Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-07
How the Aeeonnt Stands.
The account between the Government al
the Rebels may be summed I'D as follows.

Ihe account between the Government anC
the Rebels may be summed up as follows;
! The latter are up in arms against the Fed
eral Power. Their conduct from the begin
ming has been marked by series of bold and
fragrant aggressioDs. For months they have
waged relentless war against the country
Their movements have been characterized by
outragcs and barbarities which have few para
les in the history of modern times. They
have added to the enormities of piracy the
more Vulgar offence of systematic thieving.-
They have set at defiance the code of honor
which regulates the conduct of robbers and
bandits, and retained all the violence without
the amenities of the highway.
They commenced the work of pIunder ear
ly. The Palmetto flag had hardly been raised
above The Town Hall of Charleston, when the
order to sseize and pnsSos'' the property or the
Government went forth. The election had
hardly been declared when South Carolina be-
came converted into den of thieves. Pilla5e
became the order of the day. The "policy OF
honesty" became discarded motto The Gov
ernment forts were seized; the Government. ar
senals were rified of their treasures; the Gov
ernment funds pocketed; custom houses were
put in the hands Of traitors navy-yards were
robbed; post Offices were taken possession
of and revenue cutters taken from the hands
Of their commanders. For many weary weeks
the work of pillage went on unmolested. The
success of South Carolina encouraged other
States to pursue the same larcenous course
Georgia took to the road; Florida gOrged her
self with the spoils of Government; louisiana
played the freebooter with mastery nonchal-
ance; and Texas resumed her old role of ban
dit with her usual contempts for the "decencies
of life." --.....
Drunken with success, the rebels sought
more splendid game, and resolved, after rob
bing and disarming the Government, to put 1t
to death. With the sp0ils they had gathered,
and the wretches from the army and navy,
who had joined their ranks, they organized an
army and prepared for war. They marched
upon feeble garrisons, inaugurated piracy upon
the high SEAS Invested Picl6ens and bombarded
Sumter They struck down the American
flag wherever it folted, subjected loyal men to
the most barbarous indignities, and punished
devotion to the Government our fathers had
builded as Treason" against the Confederate
States" They extemporised Government,
elected President and Vice Pre- ident. and
set up an impudent claim of being rulers Of
the land. They declared their intention to
march upon the National Capital, depose Mr.
Lincoln as usurper and induct jeff Davis as
master of the White House.
In the meantime the Government was pas
sive. 1t suffered the work of violence to go
ON without lifting a finger to defend Itself
1t suffered contumely and scorn until forbear-
ance degenerated to the verge of pusiIanmity.
1t permitted its forts to be taken, its arseuas to
be seized, its ships to be stolen, its flag to be
lramped under foot until all Christendom
cried shame From the day when Treason
struck the first blow at Charleston until the
preseft, not single aggressive act has the
Federal Government committed 1t has stood
purely and rigidly on the defensive 1t has
contented itself with parrying the thrusts of
the foe. 1t has been protecting itself against
the assaults of those who have sworn to assas-
sinate it. Attacked by rufian bands, it has
battled solely for self preservation.
But new scene of the drama of Revolution
is about to open. A new phase of the contest
between Order and Anarchy is about to be
developed. Hencefor b The Federal Power
viii give as well as receive blows. The hunted
will become the hunter-thg assnied will turn
upon its pursuers. The war of defence is end
ed; the war of aggression will now commence
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