Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-03-22


The New York Times, in a welLwritten article
says:-
IL The leaders of the new Confectionery deem il
LOT .neif interest to plunge the country into war,
lhey viii doubtless do So Il is quite possible
that they may decide 10 favor of war. They win
ma It very difficult to keep so large an army as
they are raising in the field, and they will find
~ sui more difficult TO keep the sentiment Of
tneir people npto secession-piiel, without war.
HOW long they would sustain themselves after
war should be commenced, it may be worth their
WINE 10 consider But they may deem it ne
oessary 70 ihevery existence of their new Govern
ment TO force an issue which will for the moment
override oil prudence and all reflection. Ii this
snail be their policy, nothing that the Federal
government eau do will avert war,--if not we
snail have no war,-for the President will do
everything IN his power TO avert such calamity.
Inc Democrats insist that war must follow
any attempt to collect the revenue, to hold the
lorts or enforce the laws in any Of the Southern
states That will depend upon the manner in
"hlch the attempt is made ald upon the dis
position and policy Of the new Confederacy. If
\ they wish war, they will seize upon this pretext
to commence it. II not, they will avoid thcissue
unless 1t is so forced upon them as to rendev
evasion impossible, of this we have little
rear We believe the President will do every
thing IN his power to preserve the peace. In all
such efforts he will have the support of the
people III both sections, If war is forced upon
ss IN spite of his endeayors by the madness or
desperation Of tue seeded States, he will meet
me issue boldly and nromptly,-in full confidence
oil being sustained by those whose honor and
interests are committed to his hands.
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Foreign Appointments of MIR. Lincoln.
The Philadelphia Press. a conservative Demo-
cratic paper, thus compliments Mr.. Lincoln's
Foreign appointments;
President Lincoln has been sioauarlv suc
cessfu in his first appointments of foreion
ministers and of commercial and consular agents
AT no period in our history have so many unex
ceptionable nominations been made to the Senate
Tor these highly important POSITIONS Ii would
he difficult to send n more appropriate successor
TO our patriotic fellow citizen, now minister nj
81: James Mr. Dallas), than Charles Francis
Auans' oil Massachusetts,, the grandson of John
| Adams, second President, aud son of Joh,,
Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United
states, both Of whom served in the same high
position at the same Court Mr. Adams Has
many claims upon the confidence of the country
and the consideration Of the Administration
lis very last speech in the IIeuse of Represen.
tatives was in favor of peace and conciiiatiou.
and, although greatly objected to by many in
ms own party, commanded universal admiration
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exposition of the whole argument.
Hon VIM. L. Dayton, of our Immediate sister
state, New Jersey, who succeeds Mr.. Faulkner
Of the court of st. Cloud, belongs to the same
class of conservative, high-toued statesmen
His career in the Senate of the United States
was uncommonly brilliant. Never having heen
an ofhce-seeker, and always welding large
lnnuenee IN MS own State, his appointment will
give general satisfaction to all parties.
The accommodated (aa,rra u NT.--t
mont, famous as an erudite scholar, lneuist. and
statesman, will furnish wholesome contrast to
his predecessor, who was rewarded the two past
Administrations of the Federal Government III,
returning from his mission to take ground against
the Union MIR. Marsh, too, has warmly spoken
IN fayor Of an amicable adjustment of our mn.
tional troubles.
Hon. Thomas cOrwin, distinguished in the
House, IN the Senate, and in the Cabinet and
applauded by all the friends of the Union for
h,s late efforts in the right direction goes to
Mexlco-n mission not heretofore remarkable
Tor the success Of those who have filed il. INF
which, in his hands, connOt fail to rise to the
dignity TO which it is entitled.
Cassius NJ. Clay succeeds his own fellow-citi-
zen, Colonel Preston and here again We bnve
10 notice man whose single-hearted devotion
to his own ideas has been characterized for
many years by the courage and coustnncv with
which he advocated them, even in slave State
a man who, in the midst of all our recent
difficulties in national affairs, came to Washing.
ton and pleaded with his party friends to Weld
to the demands of the Border States.
This is an suspicious beginning for Mr.. Lin.
coin, and will operate BEAUTIFULLY upon the pub
nc mind 1t is well at such a period to send
not only our first citizens to the leading forei,n
courts, but to send none who do moi 20 there as
the known, devoted, AMI self-sacri6cipr f,iends |
Of the Union. ''''"us