Weekly Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-01-11
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We are in tbe midst Of great aud stirring =,
events. Treason stalks abroad in the land, and !
men in high places coyertly embrace it, States I
men, Who have sworn with an oath to defend
the Constitution Of the country, are struggling =
With all the power Of desperation and treachery, t,
to break asuuder the barriers Of that bond and
charter Of our Union and with daring boldness
proclaim their tfeaHonable designs and aims,
even in the Senate house Of FREQ and enlightened
America. stasss ara snapping in twain with
ruthless hands, the cdsds which bind this power
fal and prosperous union together as one coun-
try, one nation, one people, having common
interest and common destiny; and madness
rules tho hour and controls the Judgment and |
reason Of men. T.sa
Power is passing from the weak to the strong
and the march Of civil and religious liberty ad-
yanuss before the dark pathway Of barbarism,
and inpedes tho progress Of that moral but
profitable eyil--humsn slavery; meanwhile it's
friends aud advocates, fearing, lest the light Of
truth and freedom which is now overspreading
tho land, shall break upoR them and reveal to
the world the hideousness and horrors Of their
infamous traffic in the bodies and souls Of men,
sra rising up in armed resistance to the laws of
the country; they arc seeking to drown the
peoples voice In the groaning agonies Of war,
and would deluge the popular rights of the free
North in blood As they behold, in the destiny
which awaits them in .heir present career OF
treason, the seern snd reproaches of the whole
sssisissf VOID. they think only of the suicide'i
ultimate resosss aud rush impetuously onward
to II, despite the ooupsels Of their friends, th'
pr testationn Of their fellows, the plainest evi
deuees Of certain destruction which lie in thei
pathway rosy will rule or they will ruin; an
the people havipg, at the ballot boxes, decide
that they shsN not longer rule this country wit
their iron ROD Of slavery, they fly madly to tn
alternative. and enter upon the work Of ruiz
But the sane power which took from their col
rupt hands the reins Of government few weel
ago, impelIed BY all the dictates of PATRIOTS
and honor nov stand ready to prevent Il
traitors from consumnating their last rash d
sign. The prosperity Of the country, its hone
its glory, its very existence all call for the iDte
position Of every American arm in its defene
and while duty and patriotism are thus array
on the ene hand, frightened politicians of
grades, political shades and compilations {
haiting at the half way house of compromise
tween treason and the constitutional rights
the majority Oh the other; and with smOt
tongues and spsoieus sentences h0rangue the
suspecting muihtudes at Union meetings, NJ
the great propriety, the absolute necessity,
yielding all their political, neral and social T
vileges and opinions upon the altar Of the dol
nsering, overriding, heeloring slave power
the South.
-, = 1t is time this cowardly tampering with
rights Of the erder-loving, law-abidng por
Of the freemen If this country was frowned do
1t is time these political essayists; these chic
hearted orators and rejected place hunters '
understood and appreciated at their real va
1t is time that the feelings, the interests,
the prosperig Of the masses should be respot
instead Of being longer trihsd with by gov
meat stipepdiaiies and their syoophantic fol
ers and partzAn understrappers And if
people ould not be bound hand and foot to
negroo efaqy, Of the South, they must shove
= ~ 8Asi ~ r. these ehssP PaeasatsE
the phblc staes, and shape the destinss of
country for themselves. Cowardice has bee
council too long. A base and mean surre
Of all We hold dear as American citizens has
proposed by them often enough aud the enc
Of the Union have had their full share Of
couragcmsnt from these sympathisers witt
csssiou The people must now act. If
would preserve their liberties intact, if
would not be degraded to level with sla
by becoming ils tools and playthings they
stand up for tho country the whole coui
and assume a bold and manly position in de
OF their own dearest social and political ri
The people csnnot be bullied, begged or 5
from the path Of duty. The election O
LINCOLN carries with it no crime the punisl
Of which is the loss Of all personal and po
rights. His elevation to the Presidency
violation Of no constitutional provision, b
the contrary la ia strict conformity to tn
strument. !, ought not therefore-and
people ere true 10 themselves it will not
n severance Of this Union. Nothing but I
submission to the demands Of slavery url
by the falss reasoning and melancholy
bodings Of It's Norlhern allies and advccat
dissolve this glorious and happy country;
any American citizen will permit himself
come thc abiect miniou and servile depen(
such apower, heis unfit to enjoy the bl
Of that freedom which the Republican fat
our country established, and which Pr
LINCOLN means to hand down to his So
uuimpaired, unabridged aud undivided.