Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-01-12

with the subject, but in order to disabuse
The public mind of false impressions that
might be made upon it where MIR. Salisbury
is not known, we will give plain statement
of the whole case. Mr.. Wilson, who prompt
" replied 10 the assault made by Mr.. Sauls-
hurry, stated fact which is patent to every
man in our Commonwealth, when he de-
clared that "there were traitors in Della
ware as hostile as any in the State Of South |
Carolina" He might have gone further,
and said that they were more danger
GUS than those in South Carolina, because
they live geographically in a point of our
country where they can render the traitors
much aid in carrying out their vile schemes.
1t is well-known here that in the early part
of the war these scoundrels did an i'm
mense trade in the way of caps, pistols,
and war-like instruments, until the govern
ment broke it up by the establishment of
well-regulated system of Provost Marshals
We know too that these men all belonged to
the party that Mr.. Salisbury represents,
and which raised its united voice against the
appointment Of detectives and the order
from the Treasury Department that goods
should not pass over the Delaware Railroad,
or by any other means of communication
unless the owner took an oath of loyalty at
the Custom House in Philadelphia. This
wise act on the part Of the authorities was
denounced as tyrannical, unjust and oppres-
Il
sive. We leave loyal men to judge whether
this was not giving comfort and the strong
est kind of aid both by act and deed, to
those in rebellion against the government.
An election was approaching, and the
Union men were cogniEant of the fact that
there were many in the so-called Democrat
ic party who would stop at no means, no
matter how base Or vile, to insure the cleo
ton of their candidates, feeling that it would
aid them materially in their reasonable traf-
hc, 10 have men in authority who sympa-
tAized with rebellion and treason. These
men discovered that they were in a minority
and that certain defeat awaited them unless
they resorted to some dishonorable means Ia
secure the victory. Threats were made by
them in the lower counties, of violence to.
wards the Union men, and arrangements
we're perfected with the rebel element in the
adjoining State Of Maryland to come over
and give them assistance. To insure fail
election then, and to prevent the State Of
Delaware from falling into the hands of I
party whose acts would have rendered he,
soil the theatre of carnage and blood
such as devastated Missouri, Kentuck,
and Tennessee, the authorities directed
troops to be sent to our State. Thes,
troops in no case interfered with our citi-
zens in the exercise of the elective fran
chise, and even the one-sided evidence
given before the committee of the Conner
head Legislature fills to prove that any
man of that party was prevented from voting
No man was driven from the polls, non,
} were confined and kept from voting, and il
fact, those who ran away took good care t,
do so after casting their ballots. One thin
' is certain, there were many who voted, tina
would have been confined in Fort Delawar
t long before the election, had they got thei
/ just deserts.
= Although, the Union candidate for Gov
ernor was elected, the opposition, under th,
system by which the members of the Gener
al Assembly are elected secured mai orit
+. in both branches of the Legislature. Th
. acts of that body speak for themselves. l
no instance have they permitted an oppoi
y In nos tn lafeo l.
n tendency to injure the government, an
. place obstacles in the way of the Natona
and State administration, in their efforts
suppress the rebellion. They have neye
II voted dollar TO assist recruiting, but O
= the contrary steadily refused TO do so. The
have never voted a cent for the relief of til
families OF volunteers, although they knel
: that the wives and children of these gallal
II men were suffering for the necessaries {
IL life. They refused to allow the Generi
Government to built Fort near Lewe
e unless the authorities would bind themselv,
TO carry out certain measures, which the
M knew at the time were impracticable. III
act, TO say the least of it, was an insult to IL
IS good sense and intelligence of the Presiden
= and the Secretary of War. They passed q
N act 10 aid sympathisers with treason and r
bellion, by making it IL penal offence for
J.. citizen to aid or abet in their arrest. STILL,
the face of these facts, Senator Saulsbul
:, has the bold-iaced eiIrontery to stand up
the American Senate, and declare that the,
-, was no cause for bringing troops into Del,
10 ware in November last, and denounced I'll
administering the test oath of loyal
!. as All outrage. No man who is truly Low,
= would have hesitated a moment to take ii
oath prescribed by Gen. Schenck, in Noyer
!, Der last and it is only the traitor who rails,
hue and cry against it, because it defeat,
his grand object of sendinga man to Co
re gress, of known peace-secession procliyitie
D. The administration of the affairs of Ii
IL Middle Department, by Gen. Schenck. NEE
e the approval of every true friend of ii
D. Union, in the State, and it is condemned o
l. ly by such men as Senator Salisbury, and i
d satellites, who are using every means
their power that they dare employ, to d
e stroy our free, republican government.
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