Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-08-17

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Down IN Seosssia, man who 10 10 favor
the ssstoratIon and preservation Of the unio
l az n was. 10 prescribed as en- Aboltionist an
l denounced a. sympathIzsr with the North
IUp here In the North, man who stands up TO
|. The Union as II was and the Constitution as
lie. Ia, BY a numerous class, who would make 'h
world believe that they are better Union mel
than others, denounced as secssslcniss An'
a sympathizsr with the South.
In seoessia the rebels make thu preservation
and perpssuaiiOn Of negro slavery paramount
TO tho preservation and perpetnation OF the
Union. For the sake Of slavery they would
| destroy the Union, or, which is the same thing
| Il they cannot be assured that slavery Will be
perpe.uated and flourish In the uniOp' they are
determined not to remain In it.
Here at the North we have their opposite ,or
the other extreme, which joins theirs, just as
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans meet at the
poles and mingle their waters together.
There Is among us in the free States large
and restless multitude, inissting every city,
town, village and neighbOrhOod, In greater Or
less numbers, who place the abolition of slavery,
or freedom, as they sometimes call it, meaning
thereby the freedom of the negro, high above
the Constitution and the Union. For the sake
Of abolishing slavery or freeing the negro.
they would destroy the Union, or, which
amounts TO precisely The same thing, II they
cannot be- assured tba. slavery will be exsin-
guished, or placed, as they demand, sin the
course of ultimate extinction, y they are deter
mined, as much as the secesh rebels are, that
the Union as Ii was, with slavery In IL, and the
Constitution as It 10, With the fugitive slave
clause in 1t, shall never, With their consent, be
maintained or perpetuated.
In fact these Northern extremists are at bot
tom Just as much rebels as the Southern ones
A slight change of circumstances would place
them, as regards the Governments and the
Union, in exactly the same position Had a
Southern man, strong advocate OF slavery,
been placed, instead Of "Fsther Abraham" In
the Presidential chair, and had bis party been
largely In the majority, the Nor.htru radicals,
who are now so bitter against their brother reo-
els in the South, would have openly advocated
secession from the slave States; their orators
and papers, ss sene Of them now do, would
have proclaimed "NO Union with slsveho!d-
ers," and denounced the Constitution as "a
Covenant with Death aud an Agreement with
He'll"
They would, in such case, have done Iuss as
the Southern Secesh did; they would. In every
State where they could have got the power,
have seeded from the Union, and used both
force and fraud If necessary to that end. II
the General Government had sought to coeree
or compel them to obey certain requirements of
the Constitution and certain laws of the Union,
they would have resisted unto blood, as many
OF them would at this moment. There can be
no question In any honest. candid mans mind
that redhot anti-slsvery radical in the North
is at heart, aud often In word and act, just as
much Of rebel and 8 traitor as redhot pro
slavery secessionIat In the South.
The Southern Seeessionlsts would, II they
had the power, change tae Constitution and the
Union, so as to make both more effectually sub
serve the interests Of slavery; the Northern
Radicals would do the same thing to more rap
idly and surely advance the cause Of Abolition
or negro freedom. Each of these Glasses sees,
or fancies i: sees, In the continuance of long,
desolatipg, cruel and bloody war, the realiEi'
tlon of It's fsvorite hobby.
The Union cannot be restored and permanent
peace reinstated, If either Of these DisuDion
classes gain the asoeDdency over the country
Both mus., therefore, be put down, or in other
words, go far silenced and shOrn Of their inhu-
ebcs, that they will cease to plot against the
IT,,op N, diatnrh the nesca of the Republic