Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-10-09

tor among the Confederates, is sent fort
to proclaim the object of the rebellion
He declares in the face of mankind, th;
the purpose is to found on the ruins Of Il
Union, a government whose corner-sto
shall be slavery. He prOnounees the ide;
of freedom held by Washington, Jefferson
Franklin, Madison, Henry and the othC
founders of the Union, to be heresies tha
must be discarded and repudiated, and th
new gospel, taught by Calhoun, must |
accepted as the true faith, viz: that cap
htal should own labor
Were it not for slavery, the ocean bOun
Republic would be profoundly at peac
throughout its length and breadth. Their
are nc geographical nor climatic reason
for discord and civil war. There is moth
ing in the productions or local industrie
of the different sections of the country
calculated 20 breed treason, or cause re
bellion. On the contrary, the three grea
sections arc mutually dependent on eacl
other The manufacturers of the East
the farmers of the West, and the planter
of the South, each produce what is essen
tial to the comfort and welfare of the whole
Take slavery away, and as cordial friend
ship would subsist between the South anC
the North as We behold between the Yves
and the East. The "sum of all villainies,
as Wesley called it, is the Shiny serpen
which has crawled into cur happy Garde1
of Eden, and turned our joys into sorrows
our bliss into misery. But, says shallow
pate, "If you impress this fact on the
minds of the people, the government viii
be deprived of much support in the North
and the loyal Shareholders of the border
States will fly from US inStanter.''
The loyal Shareholders" (they are pre-
cious few are not ignorant of the cause Of
the war They know that it is a slave
holders rebellion, and nothing else. Some
of them are loyal because, though they
love slavery much, they love the Union
more. Others are loyal from having the
sagacity to perceive that the rebel slave
holders are rushing the institution" upon
its doom, in their mad attempt to destroy
the Republic, and convert the continent
into Slave Despotism. They know that
their loyalty to the Union will secure them
exemptions and indemnity not accorded to
rebels when the cause Of the war shall be
swept away.
This general rule may be laid down,
that wherever a man is claimed as the
of another, tile claimant IS a trait
or and re6el. The few honorable excep-
tions do not invalidate the rule. The
proof of this proposition is perfectly over
Show US a State filed with
slaves, and We viii show you a State pu-
-rid with treason. This rule holds good
when applied even to districts and coun-
les. Take few examples. Delaware is
more loyal than any other slave State, be-
;ause she has the smallest proportion of
slaves Northern Delaware has scarcely a
'lave and scarcely a disunionist, while
Southern has many disunionists because
If considerable slaves. Southern and
Eastern Maryland are full of slaves, and,
Is a consequence, those sections arc full Of
raitors. Western Maryland, where a
lave can hardly be seen in a days ride, is
almost a unit for the Union. The 5000
dawes in Baltimore are owned by the aris-
ocracy, and it is notorious that the aris-
ocracy of that city are bitter seeessiOnists.
The slaves of Eastern Virginia are as nu-
nerous as the whites, and that country is
,cstilent with secession. Western Vir-
,inia Is cursed with but few slaves, and
he result is, that the Union has many
riends. Western Tennessee is foul with |
lavery and rotten with treason. Eastern |
tennessee Is afflicted with bat few bond |
nen, and there the Union lamp burns
rightly. and freedom has yet strong
oothold among the mountains, where the
ir is untainted by slavery.
kentucky forms no exception to the
uie. In the Northern and Eastern coun-
les, where there are few slaves, there are
ew secessiOnists; and in those counties
There slaves arc numerous, those who are
lot secessiOnists are s'neutrals." The line
f demarcation in Missouri is clearly
rawn, between the free and the slave-la-
,Or counties and sections. The Germans
ate slavery, and they constitute the back
one of loyalty in that State. The other
UniOnists are generally of the |
neutral" stamp. while the Shareholders
nd those under their influence are rabid /
There are some remaining
parks of Unionism in Western Texas, be-
ausc there are but few slaves, and many
Germans.
Ask the question, which is the worst Sc
ession State? and the spontaneous answer
s South Carolina, which contains a larg-
r proportion of slaves than any other
tate. And SO we may travel over the
7hole Republic, and wherever 4 slave can
e pointed out, we Will find you a seces-
ionist not far off. Show US community
rec from the haneful presence of bondage,
nd we will guarantee it to be loyal to the T
nicn. AS well dispute that the sun
ives light as deny that slavery is the
ause of the rebellion. The truth of the
tatement, that shareholders are traitors,is
lot in the least impaired by the fact, that
he Shareholders treasonable standard is
ollOwed by many persons who have no in
crest in the system. The aiistocracy of
he South keep about them large numbers
dependents, who are always ready to
upport the owners of wealth, who feed or
atronize them. The rich, in all ages,
ave been able to wield an influence out
all proportion to their numbers. The
ebel Shareholders are hostile to popular
reedOm, and, ike the deadly Upas, pois-
n the atmosphere all around them. The
1preme folly of the attempt to put down
le Shareholders revolt, and to preserve as
lcred the cause of the rebellion, is appar-
Mt to al who reflect, and IS confessed by
i who honestly ayow their convictions.-l
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c.rs Of Robinson Crusoe have instituted |
suit to recover the Island Of Juan Fer
andcz. founding their claim upon the