The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-08-17


curse, instead of imagined blessing, on
both races, black and white. This is not
pro-slavery doctrine, but it is philanthro-
py and true political economy. The mil
lions Of graves of miserable, starved,
frozen, worn-out wretches, who will crawl
into the ground from the debasement of
this sudden "freedom " which Mr.. Lin
coin insists in loading them down, will be
the lasting memorials of the sin of his
party, and in the Judgment the dead no
groes by myriads will rise up TO condemn
him and the false prophets and priests Of
the radical religion. Freedom to him
who is unprepared for it is load Of
chains. The Southern slaves are more
free to-day, have more liberty, enjoy more
of actual practical freedom by four fold
than they would if the abolition scheme
was accomplished.
"But do you desire to perpetuate slav-
eryp BY no manner of means. The
radical slanderers Of the political school
have been in the habit of calling every
one pro-slayery man who is opposed to
the abolition schemes.
The wisest and best men in the mod
ern world have desired TO see plan by
which the system Of slavery might be
annihilated, and made more like system
of free labor. We have labored for ma
ny years with those men. If God please
we will resume those labors after this
mad club Of abolitionists has abandoned
its folly, because its managers are con-
vinced of the utter futility of their efforts
to benefit the black man BY sudden
emancipation. For we venture the proph-
ecy that this war will come to an end at
last in the increased oppression of the
black race in this land. We have been
content to remain silent while ethusiasts
rejoiced over the death of slavery" and
declared it already accomplished. 1t is
useless to argue with such men. But il
as plain as the revelation of the sun that
the black man is destined to worse slav-
cry, worse oppression for a quarter of
century to come, than has been known
in America, and that slavery, so far from
being dead, has been re-invigorated and
strengthened by the work of abolition
lists. IL is hard prophecy. But it will
be. Even if we overrun and conquer tho
South, and "free" every slave, the very
result accomplished will make him a
worse slave in years 10 come.
The old Union was good enough for
US, slavery in the Southern States not
withstanding. We would accept peace
to-day on terms Of that old Union. We
would give considerable portion Of our
present goods and chattles, would yield
much of our prejudicies, would forego
many of our pre.conceived ideas, to Sc
cure just that old Union again.
The cry Of partisan politicians has
blinded the eyes of the people. The
"power of slavery" at which the radi-
Gals rail so loudly was no more wicked,
no more of curse than the power of an
ti-slavery. The latter has proved its pow
er by plunging us into this awful war for
the sake of gaining superiority over the
former. For these "powers are but
the hold which politicians have over 9TH
er people. There is no doubt that many
politicians rode into place and profit on
the anti-slavery power. The anti-slavery
horse is of no whittier color than the 9TH
or. The anti-slavery politicians, by their
wholesale plumber, have proved that they
are no purer than others. The whole cry
against the "slave power" has been de-
ception by which designing politicians
seek to conceal their own grasping char
acter. The Union was prosperous, its
laws we're beuefcent, the people were hap
py, and the slave-power was bought and
sold as a balance e-of-power party will al
ways be bought and sold. 1t could make
good bargains. Then the Northern Trai-
tors organized a Northern anti-slavery
balance-of-power-party, and traded on
that, buying and selling, and at length
the two powers had bid so high that tho
price was blood. The nation is paying it
in agony and shame.
Ii is time to come out Of the hands of
these soulless politicians. There are wise
mon in the South as we'll as in the North
who understand these truths. If the peo-
pie of the North will annul the political
trades and bargains with abolitionism by
which politicians now hold power here
and will have President on the princi-
pie OF the Constitution alone, there are
men enough in the South who remember
the old peace and glory to establish a
party there for the Union as it was. And
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