Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-05-30
Communicated.
HON. GEORGE P. FISHER.

HUN. 0EOnOG 4 94014A~
Mr.. EDlroR Nov that the enemies of our
government are ut work In our State as tlSe,
where, to pull down aud trample ia the inltr ana /
dust our glorious old ensign Of Freedom, LlbeI-
ty and Justice, VIZ think it high time At least one
yoice be raised in its defence, and il need be
the barred arm of vengeance be raised to hur
from place and power those mercennry and be |
sottei slaves of vice and wiokedness who IN hiph |
places bonst of their s0-c0lltd attachment To the
Union, whilst thry with malgniy and hypoc-
risv are leaving nothing nndone which lhey can
do to pull down the pillars upoh when rests 'he
grandest super-tructure ever devised ny man
wisdom, and such as history shows no parallel
We're these persons To come out boldly and haunt
their secession rag and avow their designs they
wonld he powereas for evil, hut no, whilst
preachIug Union Union and whilst enjoying
the rights and privileges, the honors and rewards
OF liberal government, Julas'like they are
willing TO hetray it for silver.
Have you, MIR. Editoi thought what the CON
! dition OF our State would have been, anu "hat
| the condition and circumstances Of our people,
had Bnyard, Salisbury, Jeli. Davis n Co., been
/ successful in caioliug us into secession! Find
ing the Diamond State too loyal to the Coustiiu-
tion Of our Fathers and that our Legislature At
4 its last regular session spoke out manly and ue-
hantly against secession, they were driven to tho
resort Of some other scheme more damning, II
pos.ihle to iniure her aud her ciuzens. To
carry out this latter Plan, il wNs necessary that
they should retain their seats in Congress; draw
from the public asury three thousand dollars
u year and expcnl it ia advancing the eouse
most ininrious to our State, and YET nearest To
their hearts, secession
Had il not been for the manly aud patriotic
sand taken hy our worthy Representative Ia
Congress, Delaware This day would have been
utterly ruined her real estate OF m value her
population reduced Ivy internecine war, jevasta-
nou and desolatiun lts twin sisters, To less Than
one half her already snail population; her
plains would have been the theatre ol deadly
, strife her creeks and streams run red with the
blood uf hundreds. perhaps thousands who gave
no other offence than that of being loyal subjects
, OF Just and generous government. Butehery.
= cold hOoded huichery not only OF men, hut ol
/ iuuoccni children and delenceless wives would
have marke tue course OF many mcu whose
names We could mention Aud why all this -
only, yes only, that few ambitious designing
, mercenary, craving. political mOunlebanhs nigh
retain place and power that they might ehrlcl
themselves
/ No man of Our State since the inception OF IT.
Il sovereignty ever occupied u more responsible,
u higher or huli.r trust nor yet n more envahl
e position than the Hon. George L. Fisher on
/ Representative in Congress. ! say enYiahle, he
Is cause he, single handed, against two secession
d throughout the state. aud particularly in Dove
a and Smyrna, heat back the blind zeal0ls, an
n gave her the position she now occupies of loyal
q ty. The time is not far distant when the peopl
~ ot Delaware will see il, and with ono voice, an
; one accord acknowledge him the salvntOr {
little Delaware II hehoOves you then. men q
Delaware. to awake to the fast, that the sun
q bering embers Of hidden fire are now beiu
q stirred up within our borders, which it fame
l. to flame as now sought to he done by design
r. ing knAves, will ere you nre aware ut H. cu
velope us in one mighty blaze which will swee
b. ns an avalanche over us, aud c0nsign us to ute
n destruction. Up men of Delaware awake
e duty and hurl from placc and power the ineen
N diaries who would willingly apply the torch
- Let no man be trusted who has given the leni
IN sign or symptom of sympathy with the damn
ar ing heresy Of secession, We want no drunAel
IL designing. political trieksler to barter away on
=, glorious birthright. nor shall it he, by God
helm, done while there be one true heart AN
=, steady, trusty hand left to defend il.
' Go ON our worthy, patriotic and brave d,
fender uf that birthright, aud you shall be SUI
" mined Unheru millions shall rise m and Gu
u YOU blessed; the huger of State pride will |
pointed towards you, as the man in the dhrkci
4 and most trying times Of our countrys HISTORY
IT knowing the tight dared mAintiin it, thOug
le surrounded and threatened on every hand wit
fr tue assassin's dagger
ty To linn alone belongs the honor to our Sta
IS. at lcastl Of solving the great problem of grad
Is al emancipation with compensation ot our sa
property, which is ia the course OF ultimate e
liuctiou ia our State. Look ut figures. In L 20
we had slave population Of over 5000; in lsl
it numbered less than 1900 Who then will q
it is not III COURSE Ol extinction? The plu
devised hy whom it may, is certainly the on
one which will afford tue Shareholder the Leaf
90. aud the last chance, to Obtain for this kind
~, property are equivalent. Let the coward
~, lnips Of his satanic majesty howl aud gnash III,
"o w teeth with the fury OF Il mons; let them hang
etligy the flesh their craven and polluted han
ny dare not touch; let the scurrous organs
!, secession who, to bolster up the waning fl
~ tunes OF their master and owner, resort to n
~" and every mean and lastarilly act to decry Ii
,,, and his iar fAme. ii matters not, for like G
"a' "aa surs wife, she is above swpcion." Let Ii
@ ,r, but do his duty, as doubt not he will, =
T.: Ituavery will hide is detOrmity, in the mantle
iel dissimulated loyalty
wv Yours, Ne, SQUlBOBS
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