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

'cpt upon terms mNolNing the degradation.
Di Northern men. No such visitor was al
owed 10 discuss openly the Fundamental
iOgma Of the ncula alton OF Independence
u hc crossed the slave line ho must lcav,
behind HIM his manhood, his conscience
as freedom OF thought and speech, ard
submit ~ an inquisition as hateful as evcl
cursed the despotisms Of Europe Now,
why this insult upon neighhcrs Simply
because slavery demanded it, because the
guardians " that institution said il could
not live unless these degrading influences
were enforced. 1t was not because slave
holders were the worst Of men. hut because
the worst of systems required it and do
not recall this as q personal matter with
shareholders, but 10 show what they regard
as necessary FOR the existence aud prosper
ity of their institution.
What il to be done with frcemcn's rights
in this regard when reconstruction comes
DO you say they will abandon such naughty
ways hereafterI The blistering limb might
rs well trust second tino tho burning heap
of GOALS. No, sir, if the life of tho institu-
ticn has been hitherto dependent upon sucll
neIghborhood annoyanccs il will be none
the less 10 in future. Do you intend To
give up by rcconepuotion the right TO visit
the sepplchors of your honorable dead,
whose bones rest under tho surface of
soil redeemed from rebellion by their blood
Or do you intend to coniine such pilgrinages
to those only who can can procure u pass
from the chairman of some central committee
who can certify that the holder hereof is
right on the goose no you ask the
righttnl sOvereigns Of this country ever
again to submit to the insults and outrages
| OF former daysS IL you do, think you
are mistaken in the temper and determine
ton of the people. There ia no remedy for
such outrages except by removing their
| cause. And, say, if stgtu rights and State
rights snd stato institutions are hereafter
to intict such outrages and insults, would
grind them into powder finer than Moses
made from the idolatrous calf cf the israel.
ties. ] viii mover Ccaaont 10 leave TO pos
tnrlty ta ngn, this quarrel over again whcu-
over it suits the personal ambition of an
oligarchy to conspire against o nations
tranquility. IL no indemnity can be had
ier tho past, security must be made doubly
sure for the future.
have thus passed under review, very
briefly and hastily, some of the points of
conflict between the system of slavery and
the Constitution, and have endeav OF to point
out its irrcconcilablo antagonisms and dead
ly hostilitics TO republican government
have purposely avoided I'D much M possi-
no Ine commercial and personal aspects Of
the subject The inquiry with which have
started is whether il is an enemy TO the na.
tion's sovereignty, and whether its hostility
is OF that marked mud determined character
that that supreme law, the safety of the
people requires it's annihilation. If have
no right under tho Constitution to prosecute
this inquiry il have no right acting hero
"a linn g
tho nationss sovereignty, to determine what
are and what are not enemies, and to act
accordingly or if have entirely misjudg-
ed as to the real character of the institution
itself; then desire to drop .ho discussion,
for have ~ wish 10 agitate this or any
other quostion, merely for the sake of the
excitement growing out of such agitation
But this question liz upon us in al its length
BREADTH and overwhelming magnitude.
desire 10 have il settled, and settled forever
| stand here not acting simply for myself
or for living constituency. am the trus
tee of unborn milliQpo. aud Try to recog
ni.o Mily tho solemn responsibilities of the
trust, | want to know whether live, and
my children are to live under a sovereignty
or not whether that sovereignty is com
petent to protect its loyal citizens from in
suit and outrage wherever its glorious flag
waves whether, when the organic law dc
Glarea the preservation Of its own unity and
the domestic tranquility of the nation to be
the object of its creation, the condition oil
its existence, have right to inquire what
enemy has destroyed both unit and tran
guilty, and Wbp,kst, M my action here,
have right to deal with that enemy an viii
all other enemies. If this nation is TO be
mere proyince, to be controlled by State,
and State institutions if enemies Can grow
up in our midst, toQ powerful, or too sacreC
70 np touched if the Constitution wa,
really intended by its authors to commi
suicide III the day of its trial, and acknow
ledge that All enemy to its unity, a violation
, of natural justice, & persistent disturber o
the domeetip Tan4u'ity, foe TO the public
. welfare, aud destroyer of the peoples ILL
, critics, may hold sway perpetually, withou
1 the power of self defense if the bold pc
litical absurdity of an imperiu'I ig ip.peri
, is hot only to be tolerated, but to "cry havo
and let ,.Qsp the dogs OF war upon tn
a national life with impunity and withou
+ punishment, this great sovereignty had bet
7 ter at once go into bankruptcy, or apply t
t probate for guardian,
: Ddt may be asked, why do you not re
1 gard slavery now, al formerly, local thing
C which may be allowed to exist beyond th
v reach of the Federal Governmentr lrePly
: ! must judge tree by IT'D fruits; this IT
J. belliou il the ripened fruit of slavery.
n may live for years by the side of negl
i Dor, of whose vicious temper may be we
aware, and from whom | may expect som
J, fearful development in crime, but may tret
d him all the while as neighbor certainl
6 may not touch him as a criminal. His cv
!. disposition may, however, with malice aior'
+ thought attempt to take the life of his fellow
o Am expected to treat him after the overt a.
e Just as did before Does the law trea
l. him just as it did before ? This rebellio
B. is the overt act Of slavery. You may a
IS well ask me to regard with like complace
If cy the quiet house cur sleeping at my fee
n and the same animal ranging the streets |
r slabbering mad dog. This rebellion
i slavery run mad and God never ordain6
y but one cure for hydrOphObia, and that
k death.
l. 1t may also be urged that the Governmel
= can only deal with individuals who arc Il
% guilty actors in the rebellion. While
ut deny utterly the propriety of strait;lacke
ct for sovereignty struggling for its ow
Is existence desire to say most emphatical
le that the individual actors in this scene oug
Il to be dealt with with unsparing severity.
le When it pleased tho Almighty first to G
! tablish constitutional government on cart
"a when he had given the race an organic la'
" and had organized the nation of His choi
under statutes and ordinances, and h;
d. by His own election designated their rule
Is and leaders, He was met i'll His wise al
G. benehcent designs almost at the outset
at the enterprise with most determined al
no formidable rebellion. 1.-TWO hundred al
n, ffty of the princes Of Israel, famous in 4