The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-04-12
AseyEEIEsS H.0eeKA HER E.
CanDI O. kIhNEGS
April -, l849-2 27-6m.

: H.AEtSsEIEss EOOkA HERE do
s. Ss'.nnisa 81 FIipNESS g,
a last and impiprinr aol AR Nles
Of all Mercies that he wa yH,g hoal ~ -
eternal blessings, the lanN @.o;, an
give US their deyotion-,gi9AAl AAliipGr p;.,l, - tbe
young enthusiast Of Paris, pe.tl' ~, tI,ns m
to Mirabeau in one of his surh n .llg ~ -,
dications of human rights. and NJ -. 80
fall from his stand dying, as Nm his
proclaimed, for the want of blood, =, aud
to the spot, and as he bent over then I
ring man, barred his arm for the Iafn,,r
and cried again and again, with inpassiohr
! ate yoice-'Here, take it--stake i-oh,
! take It from me; let me die, so that Mira
beau and the liberties Of my country NAV
! not perish! Give US something only of
such spirit as this--someihing only OF
/ such love Of country, and we are safe.
tereyer safe: the troubles which shadow
! over and oppress US now, viii pass away
/ as summer cloud. No measure OF unai
lOWable wrong, no measure 0funconauer-
disagreement, viii be pressed upon US
I here. The la5aI element OF all our dis
cord VIII be taken from amongst US. Let
gentlemen be entreated 10 remove it, IS
the one only and solitary obstacle to our
perfect peace. Let them be adjured By
the veal OF this and Of coming agos-by
our own and our chldcen's good-bv
all that we love or that we look for in the
| progress and the glories of cur land, to
leave the entire subject Of slavery, with
every accountability it NAV impose. every
remedy II may require, every accumula-
ton OF difficulty or Of pressure 1t may
reacf-to leave II ali to the interests. TO
| the wisdom, to the conscience, of these
upon whom the providence of God and
the Constitution of their country have
caSl Il. LeaFe It to them, R0I9 o52T for
eOer, and stop, whilst it is vet possible to
stop, the furious and blind headwav of
that wild and mad philanthropy, which is
lighting up for the Nation Itself the fires
OF the stake, and which is rushinc on
stride after stride, to an intestine strnrcle
that may bury rs all under harder. and
wlckeder, and more incurable slavery,
than any it would extinguisb.
Nothing but aggravation Of heart and of !
lot have been brought upon the poor slave
by the rash and ungvar9anted efforts which .
maze been pat forth 10 relieve him. Tbey /
nave broken down the footing he had i
reached, crushed the sympathies he had +
won embarrassed and accursed the fortunes
they were intended TO control. The gen
erous and eleVating influence of our free
was relaxing his bondage, BET
tering his condition, hfeng up his eharr,zs
ter, turning upon hipl=ss ;Fs a & and deser :
ana fhAa5 '4o75 81 pro"ident and public provi- c
ioil---Was changing, at all points, the as a
.ect OF his fate, when the spirit Of Aboli- :
political and fanatic, came from
.t;on to wrench hiIa from the. arms OF MS
,..lu true and only capable beneiactors' 10
thte-v him back again upon the eaflh' !
! thousand iOid--aare suspected, separate
md forlorn than ever: rlvetin5- upon hlm c
every Getter i would loosen, poisoning I
every blessing it worsd bes.sws and 50
filing ms whole case with elements of :
explosionssnd evil, thae the
heart shudders whilst ii weeps TO look - =
on ii. What are they who cherish asA
direct this spirit?-Frientls ofthe EaYe.@@s< @<
They are robbing him OF every yesage o :
liberty he has left. Friends Of hulnanitys
They are stalking il, ruthlessiy stalking II,
upon the issues Of massacre and conYui-
sion. Friends Of the country! Ihey
are rapidly becoming iroa homlcides, o1ea-
wing down its Constitution with ngTdsrous
arm, and tearing 1t limb from limb.
Should it ever happen, as the ra5a-t OF
any Interference and action here, that
some ingalgent ebulition Of the slave viii
break. out amongst US, that the blood ol' /
cur people will be made TO stream IN our
dwellings, and ooze up from the bosom OF
the soil that feeds, it viii cry aloud, like
that of Abel, for vengeance against the
brother's hand that shed II; and vengeance
would be had, though every drop that was
left should be poured outin one anguished /
aud diving effortto obtain it. Nothing bnt
Heaven could stop people 50 lashed up
to phrenzy by rage and suffering and
wrong, from sending back upon the fire.
sides and the fields Of the guilty that visi-
taton Of calamny and death which had
first been sent to desolate their own.
Spare, OH spare US the curse Of . broken
brotherhood-of ruined, ruined, ruined
country. Remember that there are no
groans Ike the groans Of expiring liberty
--na convrlsions Ike tha3s which her d.
ecok Eos.