M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-05-01

iofour pryjudiees, regard i ~ the most
fatal measure that could be thrown
before the American people for agita'
,tion at such o time as this.
Why, sir, they call me an abolition
ist in my State. [LPughter.l The
Democrats down there have been
abusing me for years as an abolition
ist. ! was not "souho" on the gues-
tion Of slavery, Was brought up al
the feet Of Henry Clay, who never
taught anything which I did not be-
lieve. ! believed that ho was tho
greatest maa in the tides Of time. A
son Of the people and OF tie lower or.
ders. he rose from that humble condi.
tlon, snd he dragged his class, my
class, up with him, and proved to oil
the world the inherent nobility Of hu.
man nature, superior to hereditary
rank and artificial distinctions. He
weaned me away from my fathers pO.
litical faith, aud yield to mons in
ycneraton for his memory. lie tried
TO secure emancipation in Kentucky
rs tar back, believe in 1898 he was
known to lament the existence of the
institution, but he said also, that he
never saw the scheme Of emancipation
in Kentucky that he would give his
consent to. 1 say the same. Deter.
mindly he opposed Federal ilterfcr.
ence; 30 do his humble follower.
Two hundred and twenty five tnous
and coutented and happy creatures, OF
humble mental capacity, and Of an in.
terior race, ore in our midst. The
native tribes from which they spraDg
ore stiIl in Africa, raked savages,
wandering in the woods, OF offered as
sacrifices upon the grave of the King
OF Dahomy to appeaee the uanes oI
his father. They know not God. All
tho arts Of civilization are unknown to
them. Their brethren in this country
we have never degraded and we never
propose to degrade them. We have
elevated them from that barbarous
condition to as high a point, perhaps,
rs their humble capacity will permit
them to reach, As the Anglo, Saxon
race continues it's grand march to the
goal Of civilization, lessening the dis
tanee between earth and Heaven, this
inferior racs will march with it, and
in tho providence of God and by bis
means now undiSclosed to man, per.
form, it may be, a more important
part in the grand drama of life than it
now does. My feeble eyes cannot see
lit; | know what the African has per.
formed in bis own country left to him.
self, and ! know what he has perform.
ed in this country. when left to him
self, with the example even of the
white man before him and around him.
| know that if deserted by the white
Face he would Goon degenerate into
the condition in which our northern
and southern ancestry found him and
we now find his brethren in Africa
We have never done them any wrong,
nor do we intend to permit these peo.
pie to do them any wrong. Born and
raised amongst them, we are attached
to them, and should you attempt, by
Fec eral uSurpation this day, by your
decree to strike what you call their
"chains" from their limbs, still! we
should feel a love for them and an in.
'erest in them, and thousands and
Of US would never permit
hem to leave our fresides. And it
would be a cad day itr them, indeed,
when they heard that Yon had passed
Iuch decree as that, and were going
o enforce it by Federal bayonets, or
,y accursed Federal usurpatiOns. Do
'ou think that your philanthrophy
could be any compensation to them
or the sundering Of all the ties and
citations which have surrounded them {
through lifel No; it IS impossible;
he scheme is foolish; and by Heaven,
t is unconstitutional; is unjust.
But that 10 not the end OF it. Sup.
'ose these Stales reject the proffer; 1
nd they ehall reject it; the President
new it, and everybody knows it; then {
ones my friend from Pennsylvania, i
Mr.. STENENs,)-L feel nothing but t
for him, and I wish he re. c
iprocated it = and my friend from
ohio, Mr.. BINGHAM who ought to &
Q the friend of every Kentuckian,
nd they will say to the President. |
We have sustained your policy and i
le border States reject it; You have |
Did US that it is the most efficient Q
,eans of self preservation, and that d
'hich promises great efficiency must Q
nd will COME" Now, III order to
eprive the cotton States of the hope p
lat these half loyal States las the v
entleman from Pennsylvania TMr. q
lToKMAN termed them last evening" Il
i'll join them in that contingency o
hioh vo0 oro ovpaat;1o ooJ ,a a.. | l.