Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-05

! day makes some new recognition of the rights
and nobility of maH. We Hre net appFoacl
hg an aristocracy, an Oligarchy, or a mon
| archy, but we are constantly reeeding farther
from it. We are daily growing in our appre-s
citation Of the immntable principles Of justice
hat uBderlie the government of ouF. fathers. -
The climate Of the S0lth it has been claim
cd, deveIopes superior race Of men. Moth.
Jog could be more absurd. All history and
analogy proves the contrary. Yet if genial
climate, beautiful scenery and soil rich in
every resource could develop a lofty type Of
manhood, those of the South should certainly
do it. These gorgeous GUNNER skies where
voluptuous clouds softly float ia silvsry vol
umes and amorously roll themselves into ten
thousand bewitchiDg shapes, are enough. to
swell an angels soul with rapture. These
sublime mountains, romantic rivers and Ar
cadian groves, are worthy OF a race OF heroes
possessed of Godlike minds and Of mans no.
blesl impulses. Alas that such a country
should be the asylum for the worst of tyran-
nes and basest Of barbarisms. ! w
The Southron Superior He, the model of
virtue, the paragon Of patriots, the quintes-
sence Of chivalrg! He, the oppressor of q
weaker race simply because it is weaker, the
selEstyed aristocrat, the despiser Of honest
toll Hard-hsnded freemen Of the North it
is false and baseless assumption and every
day your good right arms are proving il SO.
The appreciation and respect SO ungenerous.
ly withheld from the plough and the loom you
are rapidly conqueriDg upon many bloody
field. The lily handed Iordlings who sneered
at you are learning to do you reverence.
A blo fTi1str of fba
and tendencies of this war is found 10 the
nomination of two such men as Abraham
Lincoln and Andrew johnson for the next
presidency and vice-presidency of the United
States They are both sons Of toll. They
were both nurtured in the rough cradle Of
seIfdependence and have alike risen to their
present lofty standing from the humble walks
of labor. Under the benign influence Of re-
publican liberty a frisndless backwoOdsman
andun untutored tailor have by their own
persevering efforts attained the proud position
of being the almost spontaneous nominees Ofa
great people for the highest places known
among men, And such is true manhood, such
is genuine nobility, the stamp Of which bears
Natures own signet And who will not say
with Bishop Thomson, that it is "grand to
see man thus rising as granite mountain
by volcanic fires, piercing the super r-incumbent
strata and looking down beneath its crown Of
snow upon a continent at its base while the
aristocratic fossils of successive epochs repose
upon its hanks."
The boundary OF freedom has been advanced
from the Tennessee to the Chattahoochee.-
The banner of the Union floats at the very
gates of the metropolis Of Northern Georgia.
pL,, ff1I IL, 4ha ohoda
on Ohattahoochee Heights. From many points
of the line the distant roofs and spires Of At"
lanta can be distinctly seen. The entire reb-
ell army has crossed the river, abandoning a
line Of field works Of amazing strength. Block
houses with bomb proof coverings crown eV.
cry hilltop. These are joined by substantial
breast works with loop-hoIes for mu1ketry
and awnings of brush. The usual lines OF
sharpened stakes, abattis and slashed timber
cover The earthworks. But there is new
feature in these Notifications which adds enor"
mously to their strength. This consists OF
heavy slabs of wood set perpendcularly in the
ground and forming an almost impassabls
wooden wall about eight feet in height. These
lines are usually built few yards in rear -ot
the trenches and have narrow openings thro'
which the enemy might retire if driven out OF
bis rife pits. These lines are arranged with
re-eutraut angles so as to give the advantage
OF converging fire against an assaiiing party,
To capture such works by a direct assault,
when defended by determined foe, would be
next to an impossibiity. Nothing but the
danger of losing bis communication, with
which johnson is almost constantly threatens
ed. could have induced him to evacurte po-
sition of such strength.
A portion of our forces have now crossed
the Chatt8hoochee and the cavalry under
Stoneman is reported to have severed the
railroads leading southwark from Atlanta
The time Tor the army to set forward again
on its march toward the Gulf seems to have
not vet fully come But when "Tecumseh"
shall give the word and this mighty host shall
gather itself up again aud resume its South
ward journey the pillars oi the rebellion will
tremble and Atlanta will surely fall a
The army needs rest and reftting. Hence
it's present inactivity. In the meantime let
all its friends be patient. The work before it
ID enormous but it will be performed in due
time. A. L. SECHAND.