Weekly Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-07-12
SNAIL WE coprrRom1sr,

The Brooklyn Eagle most devoted and tbo
rongh-gong Union paper, thus descauts upor
the question of compromise
The newspapers may rest contented the nan.
pie are no fools. They did not enter nnnn XII
war without counting the cost and tbev pra ,,'
pared to meet the Issues before them nntlippct
ingly. They are fully determined that the veSsd
questions which have kept the country in ho,
wafer Tor quarter Of century past shall onco
FOR NIL be finally settled. They have mnls w
thelr mind TO hnd satisfactory solution 40 ,hs
great question whether the American Republic
snhll oe one homogeneous whole, or simplv n
eonserles ol warning factions whether We haye
IL government or whether the mowers to uhom
majority Of the people have delegated antbor
W are TO 10 deied with impunity by any ineie-
| hlieant section which may choose to grow sulEv
anu alsconlened. They are aware that tbnss
questions must ho met and answered Soma time
or other, and common sense teaches them ,ha,
the matter had better be settled Mt once and for'
sNer ,hah mat The nation shauli he convnlsed To
us centre, its prosperity ruined and its g,yss,.
abroad weakened by "a domestic Quarrel oysr
every Presidential election "'''
But apartfom these important nsilerat;ons
anu putting the question on the loweat ana r,os,
selfish basis, We ask what has the North To e,s;n
from compromise at this stage of the eonaictg
we answer-absolntely nothing. On The con,rs.
y, 'uV his efeiytnhB 10 lose. We're peaca
between the warning sections patched m "a
morrow, the result would he infnitelv moro
rninons than a year of hostlities Sothins
would have been settled, nothing decided con.
hdence would NOT have been restored. tbe bnsi
ness community would remain in the same mis-
cradle slate of suspense and indeesion lin,
uuatneterised ", It during the two months before |
the iall OF Snmpter; the national honor would
Dc eternally disgraced; foreign nations would
speedily lose all respect for 4 government toO
nseA OF 700 pusiianmous to defend itself against
an Infamous rebellion; aud we should soareeiv
uare M our eyes to that flag which we had nj.
lowed traitors, with impunity to spit upon and
trail in the dust 'f'' 'PVH anu
we trust, therefore that The Congress- which
s 10 meet on the coming 9TH Of july will nravs
'lunl 70 the emergency Of the crisis, and instead
= wasting time in buncombe talk or futile plans
~ ~ premature Cancellation, will prosecute with
ne utmost energy this most Just nud riebtcons
hur LOT tue maintenance of the ITaion ami ~
punishment OF rebellion. AS the matter stanJs ,
y present our people, whether reasonable or not j
~ II uI' iOr US TO say are becoming impatient
,iai- u 'no soW progress Of events. Francis y
s,ai. u MS speech at the Metropolitan Hotel
n'en's SINCE, gave voice to this very natural
eellpg, ana alluded with great truth 10 tho i'm. :
lense damage which every day Of inaetion III 4 a
Ging 70 lhe material interests Of the Nor,b ). -
he people who anplauded him 10 the echo ~ y
~. ocohslon, represent, We firmly believe ,ha -
euuihent Of the vast majority. Let tbe word -
zen be " Forward !" and lei ls hear no ,,ore y
compromises" NV "'0te Vi "