The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-04-17
deserve :he burning .aun, for our past susssrvisn

VeSeT'e '"e outhlng tauht TOT our past supservien
But the gentleman u,av alsv iis senrs NJ NAV
quiet his appr'hcusiuus there will b. NJ backing
doNut
W. cannot raller did We 80,
The stones beneath would muimur out,
hud all tac winds ihat round us OloV
NoUij whisper Of our shain Rbouti
M let the tempest rock The land,
uur aith shall live, cur truth shall statl
Truc as rhc Nsulois hcmmed around
Nith pG21i Gre AMI Rcman steel;
Firiu as te Christian heroine bound
Upm pUmitians torturiug wheel
We bate no breath, we oWb no thought,
Coma Wha, may cpIpe, wo lOlter not.
lEStuct frora q Speech Of Mr. Edgcrtcn in the
House Of Representatives Jan. 81 1891
II will not compromisc lst. will not com
promise, because have no faith that any cumpro-
iuise we could make would stand one hour longer
than It ministcred TO slavery. The people have not
yet forgotten aul trust they win not scon for.
ge, -- the fate OF the Missouri Compromise Tho
treatment Of Kansas baptized in blood that She
might br vnsl0ycd Is vet terribly fresh n tAoir re.
ncfnbpncc. We haze had comprmisp after com.
proinisc, and each one was fnaliy, Thepetuub.
cd spirit CT slavery, We were tqll, was finally put
u rest bv the ghOstv incAntatiou Of compromises.
But hardly had the shouts or cSutation died away,
BEFORE tie black gladiator again into the arena
demanliug new compromises. What security, |
ASK have we that any COMPROMISES we may make
viii be any batter observed Put il into the Con
sttutinn, you say, Hut the Constitution has al
ways been just What slavery would make It; and
to-day 10 Is openly, vaUutugiy viol lcd by the men
who dc;nanl further concessions 10 slavery. SAv.
cry Is thet higher law before which compt oniisp and
constitution NrG as dust
2nl, VIII net comt rumso, beelusr | would not
further strengthen slavery. Il is alrea ly strong
enough TO cuiaugor, U not TO apnjhila;e this Gov
SiGu.nt. In many of the States 1t has already Oh
Uttered every one OF the ideas which maugurated
the Revolution, and made il memorabilia. In the
tes States il has d1uorllia,I the sentiment OF ou,
people, bg.h prizes, and politician, Church and
state Tho trail Of the serpent is over Them all -
sra, will not mpromjse, finally because Sloy-
cry iS sin an outrage against Immunity, and an
Insult TO God. Disguise It YOU viii, IT Is still
The crownug iuquity the most ghastly atrocily.
beginning IN violence itcau neither be hallOwcd by
time nor Sanctihcd by law. With my consent Il
shall never curse another foot vt Gods fair earth.
by no vote Of mine shall /, ever be strengthened or
CuuntcnNnccj. Uu may dissolve this Union, il
you can. lt its existence depends upon support
ing, Strengthening, and cxtcudiug slavery then the
sooner dissolved the better Il was formed for the
noble purpose Of promoting justice aud securing
liberty and when your UnGu and Constitution fail
o promote these cni- they are no longer the lniOu
and Constitution ut cur fathers. they are no longer
worthy the support of hrtmcn. 1t is not the for
mua OF words IN our Constitution which rtvet-
Gnce but the anilnlting spirit the guarantees TO free
dom
But Mr. Chairman, we are throatenld with war,
unless we yield tn this new dcmlnl Very well
II wal must CONS, let it ComN. Peace is not The
trst interest Of paoplc Better encounter war,
VITA al its manifold horrors, then suffer the sense
ot justice and humanity 10 die cut of the heats OF
the peop'c,
II compromise was desirable. this is not the time
to think of IL. When the Constitution and laws are
openly doiied; when Forts and Arscnals nrc seized
by rabcls when the flag of our country IS no long
.AItt NJ N Af.f,,, -, -.
for treason, il is no time to compromise, not till
treason Is punished, our piundercd property resot-
ed, and the stars an stripes planted again upon
bought permanent peace. The hordrs of Ahrick
pended the gold cNortGd from tho fears of Rome
ground of precedent they will demand new and ever
increasing guarantees to slavcrv. 1t is full time
that we met this subject like mcn like Legislators
acting for the future. II we dare bo true, relying
upon justice, which is ever strong, then all will be-
we'll the brightest page Of our history is vet tn
he written. But it, for material considerations, or
for peace, we barter away truth aud right, then
will history record our downfall aud infanly, be-
cause we knew our duty and did tnot. Hut whch-
cr III war or in peace, whether in the Union on out
ot the Union, trust that that which is more than
Union, more than Constitution - tn, rights OF man
-- VIII come out Of this struggle vincatcd aud un-
impaired. Though the cou IS hang heavily Nrnun |
us, narrowing our vision, vet | have an abiding
mith tAat bevuud the murky cloud. in the caIul,
5ArcNc, mllcstv of omnsGicNcc, Sianjcth God
within th3 shadow, keeping watch above hj3own.
Itlv9rI,NER