Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-17
Che Cost was not oeanted.

4 little of that Yankee spirit which the
! cIivalry affect so heartily to despise, might
/ have saved the latter vast deal of ultimate
bloodshe,l, desoIation and woe. The inftlria-
| ted rebels struck the fatal blow whichsin its
rebound is 10 prostate them in the dust, with
out for once giving thought as to their abil-
| ity in fnanances to prosecute their work of
/ crime LaborinI in their madness under the
! delusion that the North was hopelcssly divi-
ded, that the Northern people werea race Of
merernary wretchcs, without patriotism, with
out courage, and pride, and honor, they tho't
they hail but TO menace US and we woud fall
upun ,nr knees and beg for mercy This sud
dtn fy5ug to ar,lrs with the determination to
pat down wicked rebellion at any cost. start
les them. Money by the million is freely OF
lered, and men without number Just as
this appalling feet forces itself upon theft un-
willing obscrvation-T Tier otrn cot7ers are
empty dad ttey are 1citiom REQUIRES to fill
them. They have actually taken up arms
against an aroused and powerful Government
without dollar beyond the mite stolen from
that Government, 70 carry on the war with
Was ever such litter insaEity heard Of be-
fore2
The remarks Of the New York Post on this
phase of the struggle are very pointed. The
Post says:
This is view Of the question which the
Montgomery mutineers have in their blood
thirsty haste entirely overlooked They are
already bankrupt. of their l6Hg atlrertised
"most advantageous fifteen million loan" they
have, after every effort, got-accordin9 to their
own account-but twelve millions. They
have been running in debt for the last twelve
Or fifteen weeks, at the rate OF nearly million
week. The entire twelve millions, if they
could get it, which seems doubtful, would not
set them square with the army and commiss;l-
ry. They can borrow no more; and they
have stolen already all there was to steal
They have come to the end of their rope.
Meantime, in less than fifteen days, our cit
liens have given for the support of the Union |
nearly thirty millions of dollars; ard it is safe
to say that over one hundred millions have |
been placed ct the service of the national and |
state governments by our banks. The city of
New York alone has already given to the
cause of Union ard constitutional liberty more
than the traitors have been able to borrow |
and steal in FIVE months for its destruction.-
And in all this calculation the revenues of
the government are not counted. The trait
er5 hold many important forts. but treason |
has destroyed their COMMERCE. They have not
Il cent Of revenue today, and will not have, if |
they could keep treason alive for a dozen
years Their boastej cot oa-tax security for
the Confederate Loan will never be collect
cd because not a balc Of cotton will leave their
ports till the flag Of the Union once more
floats freely over tie custom houscs. Credit
.s'a ssad thet, haYu none; and many bankers of
t,.a-cotton States have already removed their
bullion TO the North. and thus defeated the
last desperate resource of these "Confeler-
ate robbers, Of laying violent hands OF the
bank specie.
While they are thus bankrupt, beyond hope
Of recovery, the United S ;atcs government
has a revenue which will be little, if any, i'm
paired; credit abroad, which will be stronger
than ever before, now that our people have
shown their real devotion to the Union; and a
nation of wealthy freemcn who will give mill
ions for the defence Of the liberty and laws un-
der which they have enjoyed an unexamp!ed |
prosperity.
We can spend tgo hundred and fifty mill
ions III defence of the Union, without feeling |
it. We are prepared to do so. And the
Montgomery mutineers twaddle about their
puny twelve millions.