Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-23

'ulh'lles, the combination Of our domestic
q''alS' ana The protection of our fresides.
~ sucn war we are justified, are bonnd
70 resort 10 every force within our power.
Having opened the port Of Beaufort we
ShaH Oe aOle to export millions of cotton
bales, and from thence we may raise the
sinews of war. Do you snv that we sbonld
not seize the cotton No Won ara cloor
upon that point. Suppose the munitions
of war are within our reach, would we not
be guilty OF shameful neglect if we ayailed
not ourselves of the opportunity to use
them Suppose the enemy's slaves were ar.
rayed against you, would you, from anv
Squeamishness, refrain from poiu,ing
against them The hostile gun, aud prostrat,
ing them in death2 No; that is your ob.
ject and purport aud if you would seize
their property, open their ports, and even
destroy their lives, k you whether you
wo1d not arm their slaves [great applause,
aud carry them in battallionS against their
mastersY Renewed and tumutuous ap-
planSe. If necessary to save the Govern.
ment, / would plunge their whole country,
black and white, into one indescrimnate
sea Of blood, so that we should in the end
have a Government which would be the
vicegerant of God Let us have no more
of this ddiet0nte system, but let us work
with will and purpose that cannot
DC mistaken. Let US not be put aside from
100 great delcacy of motive. Soldiers,
you Know no such reasoning as this. You
nave arms in your hands, aud those arms
are placed there for the purpose of extermi-
mating an enemy unless he submits to law.
order, and the Constitution II he will
not submit, explode everything that comes
in your way. Set fire to the cotton. Ex.
plode the cotton. Take property wherever
you may fnd it, Take the slave and be
stow him upon the ron STAKEHOLDER if you
please. Great applause, Do to them
as they would do TO US Raise up party
of interest against the absent STAKEHOLDER,
distract their connsels and il this should
not be sufficient, tuke the slave by the
hand, place a muSket in it, aud in Gods
name bid him strike for the liberty of the
human race. Immense applause Now,
is this emancipation Is this Aboiitionism ?
do not regard it as either. 1t no more
partakes of Abolitionism than spaniel par
takes of the nature Of the lion. Abolition-
ism IS to free the slaves. 1t is to make
war!npon the South for that purpose 1t
is TO place them above their masters in the
social scale. 1t is TO assert the great ab.
stract principles of equality among men
But to take the slave and make him an i'm
pIement OF war in overcoming yonr enemy
that is a military scheme. II is a military
necessity, and the commander who does not
this, or something equivalent to il, is IN,
worthy the position he holdSe and equally
unworthy your confidence. Emancipation
Are we engaged in a war Of emancipation ?
Ii so who commenced the war ? Not we
Aud if we did not commence the war, we
cannot be charged with its consequences.
Where had it its origin 1t had It's origin
in the South. 1t was and has been war
Of the South against the free institutions of
the North Let me Illustrate. Are we
to free their slaves Wo do not intend it
Do you rccollect the re, ,ou,ion which
was passed the last session of Con gress,
which distinctly declares that it never was
intended by anybody in this wide land to
free the slaves Compromise" TOO, has
been talked Of in this mattor. Why did
they not compromise? Because it was not
their object say this fearlessly, for
infer it from scenes in which | was an actor.
At Charleston REMINDER when Mr. Douglas
could not be nominated for the Presidency,
they wers not satisfied TO remain in the
Convention. Trying all their schemes, and
failing, they professed themselves satisfied,
and yet, satisfied as they proclaimed them
selves to be at midnight, the very first thing
next morning was 10 secede from he Con
vention. This, you know, was foregone
conclusion. Nothing could be satisfactory
10 them expept that arms should be resort.
cd to, and the fate Of revolution abide dby.
declare, therefore, that the war is not of
our organizing, bat it has been forced upon
ms by crafty enemy--an enemy resolved
to do or die 10 destroy onr free Govern
meut, or perish in the attempt. And what
is their object Why, their object is to
tear down this proud, noble and oenefcent
Government, 10 establish reign Of terror,
anarchy aud confscaliOn in the land TO
implant upon this our soil the hideouS doct-
rne of the right of Secession, so that when
one State secedes another may secede, and
still another, and still another, so that with
in 4S hours, by the light of their reason and
the txaclncss Of their Judgment, you may
establish on this continent "a independent
governments. 81 did / say 7 Why, no,
not "a merely, but every county and every
city and every village and hamlet nay,
every person who suffers from Indigestion
at the dinner.table may claim the same
right, aud thns, soldiers, we shall have the
confusion aud disorder which will plunge
into dismay and ruin the best aud most be.
neyo!ent Government in the world. Now
what is our object? 1t is simple TO arrest
the sway Of this fell spirit Of Secession. IL
is to maintain our Government 10 establish
aud vindieate law aud order, without which
neither happiness nor prosperity can exist;
You are engaged, too, by the strength OF
your arms to project our commerce win
other nations, and when victory crowns
your devotion TO your countFy's eause-as
it assuredly wilI-you be proudly pointed
/ at as the champions of American rights, as
men who have maintained their dearest prin
cinles. and as those who, from this time for
ward. shall live in the most grateful remem-
brance of the living, and whose names shall
descend with marks OF mperishable honor
TO the remotest posteriiy. But, soldier s.
to accomplish all this, not merely arms are