Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-04

great question is at stake, the minority
Sill be led to think that they have only
to get up little war, and kill u few men,
IN order to accomplish their designs
Hence, anything short of unconditional
surrender by the rebels, will be the end
Of Republican Government And, in
order to make it an unconditional sur
render. they must not only lay down
their arms, but they must give up the
object for which they were fighting.
Well, now, what is their object? Let
them speak for themselves. 1t was set
forth as follows, in a speech by their
Vice President, and ablest man, Alex
ander II. Stephens, of Georgia. delv-
cred at Savannah in March, 1861. In
that memorable speech, Mr.. Stephens
said:
The new Constitution has put to rest
Jorerer all the agitating questions rela-
ting to or peculiar fri
can Slavery as it exists among us-the
proper status Of the negro in our form
OF civilization. THIS WAS THE 1MME-
DIATE CAUSE OF THE LATE RUPTURE
AND REVOLUTION. Jefferson, in his
forecast, had anticipated this as the rock
upon which the old 'Uuion would split.
He was right. What was conjecture
with him, is now realized fact. But
whether he fully comprehended the great
truth upon which that rock stood, and
stands, may be doubted. The prevail
ing ideas entertained by him and mos,
OF the leading statesmen at the time OF
the formation of the old Constitution
were, that the enslavement of the Afri.
can was in violation of the laws of ma.
ture; that 1t was wrong in principle, so.
cialiy. morally, and politically. 1t was
an evil they knew not we'll how to dea
With; but the general opinion of tbs
men OF that day was that, somehow o,
other, in the order of Providence, the
institution would be evanescent and pas:
away. This idea, though not incorpo
rated in the Constitution, was the pre-
vailing idea at the time The Consti
tuition, it is true, secured every essen
tial guarantee to the institution while
it should last, and hence no argumen
can be justly used against the constitu
tional guarantee thus secured, becaus,
of the common sentiment of the day
Those ideas, houeuer, ,cere fundamental
a0rong. They rested upon the assumptio,
Of the equality of races. This ,cas an er
ror. 1t was sandy foundation, ant
the idea of a G Government built upon i
when the storm came and the wint
blew, it teuW Our nep Government i
founded upon Exactly the opposite ideas
its foundations are laid, its corner-ston
rests, upon the great truth that the ncqr
IS not equal to the aohite man; that Slarer
E -subordanation to the superior race-t
his natural aud normal condition. -
This, our ne,c Gogernnrent, is the first. Il
the history If TIE aoortR, based upon fhi
: great physical, philosophical, aad mora
truth"
, Here it is frankly acknowledged tha
5 slavery, as it exists among them, wa
| the Immediate cause of the late ruptur
and revolution And farther: while n
affirm that "all men are created equal
, the cornerstone of their governmer
2 rests upon the great idea that some me
| are born to rule, and the rest to serve
c that slare'y is the natural condition {
] a larger part OF mankind. Well, now
how long will it be before the disease
: breaks out again if we do not renaote til
g cause. And further: shall we surrende
r one of the leading principles upon whic
our fathers erectsl the great supe
! structure Of freedom, and thus disgra,
ourselves before the world ? Never
G Then let US calmly lay prejudice an
+ self interest aside, and consider, viii
We are engaged in this great conhic
s whether it is not best to push it litt
I farth and sacrifice little more,
I order that when it is settled, it will I
v we'll settled. Exception.
i Cashier Him
> A telegrap6ic dispatch to the Cincis
natl Gazette, from Cairo, says: