Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-23
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Aho Movements OF the AboiitiOnists
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''0AD's " aD0''Sp'ns slavery IN the South D.
means Of the war power, has been presented {,
me for my signature, eigned BY one HUNDRED
and fifty.seyen citizens of Granville "a II. T.
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~" 70 1900 .r
"PRocLAM LIBERTY THRoUoHouT THE LAND, 70 ALI
rhk INHABITANTS THEhEpf'ya Q.LEsis 4ElJ8gl5 s'
"lo the Congress of the United States; %
"The undersigned citizens of Granville,
Ohio, respectfully submit--That as the pres
ent formidable rebellion against the Genera
government manifestly hndsit root and nour
lsnment In the system Of uchattel slavery In thu
sonthi as the leading sonspirators are slavehold
ers, VINO constitute an oligarchy avowedly hos
tile TO oil Tree institutionsj as in the nature
OF things no solid peace can be maintained
while The cause OF this reasonable revolt ID
permitted to exist; your honorable body 10 ur.
gently implored to lose no time In enaoiibg, un.
der the war power, the total abolition Of slaye
ry throughout the country, libefatlBg uncondi.
tionaily the slaves OF all who are rebels, and
wniie not recognizing the right OF property in
man, allowing ior the emancipated slaves Of
sucn as are loyal to the Government fair pc
cuniary award, In order TO facilitate an AMIGA
PIE adjustment OF difnculties, and thus to bring
tne war TO speedy and benefcent termination
and indissolubly to unite all sections and all in
serests OF tne country upon the enduring basis
OF Hnfoersdt freedom" rJ ar.
There has been a portion of the people OF
Ohio, whose political creed il has been to avoid
that ultraism which characterizes the Abolition
school of politics, and stand as phalanx against
everything subversive of the principles Of tbe
Constitution Of the United States. When this
formidable rebellion broke out, thew solaced
themselves with the hope that fanaticism in the
North would cease, at least until the present
troubles shall have been adjusted, and that me-
inspired by love Of country, would Law aaide
their peculiar views with an eye single to its
restoration and peace. The serpent of Aboli.
ti0nism has taken advantage of our lethargy.
wound It's way into popularity to some extent
and, with ell the cunning Of Satan, is irving tc
beguile our people, that they shall tramnle down
the very Constitution for which we are contend
| ing BY turning the war from its true end into
an Abolition crusade against the South. As 4
consequence of our silence upon this slayery
question Chat we might better promote the In.
terests of the country, the advocates of tbil
unconditional Abolition heresy have grown
bolder and bolder, until they have come ou
with this petition, which is essentially the doc
trine of the Helper book and Brown raid in Wir
ginia l' as.s3e- s..s = 3
This petition embodies the principles concoct
ed in the Abolition Convention of Buffalo, New
York, In I843, in which II was resolved thai
they would treat that part of the Constitution
relative to the rendition of fueitiyea. as mill
and void, and conseuuently as forming no mart
of the instrument. We have seen the progress
of this principle In hostility to the Constitution
as 1t has gradually grown and developed itself
among those Of the North, who have more re
gard for the negro than they have for thej,
country or for their own race a,l l4H
/ 1t was embodied in the speech of Loyeio,
when he said that ''he would not hesitate to ii
up and bridge over the chasm that yawns be
tween the hell of slavery and the heaven Of
| freedom, with the carcasses OF the slain,o o.
that Of Sumner, when he said that the North
ern States Joining hands together, will become
as belt Of Ere girt about the Southern States
in which slavery must de-" The same hostiI.
ity to the Constitution and the Southern States
Is embodied in the speech of Wilson, in which
he said that "the' power Of slavery that cor
rupted and destroyed the Wing and American
parties, is now under our feet, aud Il will never
more rise In America" Or that Of Giddings
in '5I when he said that che hailed II as moral
and political millennium when the slaves should
rise In the South; when the masters should turn
pale and tremble; when their dwellings should
smoke, and dismay sit on each countenance."
1t the present condition Of our country is an
approximation OF the millennium of GiddinRs
God savs Hs from its fleets. ~
We have been 10th TO meet this rebellious doc.
trine with the indexibility that its importance
has demanded, until it has assumed an aug.
mented form. While Il Is our duty as loyal cit.
liens to avoid everything that might cripple the
policy Of the present Administration and con
tribute everything that may strengthen and
nerve it In putting down the rebellion, we must
crush out this insidions serpent Of "uncondi
tional" abolition, which Is gnawing like can
ker at the very root Of the Constitution This
can be most etfectually done by supporting none
who indorse the doctrine and discountenancine
ii in every form, and thus render ID unpopular
Wherein is this petition presented to the peo
pie Of Ohio foriheir signatures, different from
the Helper book2 That book proposed the i'm.
mediate and unconditional abolition of slavery
at all hazards; 60 does the petition. Wherein
10 il different from the principles adopted a.
Rayenna in 'h9, and af;erward carried into eff
feet by BROWNE The constitution of that asso
citation proposed to organize military compa
mics in the North, to land them at various point
in the South, and call to their support tt;
slaves, who would rejoice at the opportunity
emitting their masters throats. 4e.1 F'