American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-12-08
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out being eyed with supersuloni ann per
ing watched ;n all their move nents; when
the wholesale dealers aud manuia0lors re-
side on one side Of certain liae complain
that their customers residing on the other
side are Withdrawing their patronage on
the acSouat Of sectional i'll feeling; when
q bnsiness agsut tfAvsling 10 ope quarter
Is rsqaestsdto Leave bsoaass his employer,
to belong to 4 different qusrtsr;
aud when evils ioRaissly more sesiOus
than thsss ere ,hrsataing the future Of our
country. itwsald be well for US to enquire
who is chArgsAbls with having brought a
bout ibis state Of things. The following
extract from the writings Of popular bis
torisn smbodiss important facts, aud a.
bounds 10 senSIBIe rejection in rslsliOnlo
tho subject Of this inquiry. AMEElcus.
ExrRacr.-EngIand. upt othe year 1907
lby far the most extensive dealer in slaves
among the nations. now suddenly ehsnc c.d
her p1liticAl front 10 regard 70 slavery and
ths slave trade; sna. howsysr lax her po
liiicsl cosscisnce bad heretofore been up;
on mis- subject. IL now became apparently
iiatenss. She obtained from tho Holy Al
Iliance, 10 the irst year Of the organisation,
10 formal recognition Of her views. and
their aid 10 carrying them out; and boly
presents the singular anomaly Of acting at
the same tine against the liberty Of their
subjects in Europe, and in favor Of that Of
the negroes in Africa. The master spiri.
of league was Prince Melternich tbs Rich.
elieu Of his time. The concentrated des-
Ipostism Of Europe, whose diplomalic trans
lgression bad hitherto shown no trace ol
oonscieniiousness now took oorse Of 40.
ltion tending to propag ate among all people
tof Information and conscience the opinion,
that slavery is sin; and, OF course, every
jnation bound forthwith to abolish il. The
lopinion thus sci forth was conyTyed to
his country chiefly through the medium
Iof ibe English press, aud by other agsn-
oies which our common language made
available. Did not such men as the Eng
lish aud Austrian diplonistS hnOw. thai
Ilthe Americans wore weli.infofmed and
conscientious people? that TO the intenI
Of sbolishing slavery, tho government o
the American Republic is powerless. and
each state q sovereignty? Did they no
know that the slave states could not a5ol
ish slavery without ruin. and .hst they
were Of a character which would not cub
nit to illegal interference; and that hence
: that this opinion. ifmade to touch the re
; ligious sentiment OF the ti.slave.holiinl
states, must tend directly to the division
, and dowfall Of the Amefican republic
And was II not this Republic which. b.
this discrimination Of liberal principle ant
By its property 10 an snti,monarchica
n state, bad done moro than sught else i
!, annoy the despots Of Europe? And was !
not this oopotry from which they hat
, most to fear 10 tbe fnture2 2-Eagland
whether with desigD OF not. by thus be
ginning this slavery agitation, was ind
: fsctly working for an obisct-the dividipi
|, of.hs American Union--whiob, IN 1909
she directly attempted.
a Opinion nov rules, where ouce It wa
: force: and bence ths willy statesman. 10
!. stead Of rising armies. gets up nS,obins
Iry 10 manufacture opinion; and The NOR
sacred bis materials, the more sRscty
Ibis work. The material usel 10 this cas-
was the righteous feeling which condemn
. the abuse OF the colored race; the machine
: Try, a grand pautomims OF nations, ex,g
geratipg negro slsvery to be that one sin
y lby which alone humanity is debssed. Tn
opinion thus promulgated was received j
y manner tending to the destruction {
, this nation. by many of the best and pure
y lest minds Of the northern states; ;--wh
lagits,ed the subject. not with the traitor
tous design OF subvsrging the constitution
but with the hops o. bringing their south
= Tern brother to take wise measures for tn
/. gradual abolishing OF slavery. But tb
: good they might have done. was turned !
/. evil, by ranking them with q few sedtiou
! a0itators, calling themselves abolitionist'
If whose course; tending directly 10 the di'
!. Interrogation Of the government. has bee
d precisely thSt wich q iar>Seeing. sllrewdll
e soheming ensmy, would have devise
Is and dictated.
,e In regard 10 that portion Of infiueut
e impaired by books. America has uuwisel
I. left her domestic unity aud public KePutI
Is ton too much in The hands Of England
Is and that under circumstances uniavorab
x to both. So far from seeking to favor b
y own writer's. by obtaining an information
: copyright Law, Americans have resiste
the advances made by British authors
These furnish our reading public with u
:. greater portion Of their books. for Amer
!, can publishers are left free to use the
\ sIhsors withou. compensation; and msny
" the authors Of Great Britain, with n
!. tioual jsa,pusies with no pscuniary
- ducements to serve OF please Americans
IA nay. regarding them as using the labors
n their lives. and meanly refusing them a
:. reward ---havs began already TO heap oo
20 guy aud injury upon America. They 9
\, a. prsciate to excessive exsggsratiou, as so'
~ thing which oversprsads our whole la
i. with pail Of guilty darkness. that slave
"A which now exists In form so modiii
n and soitsned, that Senator Seward OF NJ
81 York. an anli-slsvsry man with an Ame
he oau heart. calls II "aspot upoa the snn
y Thas these writer's gratiied. 10 the maj
es OF bsusyolsucs. their persoual and nasiol
q. ilI.will; while at the same tims they wro
out balefal political purpose. Of viii
they we're Pehaps unconscious. 4
1aI Af,..aLa v;aIant e,round iakan hv EuPe