The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-10-02

'N"V~' NNiOVo us prosecute III every
public address he has made upon the
war since the rebellion commenced
"Slavery must Unprotected and dc.
tended in every spotand place guard.
Ell by the American ilng." snvs this
prolessed oracle of a God OF mercy
and Justice. "And it is my solemn
conviction says Mr.. v. .Jhat there
can heno possible or durable re union
Of these states + till abolition
ism has been utterly cxtmguishcd.-
Sir the peace of Che Union and ofthis
continent demand it.-[V's Record.
p. l0j.
"rhc people OF the free States are
ready now, unless | greatly mis-rcad
the signs ofthc times. to return 10 Che
old constitutional and actual basis OF
presctaton%; S G no. isbbeeeeddSy beeddS rdhhdio5Gn Of III
gitiye slaves, equal rights in the ter
ritorics no more slavery agitation
any where. and transit and temporary
sOipurn with slaves, without mocsta-
tion, in the free States Without all
these there could bcncithcrpeace nor
pcrmancnce TO II restored Union Of
States. part slave and part free. -
With it the south would be far more
secure in her slave property than un-
der separate government. Sir, let
no man, North or West, tell ne that
this would perpetuate African slavery.
know it; and so does the COnstitu-
| ton. ] rcpest. sir. 1t is the price Of the
/ Union. The sole quGs-
tion TO day is between the Union with
slavery, and final disunion, and |
think anarchy and dcspotism. / am
for the union.-[Y's Record, PIP.
/ los, 109.'
We dismiss this subject for the
/ present without further COMMENT
Whether Mr.. V. has appropriated to
his own use these lahors Of his rev
ercnd guide IN the religion, morality.
and politics Of slavery, with his con
sent, we are not advised. Most Of us
would have supposed that the aqiu c
and qaaiity Of the Yfopsrtg were such
as larceny But rs Mr.. V. no where
gives credit in any way, for that por-
ton of his public speeches which, be-
lyond all question, came from the
''pamphlet' Of which be retained
"but one copy for himself" the pre-
,umtion Is that he stole 1t and moant
to conceal the theft,
Mr. ", as we have before shown,
holds to the constitutional right of Il
, State TO seuedG from the Union, and
also that the seeding State is "the
sole judge Of the Justice and suifcicn-
cy of the Causes for which it may Sc
cede. - VS. Record, p. o.
Again hr says, 'Scression hns been
tried, and has proved a speedy and
terrible success. The pgacticability
.of doingit, and the way TO do il,
have both been established. VS. Re
cord. p. 81.
Secession, then according TO his
theory, is not only an accomplished
ipct, but it has been right-luly and
legally accomplished, and the old
/ Union both practically and constiul-
tionalIy dissolved
The question with him now rs with
this apostle Of the gospel ofuniyersal
"'''' y! ~ ,,.. va, :, % lg"',lo'' "'
,'. ,''',' .. ,r,t''n .N''' ~ r'stpg' , 90
,''' q''s'''it Ino "' '',,'9'' ''r''o' i T.
" say j. ''' VI '''' ''''"'''
And now the way TO rernion =,
what SO easy Behold to-day two
separate governments in one country
and without natural dividing line
with two residents, and Cabinets and
Il double Congress, and yet each, IN
der Constitution SO exactly similar
the one to the other, that stranger
coull scarce discern the difference,
! Was ever follydnl naduess like this ?
Sir, it is not in the nature OF things
that it so-continue long. Let us be
content if within three years, We shall
p. .OO,
yet sixty daysand Nincych shall
: be DESTROYED" said an ancient proDh-