Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-03
From the cineinnati Commercial.

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The telegraph reports that sundry promi
zent men in the Border States arc begging fol
the cessation of hostilities, until some "cOmpro
mise" Is effected which may avoid the horrors
Of civil war.
However earnestly we may dcprecate ia
common with all men Of humane feelings, a
resort to the bloVdy arbitrament of the sword,
We are firmly opposed TO any and all schemes
Of surrendering the vantage ground which the
National Government now has over the usur-
: patton at Montgomery. We want the question
settled now and forever, whether we have
national government worth preserving, or not
We want il settled whether State or q fac
tion Of States are to break Hp the Union, undS
the Government, and ruin the commercial in
ter ests of the whole country, at their pleasure
We want 10 know whether the power will
which the people have invested the common
government, for the common good. is to be faith
fully exercised, or PusianimOusly waived in th e
face of whatever rebellion or usurpation may
raise its head against il.
i Until these questions are settled, and settled
rightly, for our government 10 abate jOt oI
| Is authority. or withdraw 3 soldier from the
field, would be treason 70 republican liberty,
| aud suicidal to the Government ITSELF Our re-
publican institutions are on trial before the
whole world; the people Of the country are at
last thoroughly aroused to the imminent peril
that our free government may perish, and the
hopes Of mankind may perish with it, They
are rallying around the standard of the COM
mon Union in numbers sufficient TO ensure
victory TO IFS standard. Our whole future
as people depends upon the speedy, thorough
and final settlement Of the issue for which they
have taken up arms.
If the authority OF the Government is moi
maintained, we may as well abandon all idea
Of ever again lifting our head among the nations
Of the earth. A government which cannot
maintain eoptrel of its national defcnses and
revenues, and which cannot execute IFS laws
is pOweFless at home, and dcFpicsble abroad
Its character is lost, and its credit is ruined
1t 10 liable 10 be continually ditmcmbered, in
suited By foreign powers aud torn by intestine
| convulsions.
Why do we see the conservative classes
the heavy capitalists of the country, pouring
out their money like water TO aid in maintain
ing the Government! Fer the simple reason
that publ ie order and a stable Government art
the vital essentials of security to property
Our bankers are lavish Of their dollars because
they know that their only chance of making
more dollars lies in the restoration OF an or
derby Government.
It is said that We may procure peace By a
timely concession. We don't believe it. Ev-
cry concession that can now be made, will only
weaken and demor slize the legitimate Gov
ernment, and add new power for mischief
to the usurpation. The true wny 10 treat
disorganizerx, is TO put them down. II you
dont do it, be sure they wi II put you down.
/ The true remedy for public robbery and arm
cd rebellion is to punish obbers and rebels
and hemp is the only severe ign cure for trca-
sOn.
! sWhep the Confederate States lave surrcn-
dercd all the national property they have pur.
! leiBCd, restored all the I.AiiOhal defences they
have seizCd, given up all the Ill gotten gains Of
their treason, and SURRENDERED their uSurping
leaders into the hands OF Justice, It viii be time
to talk of ''comprcmise." Till then, the word
! is an insult to the majesty Of an outraged and
betrayed people.
But why atttempt to subjugate tho South
by force Of arms? we are asked. We answer
there is no "subjugatiOn Of the South" about
it. The South has never seeded from the
Union. Not even in single one Of the "con-
| fedcrate States" which embrace but fraction
of the South, have these usurpers dared submit
the issue of secession to the vote Of tlRg people
The whole question, so far. is between the law
fully established government of he nation on
one side, and the fraudulent firm OF def. Davis
& Co, on the other. If the people of the South
after the legitimate government has exercised
its lawful prerOgs' i've, AID brought JEFF. Davis
l. Co., to terms, choose to AcgStiate q peace
satisfactory to the majority Of the nation, there
will be no objection. We don't propose &c
"held an unwilling people in the Union by
force" or to "invade the rights Of the South .
but we do propose to prevent factious mi
uoriiy from making way with the rights Of the
people.
BS all legal definitions, as well rs b5 all po
litical rules, those who have taken up arms
against the government are trai' ors-simply
that, and Hethisg moro. Now when was il
ever established that traitors TO q government
are to be compromised with? If there werC
no other argument against concession, the fa
tai effects Of so much concession rs have
already suffered would be conclusive against
it. The do-nothing, let-alone, drifting policy
applied to the administration of the govern
ment has almost drifted it into the jaws Of des-
truetion. Do we want to repeat and intensity
that fatal bIunder2 It is the first instance ir
the history Of hwnzH aRaiEs, that we ever heart
J of government being administered on Tho
, Quaker principle, Of non-resistaAee to injury
and Outrage; and we hope il Will be the last
D at least until the arrival Of the millennium
/ Ao
( meekly and invariably turned the other. Dee
{ poiled of its Custom Houses At Charleston an,
New Orleans, it submitted to be robbed of it
revenue cutters at Mobile, and its Navy Yarl
OF Pensacola. Robbed of its Arsenals at Au
; gusta and Baton Rouge, it suffered its enemie
to take fort after fort, with its own stole
weapons, with the self-denying principle O
surrrndeFiDg the cloak TO him who has possess
cd himself of the coat.
But for the determination Of one brave ant
loyal soldier, the Government would hav
suffered itself to be dispossessed Of all its dc
fcuses in Charleston harbor. The sword Q
Major Anderson, throwa into the waverin
scale of imbccile leadership, proved the Ithurit
spear which touched the dormant energies of
great people. and reused them as one IN an I
spur on the Government to just vindicatio
: OG their rights.
And now we are asked to return 10 the mi
cradle make-shift policy again, Of suffering tn
d Government and the country to succumb to
handful of disopsnnizersy who, are TO- dictat
, tascip OWL terms OF national dismem bernen
|, aud nave commenced the negotiation by stea
, ing aiI Tie cOusnon property on which the
: :. could lay their hands. We are asked to suft
: this great Government Of thirty millions I
people to cApitulate to petty faction, VIII
! rather than sabmit TO lawful and just govern
- ment, have inaugurated civil war For or