Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-07-21
THE DAY BREAKING.

After more than two years Of strife, du
ring which time tho hearts Of the loyal
people of the nation have been depressed
by frequent disasters to our arms, it is truly
gratifying TO have the cheering evidences
that the great battle of freedom is not being
luught in vain The dark clouds which
have so long lowered over the prospects of
the Republic, are passing away, and the day
of our countrys deliyerance from slavery
and treason is breaking upon us. The shat.
tered aud defeated hosts of the traitors un-
der their ablest General Lee, are fleeing
from destruction before the victorious army
Of the Potomac. In the South West the
gallant GRANT has captured and holds the
rebel stronghold on the Mississippi while
the invincible BANKS has compelled the
surrender Of Port Hudson thus opening
that noble river, the " father of waters"
from its source to the Gulf of Mexico, to the
trade and commerce of the great North
West. The brave and chivalrous RosRcRANs
has forced Bragg to fly with his army de-
moralized and disordered from Tennessee,
and that beaten rebel leader is now running
from point to pout, in order TO avoid cap
turc by our valiant troops. Rear Admiral
DAnIGREN with his feet of monitors and
naval vessels aided by the land forces. I'M
der Gen. GILMORE, Is now besieging Char
lesion, the birth place of the rebellion. All
their works on Morris Island have been
captured, except Fort Wagner, and when
that falls into our hands, Fort Sumpter will
soon be retaken, and with it the abominable
city of Charleston. Gen. SHERMAN is in
pursuit of the flying columns under the de-
eated johnson, in Mississippi. PRENTlss
having administered TO Price and Marina
duke severe drubbing at Helena is vic
torlously chasing them through Arkansas
l The back bone of the rebellion has here
tofore frequently been said TO be broken
!. without any substantial reason being giyel
IS for the assertion, but from all the intelli
It geuce we have received during the past few
weeks, from all points of the scene of strife
there Is no longer room to doubt that
blow has been struck at the insurgents from
2 which they cannot recover, and their SO
1t called government will soon crumble int,
ruins.
ell Thousands of brave men have fallen il
II. the struggle homes have been desolated
u, and all the horrors incident to war hav
= been shared by our people. While we re
greet that such q condition of things ha
been brought about by the madness and foil
o. or.Southern Slayeocrats, upon whom alon
ID rest the responsibility, aud while we lamen
I'd the loss of the myrads of brave men VIII
ne have offered up their lives as willing sac
if rifces upon the altar of their country, v
he cannot repress feeling of joy, that the re
~. suits which will flow from this strife, ar
such as will prove a blessing TO all mankin,
In this war the people have given IL
n strongest and most convincing proof thi
re the great principle of self-government
ad right aud proper; that freedom is the ii
if alienable right of all men, and this
an no favored few are justly entitled, either b
40 human or divine law, to hold in slavery hl
e man beings bearing the impress Of the
Il" Maker.
'"t We will emerge, we hope, from this gre
IN struggle prepared to declare to the wor
that every man who throws himself up,
la the protection of our Starry Banner, is g
~ titled to and shall receive the full measu
" of his God-given rights unmolested and II
~ harmed, in the spirit of the Constitution,
inc the maintenance of which our fathers ba
# a tiled the soil with their blood, that all nj
nd might enjoy equal freedom in the pursu
He Of life
md Demagogues can no longer mislead I
popular mind with the dogma of soc
ore equality" of the races The light of edu
m. tion is rapidly dspelling this illusi,
IA. Every man knows that it is a moral imp
-, ~" sibilty for the African race to ever occu
u"' such a social position as TO lead to uni
"p- OF the two races to any very great exte
and the man who breaches such doctri
1ss. presumes much upon the Intelligence of
and hearers. 1t is mere clap-trap, made
mrs of by political demagogues to secure vol
...I and those who utter it, know it TO be su
a few years of experience under the Il
ion order Of things now dawning upon the co
MS try will dispel such an idea entirely,
the the great prosperity that must attend the
way ton everywhere, will convince all that Fl
iree dom is mans true Inheritance, and that
cry. nation which tolerates slavery can be cit
ee,s truly great or really prosperous