Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-06-18


The census returns show that during the year
1860 the Fugitive Slave law was executed mors
faithfully and successfully than it had bean dn-.
ring the preceding ten years Since the install
lation oil President lincoln not a case has ariaen
in which the fugitive has not been returned. and
that too, without any opposition from the neo-
Pile. Indeed, the fidelity with which IL was nm
derstood to be the policy of the present Admin
strhlion to enforce the provisions of this law has
caused perfect panic among the runaway slaves
10 the Free States, and they have been escaping
in multitudes to Canada, unpursued and unre.
claimed by their masters Is there found In this
reason for dissolution Of the Unioni
That the Slave States are not recognized ma
equals in the Confederacy has for several veara
been the cry Of demagOgues and conspirators,-
But whit is the truth Not only according IN
the theory, but the actual practice Of the Govern
menf, the Slave States have ever been, and still
are in all respects the peers of the Free. OF
the fourteen Presidents who have been elected
seven were citizens Of Slave States, and of the
remaining seven, three represented Southern
principles and received the votes Of the Southern
people, so that in our whole history but four
Presidents have been chosen who can be claimed
as the special champions of the policy and prin-
ciples Of the Free States, and even theae so only
in modified sense- Does this look as IL the
South had ever been deprived OF her equal share
Of the honors and powers Of the Government
The Supreme Court has decided that the
citizens Of the Slave States can, at will take
their slaves into all the Territories of the Unitcd
States and this decision which has never been
resisted or nterfered with in a single case Ia
the law Of the land, aud the whole power of the
Government is pledged to enforce IT, That il
will bo loyalty enforced by the present Admins.
tration entertain no doubt.
Before proceeding further Kentucky should
measure well the depth Of tho gulf she is an
proaching and look well to the feet of her guides.
Before forsakiug a Union in which her people
have enjoyed such uninterrupted and such bound-
less prosperity, she should ask herself not once
but many times, why do l go, and where am
gongY
ln view Of what has been said, it would be
difficult to answer the first branch Of the ioouiry
hut to answer the second part is patent TO ali as
are the consequences which would follow this
movement In giving her great material and
moral resources to the support OF the Southern
Confederacy, Kentucky might prOlonR the de-.
solating struggle that rebellious States are max
ing to overthrow Government which they have
only known in its blessings but the triumph of
the Government would nevertheless be certain In
the end. She would abandon Government
strong and able to protect her, for one TINT il
weak and that contains, in the very elements of
its life, the seeds of distraction aud early dis
solution.
bhN Woulu uuVptt us tue law OIL her existence
the right Of secession-a right which has M
foundation in Jurisprudence, or logic, or in our
political history; which Madison, the father of
the Federal Constitution, denounced which has
been denounced by most Of the States and pro.
mlnent statesmen now insisting upon it's exer.
else which, in Introducing a principlv Of in.
definite disintegration, cuts up all confederate
governments by the roots, AMI gives them over a
prey TO the oaptloes and passions and transient
nft hatR nlawu
arc given TO the winds which blow upon them.
Kentucky, occupying Il central position in The
uhOn, Is now protected from the scouree of
foreign war, however much its raEages may waste
the towns and cities upon our coasts or tia cou-
merce upon our seas; but as a member of tha
Southern Coniederaey, she would be a frontier
State, and necessarily the victim Of those borier
leuus anu conflicts which have become proverbal
IN history, alike for their iierceness and frpouen
cy The people OF the South now sleep onietIv
in their beds while there is not home In M.
latuated and misguided Virginia that is not filled
with the alarms and oppressed by the terrors of
war In the fate of this ancient Commonwealth
ragged TO the altar of sacrifice by those who
should nave stood between her bosom and eyerv
Zoe, Kentucky may read her own.
No wonder, therefore,, that she has been On
'oaxugy besought to unite her fortuues viii
hose OF the South, aud TO lay down the bodies
II her chlvalric sons as breastwork behind
Rhich the Southern people may be sheltered.-
Even as attached to the Southern Confederacv
The would be weAk for all the purposes of sele
protection as compared with her present nosi-
ION. But amid the mutations incident to suob
helpless and notwithstanding league. Ken
ncky woold soon find herself adheripg 10 a mara
fragment Of the Cvnfederacy, or it NAV be stand.
ng entirely alone, in the presence of tiers of FREQ
states with populations exceeding nv many
Millions her own. Feeble States thus separnteI
rom powerful and warlke neighbors Nv ideal
boundaries, or by rivers as easily trayerse1 as
lvulets are rs insects that feed upon the iionls
p-lable at every moment to be crushed The
ecorded doom OF multitudes of such has left ia
warning TOO solemn aud impressive to be dis
egardtd
Kentucky, in her soul abbors the Arrioan
lave trade, and turns away with unspuakabln
orror and loathing from the red aliars of King
'ahomey. But although this traffic mas been
emporarily interdicted by the Seeded States. il
well understood that this step has been taken
mere measure of policy for the purpose Of
npressng the Border States, md of conclating
le european Powers Tho ultimate legalization
this trade, by a republic protesting 10 be
ased upon African serFitude, must follow as
eriainly as does the conclusion from the pre-
Uses OF mathematical proposition. Ia Ken.
lcky prepared to see the hand upon the dial
ate Of her civilization rudely thrust hack e
'ntury. and to stand before the world the con
'ssed champion Of tue African slave hunter4
Is she, with her unsullied fame, ready to be
lme pander to the rapacity of the African
ave trader, who burdens the very winds of the
"a with the means of the Wrstohed oaptiyes
hose limbs the has loaded with chains. and
hose hearts he has broken? do not. 1 cannot
slieve it,
Could my voice reach every dwelling in Ken.
lcSy, would lmplore it's inmaies-if they would
d have the rivers of their prosperity shrink
way as unted streams beneath the summer
sats-to rouse themselves from their letharRv.
I'D fly to the rescue of their country before Il
eVerlastingly too late. Man should appeal 10
an, and neigbbOrhood to neighborhood. until
" electric hres OF patriotism shall flash from
cart to heart on one unbroken current through
1t the land.
1t is time in which the workshop, the office.
G counting house, and the field may well he
'hnuoneu LOT me solemn duty that is upon US,
+ all these tolls will but bring treasure, NOT for
lrselves, but for the spoilers, if this revolution
not arrested. We are all, with our every
rthly interest, embarked in mid. ocean on the
me common deck. The howl of the storm i
our ears, and tho ghtning's red glare is
linung hell on the sky" and while the noble
mp pitches and rolls under the lashings of the
lVes, the ery IS heard thai she has sprung aleak
many points, and that the rushing waters ara
bunting rapidly in the hold. The man who in
Oh an hour, will not work at the pumps. il
Their maniac or monster. Sincerely yours,
J. HoLT,
NEW POSTAGE STAMPS 4 be Postmaster Cen
nj is engaged in determining on n new stvIs ~
lmped envelopes for the public use. The new
amps will not be furnished until the lat Of
lgust. These changes have been rendered.
cessary by the large supplies retained by The
stmasters in the seeded States. and now naeI
them without equivalent to the U, s. Post
hce department About two dozen of these
slmgsters have returned haIancns ~ a'.I sHeoS