Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-07-04
Not War for the Abolition of
'ff Slavery.

NOt war IOr Cne Abolition OF
'f' Slavery.
The following is an extract from a recent
Address Of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
whose intense Anti-Slavery views are known
to all intelligent persons, before regiment
of Long Island volunteers:
What, continued the speaker, do you &c
forth for2 sthis to be crusade of emanci
pation2 No, no. / hold that no man shal
surpass me in destestation Of Slavery. dc
not mean black Slavery alone. hate
Slavery everywhere. I love my fellow-men
| believe that all men were born to be free
l believe that liberty is the born right Of
every man: And yet | cannot say that this /,
the going forth of an army ortapancipation
Because the fifteen Slave States have theii
rights guaranteed to them by the Constitu.
ton of the United States We have no,
the right, nor five had ought we to have
the wish, to violate any one Of the principles
OF that Constitution which has been over
this land for good SO long. We cannot send
forth armies on purpose to emancipate. But
If in sending forth our armies to quell in.
surrection emancipation comes along with it,
that is their lookout [Cheers. If their
slaves are set free, that is part Of the pun
ishment they bring upon themselves for
bringing war and devastation into this
peaceful country. And if it comes as q
military necessity, and not with violation
OF the Constitution, am glad Of it. / am
a man not unwilling to say that I believe
that when white man and black man
get before the throne Of God, they will both
be as white as snow. But while you do not
60 South for emancipation, you do not, on
the other hand, go South to be nigger-
hunter. So far as am concerned, would
see my arm whittier to the socket before
would send slave back to his chains again.
Cheers. Mr.. Beecher then referred to the
giving up to their owner of slaves that fed
to the camp of the 18th Regiment, and re-
marked that if he had been sent with them
he would have said to the niggers: ''There
is husband If you get there sooner than
| do yon are good fellows" [Cheers. And
know. they would get away, for should be
taken lame ifI tried to run after them.
Cheers and laughter. In maintaining the
integrity OF the laws and the Constitution,
do not be afraid if, incidental to this, is the
cause of an ever-spreading Freedom What
do you suppose would be the effect if femanci,
patton were to become universal at the
South Some think that negroes would
pour into the North and make wages lower.
do not think so. The black man was born
to kiss the sun. The further he goes toward
the north pole, the more out Of place is the
negro; but the nearer he gets to the equator,
where you melt, he begins to spruce up and
feel better. They would work better free
than as slaves. If your muscles should first
ha ouf and fha,, vo, sb o,,lJ l., tolJ 80 eho,r
the tools, could you do IL? But sappose q
such man to work? you return to the
slave all the motives of which he has been
deprived, do you not suppose he would work
better? !! suppose he would. If emancipa.
tion should take place at the South, every
black man would 60 back. Canada, New,
York, and all places North would be drain.
ed Of them, for they would rather live South
if they can be secured their rights. What
else would happen if the conflict went on
1t did not look just now as If there was going
to be a great deal more friendship between
the North and the South than there ever
has been. Still he thought there was. Like
a big staggering bully in village who get
whipped by some spunky little fellow whom
he has insulted, the South would become
converted. There were some men like fax
good for nothing till they had been thorough
ly beaten. And in spite of all their tall
there would be no set of men who would bt
SO much improved by a whipping as the
Southern men. And it was not very hare
to give it to them. Cheers Two thing.
the South would find out which they nevel
knew before; that they are not half as smar
as they thought for, and the North goot
deal smarter. They say that one South
Carolinian will whip five Northern men
Perhaps they would if the same chance wert
given them that they have with the men OF
their plantations: take away the arms of tht
Northern men, and tie their hands and feet
There was about to break upon the South {
great light of information on that subject
The men in the armies of the North wer,
accustomed to work the muscles of tn,
arms felt like whipcords, and their bone
would strike fire upon flints; and they would
man to man, make better fight than tn,
Southerners, who had not the health tina
came to the farmers and mechanics Of tn,
North. This was spoken of in no boastfl
spirit. But suppose there were no differ
ence in this respect, our army to theirs woult
be as two to one. Gen. Scott was right t,
wait until he gets such bolt in his hant
that they wont want but one thunderbolt
When they had felt the northern blow, the!
would be done boasting and gaSonading
When the greasy mechanics, and s'mud
sills" had had their hands about the throat
Of those bombastic fellows for while, the.
would command their respect The wa
was not made to deprive the South Of an,
rights. All we asked was, that she shoul'
\ not null down the Stars and Stripes-th