Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-05-08
CroaRars.

] There is a class of men in the North, who
if they are not rebel sympathizers, are render
ing the rebels all the aid and comfort possible
without entering the service Of the COnfidrr
aey. "What is tue use Of this war;" iheF asi;
/" We shall never be able 10 conquer thu
South" Who can doubt that snch language
as this gives aid and comfort to The enemy
1t is the essence of treason, because it tends
to weaken the faith of the people in the power
of tie Government to crush out the rebellion
From Mr. Stiles PhampIet, How Free
People Conduct Long War;" which was no
/ Iiced in the journal some time since, We take
the following pertinent remarks:
There is a good deal of talk about the i'm
possibility Of coiquering or subjugaiing the
South, which is based upon very vague notions
Of what conquest and suhjugation signify. Il
is surprising to find how even intelligent men
have been imposed upon by this flvurite bOast
Of the rebels aid their sympAthizers. 4 pre-
tended saying of Napoleon is quoted, that lit
is impossible to prevent any people determined
on achieving IFS independence, from sccom-
plishing its purpose )" and it is confidently
asked whether any one ever heard Of the subju-
cation Of tweleve millions determined to be
free. We reply that history, ancient and mod
ern, is full of instances of the only sort of
conquest or subjugalion which any sane man
proposes shall be submitted to by the South
n one it thinks p' sill lie or Le essary, for the
purpose in view, TO occupy the whole South
with ganisons, but simply todcstroy the only
support upon which its arrogant pretensiOns
are based, namely, its military power. This
gone, what becomes OF all tie rest and this
remaining where is there any hope of perma-
nenr peace and safety to US? For what is all
war but an appeal to force TO settle quest ions
of national interest which peaceful discussion
has failed to settle and what is an army, but
only another argument, the ultima ratio, which,
if successful in decisive battles, must give the
law to the conqured?
To say nothing of instances in ancient his
tory, Poland, Hungary, ard Lombnrdy in our
day were just as determined to be free us the
South is, and quite as full OF martial ardor ?
and certainly Prussiu and Spain Under the
Bonaparte dynasty, and the French Emperor.
are all examples Of nations which valued their
independence, and had teniold the resources
for maintaining it which the South possesses
yet the capture of Warsaw, tn surrender of
lldgOsi lne Datl lies OF N IVarA OF Jelg Oi foal-
amanca, and Of Waterloo respectively, settIt d
as definitely the fate of the inhabitants oil those
countries and tLeir future condition as if terms
imposed by the conquering army had been
freely and unanimously agreed upon by the
representatives Of the people in Congress as
sembled. And, in like manner, desire in all
sincerity, no matter from what motive, the
success Of our arms. Upon such basis, The
wider and more Catholic our faith becomes
the better. "Tn essentials Entity in non-cs-
sentials Liberty in all things Charity :" this
should be our motto. The only possible hope
for the Sonth is in our own divisions. Let us
remember tliat with snccess all things are pos
sible ); without ii, all our hopes and theories
vanish into thin air. With success in the field,
we should OF only dsarn the rebellion, and
rid ourselves forever of the pestileht tribe OF
domestic traitors by burying them deep in
that political oblivion which covers the Tories
OF the Revolution, and those who sneered a;
the gallant exploits of our navy in the war OF
1912, but also force Of public opinion abroad
whose faithlesneas 10 The great principles which
underlie all modern civilization has been one
of the saddest d,-velopements of this sad war,
to exclaim at last, " hiUidiam gloria, super
Gsti.