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

will not tolerate the presence Of any
angel preacher. This man must have
been a good, sound, national Demo
crat. And so, suppose, was that IL
lustrious parsonage whom Milton has
described as bridging the chasm that
spread between earth and the place
of his exile, and who claimed the
right Of carrying the local institu-
/ tions" Of his realm into Paradise
And this reminds me to say that
! the Democratic party. led on by this
insane fanaticism, which holds Sla-
very to he morally right, under the
guidance of a political harlequin and
trickstcr, has proclaimed the consti-
tutional right Of Slavery to 90 into
the Territories without let or hind
rance. Plighted nationa! faith is bro
ken and dishonored Principles once
declared sacred by this very leader,
and said to be canonized in the hearts
of the American people, arc ruthlessly
and rccklessly trampled under foot.
We had an angel of Liberty stationed
at the portals of our Territories. For
thirty years, this sentinel had kept
watch and ward, and guarded that
magnificent domain as the heritage of
Freedom, and, with the flaming sword
of the ordinance Of the patriots Of the
olden time, kept out Slavery from this
Eden. Who chased away this angel.
and broke down the walls that en-
closed that empire, consecrated to the
sons and daughters Of Freedom as a
dwelling place and home, as long as
the sun and moon should endure?
Who did this ruthless, reckless, dam
nablc work? The Democratic par
ty, under the leadership Of the individ
ual rs. A. Douglas ] l have indicated.
Under what plea was Slavery thus al
lowed to enter in and ravage the her
itage of Freedom? On the same
ground that the madman opens the
pest house to let leprosy, plague, and
cholera, rush forth, as did the winds
from TIE fabulous cave, 10 walk at
midnight and waste at MONDAY. y
man with Il contagious disease must
not stay in his own house, nor be con-
fined in the hospital, but must he
allowed to roam abroad, TO spread
disease and death among his fellow
men! What is this, but the YER
lest madness that ever raved in
Bedlam? | know it is said that
there are two wings to the Democrat
ic party" l am aware Of that, aud |
know, also, that both wings belong
to the same vulture, and, although one
has been slightly out Of joint, it has
now got back to its place, and both
will flap in unison, to bear the carr
on bird back to gorge and iatten on
the carcass where it has gorged and
tattcned SO long.
But the strangest and most impi-
Gus phase Of this tanaticism is, that
it claims the sanction Of the Bible for
American Slavery. | have neither
time nor disposition to enter into 4
pathological argument on this qucs-
ton. | shall not ransack Greek lex
icons and musty manuscripts to ascer-
tain the precise chronological force Of
the Greek words translated serrant in
the Bible. And as for the grand old
Hebrew, in which the ancient Scrip
lures were written, it has no word
which describes or recognizes a hu-
man being as q piece Of property.
Before quoting chapter or verse, J
desire saying a few words having
general bearing on this subject. The
Thcocratic charter granted to the
Jews was exclusive, and constituted
them a kind of close corporation,
with peculiar privileges as common
wealth. But all those unusual fran
chises were bestowed upon them on
the express condition that they should
comply with prescribed ritual.
God explicitly declared that he would
slay every native-born Jew that did
not comply with the provisions Of
their charter. Now, | desire to in
quirc Of those who claim the right to
hold slaves under this old charter
given Ito the Jews, Have you COM
piled with the acquisitions Of that
charter? Do you abstain from Nir-
yinia ham and other swincs flesh?
Do you observe the new moons, the
;abbaths, circumcision, and the ap-
pointed feasts? If not, you are no I
Jew, and are not entitled 10 the fran
,hises of a Jew but, on the other
land, you belong to the gentle race, !
Who, according to your theory, were !
If right made slaves. If the allyo- l
ates Of Slavery choose to 20 back c
nd place themselves under a code of t
avs given to race of men evidently j
ct in a state Of barbarism, let them {
axe the whole code, and abide 10y 1t, ?
nd obey it. Lnother statement. If q
he Bible sanctions slavery at ali, it is o
he enslavemcnt OF white men. No t
ne pretends that the servants spoken G.
t in the Bible were blacls. The Ro-
ian slave was not q black man tie
Hebrew servant was not black man. B
he question is, whether the laboring 1t
ian, white OF black, may rightlully be e'
lsiaved? "