The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-07-08

on both sides of the line, to he left at lib
/ erty to choose their own party. Is there
any one here who is prepared to grant
/ them all this Cries of mo, mo- There
/ is but one road to peace, and you must
seek it 10y force of arms, or sumbit to a
/ degrading subiugation yourselves.
The South has not gone into this war
without an object. For the last twenty
/ iivc years, they have been plotting the de.
structon of your Government. They de-
srod to change your institutions, and build
/ mp an oligarchy founded upon African
! Slavery, They had possession OF your Ex.
/ ccutirc, and turned it into an engine to aid
/ their purposes. They have forced the pres.
/ cut issue upon you and YOU have nothing to
do but to fight it out, or turn your backs
and submit 10 humilating subjeCton.
/ There is no middle course. That man who
is not with this Government to-day. is
against it, But" say these reasoners.
" the Constitution gives us the right to dis.
cusS, aud abuse the Government. and we'll
SOW the seeds of disailectiou ia the army
| ahroad, and discourage enlstments at home.
and To prevent il YOU will establish mill.
/ tary dcspotisn. They are already COM
meucng their work In the Convention
! witch preceded tie Convention on account
/ ot which am now speaking. u committee
/ ut tWcuty-thrcc were appointed 20 draft
resolutions. ON, nf ,hn ,omn,i,tee o,,,
/ Lupry f., saw - most ros,o",aiJa ,,a,,Ia.
man b,, ,,t.n,,,,l ,,;i, I,l,a"n,I Ert',,,,
r,s,lutions tmo,t.. ,I,ro, j., ,,,riha ,,>,
oll ,oni,,.t ,b, ,,,,rn, " ,'' G',',,,,''t n'
and not one against the sympathi2ers with
! the rebellion. ln an abstract way these
/ men may have the right thus to express
/ themselves but what right have they
more than the Tories, who, in the time of the
/ rl,,.;,,,y l,,,;,',', - Il I w. T, ,'""' '''V
tbr prnuLE't9 ,yttr;,It II,.i ,t'''',t W
thnn thc mcrhar, ,C ,i59 II,n,r,,.i 60,
,;",, ,Io ',,, v, .''e '''l ''o,u No'Nru-
n,t,,n,I Lau,,, ,,I "S'' ,, atto,u '.i"ss'o 'oa
These mon hal ,orIa,,,, ,r'I -,
to ort 49, ,hn,, IA "II w., 'sti' III
rencr,tio,, I,or, ,,tr i;t,, oi'
thr n,lI or ,I,, i,,,,. ''is r. - ri
has tnLor ,,nssS,io,, " ="
L,o,J W. iI,,,; VI "'el' uioUu' H'Iu l''e
nhred uor, ~. Hi,.;,, Ti,ot '"o't pa""s' @
tha C,i, ''eaJ ~ plNilc '"S''Ge' as l% S's on
might know them ever oftcrT fCbeers /
Let no young man goYwith that faction.
None can afford it. Let him regard the
| feelings of those who come after him. Let
| hIm not give his postcrity cause to regret
his having lived pishonor and disgrace
will mantle him and his children forever.
! My friends, it is vergins on the Sabbath
! day. # have not been a dreplv religious
man, must at least. now that / am a caudi-
! date. observe the outward sim. | wish to
say one word of the meeting last nirht. I
read the speech of judge Thurman with
! pain--uot from anything in it. but because
| | gathered theroirom the manner in which
! 10y party lines he had been driven into a
course which will shame him. Judge Thur
man says that if Slavery were restored to
| its original status we would have peace."
| Youmay go down ON your knees in suppli
cation and YOU can not bring these Southern
ers back. Their laws as regards Slavery
were respected bv YOU after MIR. Lincoln
was cIcc'eu' lhey lnu every branch ol the
! government III their hands except the Exc
! Gut'Ne, and yet they commenced this war.
II Is because tley did not wish in any event
~ remain that they made their prepara-
uVlls TO go our.
'hlhk oi slavery as OthcIlO said OF Des-
uehoha;
" Yet she must die, else she'll bctray more men,"
Slavery must die. else il will make more
wars Should we match nm a nnore now
with the burden OF servitude still carkiug in
the national existence in less than fen wears
we would be making war anew
1t is wickcdness to make peoce with such
a cause oi dissension trammelng our future
prosperity. 1t is wickedness TO weld mo
that for which our blood and trcasnrc have
been poured out with a reryor and rcneros-
ity worthy any ago of heroes II is wick-
edncss to sue for national dishonor and ma.
tional destruction. when we should be strain
ing every nerve and deyotiug every capa-
bility toward the reinstatement of our ma
tiona dignity firmly upon lis ancient throne
and those who are turned aside Inv these
selfish motives of narrow and nn,,atrintic
suggestions will have something for which
to feel relentless self-contemnt os long as
memory holds its power in their minds.
[Chccrs.
For many veors ,,,, ,,., ,...... -
hold idnas 9fo vs." a,9''...;' 80" 49, await ! nave
this sIayrrv omostinm ''i'ou ho' o,i'l - "elei on
vinvs 1o,,, oe'o so H., ?, nav Gii"Iiseu my
manent surress in o"r PnppYII;o IpvIIi"',,y % per-
any portion of it is afflicted with the lep-
rous disease. Either slavery must be torn
out, root and branch, or our Government
will exist no longer.
single word more, and am through
This is, believe, the first time have made
a political speech in Cuyahoga county.
am not quite certain but | smoke here in
lS40. have received invitations to speak
IN all parts of tho State, some fixing the
time, and some begging me to say when |
could address meetings that might be called.
! have received no less than ten invitations
to speak on the Fourth of July. No man
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