Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-10
NO More ParleHine.

We trust our federal authorities will not
have another word of negotiation, of any char
acter whatever, with any State or city that Is
either rebellious or hesitating nor give ear 70
ose moment to any mediator with his arrange
ments for sparing the efusion of blood. Th'
only phraseology used by the government
should be an unconditional demand; the only
| phraseolOgy listened to should be that Of nm
conditional submission. Government is tht
executor Of law; and law docs not negotiate
it prescribGs-it does not compromise It PUN.
ishes. The officer of the law docs not 60 into
| a conference with the burglar and the murder,
er; neither with the man who himself threat.
ems burglary and murder IN case thet and be
are not let alone. Nor should it be different
with traitors, and the friends of tEEftoFs il
the Border States will not peFf0FTn their
whole duty to the government; thet are to be
reckoned with those states that have openly
repudated the government. All sIike are its
enemies, and all alike should be GeSh With as
such. To Parley with any OF them is TO sac
rifee the authority Of law wfthobt which law
is nothing.
The war has actually begEn; a1I8 tie sooner
the government and all loyal people conform
their entire action to this stern fact of war,
the sooner and the surGr will solid pc4cc re-
turn. The olive branch should no longer be
in our thoughts; it is the naked sword alone
with which we now have to do. What man
docs not feel in his heart more confidence in
the duration Of his government now, since the
great North has sprung to arms, than he had
two months ago, when the thoughts Of the
nrfh neftr ppuE
rnent was then thought weak; il is now known
to be strong. Its friends then could hardly
help despising it, its very enemies nov dYe
constrained to respect it. Men cannot help
having u regard for genuine power. There is
a dread majesty in it that takes hold OF fhcir
imaginatiOns in spite Of themselves Every
body's heart is stirred at tie sight 81 ss7
enty-four. Why? "See; if 7ou bid II s$fi to
the end of the world, il will lift anchor, go,
ami arrive. The raging oceans Do not beat
il back; it too, as well as the raging oeeahs,
has relationship to nature. and it does not
sink, but umicr the due conditions, is borne
along. If it meet hurricanes, It rides them
out; if it meet an enemys ship, it shivcrs tito
powder; and IN short, it holds on its way, and,
to a wonderful extent, DOES WHAT IT NEANs
AND PEErEXDs TO Do" And it Is for this
reason that the whole world salutcs it. 1t is
because our ship of state5 three months ago,
was to appearance anything but that--a
mere wriggling, tpmbling hulk, dritted as the
wipd and the current drove-that men'would
not honor it, and begun to inquire whcth5r
suciHa concern, after all, was worth the suTing:
'Fhe old ship now has every sail get, and pilot
uge at the helm. She is herself again, And
every n1a1ys hcart shall cleavc every wave, and
sbiver every foe.
The government now must go straight on
in the vindication OF its athority. 1t has
latent strength which the world has little un-
derst God, and which has been almost secret
TO ITSELF That might is now to be called
forth, and treason already qua before its
DOM. 1t already il beginning to feel the
lesson that, in this republic, obedience is duty;
that authority is justice; and that government
is JUSTICE ARMED.-[N. Y. World.