Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-02-27


gun or one pound Of powder, could not make
ono brigadier general, one secretary, one Tor
eigu minister, pa IS one law or one resolution
nor do one legislative or Judicial act which
did not meet the approval OF these rebels who
lett Congress. Aud in view Of all these, Of I'll
these solemn declarations Of the ablcst and
most thoroughly Intelligent Statesman Of the
North aud South, loyal aud rebcl; in view OF
all these irresistible facts of palpab'e aud re-
cent history, what is the name of that state
ment that We forced these men into rebellion
/ by refusal to secure their rights by cOmpro
mis-, or that they would accept at our hands
! com3romise, however d shol orable 10 US, or
+ fatal to all constitutional or popular govern
m.n,? Sir, [ know of no specch or phrase OF
4 d p,wer enough to reach down to the depths OF
/ The periiiy that justif,s this reason, which
drinks UP at once nations liberty and which
puts that treasOn's crimes upon the heads OF
/ those who are the victims of lis foul lnnrders.
Mr. Clairmln, my colleague, MIR. Vallan-
digham, in bis receAt remarks IN this House,
plum 5 himself upon the sag g'cily and foresight
which enabled hiH to s1relell that the war for
the Uuion wnIld ignomiuiOusly fail. Sir, 1t
may fail ! have opinions not like his as 10
the ability Of a great people to defend the only
insti u,ioas in the world which stand Tor popu
lar liberty and sclf-soyerpment. But 1 need
not state these opin .0ns here. The gentleman
nay be right. and this peope may be so craven
as not 10 deilui 10y the sword the institutions
aud liberties which Washington, uader God,
won by the sword B1t, sir. let heaven, earth
and he'll be witnesses of what l say; if this
strug sIc should, rs the gentleman says il will,
igHo niniJusly tail to deliver the Government
from rebellion a5aiast the right Of popular
suffrage, against republican in n,titutions and
liberties OF the poor man-fur mark it, that is
what the rebellion is-then, siF, that failure
will be the result OF eff rts here to ALLEVIATE the
people of this Government from its support,
aad Of the III diia.ed purpose of northern con-
, spirAtors to uuile US TO the government of the
f Tebtllion. And, sir, should that ruin be in re-
serve for Us, which q ID forbid, and should at
, last b. rcaliz d the hideou1 p 0 aiss made by
J N1rlhcrh men To these traitors, which urged
and invited AMI at last induced the blow from
. The rebe.liou-peomis; = that on.hIlf the North
} would sustain t,lem in their Internal treason
( then, sir, hi>try will record high in the rolls
where she ssttrs The nam 5 o. the masters of
e this work Of iniaHy, the names OF them who
' nIde lhl promises. Aud. SIR, in the Inferno
of some future Dlue who shall trace the spir-
its Of thuse who are tie architects Of this hid
eous ruin, the ia n'erIa imner will paint in
+ foreground uEOn his canvass Of mingled FIRE,
: blood and tears, among their chiefs, them who
S melted this rebellion by promising to this
II treason, as its btsL ally, ons-half lhe North,
II aad Whose trcuclery TO their csuutry at last
o made the helish promise good.
w fbo ,-s b,Oalr bf
5. of the failure of free people to repreSs re-
i beliua against their liberties, of which he is
a so bOaslful on this ,or, and which be boasts
{ thai time, his avengcr, has nobly vindieaiel,
is has not in it the aboimnable maEit of the sy-
Ii biliine books, OF foreelng, in ambiguous u
i terauceS, events in whose coming the prophets
l. had uo action. The gentleman is proud that
o. he could see and rUreIell ths failure of the war
m for The Union. Sir did he forget that so Goals
lie Fulvia ioretell they day on whithCicero wa
S: to he assassjuated ia his house? So co!dd
Carthegrs furiel the d,y on with Caliline
ii would be at the gates Uf Rome. So could
N Cdtcsby forlel that Gay Fdwkts would be
70 with matches in his pocket, under the House
II OF Parliament upon The 5,h of November OF
l605. so could B.n,d.cl Arnold foge:cll that
'' Sir Henry C,in'oa was to be at West POin,
= upon the Is b Of september. And so could
" IScariOt fOrete that the Son o. VI III would
- De betrayed by u kiss. Should these prupIe
cieS Of the failure Of this Government to de-
eul itself against the sword Of t is conspiracy
prove true, as they will should the great and
hitherto loyal Democracy of the North f How
:" this lead, IL will be, sir, because the prophets
S who fogelcIl our overthrow shall succeed in
" / u,,l-iNfr q n 0f lnau In tho P4tRli "a EhRir
: pledges mlde years ago, that IA "majority O
- Northern men were ready to Gght the South;
u battles on our ground" and would be at lasi
Il brought under Ihe banner of that rebellion
;" The gentleman dcnounces the war by our Gov
ernment ia the defense Of its authority and cx
io isience as the first attempt in history Of ANY
X Government to enforce the obedience arG re
spect of is subjects, as an absurd, wicked, ant
y = preposterous failure. 1t is unprecedented aud
Il moustruus to compe! rebels to obey and respect
u a good G lvernnent, in this mus logic and
)" history!
- Why sir, whose history has the geatlemlu
~ ~ read? Not Romes, for Rome killed Ca;ilnt
u at Pistoia. Not EnghInd'S, for England has
u hundred Sedgemoors. Not the United Stutes
ne for that put down Burr's conspiracy and tht
n' whisky rebellion MOI JEFF. Davis for tha
~ qucs the rising in Georgia against the con
A scripti0n. NJt the Utopia Of sir ThOma
Moore, for that had ia1rs. II has not sudie,
A' the parts Of that one hour of dreams he CAV
se II upon this ,or because during shat bre
'n hour he preserves not the decent method ther
is in madloss. H, in one breath, den0uncc
, ia as tyranny and m9nstroas dclusi0n this war 0
tv the Government, wuged to keep its capital, IL
Id forts, i!s minls, its harbors, and lis territory
aud 10 secure to all is CITIZENS the rgh' TO fol
o. low 10 the G,l the waters of the Mississippi
-e- with travel aud lralr, not by trsHy but b.
ey right f. ely and peaceably uLd without resti c
I'M tiJG or tribute, under the same G1vernmeH
~ and Als, TO It's home in the b ,som Of that Calf
m Why, sir, this last breath, taken by itsel
I'D sounds beieose-vely. lis must nud will
ng is porien;ous Of war. Should j tHerSon Davi
ell moi be in a melting n.ood wheu the gentleman
ed gets to the front Of his batteries at NickSburS
ST, and should the alntusl irresistible abandonment
Is, of the genllenais exqIiS te manners-adlrne
le- as he is with tiara Oh his brow sci with tos
wv gems his speech describes, the slave code,
l's the right of transit, Inc right OF srjourH,
en- and all this family of oraiiluts and accompa
cir nicd with "a regal tain of 10 ,dhounds no
to overcome the obthIrute affections Of MIR. Dl
Wis, nor silence his batterits al Yicksburg, the
xt the "mu-t and will" of this sentence looks q
nc if our L1ihario actually mcditated "crea; in
III love by force and developing fraterna aff-cIio
TO by war, and meant to make love to the bal
RI teri,s Of Vicksburg by the persudsions Of bay
~, | oret and hall But sir when Won mt TN