Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-07-31

e have too much respect for that instrument t,
r believe that its true friends are those who ar
. seeking to weaken and iniure the Governmen
e in its efforts to suppress the rebellion. w
0 believe in the right of seIfpreservation. Th
Government is assailed by formidable an,
r mortal enemy. The contest is not only 70
! honor nut for life. We will not say that sue
cess is impossible without the present policy
but such may be the case At any rate, W,
; see no better way of annhilating the South
ern Confederacy than by striking its cgue,
corner stone. Slavery has been brought into
mortal conflict with the Government. and its
destruction would be jus.ifable il it were our
f fundamental law. There is a constitutional
{ war power as well for suppressiug rebellion
:, as repelling invasion. We have a right to
fight rebellion according 10 the laws of war
i We believe enc of the rules of war" is to
weaken the enemy and strengthen yourself by
I c very means within reach. Government
+ that would not do either of these would be
1 Government Of fools We have been more
/ than two years contending against the enemies
! of our country, aud cannot now see an end to
she contest. There may yet be struggle Of
teveral years before us. The consequences Of
failure are disastrous and terrible The olv-
flI gulf that lies beyond the Union is IA gulf
that has never been measured ia gulf of dark
ness, despotism and eternal war. Let US fully
understand thar if We do not pul down The
rebellion, must lose our country Fare
well 80 Peace, farewell to Liberty when the
Republic goes down We do not fear that
such will be the result OF this terrible conflict
We believe That the heaven-appointed Union
viii live. But while hope for The favor
and blessing OF the God of our fathers. let US
be alive to the demands of the crisis
Why should We save Slavery? 1t is
standing reproach and disgrace to our Gov
erEment. The conscience of the world is
against IL Aside from its moral character.
what is it political institution? which it
is and always will be while it exists in cur
country. 1t has existed under the Constitu-
tion only by suferance. In all its features,
forms and phases it is opposed to the funda-
mental doctrines OF free government How
often and how long must we look over our
past history to learn what It's fruits have been?
Ii is the root the corner stone the fountain
head, the essence of tue great rebellion under
whose blows the Nation shakes and staggers
Slavery is the cause OF the war. We do not
mean by this that the Slave States have al
ways been wrong aud the Free States always
right during the twenty years of the "irre-
pressible conflict which ripened into this
mighty civil war. We haze been gsarreliag.
There have been radical political differences
that we could not reconcile. Much was said
against the South and the institutions of the
South, in a very bad spirit and to very little
Il;
sectional quarrel excite swdyed both parties
to a great extent. The question was discussed b
by men of all characters and of every rank Il
and condition in life. The difficulty laid ir
the radical, irrec0ncilable difference between |
freedom and slavery. 1t would have been 7
hard to reconcile this if slavery were only
domestic institution. But it was made po-
itical institution, and if the Southern lords
could have had their way, it would have been =
made a national institution. Ii was their
allure to do this which caused them to rebel
Their present project is a grand Slave Empire :
lpon the ruins of American Liberty. Histo.
y will be indebted to "Vice President"
Stephens more than any other for the
character of this rebellion. When the pro-
sramme first opened he declared that the dis
appointment of public men of the South had !,
lad much 20 do with bringing the calamity Of
secession upon the country. And afterward, !,
when the wild storm had bowed his own head, :
le spoke thus: "This stone Slavery which =
he builders rejected. is become the head of :,
he corner aud it shall be the corner store of =
,ur new Confederacy," >,
This rebellion should have convinced the :
American people that slavery is burden that :,
hey cannot sustain. Who that loves his =
country would see its limbs thus fettered any ::
Onger? Will the character Of the institution !
hange after we have carried it through the :,
en- OF strife in which so many of our sons and -
,rothers have gone down? In the midst of a
he pressing issues of the present, let US not =,
orget to inquire what shall be when the war =
: over From this long, protracted and
bloody contest, We ought to reap harvest Of :
nduring peace and glory. Slavery stands in E,
ur way. We have nothing to hope from =
pairing il, and We may lose our country. =
We cannot see why men should persist in
aging that the war is not being carried on for :.
he sake Of the Union, because the Proclama- :.
ion has beer issued and the negroes are being =
rmed. We cannot enter into the notion that = ="
lavery and the Union are inseparabIe The .,
hedges OF The Administration to carry on IL - y
var for the Union are adhered to The r
means OF accomplishing the end in view are =
fferent from those first adopred, but this :
ught not TO deter any one from supporting r
he war; or from laboring with all his puwer -
o suppress the rebellion. :
We would ask the opponents OF the policy $
f the Administration what they would sub :
titule Tor it? Would they leave the slaves in
he hands of their masters? Would they re- :
use to use them in our service when so many
opportunities offer tor doing 50? They recon
lend ne course. They tell what ought not to
e done, but not what ought to be done. :,
We believe that the course that has been :;
dopted is just, honorable and humane The !
important questions involved had 10 be met =
nd decided The decision al the Ad- -
linistration was made with view to promote j.
he best interests of the country, and to save
$ from the dangers of armed rebellion. The :.
oIicy which has been determined upon is the :.
uresj and most efiectual way OF striking the
nemy, and may be the only one that will give :
nal success to our arms. >.
SIEGE OF VICKsBURG, July B. 1868 ::
Pen-Picture Of Poor Pierce Well Drawn. II
The following from the Boston Transcript ii
f July :, is picture of the poor sniveling a
that will live in history: "a
THE CoPPERHEAD Ex-PREsIDENT.
Amidst the rejoioings over victory, and =
midst the sghs and sobs of thousands who r