The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1861-02-14
GRAFTON by it, every inch of that territory is
slave territory.

rIRRIroRIEs ALREADY YirLpHD TO SLAVERY.
Ispeak of tha, decision, not as I accept il,
but rs II is accepted and enforced by the ex-
isting Administration. Every foot Of il is
slave territory as much as South Carolina
Over considerable portion Off slave co lie
has been made by government created by
the Congress Of the United States. aud is en-.
forced, SO that according 10 the claims Of those
who insist upon their right in the territory Of
the United States for slavery, the whole OF
this one million, sixty. three thousand miles is
slave territory How many slaves are there
in itg How many have been brought into
it during those twelve years in which II has
not only been relnquished to slavery, but in
which the Court Legislature, and the Admin.
istration have maintained, protected, defend.
ed and guaranteed slavery there
THE NUMBER OF SLAVES IN THE TERRITORIES.
Twenty -four African slaves--one slave for
every twenty-(our thousand square miles
one slave for every one of the twenty-four
STATES, which is--supposing them en- Ii to be
of the dimensions OF New York. or Pennsyl-
Nania, or ludana--to cover that portion of the
area of our Republic See, have followed
this thing IN good faith, with zeal and energy,
but confess that have no fears Of slavery
now, when in the peculiar condition of things
which has existed, slavery has succeeded in
painting only one slave in every forty -four
thousand square miles Of territory. This,
then, has ceased to be practical question
In lieu OF it comes up great and vital and
arful question--the question of the Union
the question Of couutry or no countly-the
question of hope-the question of greatness,
or the question of sinking forever uader the
contempt of mankind.
NO FEARS FOR THE coSFEpERAcY
Why then should l despair that "A great
people of thirty millions will be able to meet
the crisis have no fear ; this is a confed.
eracy. 1t is not an Imperial Government Of
a single S.ate. 1t is conledracy, and it il
as it ought to be, dependent on the contn-
ued assest of all the members of the conIed.
eracy to its existence, aud subject to dissou-
tion by their action. But that assent must
always be taken by virtue Of the original AS
sent, and held until. in the form prescribed by
the Constitution itself, and in the manner and
with all the conditions which the Constitution
prescribes, those who constitute the Union
shall declare tn at it shall be no longer. The
thirts days, and sixty days, and ninety days,
given us by the dsunionists, may not be
enough for their policy and their purposes
hope and trust that it may be time enough
for lhs policy and purposes of the lovers OF
the Union. God grant that it may be so.--
But if they shall turn out to be enough, then
| see how and when all these greal contriv-
, ancts will be settled, just as the iorefalhers
foresaw when they framed the Constitution
sUppES RELIEF At HAND
They promised seventy years ago that thi.
present controverSy-this whole controversy
should be submitted TO the people of the
United States in convention, called according
to the forms of the Constitution, and acting
in the manner prescribed by it. Then, sir,
this country will fad sudden relief in the
prompt and unanimous adoption of the meas
ures necessary for its salvation and the
void will see how well and how wisely a
great, enlightened and educated Christian
people, consisting of thirty-four sovereign
States, can adjust the difficulties which seem.
ed even to themselves, as well as to mankind
to be insurmoupiable.