Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1863-05-08

Louisiana. Florida, aud Texas, out Of which four
States have been carved. aud ample territory for
four more to be added in due time, If you by this
unwise aud mpoltic act do tot destroy this hope,
md perhaps, ty il lose ALL aud have your last
slave wrenched from you by stern military rule,
As South America and Mexico were; or by III
vlndictive decree Of universal Emancipation
which may reasonably be expected to follow 7
'But, again, gentlemen, what have We to gain
ny this proposed change Of our relation to the
general government. We have always had the
control OF It. and csn yet, II we remain In il, md
are as united Us we have been We have bad a
IN ,j1rity Of the Presidents chosen from the South,
As we'll as the control and management OF most Of
those chosen from the North. We have had sixty
years Of Southern Presidents to their twenty
our, thus controlling the Executive department
So OF tue Judges of the SUprene Court, we have
had eighteen from the South, aud but eleven from
the North although nearly four.f lths Of the
Judicial business has arisen in the FrSe States,
yet majority of the Court has always been
from the South. This we have required 30 as to
guard againt any Interpretation OF the CoHstitu-
ton unfayorabe to US. In like manner We have
been equally wntchful to guard our interests in
the Legislative branch government In choos.
lug the presiding Presidents (pro feM.) Of tie
Senate, We have had tweniy-tour 10 their eleven,
Spe ikers Of the House. We have had twenty. tuur
Representatives, from their greater population,
have always been from the North, yet we have
generally secured the Speaker, because he. 10
u great extent, shapes and controls the legisla-
| ton of the country. Nor have we had less CON
troll in every other department of the general
government. Attorney-GenerAls we have had
fourteen while the North have had but
i've. Foreign ministers we had eighty-six,
and they but iitty-io While lhree-fourlhs Of
la l.aaat tata. Il H. -
abiOal is clearly from the Free States, from
their greater commercial interests. yet we have
Ind the lrncipnl embassies 80 MS 10 securc the
world markets tor our cotton, tOblcco and sugar
on the best possible terms We have had vast
majority Of the higher Offices OF both nrmy and
navy, while larger portion OF the soldiers aud
sailors were drawn from the North Equally 50
OF Clerks, Auditors aud Compirulers nlling Tho
Executive department; the records show for the
last fifty years that OF the three thousand thus
employed, We have had more than two-thirds Of
the same, while we have but one-third OF the
white population OF the Republic.
again. look ut aloiher item, and one. he as
sured, in which We have "A great and vital inter
est; II is that of revenue, 0r meaus of support
| ing government. From official documents, we
learn that II traction over three-fourihs Vt the
revenue collected fer the support Of the govern
ment has uniformly been raised from the North
"Pause now while you can, gentlemen, aud
contemplate carefully aud candidly these impor-
tant items. Look at another necessary branch
| of government, and lesrn from stern statistical
facts how matters stand in that department.
mean the mail and Post Office pIivileges hat We
now enjoy under the general government as il
has bern for years past. The expenses for the
| transportation Of the mail in tie Free States was,
| by the report ct the Postmaster General for the
yenr 1860, little over STA, zoo, 00O While the
income was Sl9,000,0OO but 10 the Slave
States the transportation Ut the mail was SlI,
| ZIG 900, while the revenue from the same WAS
! ,O2G, leaving deficit Of ST, 1875, tC
be supplied by the North for our accommodA.
tion, aud without which we must have been en-
trely cut OIL from this most essential branch Of
the government
lie dePrccates tue wasting ravages of war ant
declaims against it, protesting that the Unite,
States Government is TINS FREBsr, ruE MOS
EQUAL and THE MOST Just GOVERNMENT til,
sun OF heaven ever shone upon. Hear him upoi
this point
" Leaving out of view, for the present, tn
countless mill Ons Of dollars you must ek pend II
a war with the North; with the thousands All
tens OF thousands Of your sons and brothers slai
in battle, aud offered up ny sacrifices upon tn
altar OF ambition.-anJ for What. wn osI. a,ai,,
Is it for the overthrow OF the American gosern
ment, es'sol,re"d hy our common ancestry
nI .''ndoI 1 nS,e up ny .ne sweat ana 9lovu
.Jastic, and U.iaanitvg AID nj .ncb nj,
declare here, as have often done before, an
which ma been repeated by the greatest an
.n'ls o, ~ nJ fa'rlo's ~ 'is anu o.no
IN, most eoayI in its yio6t,-f5; mast inc, -, !,
dec'sions-tac moH t,nient in its measures, and n
most ,@'p'f,g N us PrnePie' to e'rpdie the race
,N" s"r 9a o,, ~, ".u9en e." s.oNe apoN
government az dis, under s,,sb ns we soys i've
for more than three quarters of ccutuy-i
whloh We nave gained our wealth, our stanllu
ms",s ~ n,, vu' uomes''s 7a'e'y wn'le the elu