Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-07-08

as the people have a proper appreciation OF
the nececessity of maintaining the unity o!
the nation. What of treasure shall be
poured OUT how many lives shall be sac
rificed what shall be the aggregate Of pri-
vate and public suffering and deprivation,
no human being shall tell but this | know,
that men will be most wiling to suffer- to
endure, and it may be to perish, as they
are fully informed of the value of National
Unity. To demonstrate the value of this
unity, is then, to intorm inspire, and
strengthen the valor and determination ol
all lovers of their country 10 belittle and
! ignore it is to weaken and destroy the holy
cause in which the government and its
supporters are engaged,
Here let me say that there is no middle
ground between the preservation Of the
National Unity and its destruction be-
tween maintaining the Constitution in its
authority over the whole land and its abro-
cation by cutting loose part from It's pro-
tccting care; between loyalty to the gov
erment in its efforts TO preserve the life OF
the nation, and "aid and comfort to the
enemy"
Human ingenuity, stimulated by po-
litical ambition and latent sympathy with
rebels, may exhaust itself, but it can find
no middle ground in this contest. All
schemes of Cancellation, ol compromise and
peaceable settlement are delusive, and if
nrged by intelligent persons are insincere
They are fouted in seorn by the traitors
in arms. They want no conciliation--no
eompromieo raf'fs Us N, a4oat. Al
propositions to carry on the war 50 as to
do the least possible harm ito the enemy;
: all propositions to give them special iavors
while you are fighting against them, and
they are fighting like tigers against yon,
to preserve thei property, 10 secure and
send back their escaped on abandoned
slaves, while they discover Enthusiastically
the reasonable sympathies of their authors,
do but provoke the derision and contempt
of the rebels.
They aim at the dismemberment of the
Union; they will listen to nothing else.
For this they organized their conspiracy
for this they have toiled for quarter Of a
century for this they sprung their sur
prises, and practiced their frauds on the
Nation, while yet the government was in
their hands; and for this alone and nothing
less than this, they wage this relentless
war. The Nation must be fully alive to this
fact-and never until they do fully appre-
r ciate it, will they be reused to the exercise
of all their powers in quelling the rebel
lion.
! We are of those who believe that God
f has had IL special purpose in transferring
our fathers to these shores From the
great development of the past in Govern
e ment, Laws, Science, Literature, in the
y Mechanic arts, in all that tends to improve
. mans physical condition, strengthen and
: sharpen his intellectual faculties, and ele-
n vate and refine his moral sentiments from
h the Unprecedented increase of population,
rolling over mountain and prairie, vast
lakes and turbid rivers, until it is checked
|, only by the waters Of the Pacific
n building churches, cathedrals, school
;, houses, cities, establishing ON solid tounda-
S tions public institutions of all kinds, band
S ING together distant lands with the Rail
G road and telegraph line, from all this and
= vastly more accomplished, we have implicit
o faith in Gods purposes Of goodness to us
: as people, if we are only mindful of the
u trusts committed to lis, and learn to do jus
d tice to all with whom we are related
= We do not believe wicked rebel
5, lion instigated by disappointed politi
vt cal leaders and founded on the ides
o of the divine right of one portion o
: the human race eternally to subjugatt
e another, will be permitted to thwart Hi
y designs, if we are true to ourselves and Il
1t the teachings of our fathers. We have the
is numbers, the wealth, the intelligence, th'
m valor, and if we properly appreciate thu
q character of the struggle we must ultimate
"a ly triumph.
lie The great evil of this ruling principle o
IN rebellion is that it does not stop with tn
It, independence Of the revolted States. Sc
Id cession successful, is only the commence
e. mcnt of process of disintegration whicl
TO will end in the destruction OF any govern
S" ment of considerable power on this cont
y. nent. Were there no force in exampl
NJ and precedent, and were there an impassf
is Bile barrier stretching from the Atanti
re- along the Potomac, over the Alleghane
n down the Ohio and Mississippi, or wha
IN ever the boundary agreed upon, perhaI
se the idea of a separation might be tolerate
70, in view Of the immense loss Of treasure an
to blood involved in this contest. There Al
m. certainly elements of a great Nations
IS progress in the free States remaining
aa9, But there is a terrible force and infuent
I'd, in wrong and wicked precedent, and N
es- ture has set no such barrier between us
ow to impose obstacles to the riyalries of Co
he tending States and the march Of contendir
ro- armies. Instead of obstacles, she h
to formed channels of communication, DEF
md navigable rivers and broad plains.
ov Secession accomplished, places in juxt
cat position rival nations already embitter
by previous struggles, where, by the lay
rt- Of physical geography, one or the 9th
se, must sooner or later be absorbed IN t
"; strongcr-where every point of natior
nd contact will bristle with the armed soldi
of or be irrtated by the exaetions Of host
his revenue system.
rn- You have war now, if secession
in umphs, you have perpetual war. Instead
ms, settling the question now, You entail 1t
ical your children and your children's childr
the Ii this future were to be confined to
ted division between the loyal and dislo
of States, melancholy as the prospect wo'
hts, be for peace, it would still work but a sn
ing fraction Of the evils we should suffer, WI
the we come to contemplate its effects on
and form of government and the spirit OF
ont, institutions,
ion. rs | have said, there is terrible force
fern :, wicked and successful precedent, II