The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-02-23


iva Wisdom llle uoe presdcni, speaking q
tho people on taking tho oath OF etiicc, IN
aside every question that divided the conn
try. and gained right TO universal support
by planting himselt uu tho single idea o
Uhiea. That teijh hc declared 10 10 W.
broken and nepptual and hc announced
his Ueternihadoat fulfill the simple duty
of'taking- caro- that, tho Laws be faithfully
executed in all the States Seven days a
tr tho convention OF Confederate States
unanimously adopted u constitution Of their
uwnl Mtl the new government was a,Jt ori
ttively announced To be ioun'lcd on tho idea
that slavery Ia tho natural and normal con
dition OF lhc negro race. Tho issue wits
fna,lo NJ whether the great republic whs to
maintain its providential place IN th" his
tory ~ mankind ora rebellion iuuLdcd ON
nogto slavery gam recognition of iis priu.
ciplcs throughout The civilized worl l. To
the disilfeclod Lincoln hal shil " You cm,
have no conici without being Yourselves
tile aggressofs' 70 fro the passions of
tho southern ndtim of The people, the
Confederate Government chose 10 become
tho asgress0le and on the morning of tho
18th of Fpril began tho boinbudncut oi
Fort Sumter, and compelled lis evacuation.
urRfsvd Nv rms rRorig.
II Il ftc tlorv af the li,e President that he had
iutFott lHith IN Tho perpetuity Of the Unnn. Sup
ysrted in advance by Douglas, who spoke rs with
the voh,e uf million he Instantly called meeting
Of Congress, and summoned the people tn come ul'
and rcpossess the forts. places and property which
had bscn scixci from tie Unihn. The n'u of the
North wets lrtned IN schools industrious and
frugal many nt them delicHely bred thOir minds
t,emiug with ideas aud foItile in plans Of enter
prise given tn the culture VI the Rrts eager In
tho pursuit uf wealth, yet employing wealth less
for o,tentatinn than for developing the resources
OF their country seeking happiness IN the caliu OF
domestic life and such loyurs ol peace that for
generations they had been rcputcd unwarlike.
Now, at the cry OF their country IN its distress,
they rVso NJ with upappeasablo patriulisin, not
hircugs tlfe purest AMI Of tho best bhod IN the
land sons of pir,is ancestry, with a clear .INr
eeption OF duty, uueOudcd faith aud fixed rcsulvc
q sueoeedi they tlirongcd round the President, IN
support the wrongcd, tho beautiful flag of the nd-
tim. The balls Of theological semiparies scpt
forth tllrir young mcn, whose lips were touched
with cloQhcncc, whore hearts kiudlcd with dtvo-
ton, to serve IN the ranks, and mnkc their way Ia
command only us they learned the art of war.
Striplngs in the colleges. ns well the most gcutu
an the most studiuus those of sweetest temper
aud lovlicst chnrdcter nuh brightest gcnius passed
from their classes TO the camp. The uinbermrn
sprang f,rward rVm the Forests the mechanics
from their benches, where they had been trlncd
hy the exercise of political rights tn share tho life
and hope Of The Republir,to to feel thcr responsible
ity To- their forcfathers, their postoiity and man
kind, went forth, resolved thrt their dignity a
constituent part of this republic should not be i'm
paired, Farmers aud sons or farmers left the
land but halt plnwod, the grain but half planted,
aud, taking up the muskci learned to face without
fear he presence of peril, and the coming Of death
IN tho shncks OF war While their hearts were still
attracted to the charms of their rutl life, aud nl
thu tcuder affections Uf homo. Whatever there
was of tr,,ih aud faith and public lOYc ia the cum.
IA, hnari lr,Ep with A. The
mighty winds blew rrpm every quillcr To tan the
flame Of tie sacred and unqucnchOble lire.
rnE Wan WORLD WINK wan
For a tin, the war was thought 10 be confined
4, ont own domestic affairs but Il was sobu seen
that IL ntolvcd tho doslinics of mankind, aud its
principles and causes shook tho politics of Europe
10 the unntcr aud from Lisbon to Pvkm divided tho
Gorcrpmcnts Of the world.
