Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-07-12

r tries 0ai of which several of these States we,
i ormed. Is it just that they shall go off will
out leave, and without refundng? Tue na
e tion paid very large sdrns Gin the aggregate
believe of hundred nilious) to relieve Flor
/ da of the aboriginal tribes. Is it Just that sh
: shall now go off without consent, or withou
making any retdrn?
) The nation is now in debt for money ay
piled TO the benefit of these so-called secede
Statesi IN common with tie rest. Is it jus
: either that creditors shall go unpaid, or th
remaining States pay the whole part of th
presetit national debt which was contracted Il
pay the old debts of Texas? Is it Just tia
slie sfiAll leave and pay no part Of this her
self?
Again, If one state may secede, SO may ano
ther and when all shall have seeded none i:
left 10 pay the debts. Is this quite just Il
creditors? Did we ratify them in this eag,
| view Of ours, when we borrowed their MONEYS
If we now recognize this doctrine by allowing
the seceders to go in peace, it is difficult to sex
what we can do, If others choose to go or to
extort terms upon which they win promise tc
! remain. The seceders insist that ohr Constf
tuition admits Of secession. T'hes have assurn
ed 10 make National Constitution of Their
OVID, in which Of necessity, they have either
discarded or retained the right of secession
which they insist, exists in ours
If they have discarded it. theg thereby I'D.
init that of ptibeipie il otght not TO be in ours.
If they have retained ii, by their own con-
struction Of ours they show that TO be consis-
tetit TIE y mist secede from one another mlieR-
ever they shall flud Ii tie easiest way Of set
Ting their debts or affecting any other selfish
or unjust object.
The principle itself Is cue Of d;sintegratlon,
and upon which no government can possibly
endure If all the States Save one should as-
sert the power to drive that one out of the
Union it is presumed the whole class Of sece
der politicians would at once deny the power
and deHouEce the act as TIC greatest outrage
upon State rights. But suppose that precisely
the same act instead Of being called driving
them out should be called the seceeding Of the
others from that one. 1t would be exactly
what the seceders claim to do unless, indeed
they make the point that the one, because it is
a minority, may rightfully do what the others,
because they are majority, may not risht-
fully do. Though the politicians are subtitle
and profound on the rights of miuOrities, they
are not partial to that power which made tle
Constitution. and speaks from the preamble
calling itself "we, the people"
1t may well be questioned whether there is
to-day a majority OF legally qualified voters of
any State, except perhaps, SoIth Crrolina, in
favor of disunion. There rs much reason to
believe that the Union men are iI tfFe majority
in many, if not every other one of the so-call-
ed seceded States. The contrary h&s not
been demonstrated in any OF them.
will venture TO affirm this even cf Yir-
ginia and Tennessee, for the result Of an cleo
tion held in military camps where the bayon-
cts are all on the one side of the question vot-
ed upon, can scarcely be considered as demon
strating tho popular sentiment. At such an
election all that large class who are at once
for this Union and against coercion, would BE-
coerced to vote against the Ur1on.
1t may be affirmed without extravaganza
that the free Institutions NC enjoy have de-
veloped powers and improved the condition of
our whole people beyond any example in the
world. Of this we now have a striking and
On impressive illustrator. Sc large an afin5
before known, #fiEOGt soldier in it but who
has taken his place there of his own free
choice.
Bot nTofe than this, there ere many single
regiments whose members one and another
possess full practical knowledge of all arts, sci
ences. professions and whatever else whether
useful or elegant, is known in the world, and
there is scarcely one from which there could
not be selected President, Cabinet, Com
gress, and perhaps Court abandaRtly con-
petent to administer the Government itself!
Nor do say this is not true also in the
army of our late friends, now advcrsaries in
this contest Bit if it is, so much better the
reason why the government which has confer
red such benefits on both them and US, stUa!d
not be broken up.
Whoever, in any sectioni proposes TO aban-
don such government, Would do we'll to con.
slider in difference 10 Whit principle it is that
he docs it. What better he is likely to get in i
its stead? Whether the sIbEtitute will give,
or be intended to give SC u1Ich of COOL to the
people. There are some forcshadowings on
this subject. Oar adversaries haTe adopted |
sonIe declarations OF independence, in which, !
unlike the good old one penuef by jefferson,
they omit the words "alI l1en arc created
equal" Why, they have adopted temporary |
National Constitution, in the preamble Of !
which, unlike our good old one, signed By
they omit 1--WE the people," and !
substitute "we the deprties Of TIE sovereign |
and independent States" Why this dsliber- |
ate pressing out of view the rights Of men and |
the adthofit5 of the people? This is essen
TALLY peoples contest, IN the sight Of the |
world, that the form arSF substance of Govern
ment, Whose leading object is to elevate the |
of men, to lift artificial Weights from
all shoUldersj to 3lea4 the paths for laudable /
pursuits, for all to- afford all an uniettered |
start, and fair chante in the race of life,
yielding to the partial aud temporary depart
1re from necessity.
This is tic leading object Of the Government
'or whose existence we contend. am most hap
py to believe that the plain people understand
and appreciate this. 1t is worthy o. no'e that
while in this, the govefnfitnts' hour of trial,'
arge numbers Of THOSE in the army and navy
who have been favored with the o1ices, have
resigned aud proved false to the land which
1ad pampered them. Not one common sold
er or common sailor is known to have desert.
ID his flag. Great honor is due to those off,
.erS who have remained true despite the exafH<
o'e of their treachsrouS associates But the
greatest honor anti most important fact of all
5 the unanimous 6rmhess of the common sold
ers and common sailors, to the last man. So
ar as known they have successfully resisted
he traitorous efforts OF those whose conf
nands but an hour before they obeyed as ab-
Joute law.
This is the patriotic instinct Of plain fis6s
Die. They understood Without an argument,
hat the destroying Of the Government which
vas made BY Washington means 20 good to
hem.
odY pbpdfaf Government has roftsh beercall.
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