The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-28
(For the Ash land Unioh,)
CYPRESS NOEyTHE STRANGER

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LAND, ye shall not vex him."
gnt the stranger that dwelIeth with you
shall be unto you as one born ~ amongst you,
and thou shalt love him as myself for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt.
This injuction was given to the de-
scendents of Abraham; under peculiar
circumstances. They had recently been
emancipated from BgyptianzserFitude,
where they had groaned under the most
grievous expressions, more than four
hundred years. They were then about
to enter a country which promised much
happiness and prosperity land, en-
phatically +" flowing with milk and hon
ey." They were about to dispo ssess
the natives of their soil and homes,
their fresides, and all that end cared
them to the home of their birth.
Lest the " lust Of pride" and ambi-
tion should make them proud and impe-
rious, when they were once securely To-
cated among the vine-clad hills of Palis-
tine, it became necessary to remind them
that amid their un bounded prosperity
and onward march toward greatness and
power, they too, had once been stran-
gers in strange land, and that they on
ly had obtained this as q refuge from
slavery and oppression; and that when
their children had grown up, (who had
not eaten of the aleeks and onions in
Egypt,) they should " not vex the stran-
ger who might, through misfortune, be
led to seek al asylum among them" %
The analogy in our own country is
strikingly apparent. Only a few years
since the first inhabitants of this CONT
nent fed from cruel European misrule,
seeking q home amid the solitudes of
the Wilderness-among the widespread
ing oaks and mountain fastnesses-where
they hoped to escape the lash Of task
masters, and after n few weary years of
toll, lay their care-worn bodies down in
peace to rest quietly in a land of free
men, Right cheerfully did they invite
all that saw proper to emigrate to. this
new and strange land, with warm hearts
and hospitable hearths1 they welcomed
them beneath their roofs, and bid them
God-speed on their journey in search of
a new home. 80 80 .siy agsi
Alas things are not now as they
once were. Like the proud Jew, we
are determined to Yex the stranger
The great brotherhood is about to de-
part with the things that were. Purse
proud, aristocratic, arrogant and intol-
lerant, a certain class of Americans, like
a prominent character mentioned in
scripture history, exclaim, stand thou
there, I am more holy than thou art"-
touch me not, least L become defled.
TAmericans must rule Americans" =
Foreigners must be disfranchised-they
must not hold office. Yet, with peeled
Observation-Disclosures must put
their neck under the yoke and help pay
and support the burthens of govern
| ment
Vile shypocrites, demagogues, knayesi
| talk not to me of southern slavery, while
you would grind the white stranger to
the dust. Proud American /! Free
Americanl Libertyloving American
" YOU shall be unto the stranger as one
born amongst you" zsa 81 81.
Demayosues sn,nt bv the hour, about
nolit;caI re@I;o;aus and civil priyi-
ioaos-.bont Erro.ean desnotism-tbe
90, roddon and taxsuroundi millions.
Vet tire moment thew propose to seek
. home bevond the western main. these.
brass.Iunged natriota. uhigh.faIutin y
a%rators stand aohast. and declaim about
q eontaaion.p % eastern uaupers,n and
the liksi .&laaal aa ,.
bo .a;5 that The foreign
bon,Ia,io1 Of our country have eyer
.hawn w.nt Of dnvo.;on, 10 onr ~inst;tu.
t;ors in tbe bonr 7ofzneriI when red.
ad,ba gar With all ;ts horrors grin.
nd . sbastI y- mile for more victims to
h. ~immolated to -s.t;.ts its borrid laws.
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