Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-12-28

man being 70 another till 1t was done by the
Christian hand Of Massachusetts. anl in or
der to complete great moral reform. III
this is their John the Baptist, what will his
success or be? If This is the baptism with wa
ter, what will the melting heart of the IRE
that is yet to come? Is not the folly s the guilt
of these universal reforms open and manifest
when one of them has cnlmina'ei in Burn
ham, and the other IN Brown One can
hardly tell which is the mere guilty of the
two; probably Burhham has killed the most
persons-and in sly underhand manner
giving no chance for self defence. Would
it not be well to glorify Burnham as
a martyr to an idea" lie has frs: rate
points. No man has ever shown more game
in his disposition, fettere6 by no scruples,
bound by no law of honor. things sacred and
profane are alike to him; be would cheat the
communion table as quick as the sick bed; -
when caught be msufuily and hcroickly throws
all the blame upon has Subordinate Why
not blend the martyrs and draw the portraits
of Brown and Burnham together aul then
make fremont Temple echo with the shout,
These glorious minds Jrfgit they
shine?"
Back. again to the point. We bave no
business with the subjec. of slavery. 1t is out
of our bor'ler-beycnd cur jurisdicton-:.nd
the States that have it are The only proper
authority ~ deal with il. There is where the
fathers placed it, aud there the sons should
leave il.
Whenever the laws of the moral or pbisi-
cal world are violated terrible vengeance
ensues- The prostration of majestic trees in
the forest does not more surely mark The path
ofthe tornado than mortal prostration marks
the footsteps Of abolitionsts in the North -
Twenty-six years ago | heard G-rrit Smith
upon the religious platforms in New York
He appeared the most accomplished Christian
gentleman in the whole land He undertook
the inapossttle-to alter wi at God had fixed.
and Omni potence was too strong for him -
1t will be too stroug for you, The mark of
bondage is written upon the brow of the Afri-
can 10y the finger of onhipotence-cngraYen
there by the experience and practice OF four
thousand yearS-and it is IN vain that the
waves Of excitement, which are but for dav.
can think to wash out these verls ting lines
Slavery is the Paradise of the black man; he
rejoices in clinging to the white man as the
ivy to the oak, ordinary man would vel
come the society of angels
Well he may. His association with white
men is the only circumstances known In his
history by which he has been raised to a con-
ditioL above the beasts that perish On the
fertile soil of his own continent he propagates
and rots. Not one path of civilization. not one
temple Of Christianity, ilumines the darkness
of centuaries dark in features. more black
in the night which ascs have wrapt around
him. The ship that brought him to Ameri-
ca was star Of new day. lie exchanges
the bondage of brutality for the silver cords
of ciyilation and Christian Kindness. He ex
ults in the change. His face is rndiant with
JOY; and from the lonely cabin and the Chris
tisn temple songs of tbanksgiven 90 up to
Heaven from the lips and hearts of slaves re-
deemed from African beathenism There is
not an Intelligent slave IN the South but finds
there the hapfiest condition that his race has
found since the curse was written upon the
brow of Ham by the finger of God. There
he Is delivered from hcathenism the canni-
ba!ism, the human sacrifices of his own coun-
try there he is free from the rcpulsiYc greet
ing that awaits him at the North : written of
preached about IS an equal, CONSTANTLY treat
ed as an alien ana an inferior. At the South
the theory and the practice agree. The AT
rican is told that he belongs Ia an inferior
race, which is true. and meets bis own deem
est consciousness, the last court of appeal. as
philosophers tell Us, for the evider &c Of what
Is true they are toll that seryic. and slIeri-
ance are the duty of the black man protect
ion and instruction the obligation of the white
man. So perfect is this feeling, 81 harmon
ious the social system, grown up ucaer it.
that when meteor. comet appeared in
their horizon in the person OF J.hn Brown.
ne fell at onc0 like a star from Heaven. and
did not disturb. except by his own murdcrous
arm, the peace of single family, or the allie
glance aud fidelity of single slave. This
enc fact ought to speak volumes to those who
ale clamoring for the freedom of the slave
The instincts of the b1nduIau are wiser than
the schemes of theorists lie asks for no in
tervention-implores no aid.
''Io be, contents his natural dcsir-"-to
be the approved servant Of his master accon,-
plishes his highest ambition | speak or the
great masses of them. That there reiDGi-
viduals who crave an impossible good
thing not to be found in this worlds very
likely; but, as body of people, they arc as
nearly satisfied as the same number anywhere
upon the face of the earth Why should we
travail in perpetual pain in their bebaIf?-
But you are told that the south are forever
getting the best of it in the National Govern
ment, and thar the South ought to be put
down--negro or no negro, white OF black
Now pray look at it. consider for moment.
ask the pages of history and they will teach
you For eighty years have we not had the
best Government on earth, prospered as ma
ton never prospered before. spread abroad,
multiplied and built cities subdued the wild.
erness; conquered the savage; bridged the
rivers; made water and earth, and air and
nre' tributary to our wants as no people ever
did before Ali the time have we not 5walt
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