Weekly Delaware State journal and statesman. (Wilmington, Del.) 18??-18??, 1862-03-21

becoming those whose home il the land Of the
o,h'e, WIN the patriotism Of good citizen,
win the determination to occupy the soil Of
south Oarollna or sacrifice his life, and with the
knuness, The uibanity aud the dignity, and the
ieu'sioh and perseverance OF the christian sol
s'' =, Ana the ohristian gentleman, he led his men
W person, anu where danger aud death we're, iu
! ne thickest Of the fray, he was foremost in
battle, until victory raised the dag where trea-
sou anu rebellion first lowered H.
ine olher Is the emblem of a rebellion with.
Jul cause-a revolution without justification
"a resistance without excuYe. Wherever il has
waved desolation aud ruin aud fire. have char
actefzed its sway. There,
"Is the giant frenzy.
M prSsqnnS empires with the shitlwnd of his arm
There,
IL " The old hAg, nneonq uerable huge
SS..Auon eyelesH drudge, black ruin siis
Nurslng tue impateHt earthquake"
For many months it waved insolently before our
.apiial; but when our numerous army that had
stood 80 long
"Like painted Jove
WIN IDLE thunder In his lifted hand
moved upon the enemy, 1t scattered them like
chah before the wind. We have now every rea.
son to believe that the days OF this conspiracy
are numbered. The standard of Freedom floats
over the Manassas oil the East and the Manassas
Of the West. The exhibitions Of national man
hood give promise Of the preservation Of our
country. We may have every confidence thai
before many days the war will be transferred 10
the Cotton States where 1t properly belongs. =
Let those who have created the trouble receive
their merited punishment.
This conspiracy the citizens of Wilmington
have always opposed. They have contributed
with literally worthy Of their patriotism.
Inc women OF this city, actuated by a sense of
duty alone, have lsbored with an Industry wor-
Thy OF such noble cause. There will be no
brighter page In the history Of this war than
that which records the voluntary aud unrt Quilted
services Of American women. Nor has VIII
mlngton been alone in her loyalty The entire
state, saved by the strong arm of Federal power
exercised in Maryland. has rejected the couusels
oil those who medtated her ruin We had some
restless spirits among ns, who wanted hnt the
opportunity 10 make Delaware what Virginia
now is. But their power is that of Sampson
slorn oil his locks; aud their very names will he
a reproach TO their children.
The people Of this State onght, by this time.
to have learned, that no Compromise will ever
give us peace that every concession we bnye
made has been made to power that Is Mt the
bottom Of this conspiracy that every term of
peace proposed has been proposed to conciliate
the very cause of this rebellion. Instead of
combating and destroying, we haze been coauet-
ting with treason; aud when we thought our
conquest safe, how completely were we Tilted.
Instead of "spurning the advances that PLAYED
Win our faith" VIC folded the yper TO our
bosoms until invigorated by the warmth of our
own principles, the ungrateiul wretch stung its
benefactor Now that we are awake, let US M
longer De deceived, for "eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty" Peace can never be subs,itn-
ted for freedom. Bad "a war is, disgrace and
disunon are infinitely worse. War Il but the
defence Of our rights and the preservation of mr.
integrity, invaded and assaled. War is duty
War is patriotism. War in such cause and
against such men is the instinct that God gave
US, and the means, not disapproyed by christi.
anity, OF establishing christian principles. TIL
ihat has been done, ill our enemies who have
sown to the wind shall have reaped the rbirl
wind till the magistrate who hears not the
sword in vain has executed wrath listen to no
siren voice Of peace. Peace without victory
would be submission. You must cononer peace
Short of the surrender and punishment Of trail
tors; short Of the breaking down of rebellions
by cutting every fold and cord of this. Won INNS,
not, you cannot end this war. It's for defence.
for preservation that you now fight. II Won
surrender before you re-esiablsh } our liberty.
you are not worthy to possess II, and the sooner
you change into a despotism the better ga
brave people," said Burke, ''prefer liberty ao-
companied with virtuous poverty to a dsprayed
people ana wSfiGy Ot SUCH S SeoGutty nj
the best, the freest, the most equal that O cd ever
gave to man,-you will suffer your life and
your property, and your reputation TO be taken
from you before you will barter away Your
liberty with disgraceful compromise. Com
promise surrenders truth and virtue and justice.
Principle wants no Inheritance, values no eift.
seeks no blessing, asks no promise but TINT Of
an undivided country. We can never surrender
that TO the Vandals of treason.
In such contest we cannot hesitate. The
only alternatives are the free government of
thrly'four States, or the pretence Of men who
have violated every line Of the Decalogne. We
cannot yield to such men. Like the Rphesian
who burned the Temple Of Diana that his name
might be recorded in history, they desire 10
destroy the temple Of liberty, and the right Of
self-goyernment, and the hope of the world and
Tue child oil Providence. We must rout them
81 horse, foot and dragoOn." We must DESTROY
their pretended government from turret 10
foundation stone" We must release from the
tyTants power the thousands of men at the
South who long for the protection Of our flag.
thai they may feel as free, and proud, and bannv
rs he who, in the lush of his manhood said, AZ
stand upon my native heath aud my name il
Macdregor."
The cornerstone of the government whose
authority we seek to restore Is FREEDOM. Every
conflicting private interest and personal feeling
must be encrfced to that. We must lose siphi
of party in the magnitude Of the interests In.
volSed. We must give to our government, 6y
'ohomsoepr administered, n cordial and zeaious
support. We stake upon success all we have.
and are, and hope to be. We struggle for peace
and happiness, and appealing to God for The
Justice Of our cause, we intend to preserve n
united country and like Moloch,
Rather than be lsss
Care TO be at ALL