Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-10-31

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lion, and that 1t must he got ont of the way
that any very distinguished success follow
ed our arms Now, what q remarkable
change has taken place! All over the
country to day, Slavery is recognized as
the great cause and prop of the Rel elion
1t is recognized as such in every Rebel
State as much MS IL is in every Free State
OF the Union. 1t is so understood aud pro.
claimed by the Rebels in the South as dis
lincily ns it. is by the loyal men Of the
South. They distinctly understand that
they are fighting for slave empire. and
That we are fighting for the right Of the
people TO govern themselves. Now, see
the wonderful changes that have occurred
IN public opinion upon this suhjecil Go
with me to Missouri: Three or fonr months
ego, some seventy delegates from Missouri,
with thirty delegates from Kansas, repre-
sentng 20 less than 6fty.seven counties in
Missouri, and | know not how many in
Kansas, called on me at my house in
Washing on, and explained to me their
IDEAS. Some of them were slaveboldeI S
aud some were no.; but they all agreed
that Slavery was the cause of the Rebel
lion, and the great enemy and the onls
enemy of the loyal men Of the South; and
they were determined to pnt an end to it
as speedily MS the vot es Of the people could
effect the work Who would have dreamed
Of the like of that three years ago ? Go
with me to Maryland, and you will find pre-
ciSely the same state of things there that
exists in Missouri. They began the war in
Maryland, as many Others OF MS did in diff
terent pats of the country, with the idea
that the war could he efficiently prosecuted
aud the country preserved, and at the same
time Slavery be saved But now every.
thing is d fferent. Now the unconditional
Union men Of Maryland array themselves
as an Emancipation party on the compen
sation plan, if they can get it, but for
Emancipation in either case, with or with
ont compensation. Look again Mt the
State Of Delaware. There they have nom.
mated an Emancipation ticket for Congress;
and so wherever you find unconditional
Union men, you fud hostility to Slavery.
Take the case of Mr. Charles Anderson, q
gentleman from my own State. He re
moved some years ago to Texas He was
Pro Slavery man. When the war broke
out, he was for the Union. That they
would not allow. If he was not for the
destruction Of the Union as means of pro.
tecting slavery he must go; aud they drove
him out Of he State, and his wife had
great difficulty in following him. Take
The case Of Andrew jackson Hamilton -
! He was member Of the last Congress but
one--that which preceded the administra.
lion OF Lincoln-and a thor ough Pro Sla.
very man; yet he was driven from his home
because he was not in favor of the destruc.
! tion of the Uuon as u means of perpetuIt-
ing Slavery So it was with Andrew
ohnson of Tennessee, and with other loval
men Of the South, who have been compel.
led o fly from their native homes and take
refuge in the mountlins They all feel that
this war is caused by Slavery, aud that un.
til Slavery is destroyed, there can bo no
peace. In every one Of the Border States
there is an Emancination party. All this
has been brought about by the providence
Of God. About this Proclamation: The
war was npon us, aud the President was
obliged to strike down whatever stood in
the way Of the successful prosecution Of it
Slavery stood in the way, and the President
struck it down 4 there o man here to.
day who wantS to see it live again? Is
there one who world have the President
shrink from carrying out that ProcaTa
ton? Is there man who does not wish
proper tg TO those mnn who are trying 10
uphold the cause of the Union in the Slave
States? Do not your prayers go up for
'hem continually? | know you wish them
success. Now, what | wish TO draw from
this is that this nation had o be horn
again. that those of us who never desired
to touch the institution of Slavery in the
Slave States, but only to prevent its exten.
sion into fee territory, were not moving in
the path Of Gods providence, and this war
came upon US in order that this people
might be born again, and that the " hole
nation might be firmly established upon the
basis of Free Labor
The inspiration draw from these and kindred
statements differs in 'ature from that which
they seem to afford TO Others. Most Unionsts
cherish more sanguine views than have usual
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solute triumph. Are we not Twenty MiIlious2'
they Indignantly ak; Have We not vastly more
mechanical capacity, more Of everything that
contributes 10 Military success, than til Rebels
have7 then how eau we fail7' No rrieudsr
would answer if they would hear me, you arc
grievously mistaken. You count the Copper.
heads of the Free States on the side of the
Union; count them on that OF the Rebellion,
and therefore insist that there is 40 such dispari
ty Of force as you intma:e--that the odds at
the outset were decidedly against US, For e7ery
hearty rebel was a fighting rebel-he was
ready to render up his life iu defense of Slave
holding Treason. On the other hand, we have
millions OF protesting Unionists who are vocally
Jealous in the cause, but can't bear TO pay
high taxes. nor high prices for goods not tc
submit to conscription. nor anything else thai
imposes burdens aud demands sacrifices.
want Peace as much as any man can; but not
mainly because taxes are very heavy, trade doll
profits light and coal eleven dollars per tun.-
And when hear that Saratoga is crowded an
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