Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1864-09-01
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= ,.issSan, .ss S,a month 70 SosEcUrING TIE WAR
itgtioa renal sis sincere patriot, who has care;
| fut y additi9sd our present conflict fran the
/ Amarican ana European standpoints, TO present
| few Important facts for the consideration Of
eli bis couatrymen, and especially for those
clergymen and laymen who are thinking OF sign
| ing tho petitions for on srmatice. AS minis
! ter Of the gospel of peace, earnestly pray and
labor that our beloved country may be speedily
blessed with permanent peace, founded in
truth, Justice, liberty and Union. To gain ssck
peace all needed sacrifice should be cneeriul-
ly made. Bnt candid and earnest men, while
working for a common end, often differ In opin-
lon as to the bostmldes of securing the desired
object. Honest diffsreuces In Judgment will
always occur, snd 1 give full credit for good
motives to those clergymsn who have signed the
petitions for an arnistice. While thus admit
ting their piety and patriotism, my deep convic-
tions founded on mature reflection, compel me
to condemn iheir action.
An armisties implies cessation OF hostilitiea,
and, as 10 lie case of Denmark, q raising of the
blockade. Il we so far confess onr weakness
as to ask for armistice in this the fourth year
of the var, after Jefferson Davis has declared
that he will have ssiDlspendence or exteKnina-
tlon'' tor himself aud the leaders who will CON
troll the spnta notih they are banisbed by our
armies, We must certainly expoot the south will
W
the bl6ckadais raised for even two months, the
south will export cotton enough TO pay fpr
all tho supplies and munitions of war needed
for two yeaao' struggle. They will also pur-
chase and bring home whole heet OF Alabamaa
and ElOrdas, which will clear from southern
ports and bs recognised as regular war vessels,
With the privilege Of selling the prizss 10
European ports. We all know what one reDel
crHiser can do; and shall we consent to stud
the seas win theao scourges upon our com
murce. tlH AL
Moreover, the rebels would certsielys insist
upon our Withdrawing from every inch Of the
seeded Ststss before they would consider terms
Of peace. aavlag aus given up what has cost
us fifty thonaAad i5ves, and two thouland millions
of doisrs, sad having thus given to the rebels
new prestige aHa power, can any sane man
suppose that they would accept tes than "in
dependence or eKserminationf" Independence
for tbs rebels ifpplies that we surrender all
south of tha Potomac, the Ohio and the Mis-
souri rivers, anu keep up standing army of
three hundred thousand men to guard q frontier
nearly three thouslad miles long. II implies
also the bsusying Of the devoted patriots of
West Virginia, East Tennessee, and some parts
OF Kentucky and Arkansa !, to the most terrible
psrsscution by their hated foes. And indeusn-
dence for the rebels involves our everlasting
disgrace and degradation. F g
Nor would it give peace. Slaves would es'
cape within our lines, and their more than ever
ins6l ,nt masters would make raids after them
into the humiliated north. Stung with shame,
we would resent the outrage, and thus more
dir var would blaze forth with fresh fury, and
tha south would be twenty times as strong as II
Is now, for the interval OF the armistioe and the
shA u peace would be eagerly improved te the
Strengthening of the, south in every possible
way. ~ 81
the border wars Of England and Scotland, in
srita of tina riUara and m utaina hatWaaa fham I
should teach us that their must be only one
tion in country whose great rivers and mouns
tain ranges run nearly north and south, or mp
and dewn through the land. Even IT we could
and would build Chinese wall over our noun
taias, we could never extend II across the mighty
Mississippi, which bears the commerce of a vast
region surprising all of Europe except Russia.
God made US for one nation. He has given us
three millions of square miles of the best land
on the earth. have seen the best of America,
Europe, Asia and Africa, and T thankfully de-
clare that our countFy surpasses all others In
natural advantages Of climate and soil, rivers,
lakes and mines. Rocky Palestine, with it's
rude husbsndry and without single safe harbor
on its whole coast, supported ave sIiailiions of
people on fifteen Thousand square miles OF land.
Now with our vast commerce, oar extensive
manufactures, our immense resources IN miDesj
aud our improved agriculture, We can support
two thousand millions Of healthy, happy peo-
pie DetW6en Tue lakes anu tue gut hhu tno Atr
lantic and the Pacific.
At present our currency is inflated, owing to
the fact that many of the banks persist 10 issu-
ing more bills to supply the dsmsnd tor specu-
lation, aad thus prices rise. But pricas have
lately doubled In india, owing to the snper-
abundance Of specie sent there to buy cottoni
and Spain once became nearly bankrupt through
apeculations caused by the glut of gold and
silver imported from her American colonies,-
Great Britain has national debt of four thou
sand millions Of dollars, though her European
dominions are not equal in extent TO the half of
cur single State of Texas. When We were but
three millions of poo; colonists we fought seven
years for libertyI aud as our country 10 wsN
| worth all that it ever has or ever will cost,
can now fght seven years it necessary, for the
Unisn which, by Gods blessing, shall extend
and. pefpetnAte fnll-frsed6m to tne myrtads Of
millions who shall people our fertile country.
1t Wilt cost far less TO fight It ont now, once
for ALL. Jef. Davis, with the eproverbial gasoon-
ade OF the Gsscons whose South Carolina de-
| scendants began this most Internal rebellion,
may choose ssindepondence or extermination's
| for himself, because he would lose prestige and
power by returning to the Union; but If We
| persevere, and honor God by obedience, Davis
| and the other leaders la the southern madness
will soon run the blockade at tho convenient
| port of Wilmington, and leave the southern
| people to return to the Union, which will secure
permanent pesce and unprecedented prosperity
Z TO our suffering nation. "a
WIZ. WHTrE WmLIAHs.
Philadelphia, August 18th, 1864. s5