Smyrna times., 1863-03-05
,CORRESPONDENCE.
Written for the " Smyrna Times"
The Crisis mo. /.

To nae b,yDIl citi;ens Of DeIMcare: '-.
Fellow Citizens--the crisis has now az
rived when every loyal man OF Delaware.
should nerve himself for action, bold, deter
mined, action Just in proportion as our
brave army in the field are vamluishing the
rebel hords III front. are the traitorous Cop
pt1,aNak Multiplying in their rear. These
wretches no longer wear the guse Of peace
men, or Supporters OF the :: Constitution
a. it is, or the Cuion as it was" but openly
avow in their resolutions the formation OF,
Southerr and southwestern Contederacy
with New England lett QUITO Withhold the
necessary means for crushing ont the rebel
lion. Gan you any longer doubt that these
%orthlern synipathizers IRE determined to
break up the government they can no long
cr rule! Look at the action of the rebel
syInpathizers III your own Legislature-at
those of indiana, Illinois or wherever
sham Democracy has the rule Do not
their actions plainly point to the fact, that
these secret treason conspirators, under the
direction of the Knights of the Golden
Circle, are working with the traitors Davis
& Co.4Atheir sole purpose the overthrow of
tine. Lnlon? Read their newspapers In
them you find no word of sympathy for our
brave soifs and brothers, who are freely
bleeiiDg insdefeHce OF the only Democratic
government on earth-no rebuke or con
d-mnatlOn of tins hellish rebellion. But
like SO many buzzards they are striving to
smell out some dirty piece of scandal which
some OF their own traitorous scoundreIs
have uttered against the administration, on
the conducsof the war, with which to fill
their columns and poison an ignorant COM
munity. They talk of arbitrary arrests Of
suspension of writ of habeas corpus OF
violations of the Constitution and Execu-
tive tyranny; and, in fact, use every public
means, within their power to thwart the
government IN its attempts to suppress the
rebellion, thereby giving aid and comfort t
How much longer will an outraged anf
insnlted loyal people submit to the hellisi
Vaccinations Of these Northeri traitors
There is a point at which forbearance ceases
to be virtue. That points rapidly ap
preaching. We warn these miscreants tha
the day of retribution will most assured,
soon oyertake them, unless they desist from
their reasonable acts. The government, 0
In other words the people, (tor in this coun
try the people are}the' goYernment) will NO
much longer suffer these wretches to O.
unpunished. Z The blood of:our martyre
sons, brothers and fathers calls on us t
axenge their deaths. Shall it plead in vain
MOI Every drop of blood shed in this ur
helyy uapFovoked rebellion, stains the skirt
of these rebel sympathizers Yea, on ther
we look as the aiders and ,abettors of thei
murderers. Let them beware lest, on thei
own guilty heads reccil, With ten-fold fror
ror, all that their acts have inflicted upon til
aan0cent and I6yalsmen of the Sodth. VIII
chat has lost a son, a brother, or fathe
Syill long spare the aiders' and abettors {
their murderersf These sham Democrat
are trying to incite disuniop. in the Mort
toad their traitor brothers of the South. /
str up civil war in the hitherto bloodle
plates, Let them sticeeed--let them ons
reuse the lion of the North, and they wi
fiad. power they little dream, of. &c
forbid that they shall succeed! But if,the
DO, theht nieriimeii willi meet to them the
iast reward rs7.v. ~ Ss'saIs6s '.si1 81 q
These sEe, not idle, threats, they are ii
sober convictions of men who love the
sts.s, y Who kaow their rights s,.a, ~ a.. q
AND kneNing. dane rnaiDtsin them" ssh. \. I
In the iangaage of the Immortal Jackso
atrre Democrat, awe say to these sham
1.-THE Union must and shall be mairfa;ne,l
God has SO decreed ii. and he will mai
Unionrloving men, his rinstruan,,enufs 81 car,
out bis decree The government has bea
forbearine,eyen toa fault Rebels and the,
s'ders' have asciibed this 10 want of powe
Let them Beware how they trifle with Ii
forhesranses 1t ise the. lastz feather III
breaks the exnhefs back: sThere has be,
rs~1~nfsa aec1lsS sssass ysthese srpito
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