Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-05-02
MOrtester @aiIg SPY.
EMANCIPATION IN DELAWARE.


There are indications that emancipation is
to be the foremost topic in the politics of
Maryland, never to be laid aside until slavery
disappears. The Delaware State journal and
Statesman, (Wilmington,) the leading wing
and conservative organ in other days, an.
nounces the readiness of the Unionists of Del
aware to accept the broad issue made up by
the shareholders rebellion on the one hand
and the presidents emancipation message on
. the other. The following leader from its is
sue of the 22d inst. possesses a national i'm
portance =
"That the question of emancipation with
compensation will enter largely into our next
elections no one can doubt who looks at the
course to which political events are and have
been tending since tile rebellion. Indeed, it
will form the main feature, the controlling
principle, of the party of the Union, through.
out the states, and will swallow up all other
party questions and creeds in the magnitude
of its Importance and bearing upon the inter.
ests OF the country at large.
"The question Of slavery has, more or less,
entered into almost every campaign-nationa
and local-for many years past, and in a some
what limited or partisan sense. Then, those
who dared to advocate emancipation-no mat
ter how honest or conscientious may have
been their convictiOns-were called abolition.
lists, 'Union-splitters, fanatics and 9TH
er vile names hunted out from the vo.
cabulary of lOcofocoism; and all manner
of evil intentions against the constitution and
peace of the union were charged upon them;
but now a change is visible in this respect.
Abolition has ceased to be the scare. crow of
politicians. The people have learned from
the rebellion to examine a little closer for
themselves, and not trust too much to dema-
gogues for their knowledge of political ethics
They have seen that, while tanaticism and
disunion have been charged upon northern
statesmen and states, treason has been nur-
tured and cultivated in the south by the slave
driving lords of cottoudOm, until it has cul-
minated in Il sanguinary war, which, for Zero.
city and barrenmess of substantial purpose, is
without parallel in the history OF the world
They have seen, too, that those who have
uniformly been charged with disoyalty, and
disposition to break up the government, are
the true friends and supporters of the union,
while those whose office it has been these
many years past to cry out "the union is dis.
solved by northern fanatics" are the real and
only foes of the peace, happiness, and pros
perity of the republic.
1.-The people have learned to appreciate the
force and meaning of the terms "abolitionist,"
"black republican" and other mean epithets
which have been systematically and persist
emily heaped upon those who refused 10 bow
the knee to slavery and subserve its ambitious
designs upon the liberties of the country.
Such slang nick-names will no longer serve
to cheat honest men out of their votes, but are
passed by as meaningless and insulting decep
tiOns, calculated to cover up the real objects
OF their inventors, and assist them the more
readily to slip into power and partake of the
luxury of public plumber, which they so well
know, from long experience and practice, how
10 enjoy. Partisan rancor and sectional male.
Violence are gradually but surely passing
away, and purer current OF popular thought
and investigation has engaged the minds of
the people. They begin to realize the fact
that slavery, and not abolition, is the peri.
dious parent Of all our national troubles. That
it is the forging of chains Tor human limbs to
wear in perpetual bondage, and not the plead
ings of liberty in behalf OF all her children,
which has to day deluged the land in blood,
and desolated large portion of the country.
That it is the dark shadow o! barbarous and
cruel age hanging like a sable pail over the
hopes and happiness of a large portion of our
people in this nineteenth century, instead of
the humanity, truth and light of the prin,
ciples OF the declaration of American indepen
dence, that now impedes their progress to
prosperity and usefulness. The thinking
masses are alive to these facts they recognize
their Importance and influence upon the social
and political interests OF the nation, and there
fore are prepared to take hold of the slavery
question with a determination and zeal that
will forever set at rest the disturbing ele
ments OF which it is made up.
'Alen are, to-day, willing to be called abo
litonists, who, one year ago, would have felt
insulted at even distant intimaton of any
such idea. The word has lost its evil spell !;
and thousands of honest, patriotic, loyal
hearts are ready to inscribe emancipation"
on their banners, and bear it on to triumph
through the storm OF bullets or the more CAIN
battle of the ballot box. The time for this
has come. The north is reldy. The south
must be, and in the great moral revolution
where will our own state be found In the
ranks Of treason ? No, no, mol Delaware
must and will be on the side of liberty. She
cannot step aside from the track of patriot
ism she must not refuse to do her duty she
will not lag behind her sister states in the for.
ward march OF human greatness and christian
charity she will be free. Free from all faint
of disOyahy. Free from any suspicion of COM
pliclty with treason or traitors Free from
further legal sanction of that gigantic curse
which has so long bound her to sluggish mac
hVlty and limited her power ana influence as
a state. And as she energies from the black
ness Of the cloud in which all her local inter-
ests have so long been buried we'll nigh unto
oblivion, she will be free to declare, in all the
pride and majesty of her redemption, that
hencetorth and forever she will give full and
entire recognition and scope to those inaliena-
. BILE rights of man, life, liberty and the pur.
suit OF happiness Thus will glorious little
Delaware be found. No other position in the
momentous struggle will become her."