Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-05-06

More sopriss, than revslstion Of th'
capacity. moral aud military, of tie bbei
race. II is revelation indeed NJ
people were ever less ondsrsicod By thcs
most familiar With them. They are sell
70 be lazy. lying. inp7dsnf. and covssdl
wfesches. driven BY the whip alone to ib
tasks needful TO their own support and th.
functions OF civilization. They vers ssid
20 be dsngerons, blood.hursiy, liable 20
insurrection; bui -four years Of fomal'ooos
distress and war hare rolled seross 'ne
area Inhabited hy then, and have ye'
70 hear Of one authentic instance OF ihe
m{seondpct of . coIorsd man. They have
beeu pstiepf. and gentle, and docile. and
folI Of fsith sod hope and pieiy; and. when
: summoned 70 freedom. they have emerged
With all the signs aud tokens that freedom
will be 10 them what Il was 10 us--ths
swaddling- band that shah bring them to
manhood. And sfter The Government,
honoring them as men, summoned them to
the field, when once they we're disciplined,
and had learned the arts OF war, they have
proved themselves to be not second TO their
white brethren in arms. Aud when the
roll OF men that have shed their blood 10
called 10 the other lsId. many and many
q dusky face will rise, dark no more when
the light Of eternal glory shall shiLe upeu
u from the throne Of Godi suuxa
5. TIE Industry Of the Southern States
is regenerated. and now rests upon . basis
that never fails to bring prosperity. Just
row iodustry is collapsed; but IL IL no,
dead II sleepeth. II, is vital yet. j,
viii spring like mown grass from The roots
that Ieed but showers. and heat and time.
to bring them forth. Though fn many dis
tricts not generation will see wanton
wastes OF self invoked gar repaired, and
msny portions may lapse again 10 wilder
ness; yet, in on, lie Time we shll see states.
ns q whole. raised 10 prosperity, vital,
wholesome. and immovsble. .
'6, The destruction OF class interests.
working With . religion which tends toward
tue democracy, in proportion as 1t 10 pure
ana free, will create q new era OF proc.
.perity for the common laboriug people OF
the South. Upon them have CONS the
labor, the toll, and the loss Of this war
They have fought blindfolded. They have
fought for class that sought their degra.
dhtion, while they we're made to believe
that 1t was for their own homes and aliars
fheir leaders meant . supremacy which
would not long have left them political
lroerty, save 10 name. But their leaders
are swept away. The sword has been
hungry for the ruling clases. It has
sought them out with remorscless zeal.
New men are 10 rise up; ney ideas are to
bud and blossom; and there will be men
wisd difernt ambition and altered policy.
-. Meanwhile. the South, no longer o
land Of plantations, bat offsrms; no longer
titled by slaves. but by freedmen. will
find no hndranee to the spread OF educs.
ton. Schools will multiply. Books and |
papers will spread. Churches will bless
every hamlet. There Ia q good day
coming for the Sou,h. Through arkness,
and tears. and blood, she has sought it.-l
1t has been an unconscious ria doloyosa -
Bot in the end it will be worth all il has
cost. Her institutions before we're deadly
She nourished death in her bosom. The
greater her secular prosperity, the more
sure was her ruin, Every year of delay
bat made the change more terrible. Nov,
~ an earthquake, the evil Is shaken down.
Ard her own historians, ia q better day.
snail write. that. from the dsy the sword Gu,
on the cancer. she began to end her health.
What. then, shall hinder the rebuilding |
Of this republic7 The evil spirit is cast
out; Why should nos this nation cease TO
wauder among tombs. cutting i,selfi Why
should i not become clothed. 4 10 its righ,
mind. to sis AZ the feet of Jesus? Is i,
feared that the Government will cypress
the conquered states? Wha. possible
motive has the Government TO narrow the
base Of that pyramid on which its ewn
psrmanencs depeud3
Is it feared that the rights Of states
will be Withheld? The South is not ore
Jealous OF state rights than the North I
State rights from the earliest colonial days I
nave been the peculiar pride and jealousy q
OF New England. In every stage Of ma
tional formation. ii was peculiarly Northern I
and not Southern statesmen, that guarded
stste rights as We were forming the Consti. b
tuition. But once united, the loyal states 8
gave mp for ever that which had been de. 6
legsted to tho Nationsl Government. -
And now, in the hour Of victory, the loyal :
ssstea do sot mean to trench upon South. .
ern state rights. They viii not do il, or
suEer i TO be done. There is not 10 be 9
jig tuio luS suiSu leutuNees ana epOtney Ior
low. We take nothing from the Southern ,
States that has not already been tHkea
from the Northern. The South shall have
just those rights that every Eastern. every
Middle. every Western State has--no more
no less. -. -; o...,.
We are not seeking our own sggrspdize
meni BY inpovershing the South. Its pros.
pesitys Sac. indispensable slement OF our
own. We havs shown, by ell that we
have suffered in var. how great is our es.i.
maie OF the southern states Of this Union:
ae1we will measure ths. sstimste, now. in
peace. BY sill greater exerlions for their
rebuilding
rWill .rsaeesipg men oot perceive, then,
the Eisdom of accepting established facts,
asd. with alacrity OF enterprise, begin 10
resness.i ihs psssi sgog
Slavery cannot come back. Il is The In
tsrest. therefore. Of every man to hasten lis
cod, Do you sant more ssri Are you
not yet weary Of conissti VIII you gath. |
efup the unsxploded fragments OF lhis
psodlgionl msgssias Of all mischief, sEd |
heap them up for continued expIoaiossf-
Does cot the South need pescef And.