Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-04-04

talate they, as | learn, have taken hunuis- lA,
from Union men in the State, TO Dc ueuNefsu
over to their injured friends. In adui''on "
this, many of the largest Shareholders oi ' ahe
State fearing the result of the war "a 'he eurtsl
stages Of the rebellion, hurried oil their slaves W
the South. Others, again, waiting uhlll my
were surrounded by hostile armies, hohhio"'"
negroes and everything else for the prOteciloh o'
themselves their wives and children.
Tie true value Of real and personal properly
in Missouri was in 1860, $5Ol ,2l4 3ae' Asi"e
from the depreciation Of value, which n" iilhu
can now estimate, and beyond the loss oi slaVef
to which have referred, I think il aase to sny
that ten per centum of this vast amount ol pro-
perty has been destroyed and forever lost 10 the
owners iu consequence Of this war-nn hnioun'
equal to the aggregate value nl all he slaves III
the State at the commandment % hus'Un'H'
If we're tu add 10 This the loss ncri-lnnFu 10
the pe0pe oi the State hY Tie utter pr'rl'Hu""
oil iis agricultural commercial and ma"nia'i"'
ing interests tur the lat twege month";, m'Sni
add fifty nlliuua more To ths sam Afray
named.
Looking, then, To my avn state, nnl TpeHF
for IL nlune, mn mol disp0Hed 10 take isshe WIN
the President ia regarl To the future results Z"
the war regard his expression q plnlheeS
and not As Is ihreat-a prophecy mat leel WI,
he realized II this war cnntinueA rum " s""''
eontitue until the Union he restored, have nj
ready expressed my wish in the ameu'lmrnl
offered Whether YOn ndupt II or not, the great
West will never hc content until rvefy mile oI
the MissiAaippi river from Anthonys Phus IL
The Gulf of Mexico alnll lie under the lnrttlle'
ton Of our Government. let tue question ne
settled now. liut the l'reslrht negatives l"Hl-
lively negatives, the construction Rneh ~ lhe
following language "Such n prap0'l i'm I'll the
mart of the General Government sets up M claim
ar RIGHT by Federal authority In Interfere win
slavery within State limits, referring, ts II does
the absolute control of tle subject in each ease
10 the State and its people immediately inter
estel II l. proposed AZ IL natter oi perfectly
free choice with then
la this view nf the mItrr, sr, ! am perfectly
willing Tint the proposition 60 before the people
of nv State, without ut present Expressing an
opinion ~ To what course they should pursue.
Ii ia n new pledge of faith by the representatives
of the people TINT this Vexed question sIa'l ne
left with the people Of each State. 1t comes not
, in the spirit Of arroganee demanding CONFORMITY
with the views Of oiaers, hut with huiuillty' nc
kn0wedging IL slavery b. an rvll, II Is H'n l"'
which We are all responsible, aml for the relnoVh
i of which we are willing 10 come with pracnca
, beneyolence 1t means more than all his. II
: intimates to the States Ibat the nation wonlt
nrc(er gradual to immediate emancipation aud
Il that the measures now pending ia Congress 'n"h
: ing to such results Should he snperSe led hy on
Of cancellation aud good will
ii this rplflL hhu hetll Hlilt WlESlg NHhiFn''
a in Iays gone by, we would moi this day be iutes
y 10 witness ruined South aud deeply depresse
n North
Why, sir, ninety days of this war would pm
=, far every slave mt full value, in the States q
~ Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware an
a, the District of Columbia Nine months OF tn
te expenditures of this strife would have purchase
nj nil the slaves in the States nained together VII
10 those in Arkansas Tennessee, Mississippi to III
y it,at tNu Ul thpsp EXPENDITURE
'w would have paid for every slave that treads II
~ sn;l nf tile nation, II Northern men hau trel
in sured these things, and learned that Kind wort
Ia can accomplish more lhan wrath, and II Sonlhei
10 men had resolved to look upon slavery as ups
an other questions of moral and political ecohoh
bv and both had determined to examine TINS as I
no other subjects, 10 calmntss aud dtllberatloh,
ur we would have peeh srhtel 'l' eF'9 'No' y"
~ hIr. President, | dcsire iimt the nnenImeni
a hive offered may he adopted want my vac
wv EXPRESSED us vote tor this resclniiuh II ii u
~ iority Of tho Senate, however, shall dllier "
the inc upon that subject, have made up iny mi
M TO cast my vote Tor the resolution, anu 70 le"
,ho il v,ith The neople VI my State AN indlher'
as 10 the result upon myself. lecl AZ II u
co.- elloqether change from what we have witness
vl for the last number Of yrnrs, On the Hn0r hl =
ata and the other house Instead Of that ~fnng
ia controversy Instead 0f thnar rushing waves
res. ,umult, Of Ill feeling, and of anger inht NJ
Of heen engendOred IN the diaciissloh OF lhi5 lu
tion. il marches MP and takes hold Of the slav
are. uues,ion ns IA praclcl une, worthy Of the ca
rent cool. and Deliberate Judgment ol those ~ wi
ion. the nation haa trusted w. piosp',nY ",'. W.
live lure greatness. Then. sil, shall cast NY
med for il. regard it AS no insult TO the peopl
i it. my State / regard it asno threat bul rel
" Of it Il measure that II eo"el'la'ory a"' ,'U'
it to to the future peace ttd n"r'heny =" "a" ''"'
very and to the early restoration o' the e"'""'