The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-05-15
Incredible Facts.

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from an Eirops.n pipr. prcc,iin 6 IL pub
LEGATION with the appended editorial notice.
"If ever the dark cloud ofhuman chattel.
10 IN shall pass from our land, the future his.
torian will scarcely dare tax the credulity
of his readers by recording the now familiar
facts Of an institution that Is seeking to
grasp the continent, an prostitute the des.
tiny Of the greatest republic on earth to BE-.
come the greatest tyranny on earth. That
q Christian people, in the full blaze Of ull
the light and civilization Of the Last Il Of the
Nintcenth Century, should devote its mighty
energies to the workof propog.tins q system
that mock, every truth Of the Christian re-
ligion, and shuts out whole race for whom
the divine Author Of Christianity died, from
all the benefits Of that death, and aims to
heathenize them forever, Is q problem too
impossible for human belief, wero not the
facts testified t. by stronger evidence than
that Of Moses and the prophets, or even Of
those rising from the dead. A late numbar
Of "a European paper says"
There are very rare periods in the history
of the world when facts the most outrage
Jus md dreadful follow each other in such
rapid succession "a to cease 70 produce the
startling effect which, Mt any other time,
and if occurring singly, they would newt
able produce. Such was the case in the
reign Of terror Of the French Revolution,
In the seige Of Jerusalem, and during the
plague in Athens and in London. Mans
mind seemed to DO stunned with tho fearful
scenes or tidings which followed each other
~ fast and relentlessly as the blows OF an
assassin, and they had no longer the power
Of wondering ut anything, or Of estimating
crime and evil Alright. Just 10 is 1t with
the events occurring in our day in the slave
States of America. They are 80 strange. 80
unnatural, 30 outrageous, 80 indescribable,
81 grotesque, (if we may use the term) in
their horror and wIckedncss, that any ono
Of them alone would excite the Indignation
Of the world, and yet they follow each other
50 rapidly that they stun our moral sense,
aud NO lose the power Of adequately appre-
cia ing them. We record then and speak
Of them with comparative cllmness; they
10 not hOrrify and agonizo US as they Ger
tainly would If any one of them came upon
us separately, and % as to secure our atten-
tive consideration.
Let our readers reflect for fow moments
on each Of the following facts, which ars
mere samples Of the events in the modern
history Of the slave States of America
Would they have believed, unless proved to
them by testimony beyond oil possible ques-
ton, that in the blaze OF the civilization OF
the ninteen,h century, and in u christian
land, such things as the following could
AVE taken place?
That human beings should DO frcd, In
certain States, to bs sold rs avcs in other
itate.. and that this brcodlng and traffic
should 90 on IN regularly US with the grazier.
and drovers who bring cattle from highland
lowland markets
That fathers sho III remorsclcssly sell their
'wn childr n into hopeless and murderous
bondage!
That regular establishments should b
formed for bloOd.hOunds, to hunt the
Sre,ched men and women who hse from
scrvitude!
That in the open markct-placcs Of e'egant
cities there should be auction blocks, where
human creatures of both sexes are exposed
ne.rly naked, and knocked down to the
highest bidder!
That in these and all other scales, the
dearest bonds of relatio ship should DO ruth
e. sly severed-wives being torn from their
husbands, and Children from their mothers
That the system should be attended by
hidsous licentiousness, the young women be
coming the concubincs of their owner, and
being made to breed slaves to DO sold for
their own fathers profit
That the slaves should DO forged ut the
discretion Of tHeir owners, and that in very
many instances they should be aoSsed to
death
That in States where these things are ..as
notorious us the sun ut noon day." legisla-
lures should enforce tho laws nay, that
ministers ofrelgion should defend the sys-
tenn, and themselves practice the enOrmities
That tho Press itself should be 30 prosti-
tuted to vindicate slavery, nay, even to
maintain that 1t lis the natural and best state
Of human society, and to argue that the
state OF freedom is WORSE than that OF slave
~!
That the States depraved by this system
should audaciously claim us right that the
Union should extend slavery into new Ter
ritories, nay, should seize fresh Territories
from foreign Powers for this purpose. and
should even 70 TO war to effect that object
That, not finding material enough ut homo
for their covetousness and cruelty, the slave
owners should DO actually proposing to re-
vive the African slave.trade, which has been
declared piracy by every civilized govern.
ment
That the slave States should extend slavery
by open force and civil war-sending an
army into q neighboring Territory, Kansas,)
driving away legal voters from the polls,
clecting Legislature of rufiln invaders,
enactinv by that Legislature one of the most
horrible codes of laws ever known, carrying
those laws into effect by imprisoning a Gov
ernor. and hundreds oflreemen for maintain.
ing their freedom,-and all for tho express
purpose Of extending tho dominion OF slav-
cry!
That when these atrocious deeds arc ex.
posed in Congress of the United States at
Washington by one Of the beat and ablcst
Of the Senator's. he should DO brutally beaten
to the earth with bludge by one Of his
fellow-senators, and his life endangered, and
that the wrong -doer should receive no pun.
ishlnent, but, on the contrary, DO loaded
with honors!
That the great people Of tho United States
should after all these things, elect rs their
President. man who Is pledged not only To
maintain the existing system, but TO extend
i by the acquisition or seizure Of foreign
territory!
1t Is surely impossible for the great pop
plo Of tho United States to endure much
longer such Outrag,s and denominations US
those OF which We have presented specimens.
Il they do It will DO he worst treason to
freedom. and the greatest scandal to civilizl.
ton and Christianity recorded in history.
New FISH NARKFr, NEW BUSINESS. Our
I'D friend Oliver Fra.m IN of S,co. FIR many