Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-02-11
That Man joe" seeking his Liberty

has passed through Boston on his way 10
Canada, and J. A. W. will save the $500
reward-money raised for him by thoug ght-
less women and easy Edward Everett!
=. Our neighbor of the Aryas comes to
the rescue Of J. A. W, and would like to
see a picture of the negro question" on
paper as it exists in our minds. We wish
no harm to him, but if he desires informa-
ton he can have the realty Of the matter.
Let him darken his complexion, 60 'down
souf" and become the "sleek, happy ser
want of some grand Democratic negro
driver; endure, on cotton plantation, for
dozen years, all the iudignitics and suf'
feripgs common to the life Of slave /;
observe, for himself, the influence OF sla
very upon the morals, manners, industry,
and prosperity Of States; then attempt
like any ungrateful, iniidel "boy, TO
escape taste the sweetness of swamps and
starvation be caught at last by blood
hounds and "square jawed rufiians" with
ccill2s and other pcrsuasives to happiness
embrace the whipping post, the cat, or any
other refined torture short of the supreme
pastime of burning......and perhaps by
that time he would want no word painting 6
of the realty Of slavery as it is in its
strength and full vigor.
But the Argus doubts whether General
WASHINGTON was an "Abolitlonlst."
Certainly, he was in no wise like that
little sect of Garrisonians who told the
Republican party in about as much abhor.
ence as they do the modern democracy.
But WAsHINGToN's anti-slavery views
were identical with those of SEWARD and
the Republicans, now. lie fought against
and helped to abolish the slavery attempt
ed to be imposed upon US by mother Bri-
tain. He aided in branding as piracy the
great slave trade of his day. He Joined
in aJoliAiny the Negro Slavery which
actually ccisted in .he Territory now COM
prising the States of Ohio, Michigan, In
diana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
He was very kind mas,er-aided in lay
ing plans NOT for the ertension but for the
abolition of Slavery-and by his own will
emancipated all whom he deemed in his
power.
We might give pages from Washing
tons pen, proving not only his an,islavery
feelings abstractly, bu. Lis t,sottire eDorts
to absolutely restore slaves to liberty. We
will only quote, here, q letter from GEN
ERAL WASHINGTON to GENERAL LAFAY-
ETrE, written in 179S-the year before
WASHINGTON death
81 agree with you cordially in your views
IN regard TO Negro Slavery. ihave long con-
sidered it most serious eri, both SOCIALLY and
PoLIricALLr, and should rejoice IN any fea-
slbe scheme to rid our STATES of such a
burden.
.sThe CONGRESS of 1881 adopted an orIi-
nance which PROHIBITS the existence of
involuntary servilude in our Northwestern
Territory, for ever. ! CONSIDER II A
WISE MEASURE. Itmet with the approval
and assent of nearly every member of the
States more Immediately interested in slave
labor. Tie preraiing oPinion IN Firginia is
AGAINST tie Spread Of Shrery into The Heo Ter
rif0ries, and / trust we shall have
Il CoMfCderaCy Of Free StItcs.'
1t will be seen that the power of Con-
gress, not only to prohibit but to abolish
slavery in the Territories, was not denied
in his day, ,even by shareholders. Washing
ton hoped for "a CJnfederacy Of Free
.States"-just what SEWARD wants! The
legal punishment of treason, is by hanging.
When the -1rJus and its confederates get
up one gallows to hang Mr.. SEWARD for
his "TREAsoN" in wishing and hoping for
"confcderacy of Free States" they had
better erect few more, and nail upon
them the bones of WASHINGTON, JEFFER.
son, MADISON, ADAMS, &c. &c.-for they
are all as guilty Of "treason" as SEWARD is!
DR.. FRANKLIN's last public act-and it
was one IN accOTuaucc VIII tuc WnOit
tenor Of his life-was putting his sigma
ture, as President Of the Anti-Slavery
Society, to memorial presented to the
House Of Representatives, praying them
to exert the full powers intrusted to them
to discourage the revolving traffic in the
human species. This was on tho 18th Of
February, 1889. So the modern Demo.
cracy will have to put FRANKLIN on the
gibbet also, for he was the very ring leader
in the nefarious, reasonable scheme to
abolish slavery in Pennsylvania, resulting
in the act of 1850, which may be found in
Purdon's Digest.
-Ah! me, what terrible time the
conservatives will have in hanging all the
men who-like the audaciOus SEWARD
have believed that God is the common
Father of the human race, and that all His
people are entitled to equal rights! What
a vast lot of men are yet living, who-like
that pesky SEwARD-believe in the vital,
central principle of the Declaration of In.
But, when hanging does |