Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-01-24
Tho Last Blow to secess;on.

Before the arrest OF Mason and Slidell by
Capt. Wilkes. says the Baltimore Clipper. ii
was evident TO every well informed observer Of
events that the II bciOn was rapidly approach
ing its end. lie resources wrrc utterly exhaust
ed. The promises of its leaders were unfu'fi /
cd. Ii had accomplished nothing but ruin to
the Southern States which had yielded to its
influence. l: WAS maniE'stly q'ailihg before the
formidable preparations Of the Government 10
crush it. Tie apparent hardness of these pre-
IaraIiOns was Only Il slow torture TO the men
who had sown the wind Of secession. and enw
plainly they would ere long be compelled d
reap the whirIwnd Of punishment they hsd in
voked. The people whom they had leludcd and
! betrayed and oppressed were fl. eing in terror
! from the scaboard and the border. Their con
| fdcnce had turned to doubt. The blusicr had
subsidized into whine. They waited only fol
the striking of the blow which all foresaw
would forever crush the rebellion and lihcratC
It's victims.
The seizure Of the rebel cmissaries on board
OF II British mail packet, revived the sinking
hopes of Rebeldom. I he expectation Of the
long promised foreign aid was renewed. Tho
prospect of "a war between the United
States aud Great Britain was hailed with IGul
ecclamutlons Of delight The rebel sympahiz
ars i'll the border States, whose reasonable Ut
| teranccs had been hushed, were emboldencd Il
gain to speak out They openly proclaiinct
their sympathy with Great Britain. They vict
with the excited English populacc in dcnonc
ing the outrage upon the British hAg. They
boldly expressed The hope that ON Government
1 Il, l.,
the tread Of the armed heel oE Great Britain
In the fervcncy Of their II eaSon, they surpls>ct
in vilrncss the traitors Of 1872, and cXcccdr,
in bitterness the tori,s of the Revolutions. -
They fu,gut all else in their impiouS prayers
that this Government would bc compelled I,
surrender the Trent prisoners, and laughc'
with ticndiSh glcc at The announcement tia
they would not be given up. They believe,
then that the recognition Of The independence
of the > Julhcrn Conlrdtracy hy foreign pow
ers was near ut hand, and that the vast ar
mics and navics Of England and France wou'C
be brought 10 aid their sinking and desperate
cause.
In this as in every other hope upon whicl
their malignant treason has fed, they were doom
cd To bjttcrest disappointment. The honest.
and sagacity Of the Administration at Wash
ington has biighted their hopes of succor from
abroad aud lett the rebellion more than eve
hopeless aud wnping. Their bubble has bcc
oppor,uncly pricllcd, and their dreams q
success have suddenly varishcd, leaving then
to the worse than Clmmcrian darkness of blanl
despair.
The Government is to-day stronger thu
has ever been since the uIbICak OF the rebel
lion. 1t is stronger i'll The affections and conf
dence OF the loyal people. 1t is is stronger i
the estimation of all other nations. 1t is strou
ger in having cGectualy avertcd all danger @
European interference in the settlement Of on
domestic difficulties 1t is stronger in hayu
vindicated its consistency before the world, i
having received from Great Britain the recog