Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-03-09

ty ia The Union t"T MY years yei during The
9yeater part II thai period toe hQcc maaage3
10 control the destinieS The Union. Whether
on the battle field or IN the council, the sons IF
The South have taken the lead and the records
Of the nation afford ample testimony Of their
SUPERIOR energy and genats p Sir. DO not
complain of tins statement The former part
Of il is both candid and true. BIT canu,,
listen 10 the recital without feeling the burn.
ing blush on my ccuntennuce- ttai the North.
with her oyershadowing millions Of freemen.
has for half century been tame and sergiIe
enough to submit to this arrogant rule.
The South imprlsons northern freemen Hhen
found within her borders, if they happen to be
guilty Of dark skin, and carry It I" between
the wind and their nobility" And When
sovereign State sends learned and venerable
agent to test the legality of such Imprisonment,
before their own tribunals he is driven with
yiol ence and indgnity from their shores Mas
sachuseits has suffered, and, trust, remember,
the insult.
How often have these walls been proianc3
and the North insuIted by the iiisoIent threat
that if Congress legslates against the Southern
will, il should be disregaIded, resisted 10 e.,
trenity, and the Union destroyed During the
present session we have been more than once
told, amidst raving excitement, that if we dared
TO Iegislate in a certain way, the South would
teach the North a lesson That their minds
were made up to extreme resistance Is this
the place 20 use threats instead of argumentsl
Are the Representatives of freemen to be thus
treated! True, you are not wholly without
iustihcation in the belief that it will be efec.
:ual. You have too often intmdated Congress.
You have more than once frightened the tame
North from its propriety, and found dough-
faces" enough TO be your tools And when
you lacked a given number, ! take no pride In
saying you were sure to find them in old Penn
sylvania, who, in former years, has ranked
portion of her delegation among your most sub
missivc slaves. But | hope. with some fears,
that the race OF doughfaces is extinct. do
not see how it could be we'll otherwise They
were all unmanly, an unvirll race, incapable,
according to the laws Of nature, of reproduction.
hope they have left no descendants. The old
ones are deep in political graves. For them
am sure there is no resurrection, for they were
soulless. Now, when the whole civilized world
unites in denouncing slavery as curse. a
shame and crime, trust that when the great
battle between liberty and slavery comes TO be
fought on this floor, there will be none found
hiding among the stuff, no fraudulent conceal
ments, not one accused Achan in this whole
camp Of the Representatives of freemen
The eloquent gentleman from Virginia Dir.
SELDEN, the other day. in his beautiful perura-
, ton, personated the great States of Virginia
Kentucky. and Louisiana, and 10 their name
apostrophized the good, and | will add. the
great man who now occupies the executive
chair; and in their name besought him as he
loved the place of his birth, the place of his
nurture, and the place OF his residence, not to
I forsake his southern brelhl en- in this emergen-
cy, but to stand by them in defence of human
bondage How much more effective, enduring,
and hallowed would that eloquence have been,
mad the orators lips been touched with z coal
from the Altar of Freedom Then could be
have gone with friendly anxiety TO that noble,
benevolent, and heroic man, and admonished
him, that although he had gathered all the
earthly laurels that can be reaped by the sickle
( of death, yet if he would have his name descend
TO posterity with increasing lustre, he must, by
one great, gust, and patriotic example, wipe
out the only spot that obscured the sun Of his
glory. He might with propriety have taken
with bun the learned gentleman from Alabama,
Mr. HILLIARD, and together have pointed
him to that solemn hour, which TO him, and 10
all of US who are treading the down-hill OF life,
must soon arrive, when the visions of ambition
and Of earthly wealth she'll have passed from
before his eyes, and lett him nothing but a gap
ing grave, and an eternal judgement
The accomplished gentleman from Alabama,
Rev. MIR. HILIARp,I might with pecullsrpro-
priety, do what, with pFotane lips dare not, go
10 his illustrious friend, and with fervid plety
aud elOquence more thrilling than that which
made Felix trembIe, impiore him by love
deeper thnn that Of birthplace, of nurture, and
OF resldence-by the love OF his own Immortal
scu to be warned in time by the awful. the
inexorable doom" Accused is the man-stea
er." He might, perhaps, have pointed 10 lie
gloomy journey that leads through the daIs
shadow, and shown him how iaeffably brighter
are the glories of that Kingdom where all are
free. Perchance, too, he would have noticed
the througing thousands travelling to that same
dread tribunal. summoned tn give evidence Of
deeds done in the body some of them were
bondsmen and slaveson earth, but whose dlsem-
bod led spirits then Giscnthralled, erect, tall
rs the proudest OF earth's oppressors; and ask
ing him TO inquire of his own conscience, who
was most likely TO meet hearty welcome there
he, whose cause was advocated by the sup
picating voices of thousands with whom he
! had dealt Justly on earth, and made free indeed
! or he whose admission should be witfstood BY
! myriads of crushed and acerateG souls, show
/ ing their chains, their stripes, and their wounds
! to their Father, and TO his Father to their God
j and to his Judge.