Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-03-17

y DostOo ANS"o-ASSkSSty VI ~'S"
: Courant," "Latest News" from Europe
, of year old, was fresh and interesting
but how changed is the world since then
how rapid has been the march of improve
s ment during the past century! Wha
e would the old fogies of those days hav
, said to vision Of one Of our mammotl
steamers putting into Boston harbor will
, news from all parts of Europe less thai
t ten days old; and of said news reaching
New Orleans the same day-in fact, {
couple of hours before the very men VIII
, transmitted it had received it! l shoult
like to have seen q Mrs Partington, o
|. those times, coming such piece of intel
ligence. But news at this day, is-well
is literally, "nowhar." Everybody knows
everything, and l should not be surprised
to see President elected, one Of these
days, on the "Titmouse" pledge, to give
everybody everything" Lightning and
steam have rendered US almost Ubiquitous
and the whole world is bu. great " con
solidation," with condensed spots here and
there, like London and Paris, Philadelphia
and New York-a great living body, with
its nerves, and arteries, and sinews, traver.
sing the whole-beating with single
pulse, responding to the same sensation.
We live almost in the midst of the do.
ings of the other hemisherc, and the advo-
cate Of peace, here, mourns over the
battle fields of the Danube, before the
smoke has cleared from its plains, or the
autocrat broken the seals of his dispatches.
A great age, this What shame that it
should be marred with such pack Of
"doughfaces' as our country has to blush
for. wide, the Nebraska vote.) What
dreadful crime has civilization in its giant
march, committed, that its progress must
be checked, BY lashing to its back the de-
caying corpse of barbarous monster
That just as we had hoped the plague-spot
was at last confined to the limits of the
lazar-housc, it breaks forth in worse and
more insidious form, threatening to infect
an untainted portion of our fair land, and
the abominable system finds advocates
among Christian men, beeause-becausc
the Constitution does not forbid IL! That
is about the ground. The spirit is exor-
cised out of the Constitution, and the letter
is barely left. The Consultation did not
forbid the transportation Of the hair Drained
O'Brien, or the recreant Mitchell and their
companions; but our better nature, recog-
nizing human rights, deprecated the system,
that ,,ade tbom rcbcl,, aud our symputhics
followed them and polaieians-those auc-
tioneers of the Forum, who knock down
their honor to the highest bidder-used
their names as standing texts and shed
tears over their wrongs-for Lishmen hare
cotes. So did our sympathies follow the
betrayed Magyar, and the besieged Roman;
and so did substantial aid The prayers
of the Church, and the money of the
Church, go forth to aid in converting the
idolatrous heather, and men are not want
ing to devote their lives to carry on the
work but human rights, and the value of
the immortal soul, are both forgotten in
the case Of the poor slave, and an immense
part of our fair land sought to be thrown
open to the spread of q curse, which would
stain with disgrace, darker crest than
ours. ......
And all this under shadow of the Con-
stitution We are in the habit of estima-
ting its blessings very highly, and truly
they are grea..;; bu. We have never ealcu-
lated what an estimable one !. must be to
the man, who uses it as a screen to hide
the blush that conscience sends to his
cheek, as, boasting of his own rights, he
gives his voice to extend the opportunities
and privileges Of oppression, and stamp a
deeper stain upon our land.
Excuse me, sir; did not sit down to
give you my opinions on Slavery; but who
IAN help running over a little, when he
effects on the unmanly huckstering of
awning politicians, as they bend the knee
o southern aggression and popish arro-
,ance, for
"Your votes, good friends"
And now that I have, from the bes.
'ossible humcr, got myself into fuming
age, 1 shall cut short and take time to
ool off; besides, it is late Lamps are
ighted, and workmen released from daily
oil, are scattering suburb-ward; my hour
5 also come, and l long to be away to my
ONE, where quick little ears are listening
Or omnibus wheels and bright eyes, and
owing hearts, and open arms-throats too,
waiting to receive your
Humble correspondent, S. H. +.
emma Democratic State Convention. :
This body convened according to call I
full delegation present. Hon. Peter c. q
hannon Of Pittsburg was President, Mr..
Iilbish of Union one of the Vice Presid- l