Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-02-09

buNLht FculuaE9 % A'pf'
You will no doubt have heard ere this, tha,
our Wise Solons have not concluded their drdusHs
thois, az il WAS anticipated they would On
h,day, MIR. Sau sburr, discovering that he had
mVre use for his tools, offered It-,luti-n
repeating the one dxing that day Tor me
adjournment The Senators listened 10 his
eloquent appeal, filed with wonder and as
Punishment, dnd when he closed, aud the
Speaker rose WITH all the gravity which the sol
emnity Of tue occasion demanded, aud put lhe
question, all the Copperheads saamed TO King
dove and said save Ii WAS then carried iuio
the House, and with no 9th possible reason Tor
1t, than that Mr. salisbury desired it, tue Cop
prrheads here too pass ed 1t, and they are now
ntl mt again without any definite period liked Tor
adjournment. Would it not he we'll gentlemen
to adjourn to Georgetown, spend week there,
aud then 60 up to New Castle and stay short
time there. You have RS much right to do that as
you have to hold this session, and your acts
would have just US much legal bearing abou
them.
Un Thursday, Mr. Gemml of New Castle
County, offered series Vi resolutions ot thanks
. the brave Delaware soldiers, and Of coincidence
to the families of these VINO have yielded up
their lives Tor their country. We haNo told the
! people Of Delaware repeatedly that the su-callei
Democratic members Of tue Legislature were
strongly in sympathy with Southern traitors
They have all plOng however, perssted that they
were a kind Of Uni II men, bu, wanted the Union
restored, with great many ifs" and "buts' in
their plan. What think you nov Of their Union
procllvities? There is not one word in either OF
those resolutions, that any man, who 10 not rs
| foul traitor as Jef. Davis himself could taks
exception TO. yet the CCpperhead members oil Tue
| HOUSE. voted zolid against their passage, on a
call Ut the yeas aid nays. They would not
thank the heroes that faced the IRON bail OF the
rebels on many sanguinary battlefield ioi
their services. They have no sympathy with the
parents, wives and orphans OF the gallant men
who have sacrificed their lives in their country q
battles. Like the snvaking reptile nom which
they derive their name, they have waited l1r Tue
suspicious moment when they could strike u
blow at men, whom they abhOr and delest, be
cause their love Of our free institutions, nud II
desire to perpetu4ie them has been the incentive
that has prompted them TO leave home anu AL
its endeaImenls aud peril their lives gu the nell
of strife They do not desire II "Vlgotous prose
culiotSof the war;" but on the other hand, use
every means at their command 10 place obstacles
in the way OF the government in its efforts tt
put down the rebellion Remember men oil
Kent aud Sussex, that your representatives have
voted in the Legislative Halls against vigorous
prosecution Of the war, the only means under
heaven Of restoring the authority oil the Genera
Government in the rebehous Staies. Recullcci
friends OF the soldier that these men have nc
word OF appreciate or thanks for th0sc who
have throwa themselves in the van aud bnied
their breasts TO the enemy, to protect our homes
from the rayapes and plunder Of ~ vile u set OIL
miscreants as ever went unhuug. So base anl
Gallons hearted ara these Cnunrrheads, that the y
have no word of sympathy. even with then
neiebLors. for the fathers and sons who hay.
fallen. in defence of the government Men wht
are SO lost to every sense of leeliae ARE unworthy
to represent n brave and pattioiic people, AM
should lie hntleL from mower and plaee and con
signed to oblivion. beyond the reach OF politica
resurrection.
The bill for the Relief of fine families OF Vol
unteers VIVA Misc lost. every Copperhead yotinl
AGAINST IL Here ia nnolGer speeimen of then
hostilitv IA the yolnnteer IL IN IL we'll know
fsct that dnring the nr4sant winter. and Mt TIN
hour many of The families of these brave spitits
nre suffering for The necess,res of life. Thes,
man know Ina, mia ia ttue md vet ,hey bay,
refusal IN vote a dollar far their relief The,
wonlI see IN. loveJ ones of onr cnuntrvs bray,
dsfenders tnrnal nnon The street hon.eloss an,
bomeless They Iisten win toliei arms 10 the
nnneal fnr bread and coIIlv vote agninst a mea
snre which wonIl nInce thsm in snch oircum
atonccs as IN renJcr theu, comfottahIe nm,
honnv This indifference IN tho wants of IN
families of yolnntes,s exbibits in n startin
manrcr tho ,rno onn;nns az ,boss comnosin , RI
GonIerbeaJ nar,r md IN tu,,ra yhatssor rra
tentiona tbev NAV mako IN tbe contrnrv ibc
viii hear the stign,a If holm, tIs oi,ers ,I .ha;