Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-02-14
The Right Kind Of Talk.


The following extract is from an a.tic'c in
the January number of Brownson's Rerieu--
We commend il to the careful pcrusal of those
who are 50 intensely consc i've IS to fear
TO strike Il telling blow al the rebellion lest
SOM sesitive Union mcn in the Buldcr States
should take rfi,nsc. There can be no mistake
about it that til, go, d lc. Of treason Gov
cred up in those same Border States, as well
us elsewhere, under the guisc Of conservative
Uuiousm. The man WHO hcsitacs or refuses
To stiike effectively at this rebellion lest slavery
should be injur by the blow, is no more 10
be rel cd on as a Union man, than lac who
openly takes sides with the rebels and fights
with them. But read The article from the Re.
Utetc:
I'VE tell the President, and we desire to do
so with all possible respect that even the re-
storation Of the Union on a policy shaped OK
prcssiy 10 conciliatc 'Ole Kcntuc, or the slave
holding interest OF any Of ;hc Border States,
would now, if possible, not be worth cftcting.
Why was he elected to the Presidency? Why
have we Of the loyal States placed him in his
present eleva ed position? ~ man better ;han
himself knows that We voted Tor him at the
Union because we were determined that tho
slave interest should 10 longer shape the poll
cy and govern the councils of the nation 1t was
this determination On tie part Of the frcemen
of the East, the North and the West that took
Mr.. Lincoln from his law Office and madc him
President. lie was not elected 10 preserve
slavery. nor to abolish slavery; but hg was
elected TO cmlncipatc the administration and
the republic itself from tho domina iol of the
slave interest; ana we protest, therefore, in the
name of those who elevated him, az lnSt the
p2rprtuation Of the slave interest of Mary ard,
Kentucky and Missouri. SIav ry mas OF may
not continue t. exist. but We insist that the
government shall cc;ist to be administered in
lis interest or under its dcalicn. The gov
crnmenl must be admins. cred in the interest
Of freedom and loyalty. If not, better Weld
10 the sccessioniss at once, and take Jefferson
Davis frr our President.
We will not ppur ont our blood and our
treasure, We will moi send th. flower Of our
vouth and glory Of onr manhood TO rot in
camp, di. the batrlc-fi id, or langui>h in
Snuthrrn dungeons for the sake of bringing
! the Onion again under the dOmii ion Of
S"urhern i ,vcholdyr>. and Of exp sing our
selves to b. again in-utcd aud bullicd and
/ cb ,atcd cut Of our rights and our manhood by
! the Davi>cs, the ronmbScs, the IIammunds. the
Masons ard Sliltls We have resolved that
our government shall he cnancipltc,l. whatcv-
er becomes Of slavery and its wcr-hiprers,-
This is what we beg The adunis ration 10 bear
in mind. We sh Il be glad t. believe that Il
Pres i ut has II ( forgotten it, and That he is
prepared to assert his own independence of he
slave power, and hat Of the government. for
We tell him never will there and over can
there b. 4 rcIniou of the separated States un-
d r the domi a on of tie slave intcr st.
I'VE have no cnnccsSor5 to make to Ken
/ tncky or 10 any o'her Border Save Srafes.--
/ The savch ,ld,rs have rcbellcd against the
/ Uniou and by 50 i ling have absuIvtd the
| Union from all oh ra ions to protect slavery
| in either loyal or Gisloyal States. II Kentucky.
! the native State of the President, will not re-
man in the Union, unless permitted to dictate
I its pulley and make her slave interests law
thea let her he treated "a a rebel State and
coerced us we are coercing the other T. bel
States INTO loyalty We Will no more consent
/ 20 low Kentucky than South Carolina or
Georgia TO impose her slavery policy upon the
government. We Of the Tree Suites intend to
assert and maintain our own freedom, our own
I rights and dignity. and 10 be something else
hereafter in the government of the country,
than the mere lackcys of Southern Slavvhnld-
ers. We are fighting to vihdicate oar own
rights and our government must recullect that
in this contest it is bound To take Our rights
the rights Of lrcrnen into the account We
Il, 1
Of the free States have accepted the issue ten
dered us, ard That we will spend our last dol
lar and our last lif, befnre we will suff,r Il is
Union to be sacrificed in the vain endtaror TO
preserve the infamous institution Of negro sli-
very, and before the slave interest shall ever
again Shape the policy Of the government or
dominate in lis councils. II Mr.. Lincoln has
not learned this yet, he will perhaps, learn it
before the close Of the present session Of Con
grcs:. We hive been in bonllgc TO the cap
iial invested in slaves lorg enough; vo lave
long enough covered and crJuchcd under the
lash of sldvcholdinS dctators. afraid even tn
say on" souls arc our OWL lest we should eu-
danger the pcuc' and safety Of the Union
We will do il no logger.
Events march, as VIC said three months
ago, and they are marching with fearful rapid
! ity. We are carried along with them. To
many Of us vi at six months ago seemed tho
/ extreme of rashrcsS now appears timil, tame
and cowardly. The government, if it would
guide events, must march with thrm The
! President. we perceive, marches slowly, in.
! decd but. ne clthcleS>, he marches aud his
message proves that he is at least some steps
in advance of where he was at the close of the
extra session Of Congress. lie will probably.
march at a more rapid pace, by and lay, aud,
perhaps, catch up with public opinion.
I'VE 10 not want the war waged or pros
ecutrd for the abolition of slavery; but we do
insist that it shall not be wagod or prosecuted
for the protection Of slavery and its reinstate-
ment in power. Slavery has rebelled and lei
it pay the forfeit. We have no confidence
in the wisdom, we had almost said in the
loyalty, Of the statesman who insists that the
government has any further obligation toward
it now than to brush it aside, II found in its
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