Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-10-23
Our CAUSE AMI snAvrnxl

The Cincinnati Gazette, an old conserva-
tive and stauncbly loyal paper, published
the following article as its leader on the
morning of the day Of the recent election in
Ohio. 1t puts this question of slavery in
the light which We would ask Delawareans
to view it, If negro slavery has made white
men political slaves, it is about time the iu-
sitution was doomed But here is the arti-
Gle, and we ask for it a careful, thoughtful
reading:
In this war the American people have realized
the truth that the destinies of the human race
are so bound together that all must suffer for the
Injuries OF any portion. ln this country we
made ourselves accessories to slaveholdiug, the
greatest crime against humanity. All moral
aud religious sentiment was debased to make this
sum of all wrongs sacred Even Northern poll
tcians talked as if the Bible was only a Slavery
ordnance aud the Constitution only thing Tor
perpetuating Slavery. For it the ri ght OF hd5eas
corpus trial by jury, liberty Of speech and OF the
press, and the freedom OF the public mails were
suppressed For it the citizens of the North
submitted to be deprived of all protection of law
III the South. For it our courts and legal prin-
ciples were degraded, aud Slavery became the
eud aud supreme object Of all law. For il the
people of the Free States submitted to be de
prived of their equal rights in the Government
and to hold subordinate places 10 it upon condi-
ton Of putting their necks in the rro-Slavery
yoke. For ii no Northern man WAS permitted to
mold any position in the Goverument, Mt home or
abroad, civil or military, unless he was an avow-
ed supporter of Slavery
| Ne thought shat another race we're the only
sufferers by this wrong, ami We were magnaui-
nous in concediug their souls aud bodies, and in
PUT ng them beyond tue pale Of human sympa-
tbles We called our Indifference to the freedom
ot another people praseworthy regard for the
Constitution. But tue crime which we have
nhetted against an int ror race has in the mean
time robbed us Of our political rights, aud Mt last
has plunged US into this bloody war The ser
lcut we have nouris4ed has turned to sting the
nation to death.
1t is vain TO think that crime can he Mt peace.
1t is at war with all mankind, and it is neccssi-
~ that il should tortiy itself by more crimes
Slavery recognizes in every human right an cue
my, aud declares war with it, 10 strengthen its
hold on the bacAs, il demands absolute political
power over the whites N0r could 1t stop there.
1t regards every free labOring man as an accus-
ing enemy, aud declares war against him
We have tried to live at peace with this wrong
by debasiug our Constitution, laws and alminis-
irations, md by coneeding to it our political
rights. So long ~ il controlled our elections, II
permitted US TO 60 through the forms of voting.
l'ut at length it ha- been defeated by the popa
lar vote, aud now it has plainly declare that il
has hitherto tolerated popular government only
because the Slave Power controlled it, and that
because the Slave Power has lost control, the
Government shall exist no longer
Why shoul the people Of the Free States hes
iate To meet the issue thus forced upon them
Should they not welcome it, and rejoice that in
lighting for their own poHtcal rights. oul for
the constitutional Government, they carry with
them the cause of universal justice anl that in
putting down crime agairst our own race, we
are delivering another from the IN ist m,nstfou.
crime known 10 humanity.