Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-07-26

a Since the days OF w ashingtOn our eountFj
has not seen such an anniversary as this
Our EatfSnaI Flsg has been insulted and
trampled under foot government treasures
have been robbed j. arms, forts dockyards, and
a-senaIs Eaaes been .fsf5esis by traitor handA
and brave soldiers ir'fbe peaceful possession Of
government fort have been openly attacked
and driven from It's possession. Armies are
organized and in motion upon our soil with
the avowed pufpose of takingkf kforcble possaS--
sion of the capitol aud oyertarning a con5ti-
tutiOnal government. Why is all this? Why
is it that the hitherto peaceful quiet of our
homes is broken by noisy preparations fox
the field of blood? Why do see before nla
: men who have laid aside the garments Of .hus-
bandry to put en- the robes Of Wari Why.
have so many Of oEr young men been called
to leave the paternal home, to bid adeu to
parents. sisters, wives, or friends never per,
haps, 10 return again Why must we mar0h
to defend a consliJutionally elected Presidents
and Cabinet in their attempt to execute tha'
laws of the nation to defend the capitol
built by our treasure, 10 defend the government
against the madness Of, not q foreign, but an
J internal foe / answer: because we hava
, nurtured a viper in our bosom that now seeka
! to sting Us 10 the heart. Because a portion
of the States opposing tue nation have been
suffered to depart from the fundamental prin-
cples upon which our government is based
Because those States have forgotten the spF~
it of '76, and have widely gone from the dog
trines al ounced IN the DeelaratioIr Of our
independence. Because fIat undeT the form,
of Republic and IN tie name Of liberty.
they hay5 uurtured tyranny 1t is needless
to attempt 70 disguise it, we cannot If va
would slavery is Lhe ceuse Of all this That
there may be other causes operating in con-
uecion with this may Le admitted; but that
/ this is theprime, procuring cause lss7, IL aRy.
viii derry, The developments Of the last
! few months, added to ihs history OF cur cosn-
! Try for soHle years past leaves Iitle room to
| doubt this .., ...4,
+ WEtE' iise MsyGoWer and sPesdwefl vera
Bearing the preceus burden, DER the ocSaR..
while the Pilgrim Fathers we're kneeling up,
on Plymouth Rock and returning thanks 10,
! Cod for their deliverance from the expressions,
|. OF the old countries when they rose up to
lay the foundations. ok9that Repnbcaa
Liberty, ii which We rejoice todAy';s
then, at that same time. might have besn
seen the black flag and black bulk
Of slave ship pushing her way into he mouth
OF James River and landing her cargo Of
slaves. ~ 80.
Il is singular coincidence that while tbs
Puritan Fathers were hewing cut The rough
forests of Now England, erecting school hOu-
ses, and churches, and carefully preparing
leaven OF Freedom which should spread forth
overall this land and naOuld the institutions Of
a mighty people that al the same time the
seeds Of sayery,- n system. .eombininR in itselE
all the elements OF eppressioisS sie0Id be plant.
ed by its side. Here, as nowhere else in the
world before, Liberty took the deepest roef nd
Slavery took the frmest hold, Both were uni.
ted under one government. Side BY side they
grew. Blythe, 7foree Of free labor the North
hGs removed heF EaceEts, tcfrup her prairies,
ana covered her hills aHd valleys with well tiII-
ed farms. She has dotted them with schSOl
houses, shureb-spHes and villages She has
crowded her seaboard with cities, and spread
hor sails thickly over the'oeeans. She has been
3 eudly adv neiag 10 every elemsnt. Of civil
and. moral ernideuf.- pbNe the South has as
steadily fallen behind in the race; sIavery haV-
ing dwarfed her energies and crippled her pew.
err Fields once bearing q gonarous harvest are
noH giYenlup 50 barrenHess or weeds. The.
once stately mansions Of her aristocrAts and
s
has bren advancing 10 y higher civilization,
such Os the world had never seen, the South
has been sinking back into barbarisTn; and the
system Of OPPRESSION which she has unrtured.
has gradually eFadicated the love Of thS Re-
publican. form among her people. 15 -
, Il vas not in the nature Of things lhat she
could chelis such an Institution aud yet re-
tain the spirit Of liberty. Liberty Is a spot
less angel that wiz not stand Oh tho necks Of
s!aYes nor viii she build her temple On bon
dage ai'd tyrai:nie power.
How we're The f0rIps even, Of republican
instituiiois to be long sustained in the South!
Nearly four n4iilipns, almost or quite ono-third
of her population, are slaves. These are NOT
taught to lo4s, but to hate that form Of Gov-
esH1:cnt under which they have suffered so
much oppression. 3. ,.. a ,f#
1'htre arc the nan-sayeholding poor, class
WHICH even the negroes denomnate poor
Sllite trash" Slavery has made free schools
en,i gcncral intelligence impossible in the
: .dica whore H-oxistsl hence tho masses. ia
thos, states are ignorant, degraded aad poor
A class lifted only to be the tools ofambitious
AMI designing dcspots The manner in which
this vie REBELLION has been carried forward by
tLe BOT headed Leaders Of the South is sufficient
eY ieSrilec Of thiz src~.s ',r -, - "A
II has becn Ire steady declaration Of WISE
ami iruI9 patriotic statesmen. in every period
OF , cr history, that If our republican institu-
ticns be preserved, it must be through the in
telligcI.ce Of the people We must educate,
has bccn their constant, warning cVy. "A Re
publican ticHerbnNlit ran only be preserved
by people, the individuals OF which can 60
to the polls and cast the potent ballot with
gcod understanding of what its elscts will bs.
upon the interests and destiny Of theit eoUa-
trg, -
How l. it with the slavc-master? They do
not love liberty. Already they forget hey.
maxms. Years ago they ceased to read tHS'.
Declaration Of Independence in public assem-
bIies, lest il prove an incondary document To-.
lindle the fres Of liberty in the bosoms of the
slaves. They deny the assertions oftbar leclar,
atom aud SCOTT its Ptincips utterances as
giltcring gencralitcs.' Denying liberty TO
others, they have lost i's spirit themselves,
while the praclicscf slavery has trained them
Tor tyranys The daily exercise ofen nbsolate
and almost irresponsible authority over the
persons Of their slaves, could not do otherwise
than nuturc in them a love OF domination aud
lust of power sas ....
Fl-iSspiril has displayed itself in that AFRO =
CANT and overbcaring insolcnce which most Of
their representatives have been wont to show in
the halls Of Congress. 1t has exhibited itself
IN those ince .slnt demands for new securities
and guarantees slave int rasis, accompanied
with heavy threats. Accustomed to ldolnIuais
upon the,r plantations, they assumed it to be.
their peculiar perogative in the Govornment
Of the Nation; and because beaten 10 an cleo