Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-01-15
esssitios Of the case.

property and interests that are protected by
our armies The generous will give beyond
their actual abilities, while the parsimonious,
or the opponent Of the war, will Withhold, from
pscuniary or unpatriotic eonsideratines.-
Taxation alone will squalize this burEhen, and
impose it, where it should rest, upon the pro-
perty protected by the services that the re-
venue is intended to compensate. IF the ad-
dtioaal levy increases the taxation of gensr-
Gus contributors, it relieves them from larR-
er amount Of private bounty, and imposes it
upon the Ron-sontributorB, where it should
| fall Even when the State assumes the en-
tire support of soldiers families, there will be
scope enough for private contributions to al
Ieviate the privations and suffsrings Of sick,
disabled and wounded men, in hospitals and
at home.
Sd. The form of private charity is not always
acoep table to its recipients, and especially the
class to whom this ia applicable. Much suf
| feriag and privation will be endured before
pride will suffer application to private charity,
where there is a consciousness that maritorious
services Of the absent proVider should prompt
| ly call Iths State to the protection and support
of his sPendent family. We should divest
this fund Of the Gppellation Of charity. 1t is
not such, 10 any application Of the term. It
! is an honest debt, and az imperative duty. that
We owe the men Who are serving Us in posi-
items of labor and dagger. They save US from
| invasion-fron the destructive ravages of
war within our borders. While they press the
conquest of our arms for the restoration ef our
Government, they protect our property and
our lives they are the conserVstors of the
property that surrounds US. They do not per-
form this service for the snail compensation
allowed them by the Government They are
actuated by higher and q nober motive; and
while they endure privations, ,idanger and death
for the common cause, the State should nor
only protect their families from want, but
make the act one Of right and justful compen+
sation, instead Of burthsuing it with the often
sive appelIation of charity. Neither should it
be governed by the rigid economy Of mere sub
sstence. II should be at least such plenty and
eomfort az the stalWart ar2 of the natural pro-
wider would furnish them, if he were at home
to do it, instead Of laberiug in our service, to
ward calamity from eur hearthstones.
In my Judgment three mills on the dollar is
the least sum at which this tax should be fixed
and would prefer to see lit four mills. The
patriotic people of the State will cheerfully
pay it, and justify you for imposing it. The
act should also require County Commissioners
to collect reports of disbursements from town
ship and ward Trustees, and communicate
their aggregates annually to the Auditor of
State
| Our State has heretofore filed her quota in
the armies by volunteering. In addition to
this we have several thousand men in the SER
vice of West Virginia, Kentucky and Indi-
ana, for which we cannot have credit in our
alIotmenrs. Hopes are entertained that we
will be able to fill the recent call, without re-
sorting to draft.
The conduct of our officers and mon in the
| field has been highly ereditable to themselves
and honorable to the State. Upon every bat
tle-feld they have won high encomiums for
their cool and steady courage, prompt obe-
dience, and their deeds of noble daring. They
are bright Jewels in the crown of the Stase !;
and while we wear them with pride, we should
cherish them with affection.
During the past year steady and effective
advancements have been made in the prosecu-
ton of the war. We have possessed ourselves of
large amount Of the revolted territory, and
the triumph of our arms and policy that have
strengthened US, have materially weakened
our advsrsaries. Present events indicate very
strongly that the end Of the rebellion is rapid
| ly approaching. The contest has bsen fierce
and saDguinary, and has been protracted be-
yond the expectations of our people. But on
the other hand it is to he remembered that it
was precipitated upon US under every possible
disadvantage. On the part of the rebel lead
ers it was not only coolly and deliberately
planned, but years we're speAt while they were
still in the councils and even control of our
Government while preparing for it. They
| even exercised this control to disarm u.s. in
great measure, Of man and materials for con.
hict They trained and educated their peo-
ple for it, by firing them with falsehoods, and
| inspiring them with hatred OF the people of
the Northern States, and our republican form
of government. They anticipated much, no
doubt, from the supposed weakness of that
government to protect itself from such an as
suit, on the one hand and from political CO.
operation in the Northern States, on the
other They brought about, by their man
agemeIt the necessity OF what they termed
"a sectional election " Of President, and then
seized apon that AZ q prstext to put in prac-
tice what they assumed to be the right of
" peaceable secession" They undertook the
revolution of the government but prepared
| for, and eventually adopted the alternative of
armed rebellion. We were not prepared for
the first onset. We had armies to gather, and
arms and ammunition to provide for them :
a navy 10 collect, whence rebel leaders, while
in power, had scattered it, and equip it for
the strife and it was only with the lapse of
time that We realized the magnitude and
strength Of the rebellion, and the elaborate
and efectual means that the leaders had taken
for its prosecution and success. When all
these things are carefully consi Tered, our peo-
pe should not be surprised at the duration of
| the conflict, or the cost of blood and treasure
it has involved.
By no act Of WrOng or oppression did the peo-
pie of the Northern States provoke this rebel
lien. 1t has no warrant of Justification what
ever. We had infringed upon no right guar
anteed to them by the Constitution Of the
land. We had assented to all the compromi8-
es they presented to US, and kept our faith
while they violated, repealed, destroyed
them at pleasure. While the great mass Of
eur people, of both political parties refrained
from interfering with their peculiar institu-
tiOn,' we first family protested, and then more
resolutely declared against its being made an
engine of political power, and, for this pur-
pose, extended over territory that otherwise
should be free. We urged the Southern peo-
pie to cenfina that institution within its ex-
isting limits, and take with it all the guaran-
tees the nation could give for its quiet and
peacsable enjoyment; but we could not con-
sent that the hlighting influence Of slavery
shSuId be spread over free territory, merely