Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-05-16
EMANCIPATION IN DELAWARE.


Presidents Emancipation Message on the
other. The following well-consdered leader
from its issue of the 23d ult., possesses a Ma
tional Importance:
EMANctPArIoN.
That the question Of Emancipation with
compensation will enter largely into our next
elections, no one can doubt who looks at the
course to which political events are and have
been tending since the rebellion. Indeed il
will form the main feature, the controlling
principle, Of the party Of the Union, through
out the States, and will swallow up all other
party questions and creeds in the magnitude
Of its importance and bearing upon the inter-
csts Of the country at large.
The question Of slavery has, more or less,
entered into almost every ampaign-national
and local-for many years past, but in a
somewhat limited or partisan sense. Then,
those who dared to advocate emancipation
no matter how honest or conscientious may
have been their convictions-were called
"Abolitonists," Unions Splitters," "Fauat-
les, and other vile names hunted out from
the prolific vocabulary Of Lo o. Focoism aud
all manner Of evil intentions against the Con-
stitu'ion and peace Of the Union were charged
upon them; but now a change is visible in
this respect. Abolition has ceased to be the
scare-crow Of politicians. The people have
learned from the rebellion to examine a little
closer for themselves, and not trust so much
TO demagogues for their knowledge of poiti-
cal ethics. They have seen that, while fanat.
icism and disunion have been charged upon
Northern statesmen and States, treason has
been nurtured and cultivated in the South by
the slave-driving lords Of cottondom, until it
has at length eliminated in a sanguinary war,
which, for ierocity and barrenness of substan-
tial purpose, is without parallel in the his
tory Of the world. They have seen, too, that
those who have uniformly been charged with
disloyalty, aud disposition to break up the
government, are the true friends and support
ers Of the Union, while those whose office it
has been these many years past to cry out
"the Union is dissolved by Northern fanatics
are the real and only foes Of the peace, hap
piness, and prosperity Of the Republic
The people have learned to appreciate the
force and meaning of the terms abolition"
"Black Republican, and other mean epithets
which have been Systematically and persist
emily heaped upon those who refused to bow
the knee to slavery and subserve its ambi-
tious designs upon the liberties Of the coun-
try. Such slang nick-names will no longer
serve to cheat honest men out of their votes,
but are passed by as meaningless and insult
ing deceptions, calculated to cover up the real
objects Of their inventors, and assist them the
more readily to slip into pewer and partake
of the luxury Of public plunder, which they
so we'll knew, from long experience and prac-
tice how to enjoy. Partisan rancor al d Sec
tional nalavnlapca ara yroduallx hp surolx,
passing away, and purer current of popular
thought and Investigation has engaged the
minds Of the people. They begin to realize
the fact that slavery, and not abolition, is the
perfdious parent Of all our national troubles.
That tits the forging of chains for human limbs
to wear in perpetual bondage. and not the
pleadings Of liberty in behalf Of all her chill
dren. which has to-day deluged the land in
blood, and desolated large portion Of the
country. That it is the dark shadow Of
barbarous and cruel age hanging like a sable
pail over the hopes and happiness OF large
portion Of our people in this nineteenth cen
tury, instead of the humanity, truth and
light, of the principles Of the Declaration of
American Independence, that now impedes
their progress to prosperity and usefulness.
The thinking masses are alive to these facts
they recognize their Importance aud influence
upon the social and political interests of the
nation, and therefore are prepared to take
hold fthe Slavery question with a determine
tion and zeal that will forever set at rest the
disturb bing elements of which it is made up.
Men are, to-day, willing 20 be called Abol-
tionists, who, one year ago, would have felt
insuled at even a distant intimation Of any
such idea The word has lost its evil spell
and thousands oihonest, patriotic, loyal hearts
are ready to insctibe EMANCIPArIoN on their
banners, and bear 1t on to triumph through
the storm of bullets or the more calm battle
OF the ballot-box. The time for this has come
The North IS ready The South must be, and
in the great moral revolution where will our
own State be found In the ranks of treason:
No, no, no Delaware must and will be on
the side OF Liberty. She cannot step aside
from the track of patriotism; she must not re-
fuse to do her duty she will not lag behind
her sister States in the forward march Of hui
man greatness aud Christian charity; SHE
WILL BE FREE. Free from all tant OF disi0y-
atty. Free from any suspicion OF completely
with treason of traitors. Free from further
legal sanction Of that gigantic curse which has
so long bound her TO sluggish inactivity and
limited her power and influence as a State
And as she emerges from the blackness Of the
cloud in which all her local interests have so
long been buried well nigh unto oblivion, she
will be Tree to declare, in all the pride and
majesty Of her redemption, that henceforth
and forever she will give full and entire re-
cognition and scope to those inalenable rights
of man, Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of
Happiness" Thus will glorious little Della
ware be found. No other position in the
momentous struggle will become her.
~ The radicals in Congress are bound
not to be suited with anything that Gen Nc
Clellan does If he is SO strong that the reb-
els dare not attempt to withstand, and so run,
they howl at him If he attacks the rebel
forces, and they do attempt to make stand,
they howl the more. They won't be satisfied
with anything. The country, however, would
be perfectly satisfied to see these same radi-
calls in the front ranks Of the hottest fight
But there is no danger of catching them there
not they. The Washington correspondent of
the n. Y. Times yerifes this statement as fol-
lows:
The radicals in Congress were bitter against MeCcl-
yesterday because the rebels did stand and fight
him at Yorktown. They bitter against him to-day
because The rebels do stand aud fight him al williams