M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-12-29
The Journals sympathy with
John BrOWnism.

Journal proves beyond n doubt that
The conductor of that sheet is gradual.
ly going over to the revolutiOnizing alb
olitjOnists Because some one inserted
an advertisement in a Virginia paper
offering a reward for the heads ofsome
of those men in the North who iurn-
ished money and arms to aid John
Brown in cutting the throats Of Vir,
ginians, the Journal mar, instead Of
regarding it properly-as fire. eating
Southerner furnishing the Abolition,
lists of the North with a Roland tor
his Oliyer-ma&es it q pretext for a
shameless assault upon the South
lie also takes occasion to defend the
Helper Book, declaring that lit is
simply facts and figures, given to show
the bau economy Of holding slaves"
1t is very evident to every lover ofthis
Union that when man can see moth
ing Objectionable in the Helper Book,
his interest in the peace and harmony
of the country has given way to his
abolition sentiments. In order to give
the reader an idea Of the kind of"tacts
and figures" which this book contains
we make a few extracts. Here is Il
programme which Helper recommends
and which Sixty.tive Republican mem,
bers of Congress endorsed
81. Thorough organization and independen
political action on the part ofthe non .slayehOld
ing whites of the South
20. lneligibility of pro- slavery Shareholders
Never another vote to any one who advocates the
retention and perpetuaton of human slavery.
80. No cooperation with pro-savery polti-
clans. No fellowship with them in religion
No aiiiliation with them in society.
"a. No patronage TO pro-savery merchants
No guestship in slave waiting hotels. No fees
to pro-slayery lawyers. Unemployment to pro.
slavery physicians. No audience to pro- slavery
parsons
So No more hiring ofslaves by non .slavehold,
oTs.
&c Abrupt discontinuance of subscriptions u
pro- slavery newspapers.
This, then, is II outline of our scheme for the
abolition Of slavery in the southern States. Lei
it be acted upon with due prompttude, and as
certain as TRUTHS mghtie than error fifteen years
will not elapse before every foot Of territory from
the mouth Of the Delaware to the en-.
boguing Of the Rio Graude, will glitter with the
jewels Of freedom ~
On another page ofthe book we
find the following:
And, now. sirs, we have thus laid down cur
ultimatum. What are you going to do about itl
Something dreadful of course! Perhaps YOU will
dissolve the Union dGdi5. Do it, if YOU dare
Our motto. aud We would have you understand
1t, is the AboiHiA # SlarTy, dad the PerpetUdtioa
u hs Amafcda Lttiot. lfhy any means you do
succeed in your reasonable attempts to take the
South out OF the Union day, we will bring her
back to morrow If she goes away with you, she
will return with yOu.
"Do not ms,Nke the meaning Of the last clause
OF the last sentence
The Republicans have sworn until
their throatS were sore that they had
no designs upon slavery in the Slave
States-that they simply desired to
prevent its extension into the terrific
rieS; but here we find sixty five Re.
publican Congressman, and all the
prominent Republican leaders endors-
ing a book which boldly recommends
the crushing out ofslayery in the Slave
States, by such a crusade as Helper
recommends in his programme. Who
doubts that the execution Of this pro.
gramme would not produce war and
anarchy in portion OF the Union q
The facts and figures on the bad
economy Of holding slaves" which the
Journal pretends the Book to be,
amount to this: Several hundred pa
ges Of abuse of Shareholders, misrep
leSentation Of slavery, exciting appeals
to the slaves and to the prejudices of
Shareholders, with All atrocious
for the abolition of slavery
i'll the Slave States and a threat, that
if said States refuse to sit quietly and
see their citizens robbed Of one thou.
sand millions ofproperty, the North
will conquer them and make them be
still! This, according to the journal,
is the harmless character of the Help.
er Book, which contains, on the title
page, the following endorsement from
one Of the Republican candidates for
the Presidency.
IL have read the Impending Crisis of the
South with deep attention. 1t seems to me II
work Of great merit; rich, yet accurate, in stats
tcal information, and logical in analysis"
That note is signed by William
ii. Seward"
But, the Republicans sometimes, by
way Of excusing themselves for the
recommendation which their leaders
gave the book, say that these objec-
tionable extracts are not n the com.