Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-12-30

Lang lage the most arrogant, the most supcrcl-
Gus, the most insulting 10 be addressed to any
people, was addressed TO the Legislature Of Della
ware when these men orayed the privilege OF
being permitted to spread broadcast their treason
before the people Of Delaware through that
legislature.
Sir, there is another little incident ia these
Journals, small in itself, yet, taken in the con-
nection, vastly agnifcant find here a pro
position to purchase State fiag for the State OF
Delaware. Heretofore, ! suppose, they have
been content to sit in their deliberations under
the shadow Of that noble flag which represented
the grandeur and glory aud unity OF the proudest
Republic upon earth, That flag, which had
swept, tribute free, along the shores of every
country under the whole heavens, was to be sup
planted by the flag of the State of Delaware
The proposition was ntrOduced passed, | be-
iieve, one branch of the Delaware Legislature,
but failed in the other.
So much afrmAtively. Flow let Us look to
the negative evidence afforded by the nction of the
Delaware Legislature. Union resolutions were
voted down by that Legislature, "a portion Of
which resolutions were almost in the words Of the
Father OF his Country. Let me see what evidence
of unlimited loyalty ia afforded by voting down
these resolutions. read from the Journal:
" A motion was made to take up the Joint RESOLUTION
declaring tbs adherence Of the state OF elAware 10 ths
Government Of the United States, which mot on pre-
Then comes the vote in the House of Repre-
sentatlyes upon tho question of Concurring in
these resolutions:
"1Le yeas aud nays ordered; which being taken.
were as fUllows-yeas TO- nAysif.
4" 10 the vote failed"
Now, wish to get at precisely The character
OF these resolutions. | will read them; and il
there is II loyal man on Gods green earth who
will dissent nom single seaimenl in the reso.
lutiuns, / khnulI like to see him
Ressired That the people Of Delaware recognize tbe
Constitution Of thu United States the Magna hAra OF
lheF liberties ana the Union the safeguard of their
political eAisleneei and regarding the Consultation and
the form OF goyctnmen euianatug from and ostab.
llsned y authority Of the pape " the Untsd States
with their fathers they holi the duty vhah they owe to
the State to he subordinate to their allegiance to the United
States"
That resolution was voted down. The infer
ence is that these loyal people of Delaware ho I'd
that their State allegiance is superior to their
allegiance 10 the General Government; and that
is the fatal heresy which has led us to the brink
of ruin which has naugurAted this whole
rebFlliOn. That is the grand central idea, arouod
which all the lesser lights aud suus OF sedition
have revclyed from the days of Thomas jefferson
to the present hour. The Delaware Legislature.
however, held that their allegiance to the
state was paramount to their allegiance TO the
General Government But Furthermore
"EesIpd That the Amentabls strlG, that now nf.t.
the country has been forced the nation by the unius
tuable aes of hnao who have long Conspred ia dsEtu
tion, and who by open rebellion striving to oy
throw the Goyernmont by which we have boon protected
in the past and to which alone look for safety In the
future"
Tint Is n self-evideni truth, n final truth. n
truth Of history proven by the experiences of The
country for more than three quarters Of a century.
Yet that resolution was voted down by the Della.
ware Legislature.
"Resolrei That now as heretofore thu st,te of Dea.
ware will sustain the Government the United States;
Apd she believes that h4 only mode OF bringing present
peace and future prosperity to the county by the spee "
and elteuii suppression Ot the rebellion thus manifest
lug the power the Government In the preservation III
the Uain, the mainen nee NJ the O. nsutiop and the
impartial and hrm enforcement OF the laws.
Is there anything IN that resolution to which
anv loyal man will or can take exception Yet
that is one OF the s'rlea of resolutions that were
voted down by the Delaware Legislature.
Resolucd That In the execution of tins lshest tnst
degoVod upon tho Government the people of the state d
Delaware are not dhposed cautiously critae fs meas
urea ui To reflrlci its authority"
Ia tile Ian suage Of this resolution, the people
OF Delaware are not disposed clptiously to criti.
clse IT'S mtasures nr TO restrict it's authority. /
leave gentlemen here to say whether the Senators
from Delaware are in accordance with the people
OF Delaware upon that subject:
rhey have faith In ts expres s d deerniuaopto 10 sun
pr s. lhis nnhoy aud recognizing the embarrass
ents iy Eheh u Ia surrounded they oNly ask that con.
huuh ieB mate ntleih II shull Whutay
the national dag"
That resolution went by the board with the
others. Then follows n resolution that copies of
these resolutions be sent 10 the diderent Govern
ors. Now, sir, had not the President a right to
infer that traitors might possibly breathe the air
OF Delaware, when he found her Governor re-
commanding State convention, aud one House
OF her Legislature proposing n State flag to sup.
Al 4 ihA mai tul H1fr
lature voting down Union resolutions drawn in
strongly conservative language? Under these
clreum'ianees had be not right to infer state
oi things in Delaware justiyiug military arrests!
But there are other Passages in these Journals TO
which do not now think proper to refcr, md
shall not fatigue the Senate by doing 50 there
is other evidence contained in these Journals
equally strong with what have read, showing
tue true standing Lnd condition of The
Legislature OF Delaware.
But, sir, to come down TO individual cases-the
cases about which we have heard 20 much during
the last few weeks of our session. have before
ns, on page 1884 of Part IN Of the Congressional
ulobc of the last session, Il statement from a
distinguished citizen Of Delaware, long known.
trusted and tried, faithful loyal public servant.
Ia which he dsposes Of twenty arrests that had
'heh beeh made in the State of Delaware, and
shows that the President had abundant ground
~'N'g 1'Nb'N HAAtot AhhA ut hNu tuuub. some
Of the parties arrested had shouted for jeff Davis;
some had said they were in favor Of the rebellion;
some had openly gloried in tho defeat Of our
arms ut the first battle Of Bull Run some had
lgnomlninusly torn the national flag from tho
flagstaff, and trampled it uuder foot 10 the public
streets OF one Of the towns of Delaware These
hre some OF the blessed martyrs Of presdsntial
lsurpatlon and oppression They are not, ap-
prehend, such martyrs NJ those whose blood il
said to be the seed of the Church. Ii they are
the seed of auy church, il VIII be the seed Of the
rebellion-the church constituted by jeff Davis |
aud his CO. eonspirators.
shall not fatigue the Senate by reading the |
record In the case of all these military arrests in
lhe state Of Delaware. l understand, however.
mat no single citizen has been arrested except
upon nildavit charging probable cause. How |
That may be, l know not-I have no means |
of knowing-but l believe il to be go upon |
what consider to be good aud reliable author |
ty.
SO much for tho position of the people OF Dela
"ale, who, the Senator tells us, have never at |
my time done any act calculated to subvert the |
teneral Government II these acts are not cal |
'ulated to subvert tho General Government, l |
'n, At loss to imagine any acts which would |
iubvert It, short Of open aud direct warfare upon
The battlefield. They were calculated to de- |
norallze and divide public opinion, get up party
N the North against tho Government and in |
avor Of the rebellion. So much Tor tho State of
Delaware.
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