The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-05-21
EMANCIPATION,

EMANCIPATION.
President LINcoLN's recent message. ad-
vising the border States TO dispose of THEN
slaves, aud That the Government should al
low compensation to loyal masters for such
ns are liberated, is alike crcditahlo to HIS
high sense Of honor, and his sagacity as n
statesman. At the present moment u step
further in the advance would be fraught
with difficulty. We arc pleased to contcm-
plate on what Britain has achieved in tho
cause Of human freedom, but we must not
forget that her achievements have been ac-
complished without the aid Of revolution,
or experiencing the terrible tlrocs of AN
archy. She has done this by disregard of
abstract theories, and by steady at,cttion
to consequences. We have in our midst a
task more difficult than that which Britain
had imposed upon her, and it will be sue.
cessGully accomplished only by patiently
following her example. We are travelling
fast towards emancipation. -Four years ago
il was unsafe TO doubt the saucUty Of slave
ry in the United States Senate, treason to
broach it in the Cabinet, and unpopular to
speak against it almost everywhere. To-
day we have not u statesman IN the Nation
al Legislature or the Cabinct--a voice in
the pulpit or the press , to do il reverence.
The institution is abolished in the District
of Columbia, and in all the forts and arsen-
ais and works belonging to the Government.
The right to exclude it from our territories
has been determined by u decisive vote in
Congress. Western Virginia has likewise
abolished it. In Maryland Delaware aud
Missouri il exists but in name. IN kcutuc-
ky it is fast melting away. Everywhere
slavery is denounced as the cause and the
only cause of tho rebellion.
The danger now is that we may be hur-
ried on to sweep it at once trom existence,
involving tho cotton States in riot and ra-
pine, and entailiug serious evils upon both
white and black. Slavery has had two as.
poets; i. O. political and social BY the
former it has obtained extension, which is
essential to its existence Contiuc it to any
region and it dies, for no region can sustain
the exhaustive draughts Of slave luhOr.--
Give it new fields constantly, and rich ones
too, or it falls. The political power is the
vital part - the fort commanding the caup
and it is against this power the free men
of the North have lahorcd, aud they have
been triumphantly successful, The non
extension of slavery, and the exclusion OF
its devotecs from all share in the Govern.
ment, are now cardinal points in tho Ma
tional faith Slavery is sectional, freedom
again is national. A few years and the rc.
naming slaves in tho border States ceas,
to exist banishcd by their proximity t.
free States on the North, and these border
States in their turn become 1.-The North I,
border States below them, sweeping tn,
"peculiar institution towards the Gulf,
Such is the inevitable result of forces at
present in action, oven should mono Other
arise, but it is highly probable the final ala
olition of the system will hc accelerated
by causes adding increased velocity to tn,
present movement Indeed sufficient i'm
pctus has been already given to ensure
glorious result, rs speedily as is at all con
sstcnt with the best interests of all partr,
concerned.
The political power Of slavery is already
dead beyond resurrection; its social mtlu
cncc remains, for a season, to he restricted
and modified, year by year, until the free
dom of the slave goes hand in hand will
his education. The act of secession, pre-
missed by the slave oligarchy on thoir dc
feat at the ballot box, is in itself SO absurd
that but for the sacrifice of blood and o
treasure il has oocasioned, it would have re
ccived the contempt and derision of civil
zed humanity, But in the consequences i
has entailed on us, their crime of rchellio,
and Of bloodshed, is more infamous than an,
recorded in history. In fighting therefor,
against the right of secession, we stand 70
ovcry thing involved in national existence
Allow the South to Withdraw when thu
beaten at the ballot box, viii not the Yves
and the East claim like priv rilego? Whcr
would it end? No Union So small uS &
prevent further division -- all that has civ
tu uu AulViINdu u country W i've lNl, u Nih
tory to be proud of, a future TO look for
ward to, crumbcs to atoms the moment ia,
Union is destroyed, a hundred petty
principalities succeed. MrNicau couvul
sions usurp tho place ot heneGccnt estab
lished government, and the field opened 10y
Divine providence for the exercise of Tho
widest political, and religious freedom in
the government Of mankind, is closed for
ever. Better, far better that the rebellion.
region be made desert, and the pioneol
and surveyor sent again TO begin the work
of civilization. Happily the disease is no
serious enough to require such despcrat,
remedies, the recent operations of ON
forces, have no doubt convinced all of Ia,
power of the government to compel ohe
dience to its just behests The great Re
public has demonstrated to the world, tha
the foundation of its Institutions can not b,
shaken 10y armed foes from without, or
treacherous rebels from within.
THE UNION ALL THE TIME,
THE three Cabinet officers Of the last Ad
minisration, who, in lis closing hours, dis
played a jealous attachment TO the country
are now all at the request of MIR, Lincoln
filling high and responsible stations. Mr.