Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-03-17

us .hs fugitive nature Of the e1citemehs
o. the subject of Kansas. From Is very ma
.ure, having no true basis OF pfinc'pie'
must be short lived -, The 'ooes % se', ,hs
.Aoaght of the people Will again '0'n' ~
rescue of the country.
Wh.,aver the enemies Of both may aver
.ssre !. really no hostility between the people
- ,h. North and the South. There Is no
-. c,u,s for hostility. 1t is an error to say
,h.t the South has beeu aggressive Irue
=, thu cause of liberty In our revolutionary
..,uoole and since then, true to the tederal
.ouusct now that she is comparatively weak
~ npl;,ie.l power, it is natural that she should
=. Jealous and tenacious of her rights. Ihe
North i. strong. numerically, and can afiora
70 be lust. if not generous. The aspiring
aemaooeue works himself to place and to pow
ar by addressing the worst passions OF the
community. 1t has always been So ,rom
the dsys Of Catallue to Rohespierre' ana the
Stewards say without hesitation taal IN
.av ,.rious difficulty in which the welfare OF !
.hs Sonth was really in peril the North, GER |
sinly from, the Hudson to the Mississippi, |
,ouia rally to the rescue and make common
cause. Ill
not remember With pride, the generous bear
sng of Virgiais, when Massaehuset,s was op-
nrsssed ard Boston harbor blockaded by the
pothor country Virginia was at that time
<Ae favorite colony of England. Her tobacco
.,on was nearly as great then as now. She
was full of wealth, aud enjoyed prosperous
commerce, and her people were generally
communicates OF the English Church, which
existed in every hamlet. She had many ties
n, bind her to the crown. Still she made
.ommon cause with the people of Massachu-
L. l.,a har lat
fs-.on aided by the counsels of Franklin,
r,niuc.d upon the soil of Pennsylvania the
DECLARATION of Independence, for the perma,
n.nt estsblishment Of which her soldiers met
v;th our soldiers, aud marched hand in hanc
a. m. battle fields Of Trenton and York
town.
Sotwiths,anding the Importance, however
vh,ch question has assumed in the politics Q
,hs day it il evident that Kansas can neve
he slave State The character of her popu
tasion is an insuperable barrier, as well as ne
climate, which is cold as New England
The Efforts of some OF the Southern people t
sat t.5i.sh slavery there, are as un"ise as the
axe feeble They must look III another olre(
ION for Southern expansion. Cuoa, Nexict
and Central America, are all fairly in th
PATHWAY Of our destiny. Their acquisition
but a question IF time. The climate of thos
countries ia the natural abode of the Africa
race prior to its departure to its native hone
Tho North is watching with an eagle eye f
those acquisitions, and could readily uni
with the South in any honorable effort to o
ssip them. We want our republic to be col
serminous with the Atlantic and Pacific
.sans, to plant our institutions throughout j
vast extent; to bring the whole under the /
aueuce of our National Egis, and to make
PROSPEROUS under the indomitable tread OF t
Anglo Saxon race.
We mus. be satisfied that the Administr
ton have met this question with the rig
views aud In the true spirit, and with breat
Of craftsmanship which merits the matt
approba.ion Of the whole country. PEI
sylvania at least cannot hesitate. True
those nntecedents that have made her nam
terror to fauatacsm aud fixed ber position
the stronghold Of the Constitution, she '
not falter in this !anger with her chosen
at the helm.
Relying upon your kindness, and with
little experience in presiding over delibera'
bodies, shall endeavor to discharge the
tie. of the Chair to the utmost of my abb
aad the greatest impartiality.