Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-02-01

tons of everything American. which
are increasingly offered up on the altar
of national vanity by 4th of July ora
tors, 'prophesy-unto us-smooth things
preachers, and editorial demagogucsr
the truth is that we as a people are OF
the same fallen nature as those Jews
and the Republics which have -four
ished and faded before us. The same
love of ease, of wealth, of station and
of power, which have in all ages
made man the enemy of man." are
found in a most prolific soil-Ameri-
can hearts. Those who fought for "the
ISALIENABLE right Of ALL MEN to Lib
erty," are not all dead: yet there arc
already over Three Millions Of Slaves
in our land. The principles at the
foundation Of Republicanism, are
scolfed at by Presidents and Senators,
and ignored by thousands in the pro-
fesscdly Free States. Blood has been
shed to force Slavery upon an unwil-
ling people, and the Supreme Execu-
tive power Of the Nation has been
prostituted to aid the illegal, outrag-
eous, and antl-nop~Ll;can crusade to
extend an accursed institution over
territory which had been for one gen.
Grafton dedicated to Freedom, for
ever" by solemn compact.
In the light of the past-and view
ing what is now going on before our
eyes-certainly our Union MAY soon
be sundcred Republicanism MAY be
banished in name as it already is in
fact from half the Confcderacy and
a Slave-holding Oligarchy MAY pave
the way for a military despotism like
that of Russia, or plunge us into sea
of intestine warfare like that Of St.
Domingo, or such as France passed
through before she sought comparat-
i've rest under iron -heeled NAPOLEON.
Yet, let Hope spring eternal in the
human breast" 1t is the part of Men
and of Christians to desire and work
for what is best and right, looking for
the promised time when
"All Crime shall cease and ancient Fraud shall fail
Triumphant Justice Iift aloft her scale,
reac,. Ger the world her olive wand extend,
And whiterobei Innocence from heaven descend"
1t is our lifelong duty, firmly and
cody to resist not only the open but
the secret Vaccinations Of the Slave
Oligarchy, which has so long been
strengthening itself by the acquisition
of new territory, and now seeks to
blot out all compromises and all laws
instituted to stay the ravages Of an
evil whose always-changing, evcr-new
cry is, "Givc-GIvE! Yield-YIELD!" !"
Above all others, this question of
resistance to Slavery aggression sho'd
be THE National question of the next
campaign. We are aware that the
wire-pullers Of Slavery are carefully
preparing to entrap all the voters in
either its DEMOCRATIC or AMERICAN
party net. They expect to mould both
those parties to their wills. We HOPE
their plans may be frustrated by one
or both. Bu. should Slavery triumph
in each council chamber, the REPURrI-
CAN PARTY will call every true friend
of Liberty to its standard. With 1t,
we should HOPE the Right would tri-
umph-Slavery aggressions and agita-
tions be stopped-and the plague spot
itself confined to the States where it
exists, for them to enjoy or to suffer,
as they may prefer.
And after all, the solution of the
great question is with the omnipotent
Ruler of the Universe. While we may
justly fear that our individual as we'll
as national ingratitude and misdeeds
may be visited upon us in civil war or
kingly tyranny...sti let us, as men
and as Christians, hope and pray and
vote that the blessings hitherto enjoy
ed by US, may be continued to the
latest posterity-that America may be
indeed the star Of hope to the world,
and become an example that may be
safely followed by all the nations of
men.
LITERARY TRIFLEs.-There are fre-
quently men who get up ingenious
little devices about words or letters.
The letter "E" is most used of any,
but the following stanzas has every
letter in the Alphabet except e."
A jovial swain may rack his brain,
And tax his fancys might,
To quiz in vain, for It's most plain
That what say is right"