Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-06-06

''luSt exercise OF itS iuHcuOhS unutr our
'noble Constitution" /" was opposed on the
score of inexpediency, by very large
and powerful minority, though the resolu-
tion contained not the remotest allusion
to slavery Or to any party issue.
But this year We lud notable change
Rev. DIR. Robert j. Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, submits a paper on the state
of the country, which is as out-spoken |
and decided on the subjects of slavery |
and party yassalage as human speech can |
make it. 1t declares that "the system
'that makes or proposes to make the re-
'lation Of master and slave hereditary,
perpetual and absolute must be wrong,
las il is negation of the principles and
"precepts of the Gospel and of the very
"idea of civil liberty and inalienable
"rights." 1t says that at the time of the
adoption of the Constitution slavery was
never designed to be perpetuated, but
now there is an "almost superhuman ei-
s'fort in the present rebellion to base the
CENTRE framework of government on the
Single principle of hereditary servitude,"
and that "Me poiCeg and patronage Of
"the general government hare, to great
| 'efIeHt, OeeH Utttu'u ." uutHv anu dOtt-
sting this effort" 1t bears testimony
against professional politicians by whom
the present rebellion has been " hatched
and nourshed and maturedN-"a class
"infnitely meaner more guilty, and more
dangerous than mere rebels or traitors;p
and Indignantly declares that "To this
"class our citizens-yes, our church mem
"hers-have bowed the knee and the
"neck, by thousands and tens of thou
"sands and submitted, while they have
'locked around their manhood the collar
"of party, and bound them with chains Il
"thousand-iold more degrading than any
"eyer proposed by the mother country"
The whole tenor of the manifesto was in
this emphatic vein. Nothing could have
been more unsatisfactory to the champi-
ons of slavery and TO sympathizers with
the rebellion. 1t was opposed by some
Of the delegates from the border states,
and Judge Gamble, of Missouri, present
ed resolution declaring it ineXpedient
to take any action on the subject. This
resolution failed entirely, and the original
paper was adopted by Il vote of one hun-
tired dad ninety-aiae 10 tVentY.
. The other-New School--organization
! of the Presbyterian Church, which has
: just adjourned at Cincinnati, was as en-.
phatic on the same points-its resolutions
declaring that "African slavery and the
| desire to perpetuate it, is the cause of the
war;" and that while they "have been
utterly shocked at the deep depravity Of
"thc authors of the rebellion, they YET
"entertain deeper detestation of those
'men in the loyal states who never uttei
, "a manly thought or opinion in favor Of
! ''the government, but apologize for south.
? 'ern insurreetionists. So much import.
D ance, however, is not 10 be attached to
this utterance rs TO the other, inasmuch
! AS this branch of the church long age
! broke with slavery aud its friends, the
rupture having been consummated III
4 1851. But that the cautious, peace-cra
wing, long-sulierng Old School should
, take this resolute stand, under the lead
e too Of u southern man, is certainly al
Z important sign OF the times. The plain
truth is that ii is fast becoming the uni
a versal conviction among all thoughtful
d people that the policy of our government
z. has got 10 be Fundamentally changed to
$ ward the "pecuiar institution. Every
S man who is not blind is coming to Sc,
y that slavery is the cause Of this war, ant
" that stable peace is an impossible thing
!, unless slavery is thoroughly crippled ant
G put in the way of final death Agains
q this conviction the " babblement" of OLE
d party hacks is as Intellectual as the drive
e of idiots. 1t is taking possession of tn
souls of men, and constrains even the un
' willing into new paths The sternes
conservatism is not proof against it, no
e could be without invertng its own nature
K for the policy thus dictated is the onl
II policy that can preserve the country
in Without it there must be incurable an
7 tagonism and inevitable rnin.