Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-27

o qua ter of century ego down upon
thclr wrath" And as "S. Ii. f." and lis
afflicted community" are getting bctter,l
have no prescription to make. Howbeit,
IS. II. F." like many another insane pa
,ient, fancics himself the doctor, and
prescribes Lobelia to his disinterested
medical adviser. Such hallucinations are
very common with sick people; and for
tunately, very harmless.
On the Cuban question, l would say
With all seriousness, that IF cur govern
ment could purchase the island for fair
price, and if in the treaty of purchase,
there could be inserted judicious article
providing for the emancipation of all the
slaves, would have no objection to such
peaceful, lawful acquisition of the Island.
But are those who are now clemoring for
the acquisition of Cuba, friendly to the
cause of emancipation Do they not
rather wish to obtain the island in order
to prcrent emancipation Look at the
character of the leading Fillibusters, and
then judge. Read the late famous Mani
festo from Ostend, and then decide
Without doubt, slavery under Spanish
rule is as fatal to its victims as slavery
under American rule and perhaps more
so. But under such an administration as
our present one, there would be far less
hope for emancipation than there would
be under the government Of Spain, con-
troled as Spain must ever be by British
influence and British policy. Let slavery
be abolished, under the Banner of Eng
land, rather than made perpetual under
the Stars and Stripes ; aud if any land
must incur the guilt and the shame of
perpetuating human bondage, let not
that land be ours . 4! Is not the plague
spot on the face of our fair Republic al
ready large enough Are not their High
Mapnesscs the Slave Oligarchy, already
sufficiently arrogant and overbearing ?
Must more blood, and more treasure
be expended to insure the utter inslgnlh-
cance of Freedom, and of the North !
rs II. Il" intimates that "Sam' goes
in strongly for acquiring Cuba. Now l
claim no authority to speak for Sam but
have heard that Sam is strong, keen,
active young fellow, who intensely hates
oppression, and Popery, and foreign iniu-
.ence but according to rs. II. II Sam
| is likely to fare as badly as a certain girl
once heard Of She (the girl aforesaid)
had declared loudly and on ali occasions,
and thousand times over, that she would
never marry red-headed man, and that
she would never marry an Irishman, and
that she would never marry weaver.
But, alas, for her "Manifest Destiny"
got hold of her one day, and the next
morning she awoke to fud herself the
lawful welded wife of red headed Irish
weaver!l All three objects of her utter
dotestation, wrapped, blended, twisted into
one-thrust into her bosom, tied to her
for life, to torture her loathing heart for
ever, and to tinge the current of her blood
through the long fow Of countless genera
tions.
Even so, according to as. II. F. Sam
must swallow the enormous dose Of spite
full hostile foreign Popery which rs the
main characteristic of the Cuban popula-
ton and this dose is to be sweetened by
the delcctable reflection that he thus per-
petuates the meanest, foulest system of
oppression that ever cursed the earth, or
insulted the majesty Of Heaven.
IF l were as young, as active, and as
powerful as l take Sam to be, | would
horse-whip any man who should dare thus
to traduee my character.
ANGLO AMERICAN.