Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-11
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Mrs. Uncle Tom Stowe has undertaken IA act
the people Of Ragland right about our war i, ana
ID writing open letters 10 some Of her friends
there, posting them up In reference to the sub.
ject. Her endeavor seems to DO TO convince
the British that the present conflict Ia waged for
the abolition of slavery, and to play upon their
sympathies BY telling them that It's result must
Dc the emancipation of all the bsndemer IN the
South A long letter from this lady 10 Lord
Shaftesbury, is printed, In which she takea this
ground. To be sure, she does not specify any
act OF Congress OF. any speech, letter or action
Of nthe President, In proof OF her argument -
she does not allnde to the resolutions offered By
Mr. Crittenden, and passed by both honaes Of
our National Legislature, 10 which that body is
pledged TO the doctrine that the war is not for
snoJugatlon or for Interference with the domss-
tlc institutions Of any OF the States But ahe
SHOWS that the war is for the abolition of
slavery, because che, who has advocated dis.
union for fifteen years," supports Ii. This Is
logic which IL Is to be hoped Lord Shaftesbury
can comprehend, -ae- '---v---
There is a certain cotsistency about the abo.
tiOnists which Is 10 be admired, III not followed.
They keep their single idea cohstantlyin the
foreground, and conform their course TO nothing
else. IL is the pole 70 which the shifting and
yeeriDg abolition needle perpetuaily points.
The Missouri Compromise, In the view OF these
ianatics, was an enormous crime, for which
Heaven could have no forgiveness, Years
later,it was blessed thing, canonized In the
hearts Of the people. and which no sacrileginus
band should touch! Its adoption was fendsh
but its repeal was -diabolical. So, also, the
Union was once league with h-ll-a despised
oppressive, barbarous compact, to be spurned
and spit upon. Now,-it is magnificent and
glorious structure, because part of the South
condemns and hates it. Once the Constitution
was q miserable instrument of tyranny and blu.
man degradation, fit only to be trampled to the
earth. II Is now scroll Of immortal freedom,
and the charter Of equal rights. Once the ea-
actments OF Congress were cruel and despotic,
binding no mans conscience, and standing not
in the way Of higher law; but in this, too,
the doctrine is changed as in the other cases,
and the cry now is, "the Union, the Constitution
and the enforcement OF the laws
As disunion was in former times the remedy
for the "sln Of slavery," 80 at the present day
the Abolitonists uphold the Union because they
hope-Fainly, as it has thus far proved--.het
the war can be made the medium of their quack-
cry. Many, it is true, have already become
disgusted with the conflict, as they do not find
the Administration as pliable as they thoughts
but the Beechers and "patriots" of the New
York Indeptndent school still hold on with a
patience and perseverance worthy Of q better
cause. There are Indications, however, thai
this family of agitators-.his set Of uneasy AMI
jaundiced philanthropists-ar also becoming
dissatisfied, and are almost ready, like Booth
the slave rescuer Of Wisconsin, to heap analhe
mas upon the devoted head Of the President 10
I not turning the four millions bond negroes OF thl
South loose upon the white community, to b
supported, perhaps, in idleness and sloth. Hap
py, happy will be the day for this country whel
the twin childfen Of anaticlsm-secession
and abolitionism-the joint authors Of oil ou
national troubles--are effectually crushed ou
and effaced.--t Louis RIP. .55E 30 q, ~ e 7