Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-03-22
DtIaiuarr Hazeffe.

delaware. mar. "a les1.
sais fselisg. .of iaaiguatioaz which sssmsl %
be excited throughout tle country, on reeeiv-
ing the news Of the determination of the Ad
10 evaeuate Fort SnmpteF, ha
geucr.lly died away aud given place to sober.
second 1t6agsts.aud apon rtfeelioa the nc
ton Of The President and his Cabinet approx
ed.
l, is and should be humiliating to every
lover OF his country and of free institutions, to
feel and know that The foundations OF our no
blc fabric have been shaken by traitors and
rebels who bave plotted their treason and
planasd their rebellion al the capitol of our
Republic in full view Of the Executive, aud
prosecuted their operations if moi with his
assent yet 1with his fail knowledge, and
sufTrrd 10 GO on uninterrupted and
upchccised owing 10 his basely, gull
ty aud almost equally traitorous inactivity
and imbeGility and it is bsaliiating that the
eiouHtry has been reduced TO such state that
II Is necessary to apparently yield to the i1-
famous traitors ye, ihe humiliation that may
be felt il abandoning Fort Snmpter does not
at,aeh o-the Republicans party or to The Ad-
niinisiraiioh.
Things must be taken as they are; the
Pre- ideut and his Cabinet must be governed
by circumstances they cannot govern those
that have already transpired. In the case OF
Fort sump,er the question of evacuation
does not admit OF argument IT is stern ne
cessity, the Fort must be reinforced at once
or evacuated we should be willing to re-
ceiye the opinion of the most eminent militia
~ cbieftain in the world and as true and de-
voted a patriot as lives, that it is inlpractible
/ TO reinforce that fort; that it cannot be doue
with vessels alone, but that large force
would be necessary to operate on land. The
President has no such force at his command
and hence the evacuation becomes necessary;
if he had such-a force and the fort could be
reinforced. the policy of such step admits
of argument, but there is no such question in
the case, it is a matter of necessity. +
The President has entered upon his trust
under circumstances critical and of great
danger and difficulty his position is one OF
great responsibility and extreme delicacy. Re-
publicans who elected him, and all others should
appreciate his position, aud judge accordingly
should not be so hasty and ready to con-
delnn and criminate as in the case of Fort
Sumpter-should not be indulging in Pitifrl
complaints and contemptible snar!ings such
! as some of the Republican journals are doing
and some WHICH aim to be leading journals in
! the party with the ability to reach that posi-
/ ton. All should wait patiently, reflect calm
/ y and judge candidiy. We are not cognizant
of the information upon which the Admins
tration acts nor of the motives which govern
them, neither should we know in many in
stances.
Republicans. and all patriots, should bc
ready to hold up the hands of the President
in these trying times and sustain the Admin,
istratiop3 ip their ef5,ris TO. bring back tic
country to peace and union.
The Cabinet has been IN session almost
constantly, discussing and endeavoring TO dc
eide upon policy that shall be pursued in re
gard to the Southern Forts; if any plan has
been adopted further than as regards to Sum
ter (if in regard TO that it has not yet been
made known whatever policy should b.
adopted, while reserving and exercising Tbs
full right to think ard decide for ourselves
we should have, and time TINS far has provet
that We can have confidence in the wisdom
and patriotism of President Lincoln as to be
prepared to believe that the policy under tn,
circumstances will be wise. and we should
have that confidence III the Ruler of nations
God of the free and Protector of the OPT I. IS
ed as to feel that all will yet be we'll.