Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-03-04
saydcr County Democracy. Mr.. slenhsrs Platform.
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day. 1t was engineered by the Philada
= Navy Agent, as usual-eadorscdh the entiir
. course cf Euchdnan, BIGLEE, and KEEL
LER, but ignored tie existence Of GOV
r pa CKk'R--decided unanimously in favor
f Of Cuba, Oregon, and Railroad the west
side Of the river, Jm not a 'rord for III,
IdriG Messrs. Cummings and SleukeI
addressed the assembly. The Times says:
"Is,Ac SLrNKEn, Esq, expressed himself
rerg decidedig in favor of Cuba, urging the
NECESSITY Of TAXING. 1T If ii can
not be purchased oE reasonable terms."
Mr. Slenker is a respectable gentleman,
who reads daily in the Divine Law Book,
"7hou shalt not corct thy neighbor's house:
nor anything that is thy neighbor's' -.
"Thou shalt net steal ,"Rob not the
poor because be is poor. ."Do unto others
as you would that others should do unto
you" ."Removc not the old landmarks"
&c &c. Similar to these are human laws.
Both Divine and Statute Law he regards,
rcligiously, as private citizen but all
these sacred requirement. go for nothing
when he wishes to help organize a new
platform for political campaign.
Let US examine this principle laid down
by Mr. Slenker, and draw parallel case
Mr. A. "wants' the farm of Mr.. b., for it
is fine farm it lies right in Mr.. AS
way when he is going to town; \. is afraid
B. will sell it to c and \. thinks B. does
not cultivate it as well as he could. Mr..
l., however, says, the farm is mine; my
father gave it to me don't wish to sci!
at all, but if DO | shall sell to \. or G., /
whoever | can make the best bargain with;
and he thinks he works it very well, for
he gets more from an acre than A. does, /
who has thousands Of acres of good land .
which he never yet saw...But MIA. says
| am IN favor Of acquiring your farm;
think its my interest to have it, and you
shall sell to nobody but me; besides, your
hired men once did one of my hired men
some damage, and cheated him but to
make it all up offer you twenty dollars
an acre for your land and you are very
poor and needy, anyhow...No says Mr. B.,
offended, the farm is my OVID,
and will not part with it on any account,
and decline hearing any further propo-
'als...E cry well, says Mr.. A., in tower.
ing rage, since you oJstinatc!y refuse my
terms, will TAKE it; will,
BY force and arms, drive you from your
and conGscate your property ; {
md whatever blood is shed, or damage
lone, on your own head be all the blame ,
If one farmer in BuiTaloe Valley,or one
ot-hOlder in New Berlin, should thus at.
cmpt to fllibuster his neighbor out Of his
arm or his house, Mr.. Slenker-as man, a
$ lawyer, or as a judge-would say it !,
7as an unjust, unlawful, unchristian, out. f
agcOus, heaven-daring, law defying, un- 7
institutional, oppressive, and diabolical f
ct, worthy of the most condign and ex- a
mplary punishment...and yet, ecachy G.
m'1ar rs tie course he publicly advises this n
'ation to pursue Ito extend Slavery I,
gamst Spain !......READER THINK OF T,
r.. "An inheritance may be gotten il
astily at the beginning but the end IL
hereof shall not be blessed" NJ
This plea-!"we want it''-has been n.
lie excuse of the tyrant and the oppressor, CT
'erywhere, in all ages There is hardly tb
crime that stains the long black cata. to
guc that is not hallowed by the defence to
Il ~anted. The midnight robber who is
vades your house, and in his greed for Ii,
oney perhaps takes the life of your son, tn
ANTS the money. The man who forges III
ur name to get some cash, doubtless M
ANTS IT very badly, and perhaps you to
we refused his reqe.t. The one who tb
'ks with lustful eyes upon your wife or 81,
lighter, but receives a rebuke to his i'm
reasonable" advances, forces her because 10,
desires TO. The man who meets you Of,
on the highway and offers you your nc,
, if you will give up your purse peace. tin
y, and you obstindtely refuse, perhaps so
not dollar in the world, and necessity sta
1Pels him to knock you down-because bo,
rants it ~,
No such acts, in themselves, would be ma
ended by very many of those who pro- tot;
e acting in precisely the same spirit to tina
Cuba. because they rant it. If Spain dow
not yield to such terms as ,rc may han
ate, we-nOblc, brave, Democratic, sior
istian mcn-will (robbcr like) just hon
,E IT! In such mems calculations nrot
-e is no sense of Justice or Wrong-no eut,
izing that there is God above; they spec
: sit safely at home and cody calculate tho:
for commercial or political purposes, thc
of the "wants," feelings ''l'
rights of all others, its owners inclu-
-,cdnt Cuba. The worst vars that
scourged mankiud--.hat made earth :"
vast slaug house of human beings