
take it for it granted that "efete preachers"
anu "pohhcal irimmers anu hypoerltes' are
democratic 'lnstitutions" exclusively lfso, we
Will not dispute the point with him, since his
party is welcome to the monopoly of all such
partzan trumpery and refuse political natter
The editor seems to know very well that ''pro-
minenI men in the democratic party are seces-
sionists or sympathisers with Treason, else he
would not have thought SO, in the absence of any
such declaration on our part
But again In the same article the editor
says -
The 'oan'a' never uttered more truthful sentiment
.p t aa
faisehood than its nsnuaton that the leaders of tho
Democratic party are working for rebellion
Here we have the editor of the Delaicdredn
contradctng himself in the same column A
moment ago, he told US we never uttered a
grosser insult or more malicious libel upon the
people of Delaware than when we said they
were true and loyal to their country; now. he
SAYS, we never uttered more truthful sentiment
than AaG What does he mean Is he crazy
If ever the principle of snow you see it, now
you ion't," was exempfed in rapid succession
b. or uubroken connection by any one, we hay,
that agile feat performed to perfection by tn,
editor of the Deldwarean. How can our assertion
be both hbelous aud true at the same time p
re Falsehood cannot be so readily blended will
I'D truth as that. II is far easier for secession I
Id wrap itself up iu Union garb and pass for loyalt
ny than it is for truth to assume the character
falsehood. If the article of the Deidwarea
IN. contains anything of prominence or mark in i
md it must be that of unaduterated nonsense.
hat But in the extract last quoted, as in the frs
the editor sticks to his favorite idea that -
ing said the leaders Of the democratic party a
working for rebellion This is not true. '
said no such thing; and every one who reads 0
ter remarks as they are quoted in the Delarars
ety. will affirm our assertion. The editor may
IT. cognizant of the existence of the fact which
re- asserts respecting the leaders of the democra
airy party but he cannot show that we gave it pu
own LEFTY in the article quoted. The cry of "st
thief is we'll understood among thieves a
With criminals, anu win httle moulhcauon can
into lust as well applied by the democratic party
TINS question OF loyalty and II they use It,
n il them alone must al'aoh the credit
iier We do not believe that all the leading men
we the democratic party are "workng for reb
net. lion We know they are not Last week
published very patrlouc anu loyal letter iron
cen prominent Democrat Charles l. du Font ~
Q in libreafhes sentiments which, we think n
ere dupont honestly enteriains, in favor of
rds Union He goes for his country his whole,
are broken country with every star and every stri
me- upon its flag Indeed he will have nothing lie