The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-02-11


i necessary, and it WAS for him alone TO
Judge. Will You revolt against his judg-
mentS Answer. "No! no, no 81
Are you in doubt as to the efficiency Of
the measurcg What avail such doubts 7
DO they promote the Union cause DO
they make YOU any better patriots Does
your devotion 50 your country recruit itself
from thcir comVauionsh,p Nay is II not
weakened by their presence?
DO you say What is the use of tho Pro.
clamauon when We have not possession of
the regions in wh,uh il is to operate and is
therefore ppwcrl,ssg' | answer that the
same course of reasoning would emery ate
every blow; for OmiScicncc can only fore
see whether blow viii I've ctfectual or not.
II is not tor those aiming it TO decide in al.
vance that it will fail. So to decide is to
insure failure
DO YOU shrink yghast from the picture,
which rnshcs upon Your vision, of the mad
dcnmg horrOls of u scrvlo insurrcction
80 do and So does every man with the
least spark Of humanity in his nature. Bu,
II such an inSurrecton follows the promul-
CATION of measure that is demanded tn
save the life OF the nation, let the dread re-.
sponsibljty rest where before tod and men
1t rightIullv hcluugs-urou those whose
Arc vou troubled TO know what shall be
done with the millions of Southern negroes
after they become free? | answer, that is
not the present question; but What shall
he done with this rebellion? soldiers ask
not IN battle, What shall we do with the
prisoners aud the spoils when the fight is
over p hut GLOW shall we whip the en-.
cmy ~ To debate what shall become of the
negro, is to put that problem in the scale
against your cuultrys life, whether you in
tend 1t or not. Leave the future to the fu-
mrc the present is our care. The instant
demand of this hour is Ivy every available
means, to overwhelm, scatter, rout and de-
suoy traitors. Scll,preservation demands
that Slavery, their idol, and the right arm
of their power, be wrcsted from them; for
their feet are on war-path, to which we
can see 10 end while Slavery bears them
onward. The destiny of the cntranchised
negroes none but God can shapel leave it,
then. To His al-ruling Providence.
But there are those who see in this meas
ure only adccpcr emhitermcnt of the South
and an increased hopelcssncss of rcstor.
my the Uuion. Is that true? What hope
mas there ever been since Sumter fell, that
the Union would be preserved otherwise
| than by the rcsistlCsS agency of powder.
ball and hayonct? Is there a human being
who still hugs the dclusion that peace is To
smile upon this country again us united
country. except 10y the subiugaton of tins
tamrmblc rebellion? If there is, Yet him
drop that folly from his embrace, and open
his eyes 10 the utter hopelessness of every
attempt to concliatc that arstocracy, which.
with deliberate purpose formed in some
southern minds iifty years ago, and control
| tll no
through the past thirty years, resolved thai
this Union should be relentcssly destroyed
and supplanted in that fair Southern cline
by"A CoNFEDERACY OF sLAyEHuLDtNG STATES.
TO be, as they londiy hoped, "Me most i'm
portdt 0lRO8g tie nations of tie UOrlR'
Halt n century 's treason. plotted and pursued
through every form OF duplicity fnlsehood
ana treachcry, and blazing ont at last in
| robbery, fire and blood is not 10 be concil-
lated, but with the full fruiton of its dcS-
perate schemes. This proclamation. then,
makes no moro hopeless what was hopeless
from the moment of the rebellon's outbreak.
But my friends, whatever the portents OF
thls hour, in connection with this prOca-
nation. or with aught else under the sky;
| The true, earnest patriot has but one line OF
duty, and that is by every act, by every
word, by every thought, 10y every purpose,
by every power granted him, to hold up the
aands OF the President in this war against
the enemies of our country and the destroyer
Of our free Institutions. AS there is notll-
ng in human history so horribly atrocious
rs thus rebellion, so the imagination car con
ceivc of nothing which would shroud the
world in gloom, as the blotting out OF this
sun OF Freedom from the armament of ma
tons. Wreck this Republic, and you wreck
avery hope of freedom in every human
breast. For nearly three hundred years the
hand Of the Great Creator has shaped the
destiny of America as the Rome Of liberty
aud the refuge of the oppressed. From
every country and every cline, from the
leavy tread of oligarchies. from the sharp
args of despots, from the woes and fears of
bloody revolutions from poverty heart
brokenness and living death, millions have
ound here that freedom which they sighed
,or as their richest boon in life, ard the most
blessed inheritance they could transmit to
their children. Here has grewnin gi-
gantic proportions nation presenting the
yrandest development the world has ever
seen of human intelligence and progress,
aud holding in its outstretched hands to all
The earth the choicest fruits man has ever
tasted oI regulated aud constitutional lib
erty. To mortal prescience that Tation
seemed immortal-thOse iruits perennial
md nndeeaying, But in the midst of peace
md prosperity and seeming contenment
al is plunged into confusion and dismay
The livid cloud Of war envelops the land
The tread ofarmed legions shakes the earth
The tluuders of battle fill tho air, blood
stains the ground, the grnans of the dying
alt the ears of night, and the walls of the
bereaved rise to heaven from the countless
inhabitants! What enemy has done this
Have the despotisms Of the Old World tired
of Americas example and glory. masseC
their mighty columns 10 bear her down into
the dust? Has her aucc1t foe challenged
ner 10 u third war for Independence Has
tny other nation invaded her peaceful
shOrest No my friends would to God il
were any or all OF these, rather than whQt
t is. Her own sons are her assaiants
Americans arc pouring out the lie-blOod OF
America! The heirs of liberty are destroy
ing their own precious birth-right! The
children of the Constitution are hacking
lnd batterng that glorious fabric, every
seam of which was ceInented with theil
fathers blood, and every arch OF which il
vocal with the prayers and benedictions OF
the illustrious dead And all for what
Who has oppressed, who wrOnged them
The voice of the universal brotherhood oi
nan acquts this nation of wrong to them
Whatthen, urges this domestic onslaught
Let M not fear to speak the word again
Let us be true though we die for it Speal
it, write it, print il, proclaim it, that il is tht
lristocracy OF Slavery.-hurling itselfagains
he buttresses of the Constitution, to clcal
out Of their pathway 10 empire II /,
mo lust of power the greed of gain, the ar
bitrary will of inbo,n despots, that hurriet