Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-06-14
THE AMERICAN CRISIS.

From Ma millans Magazine.
Meanwhile, does not our heart thrill within us
with mixed feelings Of shame, and admiration.
and pride. as We benold the North glrding iiseli
Tor the bettleY How have we scorned the
Apericans for their worship Of the "almighty
dpllurh Lo the merchants Of New York
New York, the one city Of oil the North most
dependeht on its Southern interests the filter
out of saVers, the stronghold of the Democrat c
party for years--come forward to pledge their
support 10 the Union with patriotism and self
sacrifice which put our sneers to the blush. For
the Fest time in history, since The days of old
Rome, when Hannibal was under her walls.
capital-'the most arrant coward under beaven-
has shown itself courageous. "Bearsn arc no
where; moNey chooses to be abundant the prices
Of Northern, u =. loyal, securities stru ggle not
to fall
As we look upon these things, surely we Eng
liahmen GU hit to feel that these men OF the Nor h
are indeed "hone OF our bone and flesh Of our
flo h." In spite If the large increase in old
Englaud's Colonial iamily, New England, though
now dwelling apart, ID still her mothers truest
counterpart. Search the annals OF America, aud
you wi see that. by natural grsvtatiou, al
most all that is uoblest and best has ever sought
the North New Engaod and Pennsy lvauia are
peoples from he fist carrying with them ORDER
~ freedom, and self respect aud energy indomit
able Virginia, the CarolinRs repteeeut at the
outset but the struggles and scrambles Of broken
down gentlemen and reckless adventures. Any
g eGns OF moral beauty which attach to the hla-
tory or tho Suuth soon becOme quenohed in
gloom The liberation of Maryland nds in the
dsgraoetnl Totpdyism Of Baltimore. The bright
promise Of Georgia's freedom leads only 10 the
rad dissenaons between oglethorpe and the
Weslcys, md the shameful sanctioning of Slavery
by Whitfield. Since the American Revolution,
even more than before, each wOrthier batch Of
European emigranIs-With one single noteworthy
exception, the Germans of Texaa-haa invaria-
bly, settled ID the Free North and West And as
to tho more resent accEetions to the South, is
there one that does not estrauge It more and
more from its knship with ourselves? How
nuoh have we in common with the mongre
population of Louisiana, Florida, Texas, as com
pared even with California, which the iHdonit
able energy Of the North has transformed from
one OF the sinks of the earth into settled coun
try in half the time which il has taken to intro
duce the merest elements Of security aud decency
into Texis?
Yes, the strong ties Of blood bind England
above al, yet not only England, but with il all
the ma tons Of free protestant Europe, all tho
various branches OF the great Teutonic race,
Germans and Dutch, sWedes aud Norweglans,
essentially to the North. But race alone cannut
explain the wondrous uuhoped-for spectacle OF
Northern self devotion. Nothing, as Il eeems TO
ssPNH ~ put nht strange NenBloua
revival which a few years ago, ran through the
uhlled s'ates but exhibited its special power at
the North. 1t was mixed up, no doubt, With
N UGH extravaganza and much hypocrisy ii has
SEQ med to end in no practical result; it has
appt ~red t. many, and often to myself, but as a
paasi,1 cloud. But doubt greatly whether 10
that egous revival there were not soWn the
seeds % the present national movement. The
most dis 9n'siouate observers did net fail TO no.
tipe that for the frat tiu1a IL rtIad mar hitkar
to Ahsorba in the pursuit OF wealth, by sudden
giimpses on world beyond. II must have been
10 many first revelation Of the reality of Gods
presence 1t must have broken up the soil of
many ia How heart Surely it was the Divine
preparatio for this hour Of terrible trial.