Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-01-09
The Governor's Message.

rebel message oil tne NoNerhOr Ol inns oihies
Coming as the article did, at moment
when we were pressed sorely with the hurry
Of business and with but little spare time at
command, the favor is the more fully appreci.
ated by us, and calls for our special thanks.
The review is as full and candid as its breyity
and the general manner in which it treats
of the several points under notice will
warrant, and does full justice to the position
of the authors of the disloyal State paper.
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.--A BRIEF |
REVIEW.
when MI old man, never of extraordinary
| ability or tirmness, but now in his dOtage, is EUR.
rounded by intrigueinR and unscrupulous nd
yiserB who browbeat, cajole, and inimidate him
| 10 support unworthy measures, It is the part OF |
charity 10 say that he is exempt from moral re-
sponsblity. II would be- severe, indeed, to say
that the plant, involuntary instrument OF bad
meH, added to the misfortune OF imheclity the |
criminality of treason, Ii would be unkind not
to have pity for the man who, placed in posi-
ton for which lac 10 incompetent is overcome,
misled aud made ridiculous by men whose strong
er will he cannot resist
These thoughts have been suggested by the
Governors Message, which embodies the views
OF the Secretary Of State aud few Dover poll
ticiaus. They have tinkered at this document
until il is lett mere luco.fooo stump speech,
utterly without ability, but full of the spirit
which, for party purposes plays upon the pre-
judices of uneducAted men. | have looked in
vain for Union sentiment. | have not seen in
il single expression Of earnest loyalty, single
hope for the restoration Of the Unicn, o single
word of sympathy for our brave men in the field,
u single recommendation for any appropriation
towards the war-save that of money to pay for
frauds in the eurollment--bnt throughout, it
! | AaHt la In
Administration, assumes the dissolution of the
{ Union az an accomplished fact, endeavors to de-
stroy confidence in the Government, idly speaks
Of our blessings as " mere dreams Of the past"
( declares the falsehood that sbusiness is para
: lyzed," and that baser falsehood that :" The
currency is deranged, deprecated aud destroyed"
e rings The changes upon the increasing debt and
4 taxation, steps out of the way to slur the North
0 for its "fanatical mainess," charitably speaks
I of the "folly"-not the freas0n-o of the South,
r charges that the appointees OF the Government
o in this State are " Yioe1t, political partsans,
+ and some Of them, at least, men of very low
+ order, without respeetability or character aud
utterly unfit" that the Administration has been
imposed upon and deceived by designing poll
ticians," 10 do what why TO protect the ballot
= box from the well known and matured schemes
of tue Governors partisan friends and de-
> nounces all who differ with him as persons
whose minds are clouded aud whose judgments
:
s.; "thanking God that he is not as other men, ny
pocrite aud extortioner"
/. THE ATTACK UPON THE ADMINISTRATION AND
THE ADVICE THERETO
In this ia charged departure from its prin-
ciples as enunciatsd on its induction to office"
referring, we presume, TO the Presidents de-
termination to re-pOssess hold and occupy"
public property in the disatfeetei States. Every
body knows that the President was abused by
Far tt.aH an1 4. kar
taken. just rs much he is now for his Eman-
cipation policy. The men who now speak
through Gov. Burton did not claim TO be Union
men-they were for separation-for recognition.
When they found that the masses of the North
had determined to fight for Union, they became
quasi-unionists, with secession proclivites-
They found that a "policy of mastery inactiy-
ity'' and playing war would place them in power
two years hence; therefore tney object 10 mea-
sures that mean gigur aud permanent reunion.
II, They become, par erceileace Constitutional Union
i. men and having exhausted the battle cry,
m AbolitOnism (tb0ugh the Governor even bangs
" on to it) they charge every measure that will not
- put them in power with violating the Consttu-
d., ton. Have they not braius enough to see that
the Object Of the war is Ine thing and its chdrdc
ter another, while its conduct may also be another.
p, The object is to restore the Union. Emancipa-
r. iion is but the new character Of the war,-is but
Ill u means Heretofore the conduct OF the war by
tory and disastrous because slavery was of more
value to the Democratic party than the Union
without slavery. Is not the prediction that
- these measures will leave us without glim-
Oh inering hope ot restoration" the wish that faith
a cred the thought? Would the Governor and hif
bv friends be much surprised as delighted if the
''soldiers should lay down their arms aud sheatht
their swords'? Could there be to his advisers
ID any more delightful contamination than thai
those who &" use the war TO abolish slavery
If should be "speedily dlyested Of their power
Is II u crocodile sympathy for those in power
or is it Il warning OF the coming change that Wt
al may stand from under; or is il an induoement tu
he change policy OF all the tasest hypocrisy, OF
us all the affected regret, of all the shameless mi
representations, this fourth paragraph is the
climax. Pretending that "m more perilou.
no coniition is to be feared" the very man who
m penned the lines iecices Io-day in the compica-
:, tons of our Goytrnment with foreign powers, aud
W has for nearly two years earnestly desired for
ad eigu interference rejoccs in the ability of the
G. South to proong this war and hopes that it may
be endure until il wins recognition or exhausts the
~ patience of our people. The very man who
~ speaks of tour brave men" is one Of class who
all have said that they hoped that every man wi q
at crossed the Potomac to fight the South might
en- never return" That very man is known to be
- one Of the most violent secessionists who, pher
Richard iOds not himself has cheered for JEFF
'rt Davis having Withdrawn his confidence apd
e. support from the Government and wishing 10 hi.
on heart that its unity may be broken and smiling
at disaster TO its arms has yet the audacity tC
talk Of his right to be protected in his liberty al
ID. property. His studied words are meant 10 b,
those of UniOnsm aggrieved at what thinks arc
imprudent steps; but his heart is the " whited
o sepuchre' OF treason. All the Pharisee ''mak
lte ing clean the outside of the cup and platter bu
D. within full of extortion and excess"
n SO much for the Governors sympathy for dis
loyalty. {" But the blow is not only aimed al
ed slavery in the revolled States'-that alone as ht
We thinks would be too unkind to our Southern
brethren. Wherefore this sympathy for the dis
loyal2 Wherefore preserve their property at thu
A., risk Of our lives? If the proposition were tc
L. enslave New England, how quickly the Governor
,is would jump at IT, But free the South No
never; I" ii ig0uld break up or social system
~ Then come the lame hetudd ed arguments gains
re- compensated Emancipation and Colonization
er the whole being to prove that it would require
taxation "upon the hard working white" A.
part Of This argument, in delightful confusion
and firing at random, the following doctrine o
secession-the very ne plus ultra OF Calhoun-il
de put forth, that when one Slute ceases to res
cd pect and observe the rights Of another and will
fully inerieres with its local interests and in
he situtons, or when one portion OF the States I'm.
to dertakes 10 impose its institutions upon th,
he other, the tie which bound them together al
-, friendly States becomes severed.n Here is the
Hi right and justification of secession boldly pro-
ry claimed Here is the Union represented as only
,rs an assoc alton Of Z" friendly States" Doubtless
wa might find snfnr nonatiiutinunl iawvars tba,