Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-02-19

STRIFE THE BALANCE.-Uuder this head. the
Baltimore american thus sums up few of the
terrible results of ihe great rebellion and its
guilty cause--Slavery. II is n sad but truthful
LECTURE OF the fruits of this gigantic wiekeduSss
which has risen up upon the soil of the Ameri-
can Republic, to blast its peace and destroy the
hopes of mankind for ages yet to come.
Because Of Slavery eperythiag is Jared We
arise in the morning and enrobe ourselves in
taxed cotton and woollen garments at twice their
usual prices. We shave with taxed soap aud
comb our hair with taxed comb, dolefully gaz-
ing in taxed mirror. We put on our taxed
Soots, of horse hide, for, alas the glories of
patent leather are among the memories of the
past, and walk over taxed stair carpet to the
region where, with due regard for the econo-
my of taxed fuel, our frugal breakfast is spread.
We drink our taxed coffee, a decoctiOn OF chick
ol.y, French, Broadbent, aud sold rye" in which
is mixed our taxed sugar, with taxed spoon
ouz of taxed cup and although inwardly
CT rising the bitter fate which condemns US TO
g ach stuff are gratifed TO know that Sir William
Hamitons remark, "that mans intellect de-
hpends on the amount of coffee he drinks" is
not altogether true. We sniff the aroma Of
torty-iiye cent butter, and, thinking it strong
enough to bear the tax, revenge ourselves upon
the gravy Of taxed sausages, with the fear OF II
rise in price on the passage of the dog law. We
" rite Oh taxed paper with taxed ink, and print
ON the fmsiest of trash which monopoly and
excise will enable US TO furnish to the many
headed monster, yoleped the public. We print
taxed advertisements and pay for taxed de-
slatchcs ride in taxed carriages, behind taxed
horses, hitched in with taxed harness. Our in
| ct mes are taxed and our outgOcs are taxed, and
W hen "lifes fitful fever" is over, by the aid oi
some kindly physicians taxed medicine, we are
huxed up in a taxed coffin, and pay our heaviest
Ia of all TO the inevitable excseman-Death.
! This is only small part of the account debit
ed against the cause of the war--the root Of the
| Rebeilion-the cornerstone of the Confederaoy
! Slavery.
| We have to set down 10 the same account mil
lions of blghted hopes, and broken hearts, and
dc solate homes, and happy lives and honorable
ambitions thwaTied, and noble careers ended
ard brilliant inieects clouded, and souls gont
hs tray. There are widows and orphans tear
enough to weigh down all the gold the accurset
institution ever was worth, by the estimates OF
it's own worshippers in the palmiest days o.
Ynncey, Wise aud Keitt Compensation p
Slavery ask for compensation 1t is we, th,
sufferers, that have right to demand compen
saton Of Slavery. We, that pay the tax, nav
a right to ask Slavery to unburthen us of th
enormous debts il has sadded upon us We
| nnusu ueuu Nnliulcu llt Ou tnc ltlus VI Dullnl
and Gettysburg, may well say to Slavery-Giv
us back the lives of our loved ones. Who sha
pay the orphan for u father gone Only th
Great God that holds the even scales of irstic
in his mighty hand can tell how enormous is tn
debt due TO the American people this day b.
Slavery
Maryland has a claim of her own by which /
offset all demands for compensation, indepeuden
of her share in the great general account W.
have just related. Maryland has double til
agricultural areA of Massachusetts, more thai
double the shore line, a finer and healthier el
!, mate, more coal, iron and other mineral re
sources, greater water power and equal CONNER
{ cial facilities. Her early settemen; entitled b,
u to as speedy a proportionato development
Is Massachusetts, with the same advantages; but
IL Maryland has greater natural advantages, 81
y ought TO have developed more rapidly. The
u is but one reason why sue did not, and that re
- son is Slavery 1t acted as an embargo on in
migration. II prevented the settlement of Il
IL people and the Investment OF capital. As co
!. sequence we find the value of the real aud pc
le sonal estate in Massachusetts in 1860 was S8lC
u 2S7 ABB, and that Of Maryland only 1916, ,9l9
g 944. Deduct the latter from the former aud !
ie s have balance to charge against Slavery
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