Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-08-08

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convention. We give below that
portion Of it which refers to Ohio
The Judge has a poor opinion Of our
State:
What | have said of Illinois ap-
plies with nearly equal force to lndi-
ana. 1t may, ia time, apply also TO
Ohio. At present, sir, see nothing
in that region which we designate as
Ohio, of which any sort of moral OF
political character can be predicted
see a vast multitude of all kindred,
tongues, and nations swept down
and aqgIomerated like the wash OF a
hill side. OF that from the mouth Of a
common sewer, heaped, as against a
dam. on the north bank of the river.
On such an alluvial deposite you may
raise cucumbers and onions; but the
majestic forest oak can find no root
tbere-the stately ediice no stable
. foundation. Among such a rabole
you may have temporary regulations
Of arbitration and police-but goU-
ernment, strong to protect, strong to
restrain, consecrated by the affection
and reverence of the people, ga for
tress at once and temple"-the
thing is impossible. The rock-built
acropolis Of Tennessee stands on
wonder hill, and there it will stand.
/, is built of rock, for it stands on
rock; and there they will stand to-
pether until the foundations OF the
earth are shaken. But as well might
YOU build such a structure on the
marshes of the lower Mississippi as
to establish anything deserving the
name of free, stable, and enduring
government on such a quaking bog as
Ohio. The institution of domestic
slavery, which, like piles driven into
the earth, gives stability to govern
ment, and renders universal suffrage
and perfect freedom possible to those
who are free, is a resource denied to
them. God forbid that should de-
sire 10 introduce slavery there. No,
sir. would not so wrong the negro.
He is proud and happy in his subor-
dination to one worthy TO be his
master. But servitude under such
as these, differing indeed in color,
and inferior in all besides, it would
break his heart. II Hsuch servitude as
this is their only idea of slavery, ]
protest before God that their abhor.
renee must fall short of mine.
But they themselves are sensible
of the negro's superiority. and they
are jealous Of it. They steal our
slaves from US, and, when they have
made them what they call free, they
harrass them, they persecute them,
they combine to shut them out from
all creditable or profitable employ
ment-they starve them out, and
even drive them away! Is this dis
gustl No, sir. 1t is jealousy. The
shoemaker will not sit on the same
bench with the negro. But let the
negro prosper, in spite Of persecution,
and he will give him his daughter in
marriage, and she too willthankiully
take him to her obscene and lustful
bosom.
And this is Ohio; and the philan-
thropic abolitionist, as he floats down
the river, turns his eye sadly from
Kentucky. the home OF a bold, high
minded, law-abiGing yeomanry-the
home Of accomplished gentlemen and
enlightened statesmen-to gaze on
the prosperity OF Ohio. What does
he see there, siri A fertile soil, in
dustry, manufactures, commerce,
wealth, and even some science. All
the elements of civilization are there,
but Of civilization itself-of the re-
finements and courtesies oflile-no-
thing. No, sir, without social or
ganization there can be no civiliza-
tion. 1t is the relation between true
and acknowledged superiority, and
confessed inferiority, that elevates
and enobles both where both are ca
pable Of elevation. Association will
always assimilate. The Southern
gentleman, studiously observing all
possible courtesy in his department
TO the negro, makes a gentleman Of
him, while he himself becomes more
a gentleman by his condescension.
The man of Ohio has nobody below
him but his hog. He cannot make
the hog gentleman, sir; and Ineed
not say how the dead weight Of the
hog must operate 10 drag down his
companion TO his level.
But there is the Queen City, as
they call it, showing like jewel on
an Ethiop's ear" | went ashore
there the other day, sir, and verify
should have thought that, like the
Queen Of the house Of Brunswick,
she had been imported from Germa-
ny; for the young princes in her
streets talked hardly any language
but the German. And these are the
men whose suffrages are to give law
10 US whose fathers rescued the coun-
try from the domination of a Ger