The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-08-12
TuE LECTURE on MISSOURI.

l''Noc'l ok's NNillt wars SlllVc was NNA Ni'''A
in this neighborhood in connection with the educa-
| tional interests of Maumec City, We regret that
| we can not lay before our readers his lecture en-
! tire, which would be well worthy of perusal at
this time. As It is, we are only able to give ihe
following brief and imperfect synopsis OF it,
In his predatory remarks the Professor gave
/ glowing description Of the scenery of Missouri its
/ qualities of soil and varied resources. In moral
educational and political matters, the condition Of
spcope was held in disparagng contrast to that
of the inhabitants Of the free States. Slavery, the
bane of humanity, was represented as the great
incubus which rested upon and blghtcd the cucr
ges of its population. Its whitening influence had
retarded the settlement Of the State, prevented the
employment OF capital for the development oft
resources, and occasoned the scenes Of cnclty, ra-
pine and lloodshed, which had in the few past
years occurred.
The Professor related many instances Of uhu-
man cruelties and cold boodcd murders commit
ted by gucrrilas since the outbreak of the rebel
lion. The rcbcs and their guerrilla allies had
prosecuted the war in that State. in the diabolcal
spirit of icnds and savagcs. To preserve their
own lives and the lives of their families, and to
protect their property, the Union men were COM
retaliation. The Missouri militia neither sought
nor wera disposed to give quarter to the miscra-
bic and vagabond wrctchcs who, as guyrrillas,
were only intent on rayagc, pluudcr and murder.
The Professor closed his address by an earnest
appeal in support of the Government, the vigorous
prosecution of the war, and the REMOVAL or THE
CAUSE which had led to the rebellion. The rcla-
tions Of Missouri to the Union, and the position oc-
cupicd by that crafty scoundrcl ana convicted
traitor, Nalandigham. and his friends, in regard
to it, were aptly illustrated in the representation
Of child in the water struggling for life. \ brave
man plunges into the stream, and swims to its
rescue. BunttinC the current, ana releasing HIM
self iroM the cntanglcmnnt of weeds which had
impcGcd him in his course. he reaches the child
and succeeds in bringing it in safety to the shore.
The child is received hy its parent and claSpcd 10
his bosom. It's prcscrycr, almost exhausted, en-
deavors TO reach the bank, when he is rudcly
thrust back by the man whose child he had saved.
and told to remain in The position he then occupied
But, ! saved your child. SIR" the man cxclaims
and makes another effort to reach The shore. Ills
cudeavors at sclf-prcSeryation are again met with
stern rcbOi, and he is again thrust back into the
stream, with the exclamation: Remain where
YOU are, sir!'
The Professor declared the position Of Nallan
digham and his fellow traitors, to be precisely that
of the man attempting to destroy the hero who had
saved his child. They are using every artifcc
which their trltoruuS ingenuity can invent, and
with desperate and wicked energy ar, rctariing
the successful t,rninltion Of the war. anl thrust
ing back into the waters of strife anl the vortex at
death, the brave men who have pcrilcd their lives
to save the Union.
The illustration was new, apt. forciLlo and start
ling.
AT the conclusion of the Professor, address, G.
F. Prescott, Esq of the proprictorS of the Ecc
. ing Bdi"tiH, published AZ LHavcnwOrh CITY. Kan
saS, addressed the audience in very forcblc man
ncr, adding his testimony in confirmation of all
that Professor Page had said. We would here
state that Mr.. Prescott had not the least knowledge
of Professor Page, but having been an old resident
of Kansas, and possessing familiar acquainta tancc
with the condition of matters in Missouri curiosity
had in lucel him to attenl the lecture in order to
test the truth of any statements that might b, ad-
/ vanccd.
/ On arising, he apoIogil,d for ubieuiug on the
pl'eng, AMI stated that from his prcvous knowl-
edge oE some of the incidents mentioned by the
lecturer, and from his feeling Of regard in common
with the loyal citizens of Ohio for the welfare of
our country, he desired to ada his testimony in IA
vor of the statements made by She previous speaker
He stated that he had been Il resident of Kansas
prior to the Border Rullln war at which time four
fths Of the people were pro-slavcry in sentiment.
When lac first went to Kansas he had been an earn
est pro-slaycry Democrat and, a. a printer, worked
in an Office belonging To the notorious border ruff
fan, Jack Henderson. The employee, ofthat office
were mostly South Carpluiaus. Th' facts hc then
became acquainted with, and the scenes of out
rage and malignant cruelty he aftcrward witnessed
had c,ctually rcvolutionzld his political tonnts He
regarded the cursed system of Slavery as the
hanc Of free Government, aui the sole cause Of
the present wicked rebellion. He stated that this
opinion prevailed in Kansas, and also in Missouri,
AMI that the citiz,nS of thos States wuuld be sat
isfed with NOTHING LESS THAN THE UTTER EN-
TTNCrIoS OF the EVIL, and the restoration Of the
Government to it, primitive purity and freedom.
The speaker sail that the people west of the
Mississippi generally regarded NIllIniigham as a
traitor, and his election by the people Of Ohio
would be deemed by them as more serious to the
Union than the addition Of hualr,l regiments Of
armed traitors for these, exclaimed the speaker,
we can whip. But the moan, snpaking. cowarlly
wretchcs who prate Of peace and compromise,
while doing incalculablc damage, can not be laid
held of. Hc urged upon all good citizens the I'M
portoncc of Spariug pains to insure the defeat Of
Nasndigham, rs by so doing they would
str nghcn the Union men every vhcrc through
out the West.
The sentiments uttered hy Mr. Prescott were
well received and cordially indorscd by the audi
cncc, and upon taking his scat he was greeted
with rounds of applause,
The remarks of both speakers were peculiarly
applicable in this community, as 4 few of our
townsmcn have made themselves obnoxious TO
loyal citizens in their blatant semi -trcasonabc TOM
foolery about military dcspotism and tabled out
RACES committed by Union soldiers on citizens in
Missouri. Their object is to excite the preiudiccs
and perycrt the judgment OF poor laboring m'n.
who read but little none at all ltwould be well
for the individuals to whom we alluic to ponder
well upon the facts stated by Mcssrs. Page and
Prescott, and while harPmg upon what they arc
pleased to designate as outrages, to reflect upon
the cold-blooded murders, the desoation, and tie
iendiSh atrocities oGcyery grade in the calendar Of
crime, committed by those with whom these very
men are in lively sympathy. Let them be thank
full that in the border States, under the Govern
mcnt of the United States, orbcuancc has not
ceased to be virtue. Had the policy pursued by
JEFF Davis toward good Union men in East Tenn
essec, been adopted towarl miscreaut traitors here
in the North, it would have been blessing to hu-