The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-09-03
Letter from Hon. II. +. wade.


The following letter from Mr.. Wade vas
the Union Congressional Convention of the 2Sd
inst
AsaTABuLA, August s, 1852.
GESrLEMrs - Your letter inviting m" to ad-
dress n Convention at your place, on the Esd
inst, is received, aud, we're | in = condition to
comply With your request, nothing would give
me greater pleasure than to do so. Some time
before left Congress, ny health bad been i'm
psired, that it with great difficulty |
could be 10 nv place iu the Senate Since my
turn IL has failed, rather than improved, until
have been oh liged to keep NV bed most of the
time, with q slow nervous fever, which hiss
duosa me So much that cannot hope TO speak
a. yOur Conys niion. The gigantic aud sublime
efforts which the people made, TO defend their
institutions and to trample this accursed rebel
lion under foot. have been psrsly zed, and in
sr0at I1eRaure rendered aboriive by the over
cautions, tiIad aud vaci gtng course Of the ad.
TninistTAton up to this time. Fha policy is the
frui: ut that cursed slave idolStry that has
brought this nation 80 the verge of ruin : II ia
this that. ~heuever our armies have resched the
dominion OF those sristncra,s who have brought
ta.' trouble upon up, instead OF reducing them to
rutn aud desolAtiou, has induced our officers ia
every instance to weaken our own force and de-
grade tho proud northern soldiers who went there
to fight and conquer rebellion, to become the
guardian OF the nen-roost, the pig.sty, or the
apple-orchard of this l"rdling, who, with sl his
available force, was sbsent in the rebel army,
meditsting the murder of our troops lt 10 this
that has compelled onr soldiers, uuder the
Seorchng burning sun of the South, to die in
the malarious trenches, of excessive toll, rather
than nse tue sturdy negroes who we're Injured to
the climate, and anXiously sought TO 90 this
same work and relieve our men from its hard.
ships and its perS. It ia this that has degraded
our brave men (inst cad of acting the soldier) to
bscome the honnd for hing slaves for
Southern rebels and returning .hem to masters
who are even in arms against US. In short, it is
this that dvosted all efforts to conquer, on our
side, OF the dignity of war, and has compelled
IA to stand before thP civilized world apparently
without policy md without motive But all
this is now changed The Representatives of
the people, no longer forgetting their dignity,
sue at the foot Of the throne for more energetic
policy. Is does not belong to the President tn
devise policy for the country; his duties are
we'll performed when he has caused the laws to
be faithfully executed No matter whether lie
inks il polite, impoli'ic, he hss but Que
simple duty I" perform towards it, that is; tn
see that it is faith fully executed Therefore. it
devolves upon ''ongress (rnder our Contribution
the great representative f tho power and dig
n''y of the people) I" devise u policy The,
who have the power t. declare war to preside
armies and uaviea, aud 10 diSband them pleas
ure, have also the power, when war is declared
20 lie 'erm ne on WIN, principles IL snail he con-
Quoted. And well aud faithfully have the last
Congress performed their duty in this respect.
Let therefore, the young man, who is anxious
( to assist the government in tI honr OF peril, go
boldly forth to the field 10 d,nger that he will
hsve his life worked our in malarious swamps,
while acclmated negroes are ON hand ready to
perform that labor. Such help will no longer he
refused lest such employment Of it should b.
distasteiul to the Southern srisocracv He
need no lOnger tear that his noble calling NJ II
soldier will be degraded to the catcher of negroes
tor Southern oabpb-, that they NAV with gre .t-'
security devote themselves to fighting III ~ th"
Geld. The property of these aristoorats nov
s,sndA condemned and forfeited TO the Uni,ed
States
! These things, now, are put under the stern
guard anship OF legislation and are he fixed
laws Of the land, no longer suhject be modG
I'D by Generals ar President Also. the sam"
clas1 ol men are by the same high power de reed
% be free. Therefore, a. length we have pol
ICY that there is no power short of tina. OF Con-
gress can set aside. h We no d0nb5 it will ne
the pleasure of The President, a. il will be his
stern duty, to see that thesi laws executed
to the letter. But whether it is his pleasure or not
there is nc dispensing power under our institu-
tlOnA, hUu every nlgl"JIH'e WHO ~ CHArSbu Win
the execution of the law, must answer at his
peril.
War then, il now to commence in earnest,
aud it will he fsnnd tn It the rendition will 60
down before the stern power of the genera gov.
ernment, nov having policy and bent upon the
destruction Of its adversary, like infancy in the
hands of d giant Ola thing more may be
compelled to before tho controversy shall
finally end, the announcement Uf one great truth
whose morst power would be greater thtn that
Of 300, 900 men, and | hope it may be bnrue
upon the bayouets OF our aOldiers they psrch,
~ 4 constitute their battle cry "a they encounGer
The foe that ia. Liberty sad Protection" to all
men who sustain the institutions of Washington
and the fathers of the Conscientious and Death
and Destruction to all who seek their overthrow
Therefore with one accord let US I" proc'a lin
liberty throughout the land, to all thu loyal TO-
habitants thereof" and thus, having placed the
Alm ghty unmistakably upon our ride let us 20
forth to execute severe and speedy Judgment on
all those Tuiscreants who would destroy the oni,
free aud equitable government on the face OF the
earth, that 5hey may erect trightfu despotism
upon its ruins and, and then let us have sharp
: eve for the sympathsing despots abroad. who
have shown that our safety can consist onls IN
their ruin. The government will surely triumph
over all its foes aud, Invested of hat weight Of
iniQnity which has been our humiliation at home,
aud scandal abroad, will rise from their troubles
like the fsbled Pho lix, thousand times more
powerful and glorions than before Whatever
young man shall fail TO participate actively in
this controversy will have cause to regret IL 10
the liat day Of his life AS such opportunities only
come with centuries Very truly YOURS