Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-09-18
The Author, Of the RshslIion.

tribe, in his efforts to aid the rebels by pref
udicing the people against the Government,
says;
This tUicked Administration INCTTED
and PROVOKED Civil War, as PRETExT
to abolish Slavery in the States.'
And this is repeated by all Tories for the
purpose of deceiving honest men.
Now, who ever heard of an Administration
melting war against itself? Why should the
President seek 10 turn himself out of the
White House And how could an Admin
istration" incite anything before it had an ex-
istence? The vile charge is ridiculous in ar
gument-preposterously absurd, and wantonly,
wickedly, designedly untrue.
What are the facts of history on the point
of time?
The leading rebels boast that they were for
thirty years past ma turing the secession they
are now striving for.
Now look at the figures
While james Buchanan was yet President
before 'tnis Administration" had a being
10 point of fact-the following acts of"civil
war" were openly perpetrated:
On November 10, 1960-before the vote
for President was fully known hostilities
were virtually inaugurated by bills for armiug
troops and denouncing the United States au-
thority passing in Southern Legislature, and
by open revolt, seduction, and treason, at nu-
merous public meeting there.
On the Goth of December, 1860, South Car
olina, in State Convention, declared war by
her Secession Ordinance. On the 25th, called
upon the Slave State to form a Confederacy
On the 26th, tore down aud trampled upon
| the Union flag, and by force seized the U. S.
Custom House, Post Office and Arsenal at
Charleston aud also captured Fort Moultrie
and Castle Pickney.
December 9th, the q. S. revenue cutter
Aiken was betrayed into the enemy's power.
In 166I-2d January, Gov. Ellis, of North
Carolina, took Fort Macon at Beaufort, the
barracks at Washington, and all the United
States property at Fayetteville.
Same day. Mississippi commenced war by
setting up another Government within this
supreme Government.
The same day, GeorgianS took possession of
Forts Pulaski and Jackson and the U. S. Ar
seDals at Mobile were seized by Gov. Moore,
of Alabama.
Jan. 5th, the steamer Star of the West sail
ed from New York, with supplies for Fort
Sumter, and on the 9Th was fred upon by reb-
ell batteries at Charleston and drivin back TO
sea.
On the Ilth, the U. s. Arsenal at Baton
Ronge, Forts Philip and jackson below New
Orleans, and Fort Pickens on Lake Pontch-
artrain were seized by the troops of Louisi-
ana.
On the 18th, the rebel Col. Hayne deman-
! 4 L. d. N
Sumter.
Same day, two hundred and sixteen sick and
feeblea patients were turned out of the q. S.
Marine Hospital at New Orleans, to make
room for rebel soldiers.
Next day, Florida seeded; then took pos
session of Pensacola Navy Yard.
January 10Th, Georgia secedes, and steals
all the remaining property of Uncle Sam.
On tie 3lst, Louisiana seized the q. S
Branch Mint, and $5l1 200 of money in it.
belonging to the Government.
February 1st, Texas revoIted, and Gen
Twiggs betrayed over the Union troops and
q million and half of arms or other Union
property.
On the 5th Arkansas takes arms from the
q. S. Arsenal at Little Rock, to fight the
| UNION power.
On the 9Th, the rebel Government was form.
ed at Montgomery, Alabama; 7th, elected jeff
Davis as President; on the 10th iuaugurateC
him as President of a hostile and separate
Confederacy.
On the 22d, the President elect thwartet
the plot to assassinate him by going through
Baltimore without being announced.
Freedom ofspeech and the press, the righ
of peaceful assembIage, and habeas corpus
were uppressed-United States officers were
iusnlted and driven from power-peaceable
law-abiding Union men and women wer,
abused, robbed and mobed, driven from home
or killed, in various ways, in great NUMBERS
In short, the Constitution, laws, and power
of our Government were under the iron hoof
of military despotism, in defiance of the will
OF several of those States, as expressed BY
their honest votes. All was a "reign of ter
ror," by a lawless, armed aristocracy.
On the 4lh of March; after all of the above
and hundred other acts of war, treason, rob
berry, murder and crime were committeh, Pres
ident Lincoln and Cabinet began to roll bacE
the tide of war they found raging.
Look at the dates again And yet we are
unhestatingly told that
This qUicked Administration ineited ana
provoked civh aoart"
If the devil dom; get such liar, he fails t.
get his own dues.
GAS a PRETEXT," quoth Vallannigbam
and his falsifers.
Look at the dates again
The rebels began their mad game in the fal
of l860-through all 1861 they used slaves
to destroy our Government-and not until tht
year 1862 two years. did the President re-
store freedom to the slaves of rebel masters
as military necessity" not as "pretext'
devised beforehand
Reader !! cut out the above dates and pos
them up for reference against liars.-[Un
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