Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-08-23

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more than treble BY their colored popu-
lation the eleven Counties of the Re
serve. Is it not singular that they
should prefer to be among their foes?
A negro knows where he is well treat
ed and housed and fed. Why does he
not stay among bis advocates on the Re
serve who are so loud in their demands
| for his rights, and so boisterous in their
professions of love? When he goes
among them they give him neither aims
nor labor, but they give him bombastic
words which neither I'LL his belly or
clothe his back. The simple fact that
Negroes will not stop with their aboli-
ZIONIST brethren speaks volumes more
than all honeyed phrases and Pharasai-
cal cant. And yet to free men, whom
they are unwilling to benefit, they are
ready to sacrifice the Union of the States.
Indeed, the Union of the States is now
a mere subject of ridicule and contempt,
and the man who speaks of its duration
with hepefulness is considered dough-
face. Yet to every sensible mind, it
speaks Tor itself in the prosperity, pow
er, and greatness of our Country.
1t was the offspring of necessity; and
with men of ordinary patriotism, neces-
sity will compel its preservation. The
seeds which brought it forth, were i'm
planted when the flames of battle were
red on the hill, and the smoke of con-
tention was dark in the valley; when,
stout hearts tainted, timid souls quaked,
and the faithful almost forgot to lean on
the omnipotence of God. Ithas brought
us, from small beginning, unto nigh
ty nation, bound us together at home,
and extorted respect for us abroad
Every consideration which can influence
the Christian, the philanthropist or
statesman, links it to the American, and
awakens for it his watchful guardian
ship. The thrilling memories of the
past; the glorious exhibitions of the
present, the reasonable anticipations of
the future cause US to cling to and love
it. Blistered be the tongue that will
lisp against it:-palsied it be the hand
that would be appraised TO mar it; and
may every degenerate son who opposes
its duration, fall powerless before it, as
fell Dagon before the ark Of the Lord
As the dying saint raises his eye of faith
to the Cross of the Savior for redemp-
ton. so may the living patriot centre his
hopes and heart upon the Union, as the
ark of political salvation, for him and
his children.
"a union Of waters, union Of lan1s,
A union of States none can sever,
A union of hearts, union Of hands,
Our own glorious union forever"
. Butitis claimed that Salmon P. Chase
is the especial embodiment of the prin-
,iples of Freedom. l should like to
know where his footprints are practically
indelible. That he and the free soil fac
ton have been turbulently mouthing
The word and theorizing upon its tri-
1mph no one can doubt, but that they
nave ever advanced the cause, plain his
.ory denies. On this question a pound
Of fact outweighs ton of speculation.
They could have benefited, but they
have retarded the cause, and with loud
voices and lusty blows beaten down its
advocates. In 1914, the Wings with
Henry Clay as their leader, and No
MORE SLAVE TERRITORY on their banner
we're arrayed against James X. Polk,
Texas, and Slavery. That distinctissue
covered above all others, and it was a
question which once determined was
fzed without any hope of change
Where then was Salmon P. Chase and
lis worthy coadjutors? Not sinking
rom the contest, but rallied under their
,wn leader whom they knew and ac-
was morally certain to be
lefeated. We argued, entreated, beg
red of them in the name of humanity
md God not to permit the great wrong
o be done, but the more humbly we
'esought the more concentrated and
'iolent were their efforts, and they gave
n New York State to James G. Birney
heir vote, which if it had been cast for
Henry Clay, Texas never would have ,
'een annexed, and the extension of
Slavery, and the horrors of war would
ave been prevented. Upon their hearts
e the consequences which have result
d from the annexation, the beginning
f which we have scarcely yet tasted.
hey had the power to prevent it, but
hey would not. and now, upon a con- '
ition of affairs which if they have not :
they could have averted, he ,
laims as reward for their stupidity,
lindness and wickedness the highest
onors which the Commonwealth can
estow. Aye, with astonishing arro- i
ance be comes to his duped and injur- '
d Countrymen and now asks to be
rowned as Chief Warrior, for strug-
ling against triumphant foes in the |
cart of the land when he basely refused i,
D unite with the Cohorts of freedom to
ght them when they could have been
asily vanquished on the frontier of the
srritory. lc
To whose act is the position of George i
!. Pugh in the United States Senate a
lainly attributable-SALMoS P. CHASE. s
lad it not been for Chase through his
luallid pimps Townshend and Morse
iolating the laws of the State by CIV P
lg George E. Pugh seat in the Leg o
lature of Ohio, to which he had no il
ght,, Pugh would have been quietly /.