Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-08-09

The circumstances which endauger the
safety of nations are infinite and for this
reason no constitutional shackles can wisely
be imposed on the power to which the care
Of it is committed" " FED No. 23.)
And Madison, speaking in the same spir.
1t, and by the approval of the white people.
declared ut is in vain to oppose con.
stitutional barriers to the impulse of self.
preservation" Fed. ALL
1t may be improper to notice that the
sympathizers with rebellion, who seek to
discredit the Chief Magistrate, and to pre-.
vent the due execution of the laws, have
here and elsewhere appealed to the preju.
dice rather than the reason of our fellow.
citizens touching the law which gives free
dom to the slaves Of rebels, and offers them
the privilege Of contributing 10 the defense
of their native land. An imperiled country
is entitled to the services Of all her chill.
dren. The slave who comes in the hour
of trial to the rescue Of his country that for.
got him in his bonds, is surely emitted TO
higher considerations than the traitor who,
while he ensaves him, strikes also the lib
erty and life Of his country.
Under the control of these rebels in arms
are four millions of Slaves natives of the
land by whose unpaid toll the rebel
lion is sustained The question on what
principle can the people break up this re-
Iation of servitude established by the State
laws and command the services of these
Slaves for the common defense" may be
answered, as was the question in 1888 On
what principle could the people of nine
States, by rntifying the Constitution, break
up the compact under the articles of confed
GRAFTON solCmnly entered into by l3 State?
Said Madison, The question is answered
t once by recurring to the absolute neces
sty of the case to the great principle of
self preservation TO the transcendent law
of Nature and Natures GOd-which de.
clarcs that the safety aud happiness of so
ciety are the objects at which all the pOlli.
cal institutions aim, and to which all such
institutions must be sacrificed"
Foreseeing the great crime now attempt.
cd upon the government in those rebel
states, with the presience of the seer this
patriotic s. atesman spoke of slaves as can
unhappy species of population abounding in
some Of The states, who, during the calm Of
regular government, are sunk below the
level Of men, but who, in the tempeStuous
scenes Of civil violence, may emerge into
the humane character, and give a superiori
ty of strength to any party with which they
may associate themselves" This unhappy
Species" even in their chains, ore the
strength of this rebellion. Shver the fet
terS that bind them, and they will rise from
the degration of slaves to the dignity o
| e al r.,
country. Washington deemed these en-
slaved men fit to fight the battles of the
Revolution. Jackson deemed them fit to
! fight 10 the second war for independence.
Neither would consent that they should do
battle for their country in chains. Can
We not, in this deadly conflict with this gi,
gantic revolt, initiate the example of these
tried patriots? Can you not, shall you
not, obey the voice of duty, and by your i'm
perial mandate declare that even the slave
may defend his native land and to that end
shall be free
Men of America we hut utter what we
do know when we say, that under prov
dence the fa'e Of the country is in your
hands that the honr has struck when you
must decide by additional sacrifices of treas
ure and Of blood the dread issne has forced
upon us--shall the Republic live or perish?
The eyes Of the civilized world are upon us
Let us aCquit ourselves like men who know
their rights and dare maintain them. Let
there be an uprising of the people in sup
port of the national authority, that will no
only blast forever this unmatched treason
and lis guilty authors, hut give significant
notice as well to all foreign States disposed
to Intervention in our domestic, affairs, tina
the American people uave the power anC
the will, not only to suppress this rebellion
but to resent and effectunlly resist all foreign
intervention. You cannot consent that for
eign usnrpation and despotism shall sup
plant the Republic You cannot consen
that your country shall cease to MAINTAIN
the right and avenge the wrong. Ynl
cannot consent that the Just and beuefcen
; fabric of civil government, founded & rearet
! qy our fathers, whom G cd taught "tc built
for glory and for beauty" shall be shattered
and destroyed by the hands of traitors
that your goodly heritage shall be parti
toned, and that America, the youngcs
born and the hope of the world shall b,
blotted from the map of nations, and ceas
to he power in the earth.
Let it be the fixed purposes of ever.
good citizen, that, relying upon the Divin
protection, whatever may be the sacrifice
the Constitution shall be maintained an
the republic shall live
i We adopt the words Of the Congress {
g 1888, in their address to the People
"Let it be remembered that it has eve
been the pride and boast of America thG
J. the rights for which she contended were II
n rights Of human nature. BY the blessing
r of the Author Of these rights on the meat
It exerted for their defense, they have pr
s vailed against all opposition The Poop
of the U. S. are responsible FIR the grea
?. est trust ever committed to political 81
e ciety. If the great cause whiC
we have engaged to vndicate shall be di
u honored and destroyed, the last and faire
n experiment in favor of the rights of huma
,. nature will be turned against them, al
@ their patrons and friends exposed to be i
G suited and senced by the Votaries of t,
y ranny and oppression. b. F. WADE,