Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1862-08-28

restored the nearer the Union win be the
Union as it was" If there be those who
would not save the Union unless they could
at the same time SAGE Slavery, l donot agree
with them. If there be those who would
not save the Union unless they could at the
same time destroy Slavery, / do not agree
with them. My paramount object in this
| struggle IS to save the Union, and is not Ell
their to save or destroy Slavery, fl could
save the Union without freeing any slave, |
would do it, and if could save it by freeing
all the slaves, would do it, and if could
save it by freeing some and leaving others
alone, would also do that. What l do
about Slavery and the colored race, do be-
cause | believe it helps to save this Union,
and what forbear, forbear because do
not believe it would help to save the Union.
| shall do less whenever / shall believe that
what am doing hurts the cause, and Ishall
do more whenever | shall believe that doing
more will help the cause. shall try to cor
rect errors when shown to be errors and
shall adopt new views as fast as they shall
appear to be true views. i have here stated
my purpose according to my view of official
duty, and | intend no modification OF my
oft-expressed personal wish that all men,
everywhere, could be free"
This ought to satisfy the most captious,
doubling, halfand-half Government men,
on both sides, but viii it do it? We un-
hesitatingly answer, no. The President is
between two fres-the best evidence that
he is right-and one is governed no more
by fanaticism than the other is by blind pre-
JUDGE and corrupt politics. They are each
booted and spurred differently, but both
mount with alacrity the same hobby-the
" everlasting negro" When they talk
about "the Constitution" they mean the
"nigger; when they talk about the ''LfaJess
Corpus" they mean the privilege to set law
at defiance by claiming the protection of
law to further the interests of jeff Davis
"nigger' government when they talk of
rights under the Constitution they mean
the right to speak treason against the Gov
eminent that gives them protection to life
and property; when they talk about " JUS
tice to the South they mean granting them
the control of the Government, and the
privilege of carrying their blighting "pecu-
liar institution just where they please.
Nothing will please the grumblers in the
Border States-and we speak of them more
particularly, because this is the class that we
are brought directly in contact with--or at
least the leaders of them, but the abdication
of President Lincoln and elevating jeff
Davis to his place and some of them have
had the honesty to say so. Basing their
objection to the Administration on the as
sumption that the object of the war was to
free the slaves, and now that they have 8
declaration from the Chief Executive that
this is not the object, they say that Lincoln
may be honest, but that he is a third rate
man and controlled by Abolitionists and OIL
they go, pouring the same old clap-trap lie'
down the threats of the gullible Ignorant
uses throughout the county. How car
such men make any pretence to honest!
when their very objections are answered By
the head of the government, and they still
go on preaching the same pernicious sehti
ments, which they know are embarrassing tn
Government? We warn the people to be
, ware of them before it is too late, for the
are g wolves in Sleeps clothing.