The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-10-02
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all VINO 90 not conclude In tnclf Ollu'
ions From the day the war bepai
to the present hour, the friends oi
the system have been so ovcrbealinp
so naughty and insulting, that ono
wQuld suppose they had charter
from heaven to claim monopoly il
human flesh and to justify its exercise
This Is onesef the consequences o.
Slavery. one of its baneful effects on
the mind. II was thus that its char
meter was manifested in the West in
dia Colonies before emancip atiun.--
The masters were so accustomed t.
use the strong hand of power, ant
were so familiar from youth with the
abject submission Of the negro. that
they knew not the virtue Of self.deni
al; they could impose no restraint OF
their passions, and hence the tyranic
al spirit which they carried into ri
the duties of life and exhibition in thcil
intercourse with their fellow men,
Always ready to insult whoever dar.
ed, in their discussion of Slavery, tC
question its justice, they scorned thC
aid OF argument to excuse its hor.
rors or palliate its wrongs, when &
little moderation on their part woulo
have been so beneficial to oil.
The extreme on both sides were
thus brought into most uuiTicndly
connection. In tile South there wa,
nothing but defiance, in the North
outside the radical ranks, there wa.
t,.t. tpt -,
was patient, the South quick and iras
eiblc The North, III Congress and
elsewhere, appealed to reason, justice
statesmanship in this discussion, tho
South wns merely defiant. If Il pam
phlet appeared against Slavery, ne
answer wae vouchsafed, but the mails
were closed against It's reception and
the life ofthe author threatened. The
STAKEHOLDER, was protected in his
person in the North. but tie oppo-
nent Of Slavery visited the South at
his peril.
Now, rs we were oil in the same
national family. having mutual claims
looking to one another for aid in ali
the great questions which arose in
the State, it was unreasonable TO sup
pose that the North would noo be
moved by this contemptlIous disrc
gard of its opinions. The Ship Of
State required sometimes little trim
ming to preserve her equilibrium on
the rough sea of time, and it was not
TO be supposed that the institution of
Slavery, with its great political pow
er, and the facilities it afforded for
the accumulation ofwcalth in the hand
of those who never lahored, could
hope TO escape observation. 1t was
quite as natural Tor us to talk of Sla-
very and criticisc its effect on the for
tunes Of the country, us it WAS for the
South to talk of manufacturers. We
had as clear Il right, &C cordiug to all
laws regulating fair dealing, to com.
plain Of Slavery rs they had to conf
plain of the tariff, The shareholders
had already an immense superiority
over the North and Northwest, butt
they were not satisfied. They began
quite early TO show their love for the
Union and respect for n Constitution
designed for the welfare OF al, by
doing everything in their power to-
build up the manuia, tdrcls oiforcign
nations. Their love Of England was
supreme, even while that nation was
most eXtravagant in its donuncia
tions Of Slavery. Their separation
from the North was already accom-
plished in heart, and from the motive
of self interest and an eNtravagantl
desire for their own aggrandise, long
before their appeal to arms, or the
turbulent action of their Legislature
had forced them into disunion.
In the meantime the South had law
upon law enacted in the national coun-
Gil to bind the slave more securely
Laws disgraceful in their character
hateful in their execution, and an
insult to civilization All this was
endured by the North. Occasionally
a Northern mind would become in.
dignant, and give uttcrance TO its
emotions, under the privilege OF free
speech and in accordance with the
rules of Congressional order, but the
consequence was iuevitahle---a death
Of some member by IN accomplished
duelist, or the assassin's blow in the
Senate chamber, as in the case of Mr..
Sumner,
All this was also endured by the.
North. In fact, we submitted TO so.
much, that il is no wonder South /.
ern paper advocated the rebellion on
the ground that the people Of the
North were towards and would "ca'.
dirt"
The work Of submission still con
tinued. The great Senator from
Illinois, Mr., Douglas, after life Of
honorable warfare for his country
without reference to geograehical
lines, or is any, they were iaN . al lei
TO the South, was betrayed and sac
EiGeed by the So0thern siNr choldcrst
in the Charleston Convention 1t.
was the city above all others where a
true man like him should have en-
pected such q fate. Still the North
was patient |! There was something
wonderful in the calm and dignilicd
attitude of the country whilst wrong
after insult We're sounding in the cars
of the public, like the clank Of ham
mers riyiting their chains.
The general election approached. .
1t was fairly contested-it was fair
ly won---there was no violation Of