Delaware gazette. (Wilmington, Del.) 1837-1883, 1861-06-01

Here is recognition ofthe seeded States, Of aney
nationality" and Of the policy Of a peseeful sepa
ration. Yet war is contemplated for the mere
purpose of settling the principle for tho future that
''seeession Is neither constitutional proceeding
nor peaceful oneH That obligations are moi Ia
be thrown of at pleasure, and that the subversion
ola peaceful and righteous government Is a costly
game, &c' AZ the same time II is asserted that
henceforth the cotton States out Of tho Union"
They are TO be held as The rest Of mankind, enc.
mics IN war in peace friends; there is to be no re-
construction by force; and 1.-THE seeded States and
as many more as the providence of God, controlling
the fortune Of war, shall annex to them are to run
their own course apart FROM vs. 1.-THE North aud 10
fashion their own destiny apart from ours"
With this policy avowed, What on earth Is tho
use OF going TO war; Simply TO prove that these
things must not b. done peaeeably, aud that dis.
union 10 a costly game. The question arises a.
ouce, whether this Is put forth as mere mask,
under which to plunge the sections into war, with
the chances Of suhjugRtion and extermination, If
practicable on one hand, and something to fall
back upon, In case Of fail the other; or
whether Il lisa sheer pieN Nf folly. One thing is
apparent at all eventF, that there is roally no ex-
cusable ground for the war, II the secedel States
are TO DO recognized at any time. fiat any time
such recognition is contemplated, then the only
time is noio As for the penalty and chastisement
Of war, the hand that undertakes to impose aud In
hiet them may DO shattered 10 the task. The North
will suffer equally with the South from the begin.
ming 10 the end Of such war.
As the fact Is patent, that a very large portion
OF the, Northern people are friendly to peace, al
| though they cannot at present be heard; and as
we may rest assured that number will gradually
increase, as the war progresses; and that ut no
more distant day than the next Congressional cleo
tons, peace party will be In the held verywheru
throughout the North, unless the people should be
subject to an exclusive military dictatorship, the
question ofduty presses directly home upon US to
inaugurate such party, and to establish, II posi-
Bile, the first victory off peace. There 10 no State
in the Union more interested In the peaceful solu-
ton Of the current difficulty than onrs in proper
ton to relative circumstances; though we maintain
IN the face Of the war frenzy Of the North, hhat
the States Of that section Of the Union (alwayshx
centtns the spannlstors In s~as1 rsest saner
such a catastrophe as much as any other
1t happens that the opportunity Is ours to adopt
the most effective and emphatic initial declaration
by the people in favor peace. Prompt and cordial
unanimity on this subject may prove invaluable
The intimation We have heard from some, that con-
stituted as the next Congress must be, mere ma j.
chine, to be directed BY the administration, 1t mat
ters very little who represents u.s. Is not to be
tertained for moment Our representatives may
be capable of very little personal result; but the
moral influence Of representation, sturdily hold
ing up in the midst Of an Infatuated assembly the
olive branch of peace, and declaring the great
principle that all governments must be sustained
by the consent Of the governed, will not be with.
out its effect upon The whole nation. In any view
Of tho subject, position, relatively to tho gen
eral government, and to the States North and
South imposes upon us that particular duty, and
Il is onewe may honorably and faithfully discharge
leaving the issue in the hands of the Great Disps-
ser of all the affairs of Observation-Disclosures Sun.