Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-16

Those Confrabauds-If Peaeeably Breed, by
Whom

Whomi
In our last We spoke of the danger and al
most certainty of emancipation by violence,
unless this was anticipated By loyal and peace
able means But srch termination Of sla-
very no one could desire. We not only in
stinetiTely shrink from il, but shudder at she
most remote thought Of such a lacf. But
what then is dutyf Il is t6at we use the peace
able regedy and that without delay. Eoma
Eoqld stupidity stand and gaze at a fire that
was slowly but surely approaching his house.
He would start at once 10 stay its progress
and thus ward of the inevitable danger. If
eff1rt was required, or even The loss Of some
minor property, fences or out-bui!dings, he
would not hesitate moment. SO in The ease
before as. The danger is certain and immi.
nent, and the aversi0u should be immediate
and efficient.
But if pCaetable remedy is 10 be applied,
BY whom shall it be done? Ii you change the
question little, and ask by whom should is
be done. We would say, al once and by sil
means, the men Of the South. This is APP
propriately and eElphatically their work, and
would they engage in it, we would say to all
others, and lhat loudly and earnestly, hands
of, hands of! But will the men Of the South
do This? Willtbey do it now er reroiely2-
Will they do it while there is a possibility Of
escaping the duty7 Evidently not. All hope
in this direction is hope dropped into the era
ter OF Mcugt Etne, or buried in the lowest
depths of the ocean. This is sufficiently
shown by their past and present conduct. 1
| But if the Shareholder himself will not do
this work, who sbal2 Il may be done by some
| foreign power. Had things remained as
they we're eight months ago, we should by no
meaus deem this improbable, and should the
| South succeed in establishing their iudepend-
ence, we should consider it almost certain
i Bat this would be done only IN case Of war
\ Should war occur with this nation as q whole
or with the South as q separate republic OF
| kingdom. one of the first acts Of the enemy
would doubtless be 10 emancipate all the slaves
| by piliiary eoict. BIT this is something that
we Should not desire while the nation remaius
4 together IS one, ID the South ar1 JET very faI
from gaining their Independence.
Where then is the responsibility throvn?-
| Or if there Is action here III the right direc-
tion, who must be the actors? The RESPONSE
| biIity is thrown upon US. We # the irel
sits must be tLe acior- II becoHn 50
through tie right aud duty of self preservation
| We are but one ma ion, one proPle, one b. dy
! polite, and as such We have one great and
common interest, which is before all and above
all else, aud US a II eyidcat aud universal law
tle less must yield 10 the greater. The pre-
/ seEvaiOn of limb must Eol eu,lanser the ex.
stence of the body it,elf. The il crest Of J
L 1 -.
wle'e. Il Should be remembcTcd ,Lat Only
about one in f4aT OF he whites NJ the Soult
have any Individual or personal interest in fla
ye:v, and If you take the slavehold, rs AMI lbcil
families in cnmpai ison with the great whole o
the nation, they make only about one in seven
teen. On what principle then docs this ere il
seventeen claim tbs preservation Of pecuiA
rights, VIXEN iG their claims are conceded, i
cndangers The welfare aud the existence Of III
ertire nation? The i1ra is simply moustrou
absurdiiy. But Eere some mag start aDd ia ]
Of constitutional guarantees, State Rights
Or reserved privileges. There poiuts we MA,
notes in another number. Cur present asseE
ton is al this assertion is self evident truth
that as it is the right and duty Of an individ
nal to take care Of himself and his limbs, so
is the right and duty OF a community TO TAX
care of itself and preserve lis members, and 81
should u nation take care Of Itself and il
branches; lis centre and circumference; il
midst and It's borders. And as slavery is no
only wrong ard consequent evil in itself, bu
source of nat ioual trouble, national weaE
ness and national danger, it is the uuquestior
able right and duty Of the nation TO remove i
CcNNoE SENSE.