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Fighting our Brethren.

Fighting our Brethren.
The following extract from speech made
10 the last session -four Legislature, by Mr..
NAPLES, is pretty conclusive answer to these
men who are continually expressing such hor-
ror at the idea OF going to war with the South
to prevent them trom destroying he Uaon and
who are all the time praliug on the ADVANTAGES
OF compromise:
Again, yon fad others that say thew are
Union meP, "but" they are in ia vor ofeom.
promise. fes, Mr.. Speaker, Union men hmt
what Q compromise. Compromise! loysltv IN
eomprqmIse with treason. | would say TO all
such plsguIded men 10 go and ask virtue To
compromise with vice, go and ask truth to
compromise with falsehOOd, go and ask honesty
TO compromise with dishonesty, and when tbev
have complied with their request, then ssk
loyalty 10 compromise with treason. Vba, :
Compromise Compromise with traitors. with
the sword IN one hand 10 stab you 10 the heart.
aud the torch in the other TO burn your hablta.
tIon no never, neUer.
But another says am a Union man, " but {"
i am opposed TO fighting our brethren to main
tain the Union. ! am opposed to war among
ourselves and think 1t cruel TO kill our bre Lhren
and think the Government ought to putaa end
mold was our brother. He was OF of our own
men aud the tories whom Gen. Marion Enobt
durlag the revolutionary war were our hreth.
ren; taey were as father against son. and son
sgai1si father, brother against brother neiph.
Dor against nelghb0r; but would anv lcyai man
bass condemned General Washington had he
caught Arnold, 10 have hung him az high as
aaman aud Will any person, now in this, our
day, rise up and say that General Marion nd
his brave lHt!e band did wrong in fighting the
tories IN the revolutionary war because they
were their brethren aud ask all such ifthev
eau show IN the history of any nation where
more mercy has been exhibited to traitors in
their own midst than was shown to fcreiun
invading foe. No, MIR. Speaker, all these
outs all these excuses, all these pleas about
peace, compromise, aud fighting brethre n, are
but so many clogs, which these consideraIe
individuals are trying to throw into the wheels
OF Government lO step their progress and 10
keep them from rolling on and crushing out
Ibis re5~lllon. The truth is they are opposed
to the Government, or they would not Keep
trying TO embsrrass it. They profess 10 be
Union men but all their sympaIhles are with
those very men VINO are trying TO destroy the
Union In short, they opposed to their
Country or they would not keep lTylng to embar-
rass the Government. What can saw To those
who are opposlDg their country who nad loyal
ancestors, whose fathers. 81 fought bled and
died " Tor tins country what think YOU. Mr.
Speaker, their fathers would thuk of these
men c"ald they rise from their graves and see
their descendants opposing that very country
ih4t they laid down their lives for. Methinks.
they would not own them as their descendants
they W 'uld blush TO think that any of their
loyal blood should course in traitors veins. In
is strange! II passing strange it is wondrous
straHge. that even here, in Delaware. lovsI
Delaware, the State that was first TO adopt the
Constitution OF the UnIIed States. and II has
been the bn1s: OF her sons that she weuld he
the last 10 abahdOn 1t, that even here thosa very
That meH are trying to diSsOire our Union and
destroy that Constitution should find SvDDgthi
gers II Is useless TO md aug wonder now at
lhese strange events, neither is ii the proper
time 10 IrG"'re into causes. When a house Is
on fre the first du'y of every good citizen is TO
try and put out The flames and not stop To in |
qulre who f'-t produced the fire. So in the
case of ihis rebellion. The hrst duty of everv
ms1 Is to Try TO put down the rebellion. Save
the country hrs,. save the country frem des /
trBclIOn, save tns TicA heritage that was ne |
queathed 80 Us by our forefaihe and when
The Country is safe, and peace is restored. then
loyal suhJscis may meet together and dircuss
tue Causes of The war, and take measures Thar
the Ike may never recur again.