New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-23


since We have scarcely slaves enough to get up a
respectable shout at Sussex County eamp-meet
| ing, aided by pine.knot fires and negro orstofy
| Of the talest kind. Prior to the present excite
| mept the Commonwealth was advancing IN pros
pcrity and wealth; its lands we're increasing IN
| value, swamps were being cleared up aud cri'l'
waited; agriculture having partaken OF the general
impetus, was progressing with rapid strides;
| railroads we're being extended into the southern
| portion of the State, awakening energy and en-
! terprise. and there was a general Improvement
| in the appearance of things, and no one thought
/ of being dissatisfied with the Union; no com
plants of oppression were heard.
1t is true that occasionally slave would take
passage on the Underground Railroad, but the
master never thought of running muck against
| the Union, threatening to secede and play the
| ID generally. He never blamed the Govern
ment with it, but always charged it to the proper
| source-a desire for freedom on the part of the
| slave. We lose year by year more slaves ny
| escape than South Carolina, but the owners
regard these escapades quite phlosophicaly, look
ing upon them as the results Of the possession of
any species of property at all precarious in its
| tenure-sukject to loss.
Az vet the Disunion feeling has made little
Roadway in Delaware; at least, it has assumed
| DO tangible shape. The fever has not yet become
epidemic; being confined to few sporadic cases,
| with little prospect at present OF spreading TO
/ any alarming extent. 1t is fair to presume that
at least nine tentbs Of all the citizens are opposed
| 10 secession in any shape, and at this time 1t
| looks almost impossible ~ dragon this little
| State into any revolutionary measures which are
| strongly deprecated by majority of her people.
| Disupion meets with little favor. The State has
| not yet forgotten the sacrifices made by her sol,
| diery in the Revolution, when such loss OF life
was The result. As one Of the original thirteen,
she assistod in erecting the fabric and it would
| be suicidal in her to assist in pulling it down:
she would share the fate of Samson when be de-
| stroyed the house in which Dagon was bang
| worshiped. She would be crushed As one oil
our Senators in Congress justly remarked lately,
| Delaw are was the first to adopt the Federal Con-
stitution, and would be the last to forsake it.
We ind but few opologists for South Carroll
mas course, 90 where We may; nearly all con-
| denim her. and fail 10 any cause for secession.
! The yeomanry throughout the State, even ID the
|
! lower county, are sound on the goose: they rca-
son with themselves, and can't detect any just
eaufe for yiolcnc, on the part Of the South:
they IRE unable TO understand why the Union
should be dissolved for the everlasting negro:
they are not 80 indissoluby welded to their idols
| that they cant comprehend the true position of
the psrties. The newspapers Of the State, with
! out an exception, in hlyor OF Uniop and
| dsprecatc the action of the hot-headed Palmetto
State. The Republican prints stand by their
| principles, backed by nearly four thousand OF
that party who present determined front
| against anything like secession. The Douglas
men, too, generally are Union men, while about
| the ouIy apologists for the present excitement
MAJ be found among the Breckenridge men.
The shareholders in the State, about ak humid
| red in number, We believe (some Of them Re-
public1ns), are not sufficient to sway public
| sentiment in any manner they please; they do
| not rule with rod of iron; the masses, unlike
those in some other slayehoding communities,
are accustomed 10 think and act for themselves.
| Though the Republicans here are abused liber-
ally, and generally charged by certain classes
with having occasioned the present difficulties,
they chow no contriiiOn whatever; but, like
hardened sinners, say, We voted for Lincoln,
and would do il again :" They are not at all
inundated; but take determined stand, and
do not rcgre. having fearlessy exercised the
inalienabe right Of suffrage aud maintained their
principles, willing 10 leave the result to the wis
dom Of the people and to Providence. The
party in this State is too strong, and the prin-
ciples Of moderate Rcpublicanism too thoroughly
mgrained in the minds Of the people, to allow
them 20 back down from their positions; the
members have taken stand, aud have no desire
to forsake it, Nearly fourth Of the voters Of
the State be il remembered, placed themselves
BY The AIDE of these principles.
IL is undenable that there is some little seces-
sion feeling in the State; it crops out occasion
aly IN spots. Ever aud anon We hear some
valiant man advocating the cause of South Caro-
lima, and asseycratng that he would be infinitely
pleased 10 90 down and fight her battles. A
sot Of cavalry company has recently been formed
ut seaford, in Sussex County numbering score
or two Of Brccknridgcrs, most Of whom, we
understand, are avowcd disuni0nlsts. Whether
il is the intention of this formidable organization
to Kill Of the free negroes or Republicans, the
latter Of whom east ninety nine votes in that
hundred, we have yet to learn. We trust our
friends down in Sussex not badly frightened
as it is rumored, with reference 10 this company
that be its 'intents wicked or charitable" it is
incapable Of much either way Having applied
To the Governor for arms, the order was granted
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