Address of Hon J M Ashley Before the Ohio Society of New York volume 1
Address of Hon J M Ashley Before the Ohio Society of New York volume 1
Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896
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Lincoln and before his inauguration, many men who had been active anti-slavery men quailed before the approach- ing storm, which their own brave appeals for liberty had aided in producing. They comprehended what civil war, with all its attendant horrors, meant to a civilized people, and shrank from its terrible consequences, and as the acts of their representatives proved, they were will- ing to do everything in their power to avoid it. These timid anti-slavery men were representatives of the w...ealth, the manufacturing industry, the com- merce, the peaceful farm -life of the North and West, and the best civilization of the age. They were for peace; they believed in an appeal to the 12 conscience and heart of the nation, at the ballot box, and in loyally submitting to the verdict when ren- dered. They never would have a]ipealed from the ballot box to the cartridge box. The great heart of the North was still and for a time held its breath while re-echoing with hope the sentiment of their beloved Quaker Poet, when-, just before tlie Rebelh'on, he uttered this sublime prayer: " Perish witli liiin tlie tliouglit, That seeks, tlirough evil, good ; Long live the generous purpose Unstained by human blood.
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