Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-05-13
The Signs of The Times.


he TO recognize an unpleasant fact
no reasonable, intelligent man, cal
shut his eyes to the truth that SLa
VERY IN AMERICA WILL DEMAND TIRE
MORE CONCESSIONS IN THE PEEsIDEN
TIAL ELECTION OF 1850. Since tn
annexation of Texas, that dark powe
has been steadily advancing, unit
now it has every department of tn,
Government under its control-Leg
islative, Executive, and Judicial. |
now demands
FIRST. That the Foreign Slave
Trade be put upon the same footing
as the Domestic slave-trade-that III,
importation Of slaves into Georgia
DC, be allowed as well from Cuba
and from Africa as from Maryland
and Nirginia-and that the brand OF
piracy" on that very lucrative and
respectable business he taken off. The
test vote in Congress, at the late scs-
sion, on that subject, showed more
men in favor of African free trade in
slaves, than at first advocated the ex-
tension of the slave power by stealing
Texas. Slaves are constantly impor-
ted from Africa, as proved by the
Echo" and the "Wanderer" trials 4:
and Southern Juries-under oath
will not convict the uudoubted viola
tors of the plain law against them.
The SlavePower at Washington will
not agree to such a mutual right of
search for slavers as is required to re-
deem our plighted faith to the world
to put down that Infamous traffick.
Large associations are formed in the
South, for the purpose Of nullifying
the law against the African Slave
Trade in FORM as it now is in FACT.
They intend to secure men in power
under whom that law will be a dead
letter if it is not repealed.
SECOND. They will demand Con-
gresSional intervention in FAVOR of
Slavery in the TERRITORIES. The de-
lusion of Popular Sovereignty" hav-
ing served one end in the election of
Buchanan, hut having failed of the
snbiugation of Kansas as was likewise
desired by the Dark Power, they now
turn about, and will be content with
nothing short Of a prohibition of any
right in any Territory to keep out or
toabolish Slavery. Having procured
from their Supreme Court, and from
their President, an endorsement of
the dogma that the Constitution Of
the U. :. CARRIES Slavery into the
Territories" they now take ANOTHER
step, and declare that the same L. ;.
Constitution PROTECTS Slavery there,
in spite of"Popular Sovreignty.' Bu
chanan's new organ, The CoNsTITU-
TIoN, occupies this ground distinctly.
Its echoes, North and South, are pre-
pairing the public mind for the same
degradation by cautiously advocating
a SUBMISSION of the WHOLE QUESTION
to the SUPREME CoURT"-that is, to
the five shareholders, whose opinions
in favor of slavery no one doubts ,
(We might as well submit the whole
question" of Temperance to five inyc-
terate toperS, as to submit the whole
question of Slavery" to the five "Dred
Scott men-sooncr trust a pack of
furnishing dogs with our dinners y
Gov. Wise of Va, has lately written
n twenty-eight column letter, in which
he comes to the honest conclusion
that popular soreignty" is humbug,
and that the Wilmot Proviso is right
in principle, for he argues that Con
GREss should interfere" in SUPPORT
of Slavery in the Territories. The
whole South-Administration and OPP
POSITIONS running a race to see
which can sustain this doctrine most
plausibly and forcibly. Douglas
himself, it is believed by many, while
retaining his own views, will soon
announce his willingness TO surrender,
unreservedly, on the prctext of Sub
mission to the Supreme Court"
THIRD. The annexation of Cuba
will be made a greater necessity"
than ever, since the failure Of Bucha-
nan to obtain Thirty Millions of Dol
lars, to be used by him SECRETLY for
that object. Cuba is much nearer
ours, now, than Texas was at the first
effort. The cunning Southern mani
pulators of the Democratic wires are
actively arranging all their plans,
and having the Convention inCharles-
ton, the hot-bed of Pro- Slavery Multi
ication, are prepared and determined
to mould and knead the Dough-faced
party into exactly the shape they de
sire-satisfied that, now, there is no.
thing too mean or wicked for the
word Democracy" to commend to
the votes of their white. slaves at the
North
The Republicans of the Union
will oppose each of these schemes.
They will be the only power to thwart
these "ruls or ruin" politicians with
whom Human Oppression is the one
end of existence. Around one Of
these flags the whole nation must
rally. God or Mammon-Right or
Wrong-Anti or Pro-Slavery-there
is no middle ground. The Cowboy
plea of "submissjon to the SUPREME