Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-01-10

Glorious Old Ben. Butler according to re
cent Washington dispatches, is to be ordered tC
one of the most tbicky populated slave districts
| in the South, where he is to organize an Afr
can army wherewith to hold, occupy aud pos
sess a chain of posts guarding most impOr,
tant line Of communication. II is believed
that The work assigned him, will be 10 his
mind, and that he will speedily make the Proc
lamation living word to the slave.
The effect of lew months experience upon M
honest mind, but imbued with the strongest
pro-slavery democratic instincts, could hardly
be drawn more graphically, frankly, and credit.
ably to humGn natu e, than by the hard Of the
much admired author of the memorable words,
which have had such talismanic effect upon
slavery. as conn ected with rebellioD--!"CoDtra-
band Of war"
II conjure you, if you desire ever to see
renewed prosperity, giving business to your
streets and whalv ves-if you hope to see
your city become again the mart of the
Western WorlC, fed by It's rivers for more
than three thousand miles, draining the
commerce of a country greater than The
mind Of man hath ever conceiVed-reiurD
to your allegiance.
"If you desire TO leave to your children
the inheritance you received Of your fathers
"a stable Constitutional Goyernment-if
You desire ttat they should in the future
be portion Of the greatest empire the
sun ever shone upon-retnrn toyour allegi-
ance
There is but one thing that stands in
the way.
"Ihere is but one thing that at this hour
stands betaeeeR yOH and The Government, aud
that is SLdrery
"The institution, cursed of God, which
has taken its last refuge here, in His prov.
| deuce will be rooted out as the tares from
the wheat, although the wheat be torn up
with it,
~ have given much thought to this sub,
ject.
II clme among you by teachings, by
habit Of mind, by political position, by So
cial affinity, inclined TO sustain your domes
ic laws, il by possibility they might be
with safety to the Union.
Months of experience and observation
hare forced The c0 0Acieti0R hat the eristence of
SLarery Is Incompatible toith The afety either
Of yoWrsslVes or of the Union As The sys.
ten has gradually grown TO its present
huge dimensions. il were best il il could he
/, gradually removed but is is better, far
better, that il should be taken out at once
than that ii should longer vitiaie the social,
) political ana family relations Of your coun,
5 try. am speaking with no phllsnthropiC
views as regards the slave, but simply oI
E the effect Of slavery on the master. See
6 for yourselves.
e Look around You and say whether thii
i. saddening, deadening inf lence, has not al
but destroyed the very framework of you
{ society.
8 Il am speaking the farewell words o
one who has shown bis devotion to hi
country, at the peril Of his life and fortune
who in these words can have neither hop,
nor interest, save the good Of those whom
be addresses aud let me here repeat, will
all the solemaity Of an appeal TO HeayeI
! 10 bear me witness, that such are the view
forced upon me by experience.
"Come. then, to the unconditional sup
port Of the Government. Take into you
own hands your own institutions ; remode
them according TO the laws Of nations AM
Of God, and thus attain that great pros
peritY assured 10 you by geographical pc
sitioD, ooIy portion Of which Was hereto
fore yours
There is Que test Of unconditional loya
ty that never fails When you 6nd man 80 il
tent on fading fault with the loyal Governmet
that be has no waste wrath to bestow on Coz
spiraey 70 break up the Union and distroy q
Republie set him down as dOubilnl pntrie
No man, whose heart Is in the right place vii
permit his hostility to be diverted from ths
Rebellion to those wao are lighting IT, He VII
thinks Il greater crime 70 arrest babbleg Q