The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-12-14
The EunhoIx Alliance.

country, establishing underground Rail
roads" for the purpose Of facilitating the
transportation into Canada Of runaway or
stolen slaves; we have seen them opposing
the execution of the laws relating to the
delivery of sbsconding slaves to their mes.
leTs; we have read their sedilious and trea-
sonable sermons, speeches, and editorials-
and we have said among ourselves, these
men are unworthy of citizenship among US
they put their individual opinion, their
one false Idea OF universal liberty, equality,
and fraternity above the Constitution-they
claim ss their rule Of octicn, "hi9her laT,"
which has no application in the case, as their
onsciCnces are free from any guilt, real or
supposed, which may attach to on institution
of which they were net the founders, and
over which they hsve neither moral nor legal
control. In this light we have viewed the
policy and course of these sectional parties
10 regard to slaves and slavery-for they sre
violOtorS alike of the precepts Of God end
the laws Of their country. If they iv to the
"higher law as refuge, did not Christ say
that his kingdom was not Of this world; and
il il was not of this world, but spiritual, how
can the parties OF whom we have been
speaking claim to be his Disciples and yet
make his kingdom a carncl kingdom. and
recommend the most atrocious and bloody
measures for the accomplishment Of their
designs. Did not Christ, when his enemies
tried to entrap him on the subject Of tribute,
say to them when he held up the penny with
the image and superscription Of C1sar on it,
"render unto Cesar the things that are Ca
sar's, and unto God The things which are
God'sW Did no, st. Paul, who We pre-,
sumo understood the doctrines of the Gospel
us we'll as Wheelock, or PHILIPPE or Greeley,
or any OF that tribe, return the runaway
slave, Onesmus, to his master. Philemon 7!
Did net Noeh curse Canaan, ard say that
his defendants should be The servants of his
brethren! And do not the Scriptures, in
every portion of them where the subject is
broached, nculcate obedience to the laws
and the power administering the luws-to
"thooe in authority"l
On these grounds, then-on considera.
tiohs political, moral and relisious-,he
condemnation of these sectional fanotical
parties is written. They are agitators, dis
turbers of the public peace, seditious, hatch
ers Of treason, plotlers OF robbery, arson,
rope, murder, and any other devlIsh crime
necessary to turn loose four millions OF black
savages. and dissolve the Union.
This is bad enough it is horrible, revolt.
ing; but we have still another charge which
gives deeper dye to the backness of the
picture, rnd must iraame with Indignation
and resentment every loyal and patriotic
heart.
Thy are charged, on the authority Of the
London Morning Star, with an English al
lance, an unholy an disoyal league with
the Abolition Societies of Loodon, for the
purpose OF more effectualIy accomplishing
their dishonest, reasonable and bloody pur.
pose ! We are aware that d.. Cheever has
sent female emissary to England to raise
funds to nid in keeping up the Abolition
Church in New York, Of which he is pastor;
and now the London Star informs us tha,
Col. Forbes (recentIy made notorious by
his Harper's Ferry discIosures,) an EngIis
man by birth, was "deputed By The societies Of
=, 4 ~ .
during the disturbances in Kansas.
We have the fact here, clearly stated, that
an alliance exists between American and
! English AboItioDists-tha cur native Trai.
tors have combined with British incendiaries
to kindle the torch of civil wur, set free the
slover, dissolve the Union, and establish on
its ruins Government better suited to their
! fsnaticol ideas.
/ We are not alarmists-but this is alarm.
! ing. We do not believe that the wicked
scheme can be accomplished, because, set.
| ting aside the South, there is an army Of
! freemen in the Eastern, Northern, Middle
aud Western States true to The Constitution
and the Union, strong enough to sweep from
the face OF the earth any array of fanatics,
who dare TO place themselves in such an at
titude of hostility to the Government as
would justify an appeal 10 arms. This We
! are confident of-but still the attitude of the
Aboltio nists is alarming; it is portensous
Of possible crisis, in which the friends and
enemies of the Republic may be called
upon to measure strength in actual, bloody
conflict.
We see, now, but one way OF avoiding
this; and that is by the union of all true,
conservative, patriotic citizens, "for the sake
of the Union" We must awe the AboIi-
tionists and their allies into respect for, or
at least On obedience TO the laws, by the ex.
hibiton Of an irresistible moral force-we
must Irown down ali sedhious haraneuets-
We mast support the laws against every at
tempt of theirs to infringe or resist them
and, finally, we must beat them ut the polls
stitution, and law. w.abiding man-an expe.
rienced, iudexible, fearless, patriotic man
one who will yield neither to the traitors OF
the North nor to the traitors OF the South--
in the Presidential chair. I'm this way ia.
natcsm can be crushed, agitation stopped
and the reign of peace and order restored
without boodshed.
Believing that We are right in our opin-
ions, we appeal to the patriotic sentiment Of