The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-03-30

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but to be red9y1tol aid and seroe him an Its
preservation to himself We are not to alien
ats from hine his 1cife OF. servants, or Jorce
aaoay osslet loose has cattle, but eradedUor to
Keep them attached to him, that they may con-
tinue to be ser0fceaJlc 10 him. I" IF we had
such advocates of law, order. and justice, in
our country now, cur political atmosphere
wonld soon be purified of its noxious vapors
It appears to me, that our sires, when they n aie
the articles Of Confederation, incorporating
the rendition of fugitives, must have been
governed by this law. or by Lnther,s posi-
tIon of it. When q more perfect bond OF
Union was formed to establish justice and to
insure dom este tranquility, the rendition of
fugitives, was transferred to The Constitution
of the United States, as follows: ssNo person
held to service or labor in one State, under
the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall,
in consequence of any law or regulation
therein be discharged from such service or Ia
Dor, but shall be delivered up on-claim of the
party to whom such service or labor may be
due.'h Now, Mr.. Bal.zly claims to be loyal
to God, and to our government of law, and
yet he denounces "slave-catching, which is le-
galized by the Fugitive Slave law" He also
says that "slavery is a great evil, aud our an
cestors made great mistake when they incor-
porated it into our national Constitution."-
His assertion does not prove it to be a real
evI ]; and does he insinuate that God made q
mistake in the tenth law of his moral govern
ment; which recognizes that kind of proper
ty, and which holds every man respoDsibl for
the violation thereof Consistency is q rare
jewel among Abolition fanatics Such loyal
and not in deeds. Is Mr.. Baltzly "a servant of
God or of Abraham Lincoln !? Paul says
"H;s servants ye are to whom ye obey, wheth
er of sin unto death, or of obedience unto
righteousness" The word doulos, which is
translated servant, properly signifies sldUe /;
and slave among the Greeks and Romons
was considered as his masters properly and
he might dispose of him as he pleased. Mr..
Balztly says, "the OF deatloi here does not re-
fer to a specific kind of slavery, and yet en-
braces all kinds" God demands of all his
servants, the free and candid exercise of all
the capabilities of their bodies, minds, and
souls, in His. service. Abraham Lincoln
assumes the same prerogativc, and will not be
satisfied with any less service from the Amer
ican people. Southern planter only do
mands tho bodily service of his servants and
leaves their moral and mental faculties free to
serve God according to their convictions. God
does not demand ssinvoluntary servitude;;"
Abraham Lincoln does He does not ask the
consent of the people, whom he has enslayed,
he compells their seryice-imposes intolerable
burdens upon them, and threatens them with
confscation, Imprisonment, and death, and
the loss of all their civil rights, if they refuse
to obey his mandates. He has separated hus-
bands and wives, parents and children, broth
ers and sisters, by the operations of his assum-
ed war power, and he has exposed them to un-
told sufferings and hardships, and effected an
eternal separation among the foregoing. He
has exiled some, imprisoned others, and gave
authority to shoot and hang all who refused to
yield involuntary servitude to his oppressive
and unrighteous demands, and bis supporters
are fora ssvighteous prosecution" of such dia,
bol;cal work, and they will make every effort
to continue him in Office four years longer to
complete their carnival of human degradation
and misery Does Mr.. Baltsly say anything
against these fragrant outrages and wrongs?
Is not his "tongue silent as the grave 7" Can
he .squietly look on and be neutral, and yet be
innocent? Does not that very neutrality give
taid and comfort to error 2" He says, sit
seems so tome" Then, he condemns his own
course AS he has taken such an active part
in the "vigorous prosecution" of this herrid
war, does he ssnot feel the warm blood of
thousands upon has head, writing
Ic7taboa upon his visage in its trickling flow
along las furrowed cheeks ?" / suppose from
his admission, that TIE glory of our land has
departed, and that his own glory. is fading.
MIR. Baltzly is at fault in history He says
that the children of Israel "were led away to
Egypt's dark land as captives, and were put
and kept under the heavy yoke of involuntary
He must have known that about
twenty years after the abduction of Joseph,
the patriarch Jacob QsraeD and his family,
voluntary went to his son Joseph in Egypt,
who was then high in honor and power The
Israclites lived In Egypt, not as slaves, l29
years before they were prosecuted, which COM
menced under the ;eign of Rameses Miamun.
1877 years before Christ. From this time to
1909, b. G. being period of 36 years, they
were subject to the cruelties of Egyptian op-
preston. Forty years previous fo their exc
dus from Egypt, Noses was born, and become
the adopted child of Pharaohs daughter. This
Princess had him well educated, expecting to
confer upon him the Royal honors of her
house and the wealth Of Egypt. This would
have given him the power to dissolve the bonds
of his countrymen, and to elevate them to
equal pri, ileges with the Egyptians. He re-
fused the proffcred boon and resisted the tempt
alton. And why? Because God forbid the
of the distinction which He had
created among the races He saw their dan
ger, and to avert it, he wisely and benevolent
" ordered their removal to their ancient home,
where they would be beyond the possibility of
with another race. They lost
nothing by their residence In Egypt, Dur
ing their sojourn there, other tribes occupied
their inheritance, but when they returned to
it, they found it in a high state of cultivation.
Apply this to the degraded African race. To
save them from cruel death in their own
land, they were bought and conveyed to a
Christian land, and sold to Christian men, who
cared for their temporal and spiritual comfort.
In state of involuntary servitude, they would
not exchange their condition for what it was
in Africa, and am we'll assured that if they
were left to their choice between freedom in
the North and involuntary servitude in the
South, they would choose the latter. My
heart is panied at the sufferings of those un-
fortunate 'cou trabands of war, oecasioned by
Abolition fanatics, who have forced them from
comfortable homes, and the kind ministrations
Of their master and mistress. There they
were wellfed and well clothed /; now, they suf
fer hunger and cold, and are exposed, not on