Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-01

sustain Mr.. Lincoln's Administration .,oh, a.,
Wrongf Is it to Justify man whom Va bsS NJ
agency In elevating to powor, not onlv in sS.a
ooning the Constitution OF the United st.,ss
but In regulating the Chicago platform n. .
inaugural address and messages TO Copgrssa
10 10 which the absolute right to slavery In tbe
esstes where IL exists was distinctly and une-
qulvocaiIy concededf Or is ID In view of the
many vloia'ons OF the Constitution, and this
cLUwuiDg act OF u'urpatioD, to join that eide
va q Prssen. auordS the only earthly hope Of
l am aware, my couptrymep, that you vlI
nuo ulmcuities In bringing yonr mlnde to tho
Ssme conclusion at which my own has arrived
maDy Wanton and unauthorized ants NJ crn.U,
ana oppression have been perpetrsted smone
you which instead Of Changing yonr onJr;"rs
nave only been calculated TO aceravs,a and
intensity heroic principle of endurance = 'Msnv
OF these acts have been committed In yernate
places without the knowledge or APPRECIATION
Of tne authorities at Richmond, or Of those Who
nave neia tne supreme command 10 East Ten.
nessee' ano under such circumstances that Won
nase ieN IL dangerous to copplsin. Gradually
1no Sno Slowly tnese outrages have at last become
Anosr, ana IN the very recent PROCLAMATION IN,
sued by Msjor-G General . one YOU bSv" ',ha
assurance That your oSmpfafuts win be hoard
and lhe most energetic measures adontsd iolo
jeoted. % Cl 3 -" 'N''"' 'o 0''' D'so 'uo'
LIE. NOS, then, sense Of private and present
wrongs blind you BgaiDst the enormities alresdS
perpeuated and still more seriouslv oontemnIs.
Ied cy Mr.. Lincoln's AdminIstration. H
nsIoily Oh 'ne Republican party haye been' ain
.e a0ns - .neir pfoiesaions OF determination to
sc s.Pso, .ne flghts OF slavery in the States, and
Ihe hgos CT freedom lie NOS utterly extipRuipb-
ea ~ !ne North, may we not hope that q spirit
U,;es ,;e'sAnce Will be aroused in that seoiiou,
Iii h Tomoinea with the efforts of the South,
restore peace and harmony to our distracted
ana divided countryi But If, through fear or
any otner cause, Mr.. Lincoln's infamous pFocla.
masloo Is sustained, then we have no Uaion, no
Ovhos,'uuol 10 struggle for, no magnificent and
unoroken heritage to maintain, no peace to ex.
Pect save such as With the blessing of Provi-
dence we may corqler.
The srDies which have been cent near IN IN
tantalizs you with hope have been Withdrawn.
and with cool audscity Mr. Lincoln ylrtualIv
tens you that you have no rights. No alterns-
1--WE remains bus to choose the destiny which an
arrogant and uDpEincipled Administered on forces
upon US. -. :
Is is almost unnecessary to DECLARE IA sou
that adhered to the Union amidst good reporr
and evil report, suffering and danger, While il
was IN my power to support 1t, and that. when
my tf1rts were paralyzsd and my voice silenoed
oy causes beyond my coatrol, hsve cherished
tne nope that all might yet be well; bus ",he
ias' iibk IS broken" that bound me to a Govern.
ment ior which my ancestors fought, and,
whatever may be the course OF others. I shall
ieei II my duty to encourage the nnost Der
severing aud determined resistance epsips,
the tyrants and usurpers OF the Federal Ad-
ministratIon' Who have blasted cur hopes
ana are cruelty seeking to destroy the last
Vesnee OF freedom among us II you would
save yourselves from q species Of carnage uu-
exsmpled 10 the history of North America, but
uaequlVocally invited in Mr.. Lincolns procls-
mshon' iet every man who is able TO fght buckle
on MS armor, and, without awaiting the Glow
ana tedious process Of CONSUMPTION, at ouoe vol.
nnteer 10 the struggle against him. The race
is not always to the swift nor the strong, and Il
can not. In the nature Of things, be possible
tnat just Cod will prosper the efforts of q
man or Government which has hypocritically
pretended to wage war in behalf Of the Con-
shtutlon, but now throws of the mack and sets
is utterly at defiance. No despot In Eurore
YOU'D dare to exercise the powers which MIR.
Lincoln in less than two briet years, has boldly
usurped. He has suspended the writ of habeGs
corpus In regard to all persons who have been
or may De imprisoned by military authority,
and thus destroyed the right essential to tie
lDerty OF the citizen, 8 righ; which the mai I'd
2afons OF England wrested by force from King
ohn, and inserted in the great charter of Brit
isn freedom; right which 1t cost centuries Of
'nteot 10 engraft upon the British Constitution;
Hgnt ior which our fathers sternly struggled,
and which ia incorporated in every American
constitution. He has called armies into the
aeld without authority, according to bis own
acknowledgment, and has become q military
dictator he now claims the prerogative to
abolish slavery without our consent; and, If he
can thus take our negroes, why may be nut
take our lands, and everything else we possess,
and reduce US to q state of vassalage to which
no parallel can be found, save in the history of
the Middle Ages.
THo3. A. r. NELSON.
Knoxville, Octobes 3, 1862