The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-12-29
The Union rTcctins in New York,

uS OhtOh WtCti"hN hh ANN
On Monday ught of los. week. the " un'on
Savers 4 Now York City held large meetipg
to symps,hizs with Slavery. Democrats ah1
0!d Line Wniss only weti invited to attend.
As a lair sample ctthe sentiments oIthe meeting,
We quole tn. foil wnS extracts from the rema,ks
made by Mt. oCouno,
Hieej, these two things--the Law Of God
bnd the principles ot nstural justice are moi
d,stnguishable The law ct G,d aud natural
Justice, as between man aud man, are one aud
the same thing. rhewisest heahcn' gave the
rule OF conduct between IN IN and man in these
tew words Live honestly; iniurs no man ani
render 10 every mdu his due. Ia words far
more direct aud emphatic, in words o perfect
compehensi,euess, the Savior gave ns the same
rule in Que b,irr sentence: "l.ove thy neigh
bor as thysell' lCh-ers Now speaking as
between us, people ot the North, aud the people
OF the South, ask you to act on this Tule--the
maxim OF the heathen, the commani Of God
Render to every man his duei love Thy neighJAr
as thysclf. Thus should we act aud lcel toward
the South Upon that maxim, which came from
Him Of Nazlrethwe are to act toward the South
bat without putting upon it Ruy new tangled
modern Interpretation. But, gentlemen, the
question is, do these maXlms Justify the assertion
that Negro slavery is unjust! That is the point
To which this great argument involving the fate
of our Union, must now come. IL negro slave
ry uni ust Ii it violates tho law oi God AN I
nature, might be prepared -pe rhaps we should
all be preptred--tu 80 with distinguished
man, to whom allusion is frequently made. and
say there is higher law which compts us to
disregard the Constitution. aud tramplc il be e.
meath our feet as "A wicked unl uuhuly compact
Aud this is the question which We mast now
meet, AMI which w must finally determine 70,
ourselves. | insist that negro Slavery is not
unjust. Cries Of Bravoll Il is not only not
unjust but it just, wise, aud benrticeut Al.
pause an ludI hisses--cries OF Bravo! AM!
disorder
IN ,intan that negro Slavery is not unjust
checrSl; that it is benign in its inH ieuCcs both
on the VIII te man aud Oh the tack. \ Voice
That's So | maintain that ii is ordained
by Nature that it is III ceSsity oi both races;
that in the climate where the black race can live
and prosper, nature herself enjoius corredti,g
duties on the black miu--ani the wlite-- ch
cuuuot be performed except by the preservation
and it the kissing gentcm IN please by the p..'
petuaton ot negro Slavery. VoiceS-" That i,
right" Cries of "Gooi!" and cheers.
II coattnd that it is not injustice to ieave
the negro in the condition iii whlch nature pla e.
him. aud for which condition he is alapted--
Fnted only for state # pupiltge, our slave
system gives him muster 10 govern AMI supply
his deficiencies, and in this thrIeis no injustice
Neither is it injuStiCs IL the master To como.
him to abor aud thereby afford to that maste
IA Just compensation in return for the care an,
talent employ cd in governing him. III this wa,
alone is the negro able to render himself uscu
to himself and to the society in which he is
placed
These are the principles, gnntlem'n, whicN
! he extreme measures ot Aboltlunism and it,
abetors compel us to enforce This Is IN,
ground that W. must take or ah ,nlun our cher
isned Uiun. We mus, no longer favor polilca
leaders who talk about Slavery being an evil
nor mast we advance tho doctrine lhlt n'gro
Slavery is thing which although peruiconS, il
to be tolerated merely because We have male
bargain to tolerate it. We mast turn ava,
from the teachings OF fanaticiSn. Yielding t,
! The clear decree of nature anu the voice OF soun.
| philosophy. We ust pronounce that institution
j.st btnefcent, lawful, and prop-r."