Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06
Tha Polinv .f ths Gozernment.


Up to the present time the contest of the
Government with the rebellion which assailed
its existence, has been conducted with the most
scrapulous regard 10 the rights of the South
under the Constitution they are seeking to de-
stroy. This has not been done thoughtlessly
or without purpose. 1t has been in pursuance
Of plan deliberately formed by the Govern
ment, and carried forward with a steady, sin
gle-mnded disregard of all opposition from
friends and foes, which may well challenge uni
versal admiration. The President has from
] the beginning regarded this rebellion as a con-
Z spiracy, as the work Of leading, active, selfish
and wicked men, who have obtained Temporal
! ry control of the resources, the prejudiceS the
passions, of the Southern people, and are using
them for the destruction of the Union. lie
believes thai, if his assumption is correct, the
/ Union can be restored whenever the military
power which these leaders have marshaled on
theft side can b. broken,--and wE1anever the
grssat mass Of the Southern people shall come
TO see the falsity Of the pretexts by which they
have been misled lie has based his policy,
therefore, on strict constitutional right, on
magnaninity toward the great body of those
who have been drawn into the rebellion. He
has refused to countcnanc1 or tolerate any vio-
lation OF their rights, any wanton trespass
upon their property, any disturbance of their
soclal aud domestic peace, any aggravation of
the evils whic their own acts have brought
upon them. Not a spy has yet been hung =
not deserter has yet been shot.-not trai-
tor has yet been even tried by the National
Government. The history of the world will
bc sought in vain for parallel TO this mag
nanimous forbearance.
Clearly enough this policy is experimental
1t is so regarded by the Government If the
people of :he South are open to arguments and
Influences of this kind, then this is the policy
by which the Union may best be restored. Ii
leaves behind it less of resentment, less of h;-
tired. less Of heart-burning, less of al! the So
cial passions which are least compatible with
peaceful and a prosperous Union. The Gov.
ernment does well TO give it full and effective
trial. If the experiment succeeds, Rrpubli-
can civilization will have achieved the no bcst
of al conceivable triumphs The President
has e9irced the highest possible elevation of
character, he largest and most statcsman-like |
sagacity, in carrying forward this experiment
to IFS tiual and decisive test The end is close
a. W. lllJIJ BliAlNS VIII emu Inc IfSI
campaign. If the Federal troops gain Rich
mond aud Corinlh, the military power of the |
CUnfederaey will be broken. Its inability to
maintain de fat government against the
United States will have been demonstrated,
and it will tEen remain to be seen whether the
great mass of the Southern people will accept
This result as decisive, and respond to the in
yitaiOn Of the Federal government to resume
their position under the Constitution as mem
bers of the Union, or not
Indications are not wanting that they will
persist in the cnntest,-that they will give
ihemseles up wholly to the dominion of pas
sion, and a frenzicd lust of power and rush
upon the runin they have 50 mady invoked
Ii they do they viii find nothing standing be
Tween them and the 'lanaiicism' they effect to
lespise. They must prepare TO meet the full.
ness Of its fury, and to perish under its burn
breath. The authority Of the Government of
he United Safes will be- maintained over eve
y foot of every Southern State, at whatever
cost to those who may resist it, and if Slavery
tands in the way. it viii be extinguished. even
it he in the blot of those who make it their
held.--N. Y. Times