Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-14

come 10 rs unless consummate wisdom avoid
Ihem.
Sir, in urging wise 1 do not urge timid or /
tender policies Nay. sir, we have had too |
much of these. detest them as weak and un-1
manly efforts TO conciliate treason, which these
efforts dare to wanton with. Int dare not to
strike. am impeled by my love of peace,
by my horror of human slaughter, by my ad
miration OF free institutions. and By my detes-
tation Of this treason against them, to favor
every blow, consistent with civilized war, which
either will or which may nationally be expect
ed to contribute 10 ireason's overthrow.
But then, sir, on the other hand, we dare not
forget that
+ .sTrne rortituae is s.cn in -reat EXPLOITS
That Justice warrants ami that vision guides;
All else is towering frenzy and distraction
remember that it is the poorest cheat and
counterfeit of courage and Of cnIighien'd pr
gress which abOunds in swelling words, makes
allies Of imbecile rsEnesS. harnesses in her
car of war of the tyrantis pack-hOrse, cruelty.
and then d.lshes. with blind and imPotent fury,
into perils which it could neither comprehend
nor overcome.
That such consequences as have alluded to
in the disorganiz .iion of our army, in the
alienation Of The 10, al people of the South,
you have the testimony of the most enlighten-
ell men of the SOuth, and also Of . very large
proportion Of the armies OF thr R'puhlic.-
And who arc these mrn. in these Iialls and
out, who bear this testimony? They are the
men who have made the loyal part Of the pub
lie sentiment of the South. They are the men
who have been the breal6waters in helping TO
turn back from ycu the tides OF treason which
have swept, like foods Of lava, towards your
shores. They are the men who in the storms
which have swept their States have held them
TO the moorings Of the COnSii ntiOn meH
whose vOiiyes Eow upon their cDuntry's alters
are homes, estates, children, and their own
blood.
Sir, can we trust these Witnesses? Have
they shown their love OF country yet enough
to induce us to believe that they would not
bear false witness against her as to these ap-
pretended results, SO vital to us all /? But if
you will not believe these, nor the mCn now
in arms who speak for themselves and their
commands, and who tell you that j. may be
fatal to change the ends and purposes Of this
! war from one for the Constitution into one for
something clse, call it what you please, theE
| | invoke you to heed The inexorable logic Of
the fearful events OF this rebellion which have
swept into its terrific mealstrom already the
forms Of Government and the institutions OF
one-third of these States, and which but re-
Gently was carrying around in the giddy whirl
Of its outer circles SO many more; and do not
/ for the poor sake of abstraction, for the sake
0l uttering statutes which can have no use
ful results beyond your power to enforce them,
risk all we have. In inviting insurrectiUn, or
uprising by the slaves, do not place them
where they, unarmed and deienceless as they
are. will, if your legislation has the tendency
designed, be slain by hecatomLs to prevent
the consummation your legislation invites.
The policy indicated by the Military Com.
mittec's bill is, in substance, that iuaugurated
at Port Royal and at other points where slaves
have slllen into our hands; is the exercise o
just and constitutional 1rar po1rer for the
Republic and is acquiesced in 10y the country
Nuke that uniform BY law, and then let il
a!one. Trust the retribulions of war and the
logic Of battles for the rest. Sir, the results
of that retributiOn, and the inductiUns Of thai
lngic, are neither doubtful or obscure; and they
are penciled in no ambiguous lights in iheSt
words, found in very recent issue of a le4d
ing Southern Journal:
III the war should be long continued, tht
forcible and universal abolition Of slavery
viii be inevitable. If it should speedily b'
brought TO close, gradual emancipation il
State after State by the introduction Of fret
labor with political rights will be natural con
sequences of this rebellion. These are sol
emn truths which time will verify"
And this, sir, is stcrnly, terribly just. II
save the Republic let slavery perish. 1t ha
sown to the wind; lei it reap the wLrirlwind.-
: 1t has taken the sword; let it perish by tn,
sword. II has poisoned chalice for other,
lips; now. with cven-llanded Justice, common,
i it to its own. Now, when slavery is abou
this, the eonsummatiou of all its villainies
"trip it and let its heels kick at heaven" =
Not 10y my love OF country, of home, of liber
", alone, bat by the admiration of Gods frs
attribute, Justice, say, TO save the Govern
nent lei slavery perish But then, sir, if
ana expected to attain this end through trca
sons against the Constitution. through broker
oaths OF fealty 10 it, and through means whicl
may wreck all constitutional government; an
when in that wreck may loose my own lib
erty as well as the slaves whom | sought /:
free, L iuln away from policy not merely re
pcte wi. h danger, but stamped, also, with
! Punic faith and with the morality of Bor
gir
| hear fra m altars cCus Grated TO alteration
: Of the Deity, from Journals wearing the "Iiy
cry nf heaven and from lips eonsecrated I
lhc UfTiees Of religion, and even from som
, { ngressi0nal whispers, the CHASTITY taunt am
stle0f, constitutions -worShipper, = "idolatry {
!, constitutions" And these say, Ito overtime,
a slavery let the Constitution which recognise
p and prOtec's il be Uverthrown;' "thc end sane
q titles the means The end sanctifeS the mean,
: All !sir, this morality and these politics ar
c not new. For the higher glory OF God" - 4
c u,aioreB1 Del gloriana = lighted the first auf
: da fc ut the castle of Triana, and the last on
: at Seville; it 9lared iii the blood Of Alic
) I4isle and of IlewliHg, from the temple door
6 where j rffries held the ..bloOdy ass iz So
!, idShed from the arms of Glenloyan ut the mas
] sacre OF Glenco; it rang out from the grea
: bell Of the palace on the midnight air OF s
/ Bartholomew, and was read in the bloom c
s that hawthorn in the garden of "ihe InnC
! CcutS3 " aidue Il hlaFtyES cIOWH IOT AiRDl
: and put Garnet into the calendar of saint
il Sir, upon the car which carried Robespcrr
: through streets which he de.uged in the bloc
!, of innocent citizens were written the word
e "LIBERAToR OF THE PEoPLE-DEFExDER Q
:. LIBERTY"
/ Sir, bad means never haze good ends A
" dept measure which changes the war to
: revolution; make all the South what Ney sal
l. to Napoleon the Peninsula was to The FrencI
d where We viii have not armies only. 10 fish
IS bat women and children; enlarge the nation {