Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-09-09

ne ulu not Deautlly. And 1t can truly
be said Of Slavery, there is nothing il
does not touch, and nothing it touches
that it does not defle. 1t has perver
ted government, violated the national
faith, muzz!cd the press, debauched
the church and corrupted Christianity.
1t seeks 10 change the glory Of the
invisible God into Moloch, and to
transform the holy and loving Father
into q patron Of sin and injustice and
then, with the impudence OF thcstrange
woman, wipes its mouth, and says, Il
have committed no evil 1t is to me
utterly incomprehensible that any one
can sincerely believe that the Bible
sanctions the system of American Sla-
very-and | leave that point.
The gentleman from Georgia the other
day called our attention to the spectacle
Of State after State emerging from Ter
rltorlal condition, and wheeling into liGc
rs sovereign State, in this Contcderacy. In
this process, according to the gentleman.
Were united two principles, expansion and
popular >oyreignty; and he was reminded
of the chorus which an ancient exile heard
when there was poured upon Iii, ear the
voice Of many waters. and the voice of de
thunderS. and the voice Of the Almighty,
and the uttcraDcc Of ocean and thunder
and of Jehovah waS " Ior yopsH a., Irj
Sir, claim that the voice Of truth. and
justice. and liberty, Is the voice Of God
When hear the yois Of thousands and
thousands, and zen timcs ten thousands.
swelling upward Tie the voice "t many
waters aud the voice of mighty thuLdcr-
and The voice Of tn" Almighty, il is that
other and better ~rntIucat. ' L,; Justice
prevail, though th, univrrS" cr'mll.-
Aye. eIr, 10" h,a.d 90 the V"lce al jhr
people, and IT went ~ur-in% through a."
streets Ui Judga proud metropolis !;
swept thro' the l"r,ai~ Of Plate judgment
nail. AMI echoed along IT. arches, cryin-,
'Frucltv him. Cruelty han. Was "NoX
f"pnii voX Del then: Did the gentleman
from Georgia hear the voice ol God IN
response t" the popular will. dcrandiu-
the cruclhXlon "f His OWN Son: Did tLcir
cry for blood have the Divine sanction.
SIMPLY because they had voted it, and
because they had 4 law hy which the Man
OF NaAareth must he put 10 death: VI hat
an mnPiou> dogma.
But let u> follow this ""xpansion" and
''voX ropuII d"ctnne. We already ,lu-
brace | tab there the voice Of the pcori,
sanctions aud demands multi, licity of
wives Is it the voice Of Cod I.eaHnrx
Cuba, and there the voice of the people"
demands the union of Church and State,
and torbida PRAYER to be uttered iy he
open grave of a Snn who brcathcd uut HI.
soul beyond the pale of the ral,al church:
and is this the voice Of God? Erl,pasi,n,
We sweep onward, aud take in Mexico:
and in some sequc-tcred vale, there is
remnant of the old Aztec race, with their ,
Jeocalli surrounded with human skulls 5
The voice Of the people here lead, torrha
pampered youn- man, the fairest and bot /.
OF the nation, decorated with flcwcrs. up D
to the eonsecratcd hill, laying him on ,lr y
sacrificlal stone, with breast raised. when I
the priest SEXES the knife. .drags il crauHch- Z
Ing through tn ribs, and tears out the '
heart, all reekIn@ and quivcring-anI this e
too is the voice Of God, But We have ,
taken in the continent from E-,luimaux o.
to Patagonian, and still We must LJgon5.' 5
We ride forth on the Pacifc's wayc, and j
"re-anncx" the fccice Islands. where the i
voice of the people i, to feast ON bnman T.
fieSh-and "the voice of the pconlr i III. al
voice of God. is this an insane asylum III
the Democracy struck with lunacv. a, t.
well as filed with frnatici,m. ii
The Slavery Democracy pra;c, and chat oI
tiers about Negro equality" "Blark Re
publicanism." and Niger stealing" To- IL.
use its own classic phrases and iiurroycd yi
1t has, or affects to have. q
great horror for .Ni.-crs" And ANYONE. f
who advocates the pripciples nf bi,,u,u b.
freedom, as they were enumerated and Ibid M
down in cndurin. forms by the Fathers, If
the Republic. i a .Wo,ly head vhnp !
these same Democrats .nc,k Of with :. i
peculiar nasal twist, " "Na.o cont,,urcr "
ldunco." You woull sunno.c tI,.. tL..n bl
gentlemen. who's. ol.:,ctor;rs .ro - ,a,,,. al
md sensitive. never ,aw - Ni,racr nrI.s. to
in menaecric. Yet. woud Van L,.I,.ya IT.
It? the very first ,cryirc rendered him an O,
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