Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-11-07
NO. SO.
England and Emancipation.

This war has shown many changes of senti-
ment and many exhibitions of folly and faith
( lessness. There is none more remarkable than
that indicated in the foreign news we priHt
this morning. England, the champion of E.
Emancipation, so long the loud enemy ofslavery,
and for so many years the enemy Of the Unit
ed States because we tolerated slavery, has
permitted her hatred of American institutions
to make her the friend of system which she
was wont to deSpiSe as barbarons, and the de-
/ fender of tyranny at which she has professed
to feel nothing hut horror and shame. The
England Of Extcr Hall-the England of phi
ianthroiy aud universal ibeFty-the England
OF Wilb,rforcc Is now cOndemning the Pres-
dent OF a free Republic for proclaiming free
dom to the land over which he presides. This
is the meaning oil the article in the last re-
ceived number Of the London Times. We can
only appreciate that meaning fully when we
recall the fact that, since the beginning of this
war, this same newspaper, the organ of En-
glish sentiment, has been taunting onr Gov
ernment with a want of sincerity for not ma.
king our war a war for freedom, and breaking
the yoke of the bondmen with the sword.
Let US understand this question fully. The
condition Of Mr.. LiucoIu's proclamation make
emancipation the policy of this Republic un il
"a slave no longer exists upon the American
continent. 1t may not be do"e in the way
Mr.. l.. prescri5e-; it may not be done by the ops
Grafton Of any military order or any aw-but
it is as much part OF our destiny as the col
onization of the Western territories, or the
ultimate return of peace. The President has
rallied the great loyal people Of the North
around what has always been the extreme adj
iclar policJ of the age, We, who have been
hesitating, trembling, and dreading who have
been looking upon the slavery question os
some thing of fearful import, monster in Our
political dreams, or blight upon our politi-
cal system-now find our elves clamoring for
its crusifiction as ma tflctor that deserves to
die. Why should England objrct? She has
intrigued for years to divide this Republic up,
on the question OF slavery. AboIitionism in
the North has been sustained and developed
| by English philanthropists. Members of her
| Parliament, writer's, and statesmen, even the
most iliustrious noblemen in her real, have ac-
| tually intertered TO accomplish what President
1 Lincoln has declared his intention to do. She
has no tradition that does not sanction it, and
her own action, in reference to the West India
Islands is proud example from her history,
| We can only fud one motive for this un.
kind and bitter assault, and we find it in the
hatred of England to American institutions
The Republic must die, if English hands car
strike the blow, or if English sympathy car
strengthen the arm Of the traitor This is heI
all-assuming passion, and for this she now
throws down the mask, and shows the iufamy
that can only belong to aposiacy perfdy, and
dissimulatiOn. Let it be so. England's love
and Enslaud's hate are hereafter the same tC
US. Tne one we do not ask, the other we do
not dread; for beyond her traditions, her Poli
cy, the sentiments Of her people, the proclaim
ed desires OF her al, rs. her. ambition to be
Kingdom of frecmen aud the home Of the op
plesScd, we tind an ever burning ha tired o
America. Never has il been more intensely
manifested than during this war, never has i
been more Indignantly manifested than whel
apon our banners We are writing the legend 0
universal liberty. Like the eternal fires tha
burn under the mountain until they suddenly
burst forth and cover the earth with the desc
| Iating lava, this feeling in the English heart i
now Overspreading everything, in the hope tha
America may be CONSUMED in the catastrophe
BY the belp of God, we shall meet this dan
ger as we have met dangers far more immi
neGl. We shall accomplish the subjugatiol
Of the rebellion, and, in doing SO, terminal
Inc great cIuse of The rebellion by terminal
ing slavery This is the only policy and pur
pOse. The people have proclaim it, and Pres
iden! Lincoln may depend upon the assistan nc
of the people against any aniagonism, wheth
er it comes from the reasonable South or per
fidous England Forneys Press.