The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-12-05


finger OF Washington was raised in
reproof, and the naughty truanfs
forth with humbled themselves be-
fore the supremacy of the Consttu.
ton and laws.
! IL then, slavery be the cause Of
mans first disobedicnce and the fruit
of thst forbidden tree, whose mortal
taste brought death into the world
and all our WOO with the loss OF
E len, then comes the question; -
What shall we do with ii? Are we
still bound by Constitutional guar
antetsl II it be not a maxim Of
the civil, common, and the statue
law, that he who refuses obedience
thereto. looses his right to protection
therefrom. have been twenty
years a s'ulent of the law in vain
As well might the man who has
murdered his fellow man and thus
incurred the penalty Of the law,
plead before his executioner upon
the scaff1ld, his right to life and lib,
erty, as the man who having thrown
off his al,e1 glance to the government,
still ciamors Tor its protection. But
this may not answer The QUESTION.
Four millions Of men, women and
children, this day groan in bondage,
within the territorial limits of the
revolted states. Their existence
can no longer be ignored-their
rights may be neglected. their blood
may still cry in vain to this govern
ment; but if this government refuse
to make them its friende, and pro
tect their rights, they are forced by
another power to become its most
efficient enemies. Armies cannot
be kept in the field without largo
quantities OF the products of the
earth. That nation which is forced
to drain its able bodied men with
drawing the producing class, to fill
up the ranks of its armies, will
sooner or later be conquered by an
army more potent than armed hosts.
Famine and war have gone hand ia
hand in oil ages of the world. The
nation then that can leave at home,
its producing claes, to keep its garn
ers and storehouses ii led with the
products OF tho soil, whist il draws
its armies from the idle multitude,
must ultimately-other causes being
equal prevail against it's enemy.
Will any maa deny that there is
now more than million of slaves
in the S nth producing The sinews
o! war, without which, no Southern
army conld remain in the hold one
month, but by which they have and
will be enabled, to protract the wal
to an indefinite period.
We have called million Of sol.
. diers into the field; twice the nun
, her OF the grand army with which
, Napoleon invaded Russia. They
have set a million OF men, women
and children, to work in the fields.
| They have called an army rs large
: as our own; taken as | have said,
from an idle population, that is no
3 missed at home.
! We have lost more than ono hun
: dred thousand men within the las
| year by instant death upon the field
/ wounds received in battle, disease
f. and other casualties. How long
p then are we to boast our Numerical
| superiority? How long ahall We
D close our eyes to the duty which
] we owe to our brothere perish ng il
: battle, ,sickening and dying in hos Jit
I ais, to their widows and orphans a
: home; to our country; to the civil
, izsd world; and to that God wis
, WILL demand cqnal and exact justice
J to all men2 | know there are those
in tho free states, who pirate and
howl about Abolition war; who look
] upon these terrible facts and figures
with complacency; who have taughI
, and are still endeavoring to incul
cate the idea that this goverumcn
cannot b. redeemed and regenerated
: who claim that nine millions of mer
8 fiercely determined upon the destruc
ton OF tho government. are uncon
6 querable. | admit it is lormiIa
: Die undertaking, and wh3n yol
{ throw into the scale az ilnst us, thu
c labor Of four millions OF slaves, EN-
q ployed ss | have shown it to b., YOU
render the suppression OF the rebel
0 lion next thing to impossible, 80 Ia
!, as human agency Is concerned =
: And dare we n9oke the divine inttr I
/ position, in favor OF cause STAINED
4 with the blood AMI stifle with tn
n groans oi four millions OF our fellow
/ beings. Is not the pure whito robes
$ Of the Goddess Of Lib,rty,as sho ha
d presided over our our national TEN
s ple, splotched anI glotied with tn
a blood Of this oppressed race. GO'
d did not approb ,te this sin in tn
daya Of Pharaoh, ,bnt.rolled back tn
" Aers of tho Red sea, for the es
cipe Of the children Of Israel |
o not the R3l Sea typo OF th
= dsliyerance ol the cons aud daugll
;: ,ars Of Africa. confess my lnabiI
!, ity to speak on this subj ,dt, 10 til
= cold speculative language of politI
& cal economists, Yet d'rO appeal I
e nv countrynen, TO lay aside q pre-
ct iudico which 20 where elso Oh IN