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

coltmCn country ~ sustaining lepupnCm
government.
BY this broad assertion, do not inten
to drtra,t from the character ut slave hold
crs any nf the fine qualities claimed 10,
them, or hrtns against them charges of ur.
lue cruelty. or to deny timt under som,
forms pt government they might get alons
with their system successfully; but the
point make is that while they regard and
treat the laborcrs of their own section as
chattcls --- deem man 20 be merchandise 80
they will cooperate with the labcrers who
are the sovcreigns ot another section OF
the common country, upon those terms OF
equality. forbearance. and courtesy, which
are absolutely Indispensable TO the success
ful administration Of the affairs of repub-
lie mean that y republic can not live
while this enemy to domestic tranquility and
national honor holds sway.
stand here as a lahorcr, from my youth
up. represent constituency Of laborcrs,
presume il is nc discourtcsy to say that
every member on this floor from the froc
States, represents such constituency. The
ballots that sent ns here were placed i'll the
box by fingers hardened by toll and we
can not il we would and would not, | trust,
il we could shirk any of the reproachcs or
responsibilities attached 20 the condition of
lahorurs. hat VIZ were met hero hy those
who. from tho moment their infant feet could
wander from u mothers care. all the way
up through youth and manhood, have been
trained To regard laboror ~ an inferior
being have bought him and sold him and
scourged him; have, by tho incxorable
necessities of the systenl, doniad him earn
: ings, family, wife, children, everything that
men desire to live for, aud have blotted out
from his Sigh; Gods revealed pathway TO a
, bettCr world,
Now, 10 il to be wondered ~ that schol
ara from such o school should give evidence
of proficiency i'll their training when they
, are brought into direct cantaCt with labor.
era IN lvgtshtvo halls 7 Is il matter Of
surprise that time honored sentiments and
r compromises of vcxed questions should be
trampled upon, treated with contempt, and
all the vials of invcctive Wra,h poured up
on the trccmen wliO dared TO complain or
I resist? Is it matter of surprise that the
oversecrs lash should be transferred from
the plantation To- the Halle OF Congress
I hluster and threats should form the staple
= of logic, and pistols knives, and clubs the
. conclusions OF argument; that executive
-. opportunity should furnish TO rebellion all
its material to destroy the life Of the nation
i and lay waste it's territoryf Is it u matter
of wonder that like the frogs and vermin
. of Egypt, this system shonla crawl UP and
/ take possessipn of tho palaces, tablca, and
!. bedchambprs OF This capital! That III the
day Of the nations peril the Pharaoh then
/ in power should despise and neglect the
# opportunities OF nations salvation, and
i with hardened heart and blind imbeciity
: invite the Almighty's wrathY
= These things are all the legitimate fruits
y of slavery. Every tree shall be judged by
c its fruits; and this Judgment the peapia oi
this cluntry l,o noW piingMg this system
: They have ~ right 10 pass Judgment upon
= il, or anything else that 50 intimately con
Germs their safety and welfare and will
f venture to say that no opinion or sentiment
G is more rapidly forming in thf lninos VI
: quiet, ,ninnlngi Intelligent people than this
O - that the practical results of this system
(. tend necessarily to fatal divisions and re
!, bcliuns in our republican Government, anj
= that it is consequently dangerous foe tc
$ public tranquility and safety.
# But also propose to chow that in its
= neighh9rhRpd relati9ns it il an intalarabis
= nuisance, and ought, therefore, 10 be abat
a ed. The system operates directly betweer
r, master and slave, and if its effects were
II confined solely to them its neighborhood ro
@ lations could have no place in the discus
Is sion. But this ia not the case. There are
e two classes 81 pe}apAs upon whom u oper
k ates, who lat6 rights under tho Constitution
and who have Ut least as strong claim FOL
- protection In those rights as shareholders.
l. refer to non-slaveholdcrs residing in th'
t slave States, and to other citizens tempor
e arily 9pjGmnlns Ia those ntales. Mhpr
o slavery appeared in our paradise, it can't
il sneaking In like Satan Oh u primitive enter
s. prise who " sat, squat like toad by thu
n ear of Eve" and beguiled her into trans
d grcssion. Then it had no argument or res
e sons, no law or GonatitUtiun, and had no re
= ligion II only asked for a nights lodging
d would sleep in shed, and work faithfully
t. and quietly in the field. But now. in tn
4 plenitude Of its power, it turns round ant
A. prc-empts the wkole sountrI " virtue OF
f. nights hospitality, il is full Of argument
u and reasons, "A member Of the church il
e good and regular standing, and has absolN
10 ed about all the law and constitution ther
H. ia in the land. Now it finds that favor
Of able public opinion is necessary ~ ,la ow
e2istonce the institution can not prospe
IF unless it is popular, and, like grist-mill o
q '.%.".an, - mus nave inc "good will " @
rs ncighbors After il has deprived the mas
at of its immQdis,e nuighDora OF all means {
IN education, the task of controlling publ
ts opinion was not hopeless. Indeed fey
rs catch-words and phrases appealing to prelr
al dices, were sufficient but this has not Il
re ways answered, j Was found that me
v. W would think and talk and print things nC
a. favorable TO the system.
IL Assigning as a reason that sentimont
a openly answed, hostile TO the system, woul
IN encourage revolt among the slaves, thu
IL acknowledging that the inexorable necess
re ties Of the system required it, its guardian
Ell have actually succeeded in establishing
ld despOtsm over their entire tesritOry MOI
ry rigid and cruel and fraught with more N
x tional disgrace than anything that has cur
al, ed Europe for the last century. There
es no freedom, and has been no freedom
~ opinion for years in the slave States, eve
lis among the free white men. A rigid censo
30 ship has been exercised, and cruel inqu
ife sition made as 70 the sentiments Vt ever
he man on this subject. No man dare spes
lat or write sentiments hostile to the instlt
ng ton, And this has been avowedly a sla'
on cry necessity. | will not take time TO {
ed into detail on this subject, Volumes mig
be penned illustrating the stubborn ia
of which have stated that there is, and HI
%, been no freedom of opinion, but that Il
rol night of despotism had, before the reb'
IN lion broke out, settled down all over Il
ad land at the bidding of slavery. And
is stand here to denounce with unmeasur,
rn- indignation such nuisance as absolute
TO intoerable.
an Il! the miserable slave, toiling in his bon
re, age, has no right to appeal to the natiol
an sovereignty, if judicial decisions have
M MED them all tight of hearing, SC III
ION they are driven to God alone. surely t
burning infamy of such despotism. eS'