Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-05-02

''- t' Letter from sfr. chase. '7+ i'l''
THE followngis correct copy Of the letter
OF Mr.. Chase 70 the Loyal National League, ia
response to their Invitation to sttend the SUM-
tern ter inHsetiDs;5 &c a.r, s.......,. ....yg..I
"GentlemeD imperative demand, on INV
time compel me TO deny myself the grati6.
oation Of attending the meeting 10 which you
kindly invite me. i. i.... ...,..,f b,,.,
"You viii meet to send words Of cheer
to our brave generals. and soldiers in the
field; to rebuke treason 10 our midst, Civ.
lug, iu the garb Of peace, aid aud comfort
to treason in the panoply Of war; to main-
tain hviolate the integrity of the national
territory and the supremacy Of the national
constitution aud laws; to strengthen the
hands aud nerve the besrt OF The President
for the great work to which God and The
people have called him. Eor what worth.
ier purposes can American citizens now as
semble iz..G I.-... d. .,,.. ...oi-s-s09 sdF
1t is my fixed faith, gentlemen, that God
does not mean that this American republic
perish. We are tried as by Gre, but our
county will live. Notwi,hstaudins oil the
violence aud all the Vaccinations of trai.
tors and their sympathzers, on this or the
other side o! the Atlantic, our country will
live ,..
And while our country lives, slavery
chief source, and cause, aud agent OF onr
ill'. will die. The friends of the Union Ia
tue South, before rebellion, predicted the
destruction of slavery as q consequence of
secession, if that madness should prevail
Nothing, in my Judgment, is more certain
than the ful6iment of these predictions -
Safe in The states, before rebellion, from ail
federal inter ference, slavery has come out
from its shelter, under state constitutions
Iaud laws, to assail the national life 1t
will surely die pierced by its own fahgs and
What matter now how il dies? Wheth
er as consequence or object Of the war
what mattery L this time to split hairs
oflogic2 To me il seems that Providence
indicates clearly enough how the eod oil
slayery must come. 1t comes in rebel
slave states BY military order, decree
or proclamation; not to be dsregarded or
set aside in any event as uullity, but
maintained and executed with perfect good
faith 10 all the enfrs0chised; and it. will
come ip loyal ,slaye states by the uncon-
strained action Of the people aud their leg.
islatures, aided freely aud generously by
their brethren of the free states. / may be
/ mistaken 10 this but if uln another better
way will be revealed, ..,a. Il aos.G u..
| Meantime it seems 70 me very necessa-
ry to say distinctly what many yet shrink
4 from saying. The American backs must
} be called iuto this conf ct, not as cattle
not now, even, as conirabands, but as men
In the free states, and by the proclamatio,
! in the rebel states, they are free men
! The Attorney q eneral, in an opinion whicl
defes retutatIoh, has pronoanccd these free
: men citzsGs of the Uuited States. Let
then, The example of Andrew Jack sou
who did not. hesitate to oppose colored
regiments to British invaslons, be now
i fearlessly followed. Let these blacks, &C
clmaied, familiar withB- the country, ca.
pab!e vi great end urance, receive suitable
military organization, and do their part.
We need their good will, and must make
them our friends by showing ourselves their
frieUdS. We must have them for guides,
for scouts, for all military service in camp
or field for which they are qualified. Thus
employed. from burden they will become
a support, aud the hazards, privations, aud
abois of the white soldiers will be proper,
tionaby diminished tTsa' ca3 I0F .sa
1 "Some will object of course There are
always ohjeciors to everything praclical--
Let experience dispel honest fears and re-
fute captious or"disloyal cavil ''.''
| ''Above'all. gentlemen, let no doubt rest
on our resolution to sustain, with all our
hearts aud with all our means. the soldiers
now in arms for, the republic. Let their
ranks be filed up; let their pay be sure
Let nothing he wanting to them which can
insure activity and efficiency Let each
brave nficer and man realize ihat his coun
: try's love atteads bin, and that his country's
hopes hang upon him; aud, inspicei by bis
thought let him dare and do all that is
possible TO be dared and done. ~ ''''' ''
$50, gentlemen, with the blessing OF
God, will we make glorious fulnfe sure,
see it rising before. mellow beautiful
and grand There is not time to speak
of it now; but from all quarters Of the
land comes the voice Of the sovereign people,
rebnGing faction, denouucing treason, and
proelaiming the iudivisiblc unity of the re
public; and in this Heaven inspired union
of the people for the sake of the Union, Is
the sure promise of that splendid hereafter.
with greatresPest, yourSvsry truly. 40 :, .-- a.
"Hon. George opdyke, George riswod Esq aud Others
Committe of the Loyal National League, New York"
! In private letter accompanying the above
Mr.. Chase uses the following words, theslatter
of which may well be adopted as a motto by
every Loyal National League 10 the land. 't
[ "What SAID. the Roman orator when
\ Ca,iline armed against his country; Lei,
what each man thinks concerning the Re
public be inscribed upon his forebead.'"a
\ ESJoyNESr--Maukind are always hap