Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-04
MAINLAND FRNEI


MARYLAND is FREEI
In the midst Of the unparalleled excitement
Of the hour, we are Understanding, or quite
overlooking events OF the profoundest interest.
simply because they are transpiring short dis
tAnce aside from the blood ywar-path in which
the nation is now tOiling. No event, since the
opening of this Southern rebellion, has bad 80
much Of local aad national importance as the
recent declaration, on the part Of her own peo-
pie, that Maryland heneeiorh shah be free; By
this vote, the chains have fallen from the limLs
Of 81 900 slaves bat even grandsr than that,
the bands of prejudice and the chains OF social.
political and moral servitude, have fallen from
the minds and hearts Of 100000 free whites
Maryland one Of the thirteen original States;
On whose soil the first patriot blood, in this
Shareholders war, was shed Maryland so
earnestly and affectionaiely claimed by the
rebels in prose and in song Maryland is free
Never again will Massachusetts sons be mur-
dfred in her streets, for like Massachusetts she
is free. Slavery has been The tie which drew
Maryland towards Richmond and rebellion -
Thank God that tie is severed forever. We
count upon her seven electoral votes as certain
FOR the Union aud Abraham lincoln. How en-.
eouraging the thought, how inspiring the preg-
nant truth that another State has been snatehed
from the thraldom and satanic charm Of Slavery
and added to the galaxy of the ever Frightening
constellation Of the free. Lovers Of the Union.
lovers OF Liberty, lift up your heads for the day
dawnethl
The question has already gone from lip 10 lin
Of every American citizen, how will this affect
the Slate Of Delaware? This question is hope.
fully urged in the North; it is anxiousy pom.
dered in Richmond. Although the matter Of
Slavery in this State ia no longer one Of any
direct pscuniary Importance, the principles in
VolVed In it's continuance are as momenious as
though like Virginia in 1860, our slaves mum,
bered half million. As long as there is a legal
system OF human bondage in the State, we will
be counted On by the rebels as naturally their
allies As long as we are tied to this unnatural
system, arislocrats will claim to rule and lord it
over nH. So long as there is not vital power
enough In our Commonwealth to throw off the
solled garments Of a scklY and langushlng
policy. just so long heslthiul and hopeful immi-
grafton will avoid our domain Let us only
give signs Of a moral force that shall break the
spell OF the shareholders power, and declare as
Maryland has that henceforth the Diamond State
shall glow with the radiance of liberty. and our
iarms will double in their value Our uueulti.
waited sections will find market, our population
Will double in twenty years, and q career Of
moral, social, and material progress, will be
opened before Us that shall speedily reward u.
with present adSRncements and almost ralss,r
the lost past.
But TO do this the old politicians must he laid
on the shelf To do this Southern uympathizer.
aud their falsely called "DemocrAcyp must he
crushed at the polls, as weiwould crush a yiper's
eggs. To do this We must redeem the State from
the political jugglery Of the Saulsburys the
bayards and their tools, and the people-the thu
Dsmocracy--must arise in their strength and mn
Delaware where she belongs, as a sister will
Pennsylvania and Maryland, on the side of tb
union and Liberty. The issue Is now squarel,
b7iore us. Mcclellan and Southern aristo.
cratic rebellion, CT abraham Lincoln and IN,
fresh warm impulses Of a united and a free Re
public Which shall it be Shall Missouri
Western Virginia and Maryland, see their in
tetests and secure them by throwing off M,
bondage OF the so-called democracy" an,
shall Delaware still plod on under the old yoke
still cinging to worthless farms and calling then
'piantatOns," and still feeding few decrepi,
negroes and calling them "slaves i' sbal
Bayard still dupe the people by calling himssl
"a Democrat" and shall Salisbury still "rspre
cent them by hie only speech 10 the effect tia
il 500 "nigger" women and children in Del.
aware, (being ali that survives of our osystsm,
Of Slavery,) should be manumitted and the Di.
mond State be declared free, these slayes wou,,
'oyerIun" the commonwealth, and the whit
people would have no chance Shades Of tb
fathers defend rs. when such maullin folly i
tjeoted by United States Senator and fools ar
found who call the doCtriue "Demooratc 20 Bu
this will end. Other men will get the adyan
tages which we are letting slip. Our State will
yet be Free Somebody coming after us will
reap the benefits Of the new order of thingp.-
Our farms will be worth more then, not now
Our working men will see new factories. ney
foundries, new ship yards calling for labor, an,
reWarding 1t more generously. II will be then
not now DeaWareans, shal future generations
reap these blessings, or shall We enjoy them
nowf Think it over, and If yea vote for the
Union on Tuesday next, and vote for it's tried
friend and representative ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
-SS~s--
REMEMBER Let every Union man remember
that on Tuesday next the great political battle
of the age is to be fought. Our soldiers are
doing well their part with bullets. Let US do
ours with ballots Remember that the polls