Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-04-25
LETTER FROM WILLIAM PENN.
NUMBER TwENTY-slX.
WASHINGTON. Anvil q. lsG2.

WASHINGTON, April "a, 1862.
A valuable adjunct TO the slaveocracy will
lie the 'reorganized" locoloco party 'rrea-
sou needs no more available auxiliary in its |
wicked work than old Buchananism recon
structed, and ready to trade,-under the false
pretense of Democracy--in the business OF
secession and dsunon.
If the leaders of Brcckinridgeism are
honest in their professions of loyalty TO the
Union, why do they desire separate and
divided public sentiment upon the question
of sustaining the government, which they
know will be sure TO follow their contcmpla.
ted reorganization? Why seek . ALLEVIATE
themselves from the large masses of pntri-
otto men of all political opinions, aud sci up
party of their own, based upon no pracii
cal principle, at u time when the necessity
of unity of action is so apparent; when
oneness of sentiment is so manifestly against
sucha course, and when party spirit and
incti0nal organizations are called upon 10
give way TO the demands Of the country and
INV BhtHi lHiNltSlS WI tHt HullbH Y Hll
they hope to be more efficient away from the
active friends Of the government than they
could he if they We're united, heart and
hand in the cause of the Union? DO they
suppose the rebellion can be crushed out
any sooner by their sickly organization than
it will be by IL vigorous Administration mp
held and sustained by an undivided aud unan-
imons North? OF couEse they do rot
They know better Their inclinations are
not in that direction. They do not want
Union. They have too much sympathy with
secession and treason to ever desire restO-
ration Of the Union. They know that their
days of power are past that popular conf
dence can never again be reposed in them /;
that having cheated and betrayed their
country once, they have the brand Of inlamy
too deeply marked upon their foreheads to
reach public honor or distinction soon
again and that therefore, to succeed at ALL,
they must do it under some covert motive,
some false pretense, as-fOr instance--na-
gull trap. But it is quite likely they will be
mistaken in their schemes, MS James Buch-
} anan was in the consummatiOn Of his foul
r treason. He stands to-day before tile civil
lied world as a perjured traitor more deeply
6 dyed in infamy than Benedict Arnold, and
infinitely more dcspised. And so too will
the Reconstruction" party come out of its
secret plottings, with the mark of Treason
upon its 'front.' and the destruction Of the
i Constitution and the Union in its heart
! But the people must watch thii
, band of slave-plotters. Step by step they
+ must be followed in their progress, and al
their deliberations exposed. They are the
Interest enemies the government has within
its borders they will sell the heritage o
> our fathers without remorse or shame, if by
so doing they can subserve the interests o
. slavery, assist in breaking down the powel
y and authority of the land, and secure tC
themselves official spoil and plunder.
: Taught in the same political school Will
4 Toombs, Davis, Cobb and the thief Floyd
q the prime movers of this organization
!. against the government, under the name o
the National Democracy" are in deel
. sympathy with the slave-rebellion. and ART
, ready and willing to give it all the practica
+ "aid and comfort" in their power. The,
e would bind tighter the chains Of human
S bondage, and thereby strike down the vita
IS principle of liberty, for which the nation il
4 now at war TIIey would embarrass the Ad
=. muistraton in every possible way consisten
- with Southern interests, and would humili
ate The glorious flag of our country in th'
eyes OF the world, by entailing for genera
= tiona yet unborn the curse of slavery in thi
II free, christian Republic.
= There is neither necessity nor room for
'e democratic or any OLIVER simply partisan or
v ganization in these t1mes. The countr
If wants patriots, true, honest, nnhinchinl
~ men, of loyal hearts and manly courage
a Men who are willing To sink every seliis
-. consideration Of interest and eNpediency il
= the more paramount duEy of standing by an
e supporting by all poss ihle means the lazy
II and liberties of the American union.-
e. Herein lies the true principle of geuuin
democracy. But alas, it is not Breckenridge
Buchanan democracy, and hence it does no
u suit the inclinations nor meet the objects c
!, u the adherents of that spurious article. Tn
! leaven of treason is not in it, therefore the
reject it. But the new OF organization wi
. prove nn abortion. The principles of Jel
= ferson as embodied in the Declaration c
a Independence will loom up to- confront tn
c secret traitors, and give the lie to thei
o democratic professions. And amid the tr
n umphs of the armies of the Union, with tn
! shouts of cOnquering freemen ringing i
9 their ears, they will at last sl1ulk ava,
u abashed at the exposure OF their inlamy an
= mortified over the defeat of thei mGchina
q q tions against the Union, in which they hay
n enjoyed many more rights and privilege
than traitors are entitled to under the laws
a Who that has spark of patriotism or homo
4 yet alive in his breast will unite with such
it party against the prosperity and existenc
l. of his beloved country2 WILLIAM Penn.
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