Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-09-17

The Gazette has OF late been faVorlnR It's |
readers with amusing specimens of copperhead |
literature, in the way of speeches from "new !
light" such as Chss B. Lore and Jos. NJ. Barr, |
Esas. But as instance without comparison of
sublime assurance and Bourbon like forgetfnl- |
ness of all that has passed during the last six
years, it offers letter written by Thomas F
Bayard, ESQ.,, to the officers Of the Kent county
Democratic meeting, and speech from the
same source delivered subsequently in the Odd
Fello~s' Hall, in this city.
In his letter, Mr.. Ba7 ard, with prophetic
instinct OF the coming contest in Vermont and
Maine, calculates; eve have already the
rising sunlight Of glorious victory. The cur
rent Of popular sentiment ia moving neither
slowly or fesbly against the party and its doc
trines which have brought such food OF suf>
fering and loss, and sorrow upon the conn
try" To what suffering and loss and sorrow
does Mr. Bayard refer Is it the ''sorrow''
inexpressbly bitter to his heart Of having the
inhaoitauts OF the lately rebelllous States on
their faces suing for restoration to this prlvil
eyes and blessings of that Union which they
madly made war upon Eve years ago! Is it
that the bold, bad blatant" conspiracy
against the life Of tbs nation, to aid which Mr.
Bsyari raised bis military company in 1861,
not only failed ignominiously, but went out
quenohsd in a sea of bloode That all his
prophecies OF and prayers for its success il
battle and council failed That our brave boys
who fought against it, and whom he now ask.
a. ,ota tar IL snor.adad That Gran, ann
quere1 and Lee did not7 Is it that secession
and rel lion, for thirty years the constant
menace of the South against the peace, the
happiness, and existence of this nation, hat
teen laid in an eternal grave' Is 1t that sa
very, the detes able aud woe producing foe o
the public and priv ate virtue Of social and in
dustrial progress, thu great desrader Of blsol
and white alike, the cause Of treason and re-
bellion has been destroyed Is 1t that th,
Southern bully AMI the Southern gentlem n
are deprived Of the inestiuAbe privilege o
.'walloping his own Niger ?" Is it that til
United States, undivided and unbroken, wit
the integrity OF their territory unimpared the
dlaneal credit IN the markets Of the worl
mistaken, have now, for the first time ain,
slavery attacked them thirty years ago.
boundless prospect OF pc 'es aud prosperity
1t is easily understood how the result
wrought by the late war through the Repui
licsn party, wiring the soul OF those who wit
Mr. Bay .rd were conspirator5 in the atleml
TO destroy the Union But their greet is on
squaled by their assurance IN asking the pc
pie to support them, Ga combination of trai
ore at the south and their sympsthzers at Il
North, in again obtaining power as the chan
pions Of tbs Union and of constitutional g
vernment and that too upon the ground tn
the glorious results Of the war for the Uni,
consttute a food Of suffering, and loss al
woe upon the county.
only such arrogance as Mr.. Bayard will
lterate the war was failure. He is
fitting representative OF that party who's oil
statesmansh p is to return TO the wallow a
mre from which the Providence OF God
strong Of the soldiers, aud the steadfa
mesa and lvrs suffering OF our people hs
lust saved us.