The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-10-24
The war and slavery.
ToNroaAxY. Oct. 1851


The war and slavery.
ToyrouAxy. Oct 1861.
------. Sir.--Your communication was
resolved some time since and to the well
arranged and apparently reasonable or~u.
ments set forth in it. make but a short and
YOU may think tcrsc rerlv. First for Gods
sake. for the sake of vonr own sopl md for
the sake of all vou hold dear on Garth. don't
ccupromisc with n povcr that strives +, re.
duee the bodies and souls of mon TO dollars
and cents. and looks upon manly physical
labor, personal diSgracel | have strivcn
to look upon this question with n liberal
conservative eve, but if we consult our best
interests in religious, legal ard domestic
point Of view, we must admit that the pres
cut contest will result in a great benefit to
both North and South II isa severe rene.
iy, but ~ people we VIII come from the
present chastcuiug purified and clcansed
from the many Inconsistencies thot now are
striving to drag US down, and annihlatc the
Constitution, whose emblem tthe stars and
etripcsl our brave fellows are struggling to
keep to tho breeze, This is no fancy sketch,
it is real, it is principle that is to ho protect
ed and sustained, that the land marks of
christian liberty, OF speech and action, may
not bc abridged. Can we look back through
the principles that have raised VS. from the
state OF helpless creatures, to that of ration
al ana accountable beings, and discover
| that negro slavery has had anything or
! part in our creation? The direct offspring
Of slavery is to promote ease encourage
usclCs' pastme and render men imbecle,
both III soul and body. You Tor !, Tor any
other son Of the free North ever drank into
our beings any manly attributes from the
institution of slavery, and the most they
have imbiOed Of fixed ana pure prm-
! ciplc has sprung from the cool dclihcratiyc G
counscls of the north, (ostered in mstitu-
toNs established under christian rules Of
| propr;cty and self denial This may seem
incousistant TO Your nroscut idea OF things,
but the life practice Of their people proves
it. Their best practical ability has been ac-
| 1uircd through northern teaching, and when
their candid, truth loving sons have vcntur-
ed up into our liberty loving labor section
Of The Union, they have been obliged to ac-
knowledge their secondary position as low
crs Of constitutional liberty. Here. where
we can speak, act and write, as our better
natures prompt us, without fear that some
| local, political dcmagoge will take mbragc
to the out-pomings of free spirits, whom
God never meant should be trammclcd by
any local institution, established by men to
promote inglorious case. say here should
we encourage in some way q movement that
will -Four out q portion of this liberty we
enjoy, into the sin-bound hearts that arc a.
waiting its quickening influence. Your adj.
vice to me, not to take the sword and go
forth 10 slay my brother man, is scarcely
necessary, but | will grasp wcaron far
mighticr trust, that may cause tho sword
Of the spirit to spring forth and encourage
the many who are now standing up to de-
clare and act in defense of the right These
conclusions are drawn from careful practi-
cal observations, hence their bodncss Of ut
t,rance; and to-day if the South would
throw away local feeling, and prejudice
they would look upon this influx from the
North as a God-send to their dropping and
ease cnfeeblcd institutions. Their system
Of managing men and things would throw
Us back upon the age of fcudality, when
brute force and feats of arms were held in
estimation, instead of lively christian feel
ing aud true appreciation Of acquired tai
ent. Can we look upon this struggle in any
other light than that of being the rousing
up of Freedom and Christian Liberty, to
Shake off the night mare Of slavery that
has striven so long to crush with its coils
the life blood of the Union? No
Yours, &c, H. FooT.
communication from one of few men in the
NortI, ,l,o roor t, ,,,o,,rac,o tho norte ,,o,,,
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