Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-04-05

kUh 10 the buFDtuU ufHHN"'N y ~ N'N
negro is among races democracy Is among
Gogernnents
We are iho negro OF Governments As an
Aniisavery man wish to present to you some
fncls IN regard TO the capacity Of the negro
The general opinion IN reference TO the negro Is
shat he Is very incomplete being, and that we
have got 70 supply the creation, Iaughter
that we will have to expend a whole treasury,
and vast amount Of braiu in taking care OF him.
Mr Phillips here presented 4 number OF stat
isticol facts showing that in stead Of decreasing
the produce OF the West ! uda Islands was
more than the proportionate amount IN any
portion Of our country
have talked longer than should My text
Is Seize your opportunity" All notions grow
mp by seizng their opportunities All states
man are grtat, not by honesty, but ny ablhty'
dont doubt the honesty Of yonder Cabne t;
they mean welI-they mean rery we'll Laugh
teri All think, but especially the Secretary
Of War. Loud npPlause Aud meaning
well will save their souls up there, but il won't
save the Union down here. IIaughler.l We
want abiliiy--a policy. don't believe in sub.
jugatng South Carolina II Maj. Gen. Nc
Clellan could plapt the Stars aud Stripes either
ut Charleston, Montgomery, or New Orleans TO
hight the work is only begun. You have your
Elephant" What are you going to do with
him [Laughter.1
There Is no short work. There are two
things you can do and i've things you cannot
do. You cant save Slavery. however much
you Try. You cant destroy Slavery with very
little Indifference; bot you cannot save the Uni
on without long years Of trouble. Sheridan
you know. held up TO pitess rdcule, III the
House Of Commons, the quaek pills that was
raid to cure thirty years OF disease in ter min
utes. God demands Of us, nn atonement com
mensuIate with the sin. For seventy years we
n. II h.,v
together The harvest Of trouble. Yon cannot
get out nf this war without long and trolble-
some times.
All the virtue and ststesmanship 10 the world
won't save you. The poison has entered the
whole public mind. The South is honest. hon.
est 10 the back bone believe in her honesty
TO make up portion Of the effect Ofemancipa-
tion.
The South CaroIiDians who have come up 10
Manassas aud gone home again [sughter] when
he came there, leaving bis wife and children to
the care Of the slaves, be honestly believed that
they--the sIaves-would fight for them. lie
thoroughly believed il. 1t is the record Of all
Slavery. 10 all ages.
In San Domingo, when the French Commis-
siouers proclaimed emancipation in order to
avert invasions, planter had armed his Slaves,
and trusted them till that majestic word, lib.
erty," was pronounced, and he saw them shrink
from MS 6lucs duNFtoetu tnbtN lO AD nlIbC
tionate manner, asking them if it wus possible
that they who had been in bis family for up.
wards Of 80 years, could now desert him. They
replied, "Yes, Massa, though / loved you
much, / love my freedom more" God planted
common sense so deep that all Slavery could
not reach down to root it out. Can you tell
me how Nat Turner's rebellion was heard Of in
Georgia before the whites heard Of it7 Can
you tell me how the defeat at Waterloo was
baord Of paria hv ha ran,,ln hof,r tba n
ernment knew il? Let Mai. Gen. Mcclellan
once place but the one word, ''Emancipation, "
upon his banner, and il will be heard within a
week in the EXTREMIST portion of the South,
and the slaves will everywhere rise and re-echo
the holy world The master, spprehensive for
the safety of his family, will, if opportunity pre-
Sents itself, fly to bis home.
The rebels forces will thus become demoral-
lied, and finally. personal safety aud personal
interest will result 10 their complete disband-
ment.
am not in favor Of subjugating the SOut b
have Il doubt that by the force Of arms we
can conquer her. If the North has any right
10 predominence in this Uuion it is because she
has the ability 10 show, aud ought 10 show that
she loves justice and civilization. Standing in
this position when you conquer tie rart linasEou
carry the seeds of conversion. Carolina can !
never be one with Massachusetts, until you make |
the Union dou't conquer Carolina, convert her,
Iappause]; change her ideas; apply policy, |
and let that policy be the education Of the lg /
norant, the relief Of the oppressed nstilliug u
love Of the Union in the breast OF the deluded,
and the emancipation of the slaves!
Suppose Abraham Lincoln to-day should
conquer South Carolina, what has he gained ?
He has not uttered a word that the blacks can
respond to-. The poor whites hate him. The
aOslH haTa Of In Etnt tkaVa
is no one in South Carolina that does not hate
him, Will anything be gained by conquering
on the policy pursued at present On tie con-
trary, suppose the policy Of emancipation should
be adopted, the blacks will lift up their hearts,
and render him all the assistance iu their power
would send a hundred hcussDd men intu
South Carolina, and force the Government in
to policy. aud when the yellow fever OF The
South drove out our men, would garrison the
forts with aeclima,ed negroes under white officers
and hold them against the world.
The loyal stakeholder, if there be any such,
at the prospect OF proper remuneration, would
no doubt. give US his sympathy, aud do not
doubt his cooperation. Better that he should
be allowed to put his land iutO the Treasury
upt his elbows than that bis money should be
wasted on Tascay contractors and for maintain
ing large bodies OF troops for The purpose oI
parade
AS 70 the lnVeteraOle shareholders estimated
at4,OeO let them colonize rather than the 600
600 Of slayes, for an opposed TO capital pun
ishmeHt
So you see that my policy includes all th
elements. shoIid put the state Of conversio
behind my cauuou balls. In other words, | low
Carolina She has stood side by side wit
Massachusetts, she bore up our fathers in lh
dark hours Of the revolutionary struggle. Go
bless her [AppIause. would use all I'll
brain that New-Eugland schools have given III
IN order TO keep The pledge of my fathers
Massachusetts.
When the record Of this Republic is write
] would have IL say that in 1862. 10 our siru
gle. she kept the promise of her weakness. Thu
She would do justice to the negro aud 10 Il
whine man Of the SOulh. giving To the one ii
trty, aud 10 the other all the benefits Of our r
publican institution. Why should We not L
us put Europe 10 shame.
Aud now nj last is the golden hour on Il
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