Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-02-05

purchase Sl60000,00O worth a year from the
free States-shall be cut of. | will not stop 10
inquire If the world can live as long without their
cotton as they can live without hrend. will
not stop to show that both England and France.
already, by the Chinese war, have made arrange
ments for supply Of cotton from that region Of
the world, which, together with the supply from
me East Indies, will in a few years, render them
independent Of the Cotton States for all these
will be subject for argument elsewhere; but
simply throw them out as hints for reflection.
and for making haste slos0ly.
What is 10 become Of that vast mutitude OF
natnralized citizens scattered through the South
ern States, who owe si0orn aHs9iaaes to the
United States Government, which is hound to
protect shem on every land Yhether at home or
abroad Are they to be asked to commit will
lul perjury by taking up arms against Con-
sutution and Government they have solemnly
sworn to support, or are they to be driven from
ine south as aliens and enemies to the new
tangled Government that is to be erectedf II
IS question for grave deliberaton to determine
what is tob be their status when we separate from
our Government and from theirs il yotn The
natives of Virginia, owe your first allegiance to
the States surely they owe theirs to the General
Government.
To be brief, am ready to sacrifice mysafand
liVe IN obscurity and poverty, deserted bp friends
Tor whom would die rather than harm. Il bv
such sacrifice could save the rich legacy from
our fathers, and the rightful inheritance Of our
ehildren. am ready to hazard my life. il ne
cessary, in fighting the battles Of Virginia In a
lust cause, but am not willing TO sacrifice the
best interests Of my State aad my country, and
inc hopes OF oppressed mankind throughout the
world, in unfolding South Carolina ia a bad
cause and wholly unjustfabe aud petulaut
whim which she avows she has INDUCED for
thirty years. l am not willing to rush upon
destruction for misplaced eympathy for Siate
that exulted over the election Of q Republican
President, burned their tar barrels and iilumlna-
ted their cities, because II afforded them tbs
pretext for rebellion, and has since violently
seized upon the Forte, Arsenals, arms and am.
munition and money Of the United States, and
has fired upon and driven from her waters an
unarmed vessel bearing that flag of our Union
which has borne us triumphantly through every
war and every trouble. am not one Of those
who profess or feel such sympathy, nor will
uphold her in such conduct Yet would afford
her every opportunity to retrace her iniudioidus
steps
My earnest and urgent advice is, that vireinia
should remain in the Union, demanding ali her
constitutional rights, the repeal of all uooonsti-
lutional LAWS, OF the declaration Of their uulity
oy the supreme Court, and just punishment
Tor those who shall resist its decisions Let her
remain in, and, taking sides lgiM neither, act tho
part Of mediator and peacsmaker between the
extremes OF both sections Of the country. Re-
SOLICIT that those who beckon you on 70 destruc-
aon are the same advisers and leaders that lured
you on in 1854 to insist upon the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise, which has brought
you to your present condition. That was
srievous error, Of which you had timely
warning, but to which you would not listen. and
those who warned you then were denounced as
and traitors to the South as they
are now. Be not deceived by the same men
lgain, who would now lead you into one ten
times more fatal and do not hereafter
forget that tell you now, VIXEN you give IN
Union you surrender your liberties and the liher-
ties OF all who are 10 come after you.
II this brief and hurried exposition of my views
should meet with the concurrence OF the people
Of hiehmond, and they desire to call me Into
their service, at moment when all the camness,
ieliberaton, and philosophy Of the most experi-
snced and far-sighted statesmen should be called
nto requisition, shall appreciate the honor and
lot decline the trust. But II they are bent upon
committing an act Of self-destruction, that no
lime, or labor, or money, can repair. and in
'olving this State and themselves in everlasting
'uin, some other arm than mine must be selected
10 strike the blow; for | cannot and will not
commit the parricnl act that would hand my
iame down In dishonor to posterity, as ore Of The
iestroyers OF my country and Of the liberties of
he people.
am, with great respect, your obedent servant
JOHN MINOR BOTrs.