Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-02-27

y SO the rights Of the South were safer under /
th law than thy are now" The slavery /
q .siion was a mere pretext' for this rebel I
lion. The rebellion is the result Of IAN enor-
m1Us conspiracy forIHed more than twelve i
n.,aths aso." II Mr.. Douglas tod the trnth
Tlleii he declared that the rebels h'sl NJ more
cause to rebel When they did than they would /
b We had on the 30th of April, lT89, the day /
Washington was inaugurated Mr.. Doug |
las said that is so-will the gentleman say to /
m. that our d.hasement of ourselves at the
k-st OF the rebels by abandoning our PrincI-
PRS and accepting theirs would have broken
up tha enormous conspiracy, made their rig MS
ulore secure, which were as secure as when
W lshington was inauguratel; or would they
have permitted themselves TO be robbed by
our prostraIion before them of their coveted
"Dss.ex p W0ud they, sir?
II lie will 50 say. then | viii submit arother
proof. aDJlg As id not know, will the gen
ile,nan say, 'wiereofhe affirmed when he said
that the slavery ques,iol was mere 'eAe1se
f. r the rebellion" an that they were las safo
when they re5clle1 as they were under Wash
i,gton:"s sDouglas was not very familiar with
plblic affairs had not seen much Of this rebel
d IN; did not know the plans and movements
Or the conspiraiors; and was not close or
shrewd observer Of IN u; aud what IS worse was
bJrn in New England Douglas lied when he
declared the slav rs question Was mste "ex-
nise" BE it 50; let The gentleman from liil-
nois pass Douglas too into the rear along with
the blockheads Washington and II idisJn and
Franklin aud Grotius.
next take as my witness Beverdy J 'hn4oa
"a Southern man, not guilty Of being born
in New En- sland DOes he know something
about the Southern hearth H. upon the IN
o: May, 1861, at Frederick, Maryland, used
these words: "The truth is, and ! regret 10
b.lieve it that fear of the violation oi
Southern rights with the prom tiers Of this re-
beIIio5 isa mere 'preteuse." They f-ared the
power was passing from them. Dad thls
ihe South,s champion in the great D.ei Scott
case and one of It's in'ellects, kso.r thls Sou b!
or did be lalsiy when he declared, that when
they rcboIled, they did Dot even have fear oil
th.. violation Of any southern righl? DJts :he
gentleman reply that y J1hnson was not OF 'he
r,bels, aud no, very smart, aud did not %"
as well as why they rebclled," and that 'm
promise and security of their rights was what
the rebels wantedl Very well; let johnson, the
giant iatelect Of the South, pass into the con
gregation Of fools, along with Jefferson and his
associates, who were ignorant as to the rights
and interests or designs Of these rebels Will
now call as my next witness man who viii
come up to the standard Which entities him to
speak as to what the rebels would have done IN
compromise. Yancey, the prince OF re1eis'
whose keen blade the gentleman from Iilih"l>
felt At Charleston, uras, perhaps, AS well posted
as to the secrets OF the rebellion as even the
gentleman from Illinois. Let this House, tins
country, history, hear aud write down. wltl
ly.u Of iron aud point of diamond, every WORD
of this utierance Of the master OF the rebel
lien; aud let il never perish from the records
Ia,nau Wiukedness Let The gentleman IRON
Illinois be careful to mark each word. Its d lt'
Is material, and is December, 1861. lie says
s.No lroffs.red compton, Sc; no amendment
to Inc Constitution, no pn'f1cred addltlona
aiisfantees, can delay her (the South s. ACTOR
Independence one moment. There ls n'
!s;t in the fundamental law therefore i
/. Us 40 alteration
Did Yancey know as well as he Of Illinois
whereof he spoke? Did that man know: H'
.gas selected by the rebel South 10 be thei
nouthpiece at Charleston, and whose sPeeel
there was TO annihilate "sqnatter sovereignty
ard Democracy. and 70 complete the first ac
il. this iu!e nal drama of rebellion and murder
Sr,d.d he know whether they wanted "honor
able campromise?" No. say the gentlemen il
this House who al,ege that we caused thi
war by rejection OF compromise. We know
better Than Yuncey. the Beelz 'bub OF this Sc
cession, what its secrets were The statenen
of Yaneev was but the unofficial statement 0
m individual and be did not know what th'
rebels want Very well, sir. Let 1ancey as al
individual, also pass into the company oil sim
pletons, who are not wise III the designs OF tbs
rebellion, and who do not comprehend th
Southern hear; aud l uaw call a group OF wit
pesses l now call no unofficial test simony o
Individual averment. | take the solemn OH
ciul announcement made by three commission
ers of the rcbe, government, speaking throug
L. rd John Ru,sell tn Parliament, to EuropS
and the VI rid. This is not tue twadde OF pot
house politicians, nor the inhlmed rapSodies
ranters; but it is the authorized, calm, eau
tiousIy worlel. and official enunciations OF tn
views, purpo es and Adgrneni Of the rebellion
uhch it has chosen to record about itself J
imperishable history. Sir, will The gen'iema
accept this utterance of the commissioners
Yunccy, Rost, and Mann, as evidence OF wha
conc rsiions or compromise they wanted. Thes
are their words, which bear date OF the IL
of August, 1861:
..It was from no fear that the slaves woul
he liberated That secession took place. Til
very party in D ,wer had proposed 10 guarant
slavery forever in the States it the Sodth woul
but rem tin in the Union,
VIII She gentleman, IA the teeth Of this 50
cmn official uttcrance BY the diplomatic repr'
santatives of this huge treason, in which the
aver that they did uot leave the Union frm
any fear as to their slaves, per ist in dHclaril
that they lied, and did have fears which then
selves disclaimed, aud which compromise woul
have assuaged? viii he sill persist in bein
wiser than The combined wisdom of the rebe
lion, as TO the secret motives and suppresse
fears of these rebels? If he will still persis
and will say these are but words aud not deed
then point him TO deeds-m1st emphatic, d'
liberate, and conviucing-which shall sho'
Mr. Iathu MS MIR. Douglas and Mr. j Ohnson
statements to be most true. that these me
wanted no compromise, had no fears asto the
rights, bus we're acting upon "a fixed plan
break up the Government"
My countrymen, among these deeds look ne1
at the action of yoYr own Governm mt, don
to coBciliate the rebels. After they, by will
drawing from Congress, gave all the power
the loyal States, you organized all your Terr
tories into three Governments, and in each yo
not only did not exclude slavery, but You e.
pressIy enacted that all property should
protected; so that, if Dred Scot d;cia wei
law, you protected slavery in every inch
American terrilorv NOT heretofore organ7zp