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

Confederate. Tho question:, SO often put hy
these gentlemen: "When is this war 10 end Y
" How many lives are to be lost and what mil
lions of treasure are to be expended before the |
Southern Confeleracy shall b. recognized :" are
asked too soon. The contest has scarcely begun |
and to yield to rebellion without blow would
he craven. and make secession by far too easy n
game for disappointed and enYoua politicians TO
| play at. Mr.. Stephens, who assumes 10 act us
the Vice President Of the revolutionary provi-
sional government, never declared more so
lemn and obvious truth than when he said, that
secession was the offspring of thwarted ambition
and unreali2ed aspirations and the fact that
his speech in favor Of the Union was suppressed
at the South and himself drawn into the whrl
pool Of rebellion, which he vainly struggled to
resist, is proof enough of what il meant in that
section, by freedom lf discussion aud the right
of private opinion.
Mr.. RUSSELL the famous correspondent of the
london Times. has told the world how tho Bri-
tish Consul, at New Orleans, was appealed to on
the part of English, Scotch and Irish residents,
who were serving as forced volunteers in the
rebel army, to demand their release. Have we
anything Of this sort North of Virginia DO
press-gangs drag men into the ranks of the
Federal army, aud compel them to take arms in
n cause for which they have no hearty l have
seen .rsgiment after regiment speeding on to
Washington to join the patriotic hosts already
| III tue Htlut tue luGes VI tut ultu Dthuuk Win
enthusiasm, and their loud huzzas ringing cheer
lily in the air. as the trains swept by. The hardy
umbermeE Of Maine the Green Mountain boys
whose fathers fought under Ethan Allen; from
the Granite Hills of New Hampshire; from the
Old Bay State, and the Connecticut valley; from
little Rhoda aud imperial New York from
Trenton, Princeton and Monmouth, on, on they
came, inspired by ieivent zeal to defend and
maintain the government which has fostered and
| nrniantpl thpu and m 10 pvis of trhi nh
depend the security and happiness, not alone of
the citzens of the loyal States, but OF the whole
Union. These brave soldiers may be called
hirelings by men who have fattened on office all
their lives and never sacrificed shilling, ex-
cept to monage village caucus, or pack road
side Convention. But they have gone to net
soldiers part and share soldiers fortune in
righteous war Let their deeds vindicate their
motives And yet the Peaee advocates advise
submission TO the rovolutionists, and willing
assent to disnnion without struggle.
One of the speakers ut Dover, notice. stg-
matzed the Delaware volunteers as the refuse
of tue Philadelphia Regiments foreign affair
altogether, unworthy OF sympathy &c II this
was intended to apply to the First Delaware Re.
gimcnt now absent from home, il is II wanton
insult to men nineteen-twentieths of whom in
all the clements of character that constitute the
gentleman, will, at least, compare favOrably with
their accusers. There are prvatts in the ranks
who have left homes of comfort and luxury, to
whom the monthly pillance of pay allowed a
soldier, is a mere bagatele, who have enlisted
with all the ardor OF youth, to fight for the flag
and honor Of their country aud if some OF
them do so back NJ the expiration of the three
months, it will be because the State of their
nativity and adoption has been too parsimouious
or too much bampered by Incompetent disaf-
fected and timid officials, TO properly equip
them, and not from any detection of spirit or
faith in the justice Of their cause Party names
are never mentioned, political differences have
been forgotten. Democrats have been unde-
oeved by the Migrant treason and duplicity Of
their former allies at the South, and none are
more indignant at the treachery of Floyd and
Davis, AMI Bell than those who were once their
followers and admirers.
We have daily reports Of change in our po-
siton; that the companies ara to be brought
together at Fort Mcllenry or Annapolis, and
the boys are eager to see themselves ia the reei-
ment, aud no longer scattered here aud there in
small dctachmcnta us at present. Our duties
have not been arduous so far, while our quar-
tiers and rations afford no reasonable cause Of
complaint. The uniforms furnished to the com.
pany are of the most Indifferent description and
will not outlast summer campaign. The
health of the camp continues good.
ENSIGN.