Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-11-04

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| daughter and cheers.) And, as his Lord
sup thinks that 1t is the peculiar duty o
this row sgglomerated and agglutinstec
association fo= Southern Independence t.
do away with that i'm preston, I beg TO So b
init 70 them that, il the first place, they
ought 70 do away with four millions slave.
in the South; for I. for my own part, q .oi
nut say that think there are unchsr
table men enough living in this world
TO think that nation that has foul
million slaves in it, has a good dea
70 do With supporting slavery, tCheers
\ And wten he-dona that, 10 might, per
haps be u@rtinent to suggest to his Lord
ship thu here shall,bs little something
done to lie Montgomery Constitution OF
the Sou D, which is changed from the old
Federal Constitution in only one or two
points, the most essential of which is that
it introduced and legalized slavery, and
makes it unconstitutional ever to do away
with it; and they are under the Constitu.
Jion. Now I submit that that wants
a little scrubbing Then | would respect
fully lay it at his lordship's feet--more
beautifully embossed, if could. than his
address to me is-the speech of Vice
President Stephens-in which he declares
/ NAl0t MI ildllOuS AidNc OcCll anu
that the suhjugation OF an inferior race is
the only proper way TO maintain the lib
erty of a superior; in which he teaches
Calvary a new lesson in which he gives
the lie into the face of tho Savior him.
self, who came to teach US that by as
much as man was stronger than anoth-
er. he owed he owed himself to the other
Not alone are Christ's blood-drops our
l - f,,,F tIaSa .rra-I d-o,,sr of -oo-ol
truth which cleanse the heart and eonsci
ence by the expression OF precious truths
and principles, themselves are our saliva
ton as well as the atoning blood ; and i
there be in the truths of Christ one more
eminent than another, it Is He that
would be chief, let MIN be the servant of
ALL" But this audacious hierarch of inf
deity, Mr. Stephens, in the face of God.
and before mankind. in this day of uni
versal Christianity, declares that the way
for nation to have manhood IS 10 crush
out the liberty of n weaker and an inferi-
or race. And he declares, ostentatiously
and boastingly, that the foundation OF
the Southern republic is on that corner
stone. beg leave. when next Lord
Wharnciffe speaks for the edi6cation of
this delighted English people laughterl
II utE lcdNb " suOullb AAldb Nulo 6DCcCu
of Mr.. Stephens requires little securing
And then, if all the. other allegations and
evidences that the South are upholding
slavery are to be the peculiar world of the
Southern Independence Association, not
Hercules in his palmy days had such
work and wages before him as they have
got. Loud cheers. We shan't be
troubled with them. They will be knee |
deep and elbow-deep in their business OF
scrubbing and securing, and Lord Wnarn-
cliff may bid farewell to the sweets Of !
domestic leisure and to the pursuits OF
the interests of state. and al its smuse
ments viii be scrubbing and securing
Loud cheers. But there is another pre-
clous paragraph that I will read:.
He believed that the strongest supper !
ters of slavery were the merchants OF
New York and Boston. He always I'M
derstood. and had never seen il contra |
dlcted. that the whole of the ships fitted
out for the transport of the slaves rom
Africa to Cuba were owned by Northern |
ers" Loud laughter.
Hi. lOrd5ni ,. ii he will d , me the honor |
TO read my speech. shall hear i contra
dicted in the most explicit terms. There
have been enough Northern ships engag-
ed, but not By any means all, nor the
most. Baltimore has a pre- eminence in
that matter; Charleston and New Orleans
and Mobile, all of them. And those
ships fitted out in New York were just as
much despised, and loathed, and hissed
at by the honorable merchants of that
great metropolis as if they had put up
the black flag of piracy. Does it conduce
to to good feeling between two nations to
make such atrocious statements as that7
His lordshiP goes on to say ;
That in the Northern Stafes the slave
was placed in even = worse position than
he was in the South. He spoke from ex-
perienee. having visited the country
twice"
! am most surprised and yet gratihed
to learn that Lord Wharnclif speaks of
the suffering Of the slave from experience.
Laughter and cheers.) | never was aware
that nc had been put in that unhappy
situation Has he tOiled on the sugar
platation Has he taken the night for
his friend. avoiding the day? Has he
sped through eane-brakes. hunted by
hounds, suffering hunger and heat, and
cold by turns, until he has made
his way TO the far Northern States? Has
he had experience? The grammar is
good. 1t is the word experience call at
tention to. If his lordship says that it is
his observation. will accept the correc-
ton.
meant to have said good deal more
to you than have, or shall have time to
say. t"Go on."l l have endeavored to
place before you those facts which go to
show that Slavery was the real cause of
the war, and that if it came to the cita-
ton of facts whether the North or South
were most guilty in this matter, there
could be no question, think, before any
honorable tribunal. any jury, any delib-
crate body, that the decision will be that
the South, from beginning TO end for
the sake of Slavery, has been aggressive,
and the North patient. Since the war
broke out, the North has been more and
more coming upon the high ground of
moral principle, until now the Govern
ment has taken ground for Emancipation.
TGroans and counter cheers, and voice,
Go home"
Do you suppose that it is wise TO sepa-
rate the interest of the slave from the in
;erests of the other people on the Contin-
ent, and TO inaugurate policy which
took in him alone! He has got to stand
Or fall with all of US, and the only sound
policy for the North. of the South, OF the
blacks, and of the whites, and we hold
that the maintenance of the Union-the {
principles which are con-
aimed in the DecIaration IF Tpdapar