Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-05-07

delegation in Congress to their constituents? Il
will be remembered that in that address they
sad
"ln this stat ffacts du. is to warn you that it is
vain hQpu Or any Of eoueiliaiion adjust
meut tirom Congress. which you esuid accept. We ave
aso satisfied that lie Republican party desas, by civil
text ol tmnreing the laws, Uniess Il shall DC .leiy
aHGrmH ~ Sc ding Siaies an Haielor', . r.
m,Iea' a. hidGd . T. MAKE "a mR htld e
We conclude by expressing solemn conv elton II
lronJi aud decided agtiun by the pie Of Nifgina Ia
Convention VAL afford the surest me, under the Eco
ilece el eod' 81 a fing an ioltadmg irH wer, and
pGeser ~ the hope Of cons letipg upon alr' ldy
In order to show how clearly disunion was re-
Icognscd by Professor Tucker to be the product
Of agitation and concert directed to that end, VT
have only to cite the following extracts from the
pages OF this political fiction The reader viii
remember, as already intimated, that the book
proceeds on the supposition that the schemes oil
the year lS3d have been realized Mt the date Oi
the events which it purports to recite:
"uuier these circumsticei the eluthern g s Ind
u at ieugth forced to that the day ior decisive ae-
tn abide ihs obligations Of C1nsHiution the rms Of
which alone remained and having, by mOyenentn ty
nr'tuueoui sereiei from the Union, they had itnmcd
a. iy formed s3utheru Clnfsleraey ~ su mes q
eliet N gAfd b. oair =. m MiFgtJ-r ien ~,
n afNF IN 4e nat ben IiF7ons rt emo The , adm,
n az b. a .e. III ,s t,,eam' al F Wv a. eSaiy tar'
Pny into N hdids gftost l0boai, at NE bidding Of IN
" & ngp k"9isA Mpi Men pds such concert Nor iros
foAhnef 10 f4e tcaiNg hfefa. "a Virginia. aiso her
o. 'deh believed thtt no decisive step world taet
by he moro southern sl'7 without her 60 ,pera, or
Y o and influence her u sous. OftumrIiu1rg irsp-Ieo
ion he had ifir Tbs olgar ed oe a. on Of the STATE
dovei'meat was what he eidod.
te ororos,i9ns OF the Noi hern on and III fierce
sauliS q ripaey aud naaei m, hornded on By ain.
on to thu destruction Of the SOUTH I'd res ihem
THE sat right men TO pubHc favor. Tie i ID oh
y sfe,s'' nre' enme' ami tfit, come Whom il might
lgieesr Na MY ID they aket tghs pro- 'orally nc
p "a of s1uh-in C5nis'sr y, but fheJ hi keu ..
iursi '9 p laie their Ie ea'ona win foreign Powers
IN another part Of the book we are told that
tine power and will OF n fixed majority. in the
North to give master to the South had been
made manifest, aud that ''under these crcum
stances tue Southern States had been at length
forced to ste that the day for dt ssive action had
arrived; they determined, therefore, ~ l9agc,
No q5iie Me obligations Of IA Cor 'fitui on Me forms
y .ehlca WiHc ieaai8t3 ami having, by move
ment nearly simultaneous, sect3id from The Union,
they had immediately folned Sot rnsRy CoS-
fEuLrACy"
But in 1886 it was iorseen by Mr.. Tucker that
tlhs "Southcrn Confederacy' was to be "pr, /
cltated' by the action OF the more Southern OF
the Slaychohliug States II will lie perceived
.tem the following citation that Virginia was
Expected to aoccde to the new League or'y ,er
it bad bgen formed;
eFum the Nuveinher vote NJ Virginia on the Prcsldc
tis uleltru, tss evil hai heel appphend.d and less
pliu4 dad b. taken 90 control It, In cor luence
hi. .oinoihn more VI the m seunients of the ptoplt
had tesn aide e 60 arl on tit occasion aud itom
n h, ,. fir ii uitiusi sct- sion of Nirsius io
Ialf rorlfl tay Ihfg haf fffrcfJIf dfifrliufd fo
rail Ius ht a l0HI b 20 proceed 10 he cree tuls u O0
Aso pma torNg No. mJoii9'r
Tic resirr VIII remember that Mr. Yancey,
n his cy!cbted letter to Mr.. Slaughter, avow-