The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-02-04

" ,uld lift up a sacrilegious hand agsipst e..
4 ther; if to read that in the past, to behCId -
in tho present, TO foressc it in the future Il
! this lard, which is of more value to rs and To-
/ the word for ages to come than all the mnltl-
piled millions who have inhabited a Africa fEp,at
the creation TO this day lR this s to be pro-
F, slavery, then in every nerve, fbef, vein, bone.
! tendon, joint, land ,lgamcnt, from the fopmosE
ha'r Of tho head to the last extremity Of The
foot am all over rnd altogether . proa5lts
nry man - = -
And ,si.r T ss.erts de esses-sa1 -e0n-
trolling question within which the Nhgle innliss
of union or disunion is bound mp /; is thers
san, irrepressble conflict between the sIeEe.
| helding and non-slaye ehulding St1tesl M1sfs
/ sthe cotton and rice fields Of sonth CaroIina
and the sugar plantations Of Lonisiaun.1 ~
| the language IF Mr.. Seward, abe ultimSfsI9
/ titled By free labor, and Charleston and NcH
Orleans become narts for legitimate nerehan-
disc one, or else the rae fields and Nhess
6elds of Massachusetts and NeR York nf1in
be surrendered by their farmers to aIava clls
ture aud the production Of slaves, md Rostpn
and New York become once more markets Tor
| trade in the bodies and souls of men z, II ao,
| then there is an end Of all union and forever.
! You cannot abol sh slarery By the sword sill
less by proclamations, fhough the Presideaz
were to ssprncIaim every month. or uhf(
possible avail was bis proclamation Of SepteNs
alarmed And ret he has now fnlmi1ed an
other abulI ngainst tho comot -5rafen, q.
mn-and, threatening seryile insur1ectioe
with all its horrors, has yet eoolly appealed to
the judgment of mankind, and invoked tbs
blessing of the God of peace and love Bus
declaring it military necessity, ap essenti4l
measure Of war to subdue the rebels, ~, WITH
admirable wisdom, he expressly exempt. ffom
its operation the only States and pa.ss ~
States in the South Hhere he has the miIilslI
power to execute it. :
Neither, sir, can Jon pbolish slavely b1 -
gument. Asv well attempt to abolish m1rriaEo
or the relation of paternity. FheBouth 3 =
solved to maintain it at every hazlrd end 81
every sacri6ee; and IL ssthis Union eennot sls
/ durc part slave and part free, then q i -
ready and finally dissolved. Talk pot e ~
ri, trampled under the feet OF your scIdisf1
As well talk to me Of Ireland air, sie isl
tiny Of those States must abide the is1H1 e4
.he war But Kentucky you may ipa loef
er. And Maryland
..E.sn in her ashes i've thsir nonis6 fiut.s
Nor win Delaware be found wanting II To 80
of trial. a $
But / deny the doctrine. Il Il fnl1 e a.
union and civil war. tits disunion tsslk-e
Whoever first taught it ought to be dealt NTH
as not only hostile to the Union, but m cnen,1
Of the human race Sir, the fun1amenialj -
Of the Geastitatiea Is sAo perfect and 1lefn1l
compatibility Of a union Of States sspart slave
and part free; (" else the Constitution neges
would have been framed, nor the Union mn
founded and seventy years Of successful e1.
perimept have upprv-sd- the Misdom ct the
plan IN my deliberate Judgemenf, coeleaE-
tieracy made up OF ayeholdIng and non slr4ee
bo1d;r,, Cfatos a ~ fEsrnrrn fIIK
strongest OF all popular governments Alneaas.
slavery has been, and is, eminentiJ ecpsey!E
tive. 1t makes the absolute pelitleat eauahEE
of the white race everywhere, praetieahie. y
dispepses with the English order of nobillly
and leaves every white man, North ard South,
owning slayes or OWNING none. the etiildl 81
every other white man. Tt has reconcilcfI uii-
yersal suffrage throughout the free States viii =
+ the stabilize IF oovernu.nt I sneat. MOI f,1Sv
af ;fs r;,atey;sI fsnef;ts - ~, NersI, .nd S
which ors =, ,,ors v;ens Bnt a.
So,,b 10 r,ad ,.,s - ~ ) 49,;
IL ., - flIs: 1919 c.. It,,t.-ss ~
reIe ~
o.to q s;; =,
80. 10y fEe.s:,.s -.
vasts sSe has ,ss-ns5 - -..s;vsS fTc,. q
NJ, nae - ~
!. = .ssy' A.o y ~ 81
80 Tbs Enelss .f 81, s......,es sks
most co,,;o,,s e -,.ss - h;,,.-1ss. sa -.
Os. Sopious - mo.u1 On =: s- y,
Tsa 49, ~ !. - - .s;r.s..s...;ri.
;o,ss 49,. = .nd r.
Tbsrs = ~ oo,,c, :. ~, Roth sr;s fo9etk
a. - ns,tscr = E0 ~. SoT.b T -
ter md The slave, ths ub;ts labszer md the
blact vork fooeiher n, tl,e same ield o- fhn
same sbon and yv;,ho,t tbe sl;.htc.t ncnr. az
deoradatipn Tbev are not not ea,.ls. sither a.,
e,a1ly or nol;t;caiIy And yhT nsl. tHen. can,
not Ohio hasine, only free lahsor' i've 81 ~.
monv With Ksntner1 e. rb;eb hsxa hath siuVS
and free Above an vbv cSnnot l(,srashuk
setts allow tbs sama r;eEt ef choice. e eSufk
Carolina. senarated as thev srss : shon1and
miles. by other States Who vonld kesp th1
neace and live in oood will yEhv fiis ciVif
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