Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-06-21

The Proposed Secession Meeting ut Dovers
The secession traitors and their allies 10 this
State, struck with terror at the great popular
manifestation for the Union, against rebellion,
at Dover on Thursday last, nro preparing to boil.
ster up Mr.. Dayard. aud save their shattered
column by false pretense and deception.
The practical question now is, have we u
Government or not? Shall the unprovoked at
tneks of the assassin be patiently submitted to
until the 'peace" Of the grave comes to our re-
lleiY Shall we abandon government, eonstitu-
honal liberty, unity as nation, the hopes of
coming ages on this Continent, because political
gamblers aud desperadoes have inaugurated
C'Vll War; Are the 6endE who have brought us
10 our present condition to have peace now, aud
under the present position of things, because
"peaee" in the abstract is u good thing How
idotc is this talk Of .'peace," except through
the subsection aud suhjugation Of rebels. How
idle The complaints Of the horrors Of Civil War,
while traitors are encouraged by the sympathies
OF SO many of their secession friends. Intelligent
men understand this. There ought to be, and
there can be, no peace until the integrity OF the
Government is indicated, and the wicked
punished. Let not Mr. Dayard and his friends
deceive themselves with the comfortable delu-
sion that this is merely political controversy
between equally respectable parties, where men
may as honestly differ as on other occasions, and
be esteemed as heretofore. Not so. The issue
Is Government OF no Government" ''allegiance
or treason" honest man or traitorn MIR.
Bayatd Ia the acknowledged lender OF the gym
paihisers with rebellion in this State. His de-
NAL Of the right OF secession, forces him hy IN
invincible logic iato the ranks OF rebellion. Ii,
has committed no overt act of treason that W,
nre aware OF. But this, by his own admission
il not because be is faithful to the Government
but because he does not live in 'eotton State. "
and, we may add perhaps, this latitude might
not he considered safe for such exploits.
In state of civil war, brought on the country
by Mr. Bayard and his friends,-wicked re
moraeess political gamblers-the government
straining every nerve to support the Uuion, aud
appealing for that purpose tn the patriotism Of
all its citizens, sympathy with treason growing
holder day-under these circumstances, the
people Of this State met al Dover and gave to Sc
!
beyond all cavil that the dnimus of our people
arc thoroughly loyal There let tue matter rest
and let no good Union man be heguled by the
deceilfu call Of the secessionists to attend then
meeting and swell their numbers; the object il
to bolster up MIR. Bayard; to give him an excust
by which he may crawl out Of his high spirited
promise to resign-a promise, if true to his word
he will have 10 fulfll-and under hypoeriticd
prete'ises Of men pho .tomeated this cipi wdr, Of
great devotion to peace aud brothery kindness
to organize the secession feeling in this State
How thin the veil of hypocrisy which covers
this CALI How the stOol-pigeon of the
gambler nOnifests itself "walk in all you
good easy souls who have a horror of civil Wal
aud desire peace, we are the men 10 do youi
business, We are the only lovers of our country
we hate war, we are grieved at the wranglng oil
brethren, we desire "peace." True, lus fomented
civil war, We justified stealing government
property, robbing maila, storming national fort.
even before secession irampled "a the National
Flag Had are been in the cotton States We
would have done it ourselves True, rebellion
must bo put down or Government, uniform,
peaceful National Government il at au end
Yet We are now for peace, let the government be
degraded, the Union discovered, let the thief re-
tain bis stolen property, and the burglar his
booty, but let us have peace, and by no means
any coercion Of our dear brethren, Walk in,
gentlemen, to this love-fcnst of the unsullied
Breckenridge democracy, aud while you IRE IN,
just vote few resolutions denouncng Lincoln
for supporting the Constitution and keeping his
Inauguration oath, and what is more to the pur.
pose. just endorse Senator Bayards conduct
Walk in gentlemen, walk in, all you who love
peace anu are opposed to civil war"
Our view is clearly that the consprators
against the government, who have concocted this
Jesn1cal call, should be left alone to work out
their own purposes. unaideI by the countenanco
or numbers of true men who will only be inveigltd
into the meeting for sinister purposes.
We give thia timely warming that the results
OF the great demonstration Mt Dover on Thursday,
may not be pefled or lessenel by the injuI-
cious hut well inIeutioned efforts of unconditional
Union men.