The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-12-07
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peen the operation of slavery generally throug,,
out Christendom-for arere has been time II
which slavery existed in each European country
and history scarcely reveals when it Terminated ir
any of them-so natural was it's dea,h-exprine
OF old age-dyi1g out by insensibe degrees. This
IS the death to which slavery is doomed IN the II.
nited States.
We propose to cultivate the apitudes of t,e
negro race for civilization, and consequently Chris
anity, so that, by the time that slavery sb n b.ya
fulfilled its mission in these States, a svstem ,,,
be authorized by the social condition of that raca
mere, to relieve it of its present servitnde without
sinking It to the condition, moral, mental and uhys
icai' into which the free negroes of the Northern
states and West Indies have been hap.lesslv ,rs
cpiiaied."
Overlook the special objects, go beneath the sur-
tace' get at the rey spiral of these letters and Ais
anu EN- fnclpa'en is the end the People of
the South seek-emancipafion is declared a ne
cessify which Christianity demands and Society
asks, and which Civilization soiUhorc.
Ii. Let US ask, then. if n basis cannot be found
winch may unite freemen North and South.
we are not mistaken as to our main facts The
Nofth IS right at heart, and the South prepa,inp
TO be 80 rapidly. All that is needed. then is IN
e"mOtae and to erpre S the uW er the Country up
on right basis. And cannot that be secured ~
Is there not virtue and power enousb to es,sb,is,,
1t! Let us venture to suggest one. For The
State:
The overthrow Of the Caucus System.
Annual sessions of the Legislature
-Smgio Representative d stricts
"A higher and more thorough system of pnivers,l |
education.
Temperance.
And for the Nation:
The Decentralization of slavery.
The decentra lization of power
These principles harmonze. They are crea-
tive. They have unity of aim, of nurpnse. of end
md while they leave to the State what should he.
long to the State, they make American and Ma
onai what rightfully belongs to the Nation
lhey would strip as bare as practical, the patron-
age OF the Central Power in BOTH and confer if
lpon TIE people, aud thus make both conservative
'f Progress-not passive, not neutral, where crime
'r ignorance or wrong exist, but curative, manly.
bold ever, in asserting and defending Right.
Ill. Now what can Ohio do in this Great Work?
SuPposlng Ohio to stand up truly and nobIy on
uch platform, no one could measure her ipfu
'nce, no mortal guage her character or her prop-
ess But the practical point is to get her there. |
Let US try. 1t is worthy, certainly, our best and
ieadiest efforts. We propose, then, as means i
0 accomplish this end, first con ference of ,reli
isposed and sensible men Of all partes at Colum-
as some time during the ,rinter, and, fhev shall
gree TO cali a Conren:ion of the People in Jufv
r .4"gust. We not about mere instrumen.
alities. We are wholly Indifferent about names.
te aoant simply, to have ,oAat isneeded DONE I
We desire, with this view. TO unite freemen. of
II parties, who would limit snyery, and depation-
lze it, and who will say, 81 let free soil be kent :
'ee, and human chateIism restrained within ito a
'ctional or State tounds," who wou Id strip hare
le National Executive of its gigantic power. and
onter it upon the People, and who would declare ii
oldly, 1--WE will purge the Government of central,
alton, ard pare down its rover as close as the b
w and justice will allow,'' and who. with this Il
ew, will labor to ensure the FULL AND HEARTY p
} OPERATION of the voters of the State and the v
alton upon this independent and American basis o
tho basis of Freedom and Progress.