Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-09-30

trahAnd trade win the rebels In the early
part of the war, aud al7o that he induced
q lnau TO enlist in the Southern army, aud
was convicted thereof aud nued a
thousand dollars IN the United
STATES Couvt herr ia Wilmington.
Il gives the story as il can gather it from
the gossip Of tue past, aud the names Of
carefully selected Republican jury which
in that day OF exoitsment and passion,
after once reporting inability to agree
convicted Col Martin aud recommended
him TO the mercy of the court. We do
not profess to be familiar with the facts,
though We know that Colonel Martin has
always declared that he never was Justly
convicted, aud we presume that even then,
nigh as party feeling ran, there must have
been some question as to his guilt to secure
tbs recummy ndahon of the jury above
mentioned.
But suppose It wrts ali true, just rs the
NeltS l'ates II, pud that th- Colonel. whose
b,other was IL The rebel army, aud who
WAS resident Of the slave. holdirg part Of
Delaware, aud, We believe, Il slave horder
himself did syupAth,2e with the rebellion,
how does that Affect the question of his
election again % Congress, where be has
already served the STATE and Union faith
fully aud sufficiently The JduRNAL has
mt & nurii,la nf svtuuntb1 with tna viaxpu
Col. Martin IL represented TO hsve held in
his early youth, and which, for aught it
knows to the contrary, he did hold. When
the necessity existed. its editor coL,batted
those ideas AS strongly as any one, AID no
one, to-day, reioices more that the attempt
at secession failed than he does. But We
do not, on that account, propose
to shut our eyes to the fact
that many honest AMI sincere men
held the opposite view, and our very
respect for the sincerity of these men in
their convictions, which We believed then
and believe now, to have been wrong,
adds to the pleasure with which We wit
ness their present support of the very
Union they thought ought to be dissolved.
1t was TO bring them back to such
support, and to cause them to accept
the views which those Of us who sup
ported the Federal Government then held
concerning its perpetuity and right TO
maintain its own existence, that the war
was fought, and there is and can be no
more sure guarantee of the success of the
only lawful objects of the war having been
attained, than the spectacle OF such men
now giving their best aud most strenuous
efforts to promote the welfare of the
whole Union and the perpetuity of the
government once imperiled. II all
the men who fought for the sucee s.
of secession, and all those who sympa.
thizad with them to greater or less
extent, were still holding of FROM particl-
patton in the Federal government, or MAJ
ifesting toward it settled hostility, thu n,
indeed, the prospect for the future of our
SouAlIy nuuld NC "a biJouy uue, anu tue
question might well arise whether or moi
our victory was worth what it cost
But, the faithful service which those
who sought to dissolve the Unior
are now rendering it, and the absolute dis
appearance of any disposition whatever
on their part to do other than uphold ant
maintain it, it il the grandest tribute ever
rendered in all history to the justice AMI
righteousness of any triumph of tn,
swo:d, aud the best guarantee of the per
manence of a settlement ever given
victorious government
If then the -Ners story were eutirsl,
true, it would merely show thaJ Colone
Martin held nearly twenty years ag
opinions which the JouRNAL differ
from as widely rs does the Meas, and bu
serve to bring into more conspicuous cor
trast the loyalty and faithiulness will
which lie has since served the Govern
ment and uuheld the Union, III Tn
maturity of his Judgment and the tullnes
of his manhood. Had this been suggeste
as reason for sGsp=eting that he woul
be false to the aicn before We was eve
elected TO Congress, there might hav
been some appearance of sense or reaso
in it but, since his loyalty and ttiicienc
as public servant has been demonstrated
this sort of attack is as idle as the BLOWN
> Of summer wind against mountai
side. The party which Las Gale
Key 10 the Cabinet, and sci
Moseby and Longs;reet to repfese,
the country abroad, is estopped from pr
tending to believe that ii Is an evidence
= lack OF honesty or personal integrity
have either sympathizsd with or assist,
in the rebsllion, and this being the ca
= the AeUs is particularly unfortunate
= saying chat it proposes to contra
- Col. Martins record with that of its oV
= candidate for the Presidency. We dare
to the attempt. We say again that we
{ not believe in the accuracy of its stat
e ments concerning Colonel Martin but v
Il will take no trouble to question them al
accept them as true and publi
u them in the JouRSAL from new to L
~ end OF the campaign, if tine Nens W
- agree to pablish the testimony from u
. impssched Republican sources, going
u show that AIr. Garfield did not make
" mere mistake of Judgment in t
IL heat of youth, but basely accept
It brides for official influence
III the maturity of his manhood, and swore
c falsehoods to escape the responsibility I
" his acts. This comparison, remember,
'e not Of our seeking, but is suggested
y the Ness Itself We shall ask it 10 acce
&c no Democratic testimony concerning q
" field, and we do not propose to otIer a
&c Democratic testimony in defence
y Colonel Martin, not even his o,
'e word, on which We should implicit
'y rely, since he will not lie on OF
gu or oil oa.h. Gu tie case as it /
II itself made it up we Join issue with
VI Ners, and dare it to fair presentati
nc to the people Of this State of
lS Republican evidence going to show VIII
~ is the more reputable and honorable
an these two men, between whom it
Ell chosen to institute comparison
ne records We give it all the odds, thr
Vi away the right to refute