The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-05-07


10 their freedom You have already initiated dsin-
iegration aud destructiou 10 The system You he ve
already set fire W the end Of the fuse aHd sooner
OF later the exploeios will carry dosoaon and ruin,
unless the conservative powers Of Congress Is IN
terposed properly 10 direct and control the elements.
IL five hundred Thousand slaves has been stated
ON this floor are already se, free by acts your
statute book, can u be supposed that the remainder
will continue in bondage with the same docilty 60
before No one would deny the power of the Fed
ersl Government 10 suppress . slave insurrsction.
Is II any the less their duty 20 prevent one
Sur, the only path Of safety Is in duirg just what
the Constitution set out % do, just what your fathers
pledged the world should be done " establish JUS
ticc and secure liberty " throughout the land.
Then the unity, tranquility, and welfare Of the ma
ton will be secured, and made permanent.
rciterHte the words used by the honorable zen
tlsman from Pennsyl,snia, Mr. stevens,l in the
preamble to his bill now under consideration sla.
very has caused the present rebellion, and there
can be permanent peace and union In this Repub-
lie 50 long as that institution exists. EverybOdy
knows this TO be true. Our people understand II.
Foreign nations know II. The civilized world have
their searching eye upon MS, 10 whether We have
the frmness and wisdom tn manage this mighty
subject. Shall we occupy the ridiculous position
of having wcll.ngh exhausted the blood aud treas
urc Of the nation W suppress rebellion, and leave
the admitted cause of It untruchedl Shall we quail
before threatened party organization yield 10 fierce
dcnunciations, or be misled by predictions of won.
derful social evils n result FROM emancipation
The nation sir has been he'd astray quite long enough
with the miserable partiIan cry that enancipa-
ton means to turn the siggers loose" Why, sir,
I would not turn four millions of Yankees loose
and allow them 70 do ~ they please do not
know that ybody any thing In this country IL
turned quite loose, except is this system OF sla-
vcry and pray most earnestly that he strong
and mighty angel, having great chain IN his hand
may hasten to lay hold of that devil and turn upou
him the key Of the bottomless pit. One would sup
pose. listening to the clamor on this subject that
emancipation was like turning loose Of tho four
Euphratcan angels, Who under the symbol VI two
hundred thousand thousand horsefnen whose hors-
cs had heads like lions and tails like
serpcnts, breathing frum their mouths fire
smoke, aud birthstone, were sent forth
to destroy the third part of men," Emancipation
never has been and never will be sent forth on any
such prrand. No ~ is rather an echo Of that
Hweet song which once ravished human ears When
ihe angel choir announced the advent Of earth's
great Emaneipstor, with the shout Of "Glory Il
God In the highest, aud on earth peace and good
will toward men." II 10 rather tree standing
by the river Of lfc whose leaves are for the heal
ing of the nations" II IL rather harbirger aud
sure precursor Of chat happy period when
The desert shall blossom and the barren sing
When justice and mercy, holiness Of love,
Shall among the people walk Messiah reign,
And oarth keep jubilee q thousand years"