Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-01-30
An important and Sensible Ezgr.ssiOn.

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lion, formidable, al the irsl glance, as such =
docnmcntaPpeals, in connection with he most,
/ terrible rebellion tic world has ever seen
will hard,y be regarded by the enlightened
/ world as having, of itself, doa acd slavery
/ To The casual observer abroad, 20 him who is
in the habiL of deierring 10 The NAL DEGREES
| OF great Governments, il will, Doubtless, ap-
ear backed by military repara i1n--a. that
! fiuai aud earEesl thiuSt which is dsslin i 10
give the coup de grace to an institution which
has lnatle ihu principal prctext Tor al attempt
cd revolution 10 acquire political pawer. Aud
il the three hundred aud 6fty thousand slave
holders in the south vera wining-a majoriiy
| of them-lo allow slavery 10 &c mnde the os-
tensible cause Of the present revolt, as the tar
iEf WAS the assumed pretcxt for contempIal-
cd one in the time OF Presid ut JAcksor, aud
IT, betwixt the forces thus set in motion ty
them, slnvery is ground in pieces aud destroy
ed, whom have they TO blame but them selves.
and how can they expect sympathy from the
great world Of humanity whose whole fasure
Interest in the cause Of free government has
bceu 50 sadly and critically compromised by
their INSCRIPTIONS wickeduess. Il il every
thing to the frieDds OF the Union, nov, that If
any mystery, iu the 6rst instance euvslopcd
the causes which hAvs brought US TO our pres
ept position. there is no dill ulty al present in
fxiug the responsibility precisely where it be-
longs. Slavery waited more territory, waut-
ed expansion, dominion, Polrer-wanicd what
in the very nature II the case aud in the pro-
gress Of the age, il could not get. Tho terri
tory il held already by the terms Of the Gov
situation aud under the sheltsring care Of the
Union which defended il, it could not occupy;
and yet, driven by Tad visions Of a great fu-
ture, impelled forward by wild ambition, it
was determined, uuGer the lead OF the slagery
trGnsceudentalists Of South Carolina, TO bnild
Tor itself, IN the language 0f Que Of the most
prominent Of them, \ government they could
eaH their own; and extending their empire
cross this continent to the Pacifc, and dow q
through Mexico to the other side OF the Great
Gulf, and over the isles of tie Sea- they were
to establish an empire" based upon slavery,
never eqnaled or surpassed" Such was the
dream of Z. Banwrell RhetI IS revealed 10
his adfnirng followers before the conRc: WAS
fairly inaugurnted.
But even in South Carolina they were not all
dreamers after the fashion above shown, We
have had OCCASION, hitherto, to refer to the
views Of one Of the leading spirits of South
Carolina in the past, Hon. Mr.. Boyce; a mau
now-if we mistake not-holdiug the position
Of General in the rebel ranks; and when the
inquiry is made ia the light OF present events,
as 10 how far the Presidents proclamation will
be responsible for the doom of slavery, the
language OF Mr.. BOyce may be quoted with
profit as uttered in the projected crisis OF 1851
A fter giving his rcnsOus al length why Seeess
ion should not be Tesorted 10 as a remedy for
asserted evils, be said: Il object, in as strong
terms as | can, to the secession OF South Cnro-
Eina. Such is the intensity OF nay conviction
upon the subject. that if secession should take
place-of which | have 10 idea--ior | can NOT
believe in the existence OF such stupendous
madness-I shall consider the institution Of
slavery as doomed, and that the Great Gud, in
our blindness, has made US the instrument OF
its destruction" Are not these significant
words, considered in the light Of to- day has
not slavery been "slain 10 the house OF Hs
friends? z"
We have taken the ground all along that
no Presidential proclamation, no paper decree
emanating from the Government was neelfrl
to Fix the tate of slavery. The first gun fred
at Fort Sumter, the jubilant bells Of Charles
ton which anBounced the more than willing
conflict began by the South, PcaIed the kneIl
Of slavery;a aud if the proclamation has been put
forth in the presumed interests OF military
necessity" it is little more then reading the
burial service over an institution all rccoyniz.
as nevermore vital with IFS power on this cor
tinent. Audaciousy challenging a naiiOn in
arms, it has met with a resistance of which il
seems not to have dreamed; and, compelled to
succumb, it falls with grim defiance stamped
on every feature; it Pcrishcs in the vain attempt
to make good the boast of one Of it's champ
ions, when speaking of South Carolina it's
special representative, and the originator OF
these evils that il she could not alone "shat-
ter this aeeurscd Union, she could, al least
throw her arms around the pillars of the Com
siid'ion aud involve all the States in GEN.
mon ruin.
Further-We have attached little import
ance comparatively to the issuance OF the pro-
clarEiiI,on in question, or to tho one Of Sepiem-
Der, bccauso unsupported by a military ad
vance, slavery can NOT be reached; and the
paper illumination is TO that extent, therefore
little better than dead letter And il slave
~, Rs an instilution, was deemed by lis special
supporters in danger, even from a slightly
imperfect execution Of the FuRiive.slave law,
the nation might well consider The advance OF
armies whose presence brought diSorganiza-
ton and destruction to it, in the very nature
of the case, as pretty much rendering super
luous any paper demonstration like the pres
directed to its fHal extinction in its most for
mdable s!rongholds
And yet we would not, by any means, seek
10 underrate the real importance OF decree
of this kind, emanaliHg from the Executive Of
great nationality ike tbs. If We recur to
the mere terms Of the proclamation Itself. it
conveys, in the simple alluson TO the terri
tory obnozlotJ to the penalty, Il sense o! the
military inroads already nTade upon that Con
federacy whose curner-sl one" MAS declared 10
Gt based on slavery, appalling, one might sup
pose, to the special propagandisisr of be iAsti-
tu1iu,f now in arms against the GoreIEnen1.
e'fuheihg apon the map at the area bat F'tle
time ago claimed by the rebel chiefs as legiti-
matcly theirs, in the interests of slavery and
the rebellion, and whst woeraily contracted
space is aircady commended TO i, and who
can doubt bdt that, with ordinary diligence
and good management, the proclamation f
the President will come to be in truth thai
formidable thing nim1 claim It TO be -
Events will speedily determine ell this.
A few wo,ds in relation to the condition of
the border States in view of this procamatioa,
II the fact has never been comprehended until
now that the Union men ar these States have
saved them from the worst consequences ol
the rebellion, it needs no further demonstrl-