The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-10-08

with whom all Gg1ment aud appeal "a vain.
Not % snch do tpsak bu, TO thuse who hear
ing will heed, a1d needing will embrace the
truth, FOR its own and their counry's cake. OF
such there are tsnl Of thoislnds who love the
Union with their whole herts, but do not YET
distinctly recog1'xe the Unions enemy They
know that the Uaiou is assaied, and thev give
their sons aud their subattnce for is detpUsc
bnt stil do not fully see what a7sais H.. They
hear by day, aud dream by night OF hnrrid war
between opposing hosts, that yesterday were
brothers, and ought TO be brothers to-day. to.
morrow, and ALWAYS; but know not how all this
came ahort, or why t shonld he T,n, them
clear away the msts which becoud their vision
and see that Slavery, in the reckless ambition,
the heartess selfshness, the fierce intolerance
the tyraanica will and the piratic II greed of
its reuorSe'esS sristocricy, must alone bear the
ignominy OF this unmatched crime forever.
And vet there are those who dery this, and
those that ignore il. OF the first class, besides
the host Of S,very's devoteeS and the attendant
retnue of politicians greedy for votes and Of
fee each and all frownng upou or sneerng at
the idea of S'avery's responsibility in any way
tor our present cilamities have observed
among men of note, 50 distinguished aud ven
era BILE man as Amos Kendall, in letter to
the President of the United States, denyihg e
that Slavery was the cause of the rebellion In
the second class are fOInd uewsp Ipers which,
reserving their lightning for the Abolitionists
the Black Republicans and the Radicals, launch
promiscuouS thunder at the rebellion, but be-
tray not the least consciousness that Slavery has
anything on earth 10 do with il; and eloquent
orators, who enrhr4 admring crowds with Or
nate discourse about every element ard feature
OF the rebellion, save Just that iusignihcant one
OF Slavery ard a nunif erless crowd OF " weak
brehren," ms 'antly Hghast at the sigh'cat ques-
ton of the virgin purity Of the "pecuIiar in
stitution; " oil opposing but vainlv, the resist
ance OF dead silence to that mighty pnblic
opinion, which marches Straight forward to burn
INTO the brow of Slavery the eternal brand of
the traitor and the purricide. Dare ! confront
such odds? Yea, aud Thousand times more
Tor truth shuns no conflict. fears no foes nor
armed with truth, do l. That | am so armed, it
is now my duty to show. In doing so must
needs use some facts which have before used
in public. No matter; they do not grow old
nor will they ever lose their point.
In commercial Convention of delegates from
eight Southern States, held at Vicksburg, in May,
1850, Mr.. Spratt, OF South Carolina, in advocat-
ing resolutions in favor OF re opening the Afri-
can save.trade, used these words:
:" IL might be said that the slave-trade could
not be legalzed within the Union, and that to
re-establish it the Union would have TO be dis
solved Let iC be so. The men of the South
have higher trusts than TO preserve the Union"
There was day when such words would,
even III scR'onrg, nave c'eu doWh stot"' Oh
,nu'sua'on a"u r'Pro"c" "p"u ',e" "''vr''
ou' .'e" a"u Snerv lneS 'eGe''eu '"e u"e1'
SahcVoh VI inc oouy 10 WI Gu they were au
u''S t". Wv Us h""p''"n q ''' 'e' '""'us re-
Itrr'u 'o theieo! p'ocihiin'hg uenahce 10 .he
S""e,'ul'o" "h'cn pron'ots 'hat truue' Mr;
"Pratt was representative tn'rG OF t'a' Socla'
al s'"c'"cF' aoout WINCH 'eSs .'An year ''tei;
he wrote a litter that is probably The most vivid
ana 'rut"t9 EXPOSITION 81 the split ami ",ms oi
feceSs'o', 'hat NS s. lie spoke the s'npe, uu-
uNSuiHeo' ahu III - eNec'"nte tfu'n' a. "elu oy
NE ass "hen lie VI, Tue "eu U, we oou'n
Tau "a "s"er 'uS's I'll ~ 10 preserve '"e o''ou:
nc n''"uuuceu p'nse'' ~ "u'""'o' ''''', ~
hea''' az a,'er"a'as ne p'c NE one u, "o'' A"u
IL was .'r slavery ane, lar worse, 'of ,,H rt"e"a'
ui 'na' accurseu 't' INC, against "n'cn 'ne anu
tne",'s VI eE'''Heu "a''"n7 are uu'ieu' .""S ne
pIoeal"eo nus reason. lie rshouact" tne oon-
s'.'u''o' oi us country ahu oeue" 'ne cou-
eeic"oe y, o"'lstenuo"'' 'or 'he sShe Vi rec
tnrh' w tpis eh"gn'ehth age ana iat"' 70 tna'
u'aooi'1al P'dof vi "u""" CepsN, up"" ""'",
Hnre 'n"u seventy !ra's oe'orF, t"e l''n'rS VI
s"'s ha'ipu n"n set '"e Se"' VI S'retoe"n n'. eon
'",, uei'''"s''h, ~ 'n,H WIS ont " we
uuSF' "u'oll tne 'nrh ., l'e S"glH ne'u " oe
a"oVe 'c .ie prese''a',oh VI 'he Tu,oh =.
II 'n'S ''o' s'oou "'o"e' "oui w '"e e"k"I
.. 'ue aee ou' IL ceases !" eAI''e our FPeoa' e;.
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cue" o~" "'uisur; was e'eo'cu ~ ."A' ~,
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ana uapger' !he Th'mai'lg a"u so'e '"reu'Ne Vi
noh'oerh ac''o" was me extension, e"u pe'petu'
a'"n of slavery upon 'e,S' ana 'or lhsS a'one'
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