Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-25

view, out of the relation OF the African slaves
to the domestic population of the country
Freedom is to them, as to all mankind, the
chief object of desire. Hitherto, under the
operation of the Union, they have practically
remained ignorant Of the controversy, especi-
ally of its bearing on themselves Can we
hope that Aagrant civil war among oursel yes
in their very presence, and yet that they will
remain stupid and idle spectators Does his
tory furnish US any satisfactory instructions
upon the horrors of civil war among people
so brave, so skilled in arms, SO earnest in con-
viction, and so intent in purpose, as we are :?
Is it mere chimera which suggests an aggra-
vation of those horrors beyond endurance,
when on either side there shall occur the in
tervention of an uprising, feroeious African
slave population of four. or six, perhaps twen-
/ ty millions q .5 q. $50
The opinions Of mankind change, and with
them the politics of nations. One hundred
years ago all the commercial European States
were engaged in transferring negro slaves from
Africa to this hemisphere. To-day all those
( States are firmly set in hostility 10 the exten-
sion and even to the practice Of slavery.
Oppositions TO it takes two forms; one Eu-
ropean, which is simple, direct abolition, eE
fected, if need by, by compulSion the other
American, which seeks to arrest the African
slave trade, and resist the entrance of domes-
tic slavery into Territories where it is yet un-
known, while it leaves the disposition of ex-
isting slavery to the considerate action of the
States by which it is retained. 1t is the Uni
on that restricts the opposition to slavery in
! this country within these limits. If dissolu-
tion prevails, what guarantee shall there be
against the full developeneLt here of the fear
full ard uncompromising hostility to slavery
which elsewhere pervades the world, and Of
which the recent invasion in Virginia was an
illustration
Mr.. President, have designcdy dweIt so
long on the probable effects of disuniop upon
the safety of the American people as to leave
me little time to consider other evils which
] must follow in its train. But practically, the
loss of safety involves every form Of public
calamity. Wherr once the guardian angel has
taken flight, everything is lost.
Dissolution would not only arrest but ex-
tinguish the greatness of our country. Even
if separate confederacies could exist and en-
dure. they could severally preserve no share
/ Of the common pestige of the Union. If the
constellation is to be broken up, the stars
whether scattered widely apart or grouped IN
small clusters, will thenceforth shed forth fee
be. plimmsrine and lurd lights. Nor will
great achievements be possible for the new
con(ederacies. Dissolution would signaIiz. its
friunnhs bv acts of wAntonness which would
sboct and astouEd the world. 1t would prov
incia!iz, Mount Vernon AMI give this Capt.
tol over to deso!ation ut the very moment
when the d,me was rising over our heads that
WA, TO be crowned with the statue of Liberty.
After tbiS there would remain for disunion no
act of stnpend Jus infamy to be committed
No petty canGederacy that shall follow the
limited states can pr0lOn5, or even renew, the
majestic drama of national progress. Per
hans it is to be arrested because its subnity
is canlble of continuance. Let it be so, if we
/ have. ind sei become degenerate. After Wash
iu5ssaalss,nd The infexihe Adams, Henry, and
the pasM Tess Hamilton. Jefferson, aud the ma
i.stic av. Webster, and the acute Calhoun
Jacksa6 the modest Taylor, and Scott, who
rfseslk<S greatness under the burden OF years,
and Est tnklin, and Fulton, and Whitney, and
Nor all performed their parts, LET the
curtsSls aal
-4Fs listening to these debates, / have
son,s .<f1es forgotteus,a in marking their
/ eontfasted effectsl page who custom
ariIv stands on the dlAs before me, and the
venerable Secretary who sits behind him.
The youth exhibits intense but pleased emo
/ tiou in the excitement, while at every irreve-
vent word that is uttered against the Union
/ the ewes of the aged man are sufused with
tears Let him weep no more. Rather re-
;aiee for YOURS has been q lot of rare felicity.
You has part OF all the
! yreatues the towering ma
| tional d world. Weep only
Won. and weep ~ Bitterness of anguish,
who are just sifl0il0fE On the threshold OF life
Cor that. sishes prematurely and
/ exists D, nor for any that come after
The public prosperity how could it sur
vive the storm? Its elements are industry
in the culture of every fruit; mining of all
! the metals comm 1ratilnme and on every
sea material Il IT that knows no OBJ
stace, and has noSeAd invention that ranges
throughout. 80 edomain Of nature increa Sc
of know aad as the human mind can
exploE Un Of art as human miud
| CdN Il NL1uu pSSloA ASiHSNA~AS W. AA'is5 ~
the renovation of the world. ..- -..-...-
How could our successors prosecute these
noble objects in the midst OF brutalizing civil
conflict? What guarantees will capital in
vested for such purposes have, that will out
weigh the premium offered by political and
military ambition? What leisure will the citi-
| zens have for study, or invention, or art, under
the reign of CONSUMPTION nay, what interest
in them will society feel when fear and hate shall
have taken possession of the national mind
Let the miner in California take heed for its
golden wealth will become the prize of the
nation that can command the most iron. Let
the borderer take care; for the Indian will
again lurx around his dwelling. Let the pio-
neer come back into our denser settlements
for the railroad, the post road and the tee-
graph, advance not one furlong farther into
the wilderness. With standing armies con-
suming the substance of our people on the
land, and our navy and our postal steamers
withdrawn from the ocean, who will protect
or respect, or who will even know by name oul
petty confederacies? The American man-of
war is a uoble spectacle. have seen it en-
ter an ancient port ir the Mediterranean.
An the world wondered at it, and talked Of it
Salvos of artillery, from forts and shipping il
the harbor, saluted its flag. Princes and prin
eesses and merchants paid it homage, and th'
/ people blessed it as harbinger Of hope fo
their own ultimate freedom. I imagine nov
. the same noble vessel again entering the SAM
|, haven. The flag of thirty-three stars AM
a thirteen stripes has been hauled down, and il
! its place a signal is run up, which faunts tn
| m Ma
ask, "who is the stranger that thus steals int
our waters ?'' The answer coRtemptousl
:, given is; "she comes from one Of tie obscur
, Republics of North America. Let her pa:
n on"
n Lastly, public liberty, our own peculiar iii
{. erty, must languish for time, and then ceas