CHEAT pmTAiS,
There was n Kingdom whose people had M az
eminent degree attained 10 freedom nf industry and
the security Uf person and property. Its middle
class rose to greatness. Out of that class sirung
the noblest pots aud philosophers, wiuso words
bsllt up the ntolpo, of it's people skilllul nayi-
gators to fad out the many paths of the oceans
diScovcrrrs IN natural science, whose inventions
guided It's industry tn wealth, I'LL il Cqnuled any
nation Of the world In louers, aud cXcciOd all IN
trade and commerce. But ils Government was be-
cam1 goverument of land, and not of mani every
blade of grass was represented, but My small
minority uf the people. In the Transition from the
feudal forms, the heads Of the sueinl organization
freed themselves from tho military services which
were tho conditions pf their ter,Yc, and, throwing
tho burden on tho industrial classes, kept all the
sell To themselves, Vast estates that had been
mlnagod by monastcrics as endowmcnts fir rcli-
giun an1 charity, weru inpWrrittcd o. swell the
wealth Of courters and htvoritcs; and the com
mons, where the poor man once had his right ol
pasture, were taken away, and, undor forms nt law
inclosed dstributively within their own domains
Although M law forbade any inhabitam from pur-
chasing land, the costlncss Of the transfer consti
tutnd n prohibition; 80 that Il wasa rule of thai
country that the plow should not be IN the hands o
Hs owner, The church WAS rested on n contra
dcliun, claiming 20 bo an embodiment OF absolute
truth AMI yet il was creature Of the statute book
HER SENTIMENTS.
The progress Of time increased the terrible con
trlst between wealth aud poverty in their year,
of strength, The laboring people cut oil trun al
h,rc m governing the State, derived u seapil
support iron, the scvores toll, and had hope To
old age but in public charity OF death. crasptnG
ambition had dotted the world with military post
kept watch over our borders on the northeast, a
the Bormudas, IN the West Indies, held tho gatcl
o( the Pacific, at the Southern and of the lndial
Ocean, hayered on our northwest at Vancouver
held the whole uf the newest continent, and the en-
trance To the old Mediterranean aud Red Sea ans
garrsOnod forts all the way from Madras to China
That RriStocracy had gIzed with tcrrr on The
grown OF a commonwealth Mnclc lltVlNliS NNsSlc'
by the million, and religion was not in bondage 4
the State aud now they could not roptess thci
iny at its perilS, They had not ono word OF sym
pathy fnr the kind ,ar.ad pour mans sou whor
Am riea hae chosen for hur chief they leered a
his large han ls, and long feot and uugaialy stat
nrc and the British Secretary pt State for Forcig
A0dirs, made haste TO send word through the ral
aces o. Europe that the great republic was IN II
agony, that the great republic was no n,nrc, that
headstonc was all that remained duo by tho law {
nations to "the late Uninn." Btu, is written "Ly
the dead bury thuir dead " they may not hurY th
living. let the dead bury their dead let bill ,
tdlnrIn remove tho worn out government or class
sud hfuse new life into the British Constitution b
cont ling rightfol power to the people
nER roiIcY.
but while the vitality of America Is iudestrnc
bic, the British Government hurried To do wha
never before had been done by Christian powcr'
sud was in dipcct eonhct with its own cNpnsilio
ot public law Ia the tine of our struggle tor indie
trndence, Though the insurgelt states had not
ship Ia an npen harbor, Il invested theta with a
r,e rights ~ y bclligannt even ON the ocoani an
This, too, when the rebellion was not only drcole
against the gentlest and most brnstceUt Ghverr
inent on carth without n shadow Of jusu6abl
cause, but when tho rebellion was diroct5d again'
human nature itself fh the perpetual enslavcmer
Il race. And the Ctfsci Of this recognition wa
that acts in themselves piratcal foUnd shelter /
British Courts uf law. Tho resources M Rtitis
capitalists their workshops, their ~ murcs, the
private arsenAls their shipyards, were IN leagu
with tl,e insurgents, ami every Briiieh harbnr
the wide world became a safe por,tnr British ship
manned by British sailors aud arlued with Bnus
guns to prey on our peaceful commerce. even ,
our ships coming faim British ports freightcl Nil
British products, or that had carried gifts of grs
~ the Eavlsh poor. The Primo Minister il, Il
House Of Commons, sustained hy cheers, scollVd
Ahe thought that their laws evuld be amended
eur request, so as 10 preserve re al neutrality a.
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