The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-10-08

cu'e schemes of expansion and conquest which
should eclipse those OF Cortez and Pziro, and
start Slavery forward in it, anticipated career
OF universal dominion.
For, my friends, let no man deceive hiuseli
with the fancy, that a So uhern Coniederacv
meant only ''oniederAcy of such sl,ve States
~ could be wrenched from our Union Men
who had fercely struggled in the Union,
through long yeirI, for the expansion of Slav-
cry here, were not the men 10 abide it's restric
tion to the limits of those States out of the
Union. Nor did they profess any such inten-
tion. Emboldened nv the near approach of tie
consummation Of their wicked m lchinati0ns
they declared that to couhne Slavery to that
area would destroy il, and dariogly svowcd the
fixed purpose, Mt every hazird, to push it into
adjacent regions, belonging to foreign nations
IN amity with the American Government and
people. Secession, then, was not the exodus
OF the South from the presence of tho Pharaoh
of Abolitionism, but the beginning Of career
of bnc cIneeriug suhjugation, in which the pillar
of cloud by day and OF fire hy night should
lead on and on 10 the enslavement OF contigu-
Gus non-slaveh I'd ng s'inns, TO- the extension,
establishment, and perpetuauon of African
Slavery. Listen ~ some OF their declarations
of this audacious and Internal purpose.
Senator lvetsun said
I" In a confe ierated government Of their own,
the Southern States would enjoy sources OF
wealth, pro o.petity, and power, unsurpassed by
any nation on earth. No neutrality laws would
restrain our adventurous sona. Our expanding
policy would stretch far beyond present limits
Central America would join her destiny to ours,
aud so would Cuba, now withheld from us by
the voice aud votes ef Abolition enemies"
Senator Brown OF Mississippi, said
81 want Cub; | want Tamsulipas Potosi,
and one or two other Mexican States and |
want them all for the same reason - for the
planting and spreading of Slavery. And foot
ing in Central America will wonderfully aid us
in acquiring those other States. Yes; | want
those countries for the spread of Slavery. |
would spread the blessings Of Slavery, like the
religion of our Divine Master, to the uttermost
ends of the earth Whether we can
obtain the terri DRY while the Union Lass, do
not know; | fear we cannot. But | would
make an homes. ,rt, and if we failed, would
go out of the Uuion, and try it there"
Ex-Gov. Call, of Florida, said
"Savery cannot be stopped in its career of
usefulness to the whole world. 1t cannot he
confined to its present limits. Dire and uncon
trollable necessity will compel the master and
the slave to cut their way through every b,rrier
which may be thrown around it, or perish to-
gether in the attPmpt. II may be in
the Providence of God that the American Union,
which has chez ed the whole world with it's
promises, like the star which stood for while
over the cradle of Bethlehem, may fail and lose
us hgnt forever ~ may De III HIS oispensatioh
Vi VI hn',an eTeu'S' tnat tue RreaC american 'a'n'
NY sn'" oe u",u1u INTO many ha,iohs' but ul
vided or united, the path Of destiny must lead
'ne AnS'o-oaSon race 10 the mastery OF TINS
whole continent. And if the whole column
should not advance, this division Of the race
WILL with the institution of African Slavery, ad-
vance from the banks of the Rio Grande to the
"ne unuer 'he sun, es'ao''sh'hg 'he "hy-nhr4s
VI P'oS'esN' V"e a'tas vi 'he o'ineu 'e'iS'oh,
W ,ue tehp'es oi h'Sher ciVh,"'t'oi' pnrer
noer'y' anu oe'''r sys'e'i VI 1"''un govern
"en''
And last, but very far from least, hear the
words OF John S. Preston, secession Commits
sioner from South Carolina, addressed to the
virginia convention, 10 induce that oooy TO
pass an ordinance ot secession
"Virginia will take her place in the front
ranks. She will be as she has been for one hun
dred wears. the foremost in the world in the
cause of liberty. She will stand here with her
uplifted arm. not only ss A barrier. but the guild
ing star to an empire, stretching from her feet
to the tropics, from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
- grander in proportions stronger in power
freer in right. than aDy which has preceded il ):
which will divide the rule of the Atlantic, be
felt in the far.heaving waves of the Pacific, and
will own the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
Sea"
NJ frio,a, or1 ooro..rnor =; this axnoOit;or
or, Of Son,hasn ,,nr,b, IS ,b', raaI snir;,
scone and aim of socoss'on 10 ,ba nrdonh,ed
and snthentic axnl.n,,ion Of that mamorah,e
annomnce,nen, hv co,,harn Iaadars in tbs Min.
,or oC ISen q, 49, tho, .,o,,ia no. an,,;n II;
tho linton ;r sboot ~ II,rl, nanor voro ,,iya,,
them and thev wera allowed to write nm !, their
own terms, ThosA i,f,mous consn;rstors had
uIterior ohiac,, oF ,,nboilo,ro5 and hasa smh;
lion wbicli ,hay tpas, ,ara rna,t.;nshIe In Tho
Union and ,bnv resoIvnd vi,bnnt hesi,stiop or
rem,rsa n immoIsts ths irnion hec.nsa i, haId
them hack Not hon far sny WRONGS received
or fesred Inn, Coz tho osta of Tho orsnd dss,nv
thew had MARKED m. for Themselves and Sav.
erv al arrana"uart al comnron,ise oil comet
istion all rai.,,,i,,, ,.,s ,nronncsi that thev
might over tla ,ni6s Of Tho 0nnsti,ntion c,rva
,beir Wv vi,h rho sword ,o ,beir Il. qzling go.I
Can ans ono wbn.a ind,mon, 10 M, Wholly nor
verte5 whose onnsoianne il not thorouebIy me-,
riGaJ IonL ,,,,r, s,oh y ,i,,nr. ,yi,hnn, renniI
ing ,s from an omar Wow of Tho bottomIess nit .
What nrincinla nf honor mr. morality or com.
mon deenncv vindc.Ies such a scheme of will
FIJI and me,snrele.s wronop or rather what
nriocnIe Of honor ,nor.I,s dscencv reI;,ion
or Law, il not trampled under loot by it? 1t
smtes the laws af she sountgy into tie Yst, il
0utrageS the Constitution, II degr tdeS the Amer
lean name it sitronts the public sentiment of
the world, it violates all international law, it
spts upon the Bible, i: spurns the teachings OF
Chrisr, 1t dea.s the throne Of Eternal Justice {;
and all in the name If 81 very, aud for the COM
pulsory spread of Slavery over nations, which
had long ago bsnished it from their borders,
and devote their domains to the inhabtatiOn
of free men, "a they hoped and beleVed,
throughout all genera tions Had this been fore
told thirty years ago, every man in the Sonth
would, like Hazel, have exclaimed, " What !!
is thy servant dog, that he should do this great
thing? and vet they do it now, no, only with
out compuuc,ion or shsma, but with q claim of
right, and with an insnent demand to be let
a'one ia doing il Aud mars ans slug still it
is done in Ito name Of "a higher civilization,
and purer liberty :" a, il higher civilization
aud negro n1sge were insepsrab'e, aud Lib
erty and Slavery had Lr,o ne SYNONYMOUS with
the vocabulary If this day! Aud, that the pic
ture NAV wan. no height Of coloriug or d, pfh
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