Smyrna times., 1863-06-18
Noble Letter from Hon. D. S. Dick.
insOn,

Daniel S. Dickinson it will he rccollectcd
was one Of the speakers invited to address the
great Union Mass Meeting held in Dover last
week. After waiting until day or two of the
time finding his official duties would NOT per
nit him to leave New York he wrota long
letter expressing his regrets and cmhod ing his
opinion OF the pending issues, almost cluiya-
lent to speech. The letter is quite long and
We have room only for the essential part Oft
which cannot fail from its particular merit to
engage the careful attention Of every reader Of
the Times.
have in no sense relaxed the efforts have
been making. nor abatcd the zeal have man
lteStcd IN the Holy cause of the Union. from
the hrst overt act of the conspiracy against it,
integrity; but every day and every hour. a,
time advances, confirm and strengthen nv
faith time nerves my heart, an |. were |
soldier, would steel my sword. : to incrca,
ed perseverance and renewed activity in crush
ing the corrupt conspiracy and dastarlly rebel
hon by force OF arms, for that is the only efIcc-
tual disposition which can he made Of them
| regard this as the worlds >tIuggl,. l,crwcru
free, popular government and dies otiSm II
Is so viewed by the tyrrlmies and a.iStorracie>
OF Earth, and hence, with all their pretended
horror OF domestic slavery, we see them SYM
pathlslng with rebellion. PROPOSE lg to rest for
Its perpetual foundations, upon the groanS Of
African SCrvitudc
In the great day Of accounts, when the hearts
Of all men are laid open to view. the >warthy
Pagan, with his hideous diyinities. his obscene
orgies, disgusting mummcricS an | bloody sac
rItlceS, will be esteemed an hon >trr man IN
the sight of God, than he Of tn. Old world or
the new, who was born in a Christian land
was baptized in the name of the Trinity and
has been reared in the light of Gospel truth
and yet. seeks to place the heel of ,lespoti>m
upon the neck of unborn generations In a
struggle so mnmcntOuS, | heartily reject and
trample on, all slckly sen'imcnta!ity, ali pulling
propositions OF peace, all the fir thy dccIanla-
ton and tiimsy s0phiSms of Gaming hypocritc>
and rantlng demagOgues small and great over
their parrot phrases, free press and free
speech, and the bug-a-boo cry of abolition
ISM and shall follow but one paramount
idea: 1t Is this: the governm mt is aS>ailcd
and ITS existence threatened by armed reLolion
one must triumph and the 9th 7 expire! So
long as this conflict continues, shall be found
on the side of the Government. supnortinu
dny aud ere'y -idmini$tratioa winch is, in good
faith, endeavoring to vlndicate its authority.
and, tins too, whether its efforts are exertcd in
resisting the approach of rebel arms, hangiup
spies and traitors, sinking pirate ships. c.mfiS-
eating the property of rebels. liberating their
slaves, enforcing conscripton or raising arm
ing and putting into active service courud
troops; and | would also sustain it too in snuff
ting out rebel journals and impriS0nins spout
ing treason mongers, whenever ncce ,sary and
the influence they exert is worthy of notice
which admit is often the cas-, but the n,iw
er is abundant and / would leave it, exercise
To those charged with duty SO important. del
lcate and responsible; limiting the admonitinn
however, not to help dwarfed aud obscure dem
ago$ues INTO notOriety which they coyet. but
unalded cannot obtain.
The great question befJre us now !, th, ex
lStcnce OF the government, the protection off
the Union against conspiracy, treason and re-
belllOn, and it should be answered at any cost
OF blood and treasure and by any and every
means known to or justified by the rules of war
or practice by Christian civilization, This i
Hc grand and absorbing issue Let us not be
diverted or driven from it by armed conspira
tors ON rebelllOus territory nor their iackals
who cry from the ruins for an inrlorious
peace, nor their unarmed and less manly abet-
tors, apologists and sympathizers in the loval
States, who keep one foot in rebellion and the
other out, ready to jump on to success on eth
er side; nor listen under any circumstances to
the voice of the cOpperhead, "charm he never
~ MlSSlys puC pursue tHc StlOu WORK until II
is fully, completely, uccc3sfilly and thoroughly
accomplished :~'s''..
When this conspiracy is crushed and the
government indicated, | care not how widck.
newly-hedged, pin-feathered philanthropy.
yearning so fondly over treason and murder
and traitors expands ITSELF for, when rebellion !
lays down its arms, We shall have real, hon
Orable and enduring peace which treachery |
cannot again place in jeopardy But until the |
supremacy of the constitution and the laws is
fully acknowledged, all the hosannas sung TO
Peace by the sweet singers of sympathy with |
rebellion, will prove iusory, even though in
the amended If not improved language Of the
poet |
"The steer and lion at one crib dhafl meet,
"And Copperhcdds shall lick Secession feet, " |
We can crush this rebellion in spite of rebel
arms, British sympathy and material aid, or
the Vaccinations OF needy and seedy politicians
at home but, all that gives hope to rebellion
as these aids and comforts do, encourages it to
postpone its day Of surrender to the authority
OF the Government, and to stagger on a little
further to see what &aay come to its assistance.
Ii protracts tho was, and swllls the sacrifice of
life alrerdy fearfully alarming.
Ii would hasten peace if treasoR,spologising
journals could for the present sce;.se their adj.
vOcacy of the rebel cause until after the war il
over, when they can indemnity themselves for .