Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-06-14
A PRIVATE LETTER FROM EDWARD
EVEhEr1

/ reached me- yesterday. / cad II with mingls
ceilings; gratitied that your friendly regard ha
As yet survived the shock Of the tunes, ani deep
\ grievn1 nt the different view We take OF the
| existing crisis,
| II is we'll known TO YOU that | sustained the
/ south, Mt the almost total sacr fee OF utieho
| md favor nj home, ns long al though she "
,ursnins Constitutional objects This lid, al
hough the South had placed the conservative
| North in false aud lndefensbe position Il,
he repeal of the Missouri mlromise, and th'
rseve ing attempts to force slavery mo u
Territory of Kansas, by surprise, nui aud viz
ence, against the known wish OF nu oytrwhelul
majority of the People. | pursued thi'
curse for the sake Of Strengthening the hands
| patriotic Union men Mt the South although
| " As well aware, partly from facts wlhin my per-
lnnl knowledge, that leading Southern p0u-
| icinus had for thirty years been resolved t.
reak up the Union as soon as they ceased 10
| ontrol the Uoited States Government, aud tia
ne Slavery question was but pretext for keep
ng up agitation and rallying the South
| Notwithstanding this state Vt things, and thu
wholly uuwar antable manner in which the policy
Il Sscess'on was Initiated by South Carolina.
md followed up BY tho olher Cotton States aud
spite of the g. izure of the public establish
nenta and the public property--which in th'
| bsence of any joint act Of partition, WINS sheer
| iunder-it was my opinion that, If they would
stain from further aggression, and were de-
Jeaoe. But the wanton attack on Fort Sumter
| (which took place, not from any military neces-
| ity, for what harm was "A single company
cJnped up IN Charleston hnrhor, able to do Il
| south Carolina but for the avowed purpose o.
"-tirring tho blood" of the South, and thu
bringing in the Border Ststes), and the suhse
! luent proceedings nc Montgomery have wholly
| ;nanged the state Of affairs. The South ha1
evled an unprovoked war against the Govern
! ment Of the Uni ed States, the midest and mos
nenefcent IN the world, and has made il the duty
If every good citizen to rally to its support.
l perceive that my having publicly expressed
that sentiment, and contributed my mite toward
the regiment of Mr. Webster (who inherts the
conservative opinions Of his illuslrous father),
mas caused surprise on the part of some of my
Southern frends-youIs among the most
valued of them--as if my 30 doing was inconsist
cut with the friendly feelings | have ever cher
i-hed toward the South. But these friends
forget that early the 18th OF April, that is
before the Proclamation of President Lincoln,
tue Secre airy of War at Montgomery had threat
ened that by the LIST OF May, the Gouledera'e
dag should float the Capitol at Washington,
and in due tune over Fhneuii Hall. When Gen
einl Beauregard proceeds to execute tbs tbrent, |
his red hot common hall- and snells will not spare
tho roof that Shelters my daugh er ami tour little
children nc Washington, nor my own root in
Boston. Must |. because have been the sic 'dy
friend of the South sit still while he is bateritg
my house about my ears?
l certainly deprecate the choice of u President, |
exolnrively by tho electoral votes of one section
Of the country, though consenting with the
greatest reluctance to be mys II upon one Of one
opposing tickets. 1t was, however, fully IN the
power of the South TO have produced different
result. But tho disunionists were determined to
have their own candidate, though mistaken
trust in the belief that he SHARED their dslOyal
views. l make this charge against them with
out scruple, justified by subsequent events, as
well by the language of the entire Union press
at the South during the canvass.
After the election was decided, the Disunion-
lists would not wait for overt acts, because they
knew none could or would DO committed. They
knew that there WIS anti-Rep bllcsn majority
10 the Senate, and that there would be pne in the
present House. They ''p,ecipitatrd" the rup-
lure of tho Union, because they In " that If
they waited, even the pretexr for II wru d fail.
After tho Cotton States had seeded, and al
though that circumstance greatly increased the
difficulty of compromise measures were never
theless adopted or proposed in CoDgr' 81, which
| must have remove all sincere alarm on the part
OF the South, that thoir constitutional rights
were threatened Tue accredited lea iers Of the
Republican party, including the Pres dent elect,
uniformly pledged themselves to that effect
| The two Houses, by constitutional majority,
pledged themselves in like manner against any
| future amendment of the Constitution violating
| tho limit. Of the South. A member from Mas
sachnsc,ta mir Adam uossessln,, the entire
coincidence Of she incoming Administration, pro-
nosed 10 admit.New Nfexieo as State. and three
nav Territures were orpanized without any Anti
| Slaverv restriction, Wuile this was done in
! Congress. the States repeAled or modified The
laws thr wing obstacles in The way OF recovering
| fuy,t,ve slaves-lavs which have never been OIL
any practical injury to the Cotton States.-
| Thcse copoiliatory d monstrations had no effect
in stayipr the progress OF Secession, because the
leaders Of that revolution were determined not
to be SATISFIED aud to maintain their policy,
| Nb,ch In the light of the Constitution is simply
rebellion and treason, they have appealed to the
sword.
| You aay that the South desires nothing but
peace. and ask whether the N RIB will not '.let
Won one " BIT nv good friend, the South
,emauds a great deal more than ..p, ace" She
CLAIMS The CAPITAL Of the country, although she
has hut n third OF it's popuat on. She claims
tho contro of the outlet Of ghesapenke Bay and
n. tributaries: the right to comm nd the most
d,rect route IN the Atlantic from Ouiu. Indana.
80 Il,inois states ,vboae nonulatinn amonn a
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