Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-03-15

Itai, lie says tuat ne has seen here in the
/ Representatives Of the lower Southern states
must resoiute and earnest spirit Of resis-
I tance TO the Republican party that he per-
ceiyes q sensible loss Of that spirit Of brother
! hood and the feeling Of loyalty, together with
+ that love for = common country, which are az
! last the augast cement of the Union; SO that,
! in the present unhappy condition Of affairs
he is most tempted 10 exciaim that we are
dissolying week by week and month by month;
that the threads arc gradually trettlng them
( selves asuuder, and stranger might suppose
that the Executive Of the United States was
/ the President of two hostile Republics
1t is not far me to raise doubt unon the
/ correctness of this dark picture. 50 faT as the
Southern groups upon the canvass are con
cerned, but | must be lndulgea II! the opihioh
that [ can pronounce rs accurately concern
ing the Northern or RUpub.ican Representa-
tives here as any one. ! know their pubic
haunts and their private ways. We are not
/ a hostile Republic, or representatives OF one.
We confer together, but only as the organs OF
( every party do, and must DO in political Sys
TEN which obliges US to act sometimes as par
ti~aus, while il requires Us always u be pa
+ tril.s and statesmen. Differences of opinion,
even on the subject Of slavery, with Us are
( political, net social or personal differences.
There is not one disunioniSt or dislnyaust
among US all We are altogether unconscious
/ Of anv process Of dissolution gong on among
! Us or around us. we bear the same testimony
/ fl- the people around US here, who, though
/ ."..s, r,Y erst a,5 ba most faarf1l il ;ts Of
/ -, -, r,,.or 1ess d;eInrLai tho, novv
/ W. toar tho ea,aa testimony FIR alI the dis
tr;c,s and states we represent The raonIe
of the North are not enemies. hut friends and
Iro-Ly,,, ,f rho S,rtb f,itbf1I and trra os in
tho d,--s whom daatb nos daalt his arrows
r~n,;ssnonsl,- ,r,o,cr tI,ar, On common hot-Ia
ForIs of f,oa,Ion
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;r9afIv n~5y5kaj md ,bat caIiaar nrovole
retafiat;,n j. nm a,o,nalv that n,nst he frac.
ad N cas,oI ox,itar,,nt which cannot NOR.
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d,ron.I ~ ndircc1I n o "a
nartments Of the Government . bend of ex
captional men. contemptrops equally of that
Great question and Of the rayties to the con
troversv. and impatient of tie constitutional
system which confines the citizens Of every
state to political action by suffrage in organ
lied parties within their own borders, inspir
ed an enthusiasm peculiar to themselves, and
exaSperate9 By grievances and wrongs that
some Of them had suffered by inroads of arm
ed propagandists Of slavery in Kansas, un,
lawful as their own relation was, attempted to
subvert slavery IN Virginia BY conspiracy,
ambush, invqsion, and force. The method
We have adopted Of appealing to the reason
and judgement Of the people, 70 be pro
nounced by suffrage, il the only one bv
which free government can be maintained
anywhere, and the only one as vet devised
which is in harmony with the spirit of the
Christian religion. While generous and char
table natures will rrobably concade that
John Brown and his associates acted on earn
est. though fatally erroneous convictions. vet,
al good citizens will nevertheless agree that
this attempt to execute an unlawful purpose
in Virginia bv invasion. involving seryile war,
was an act of sediti,n and treason. and Grim.
Iralin lust the extent tbnt; Il effected the nublc
peace, and was destructive Of human haDpi,
rass and human liG,.
r..o:.e., H., .n.-u.
II Is P',,nl"l tthe'I,o.i e''' alseI So ionS
an eAPeIie'o' u ,lo o'''sncei'' "o'NInS o5
cur syste'I S7 W. n"'' e"I.1 eo' We l't.e ma"
theSe ne" A.us:i'''on' III N"hs1s anu lh'lil
III OI the existence aihThs Us u ci'''' %
men so misguided anu 80 aeSper&le as 10
seek TO enforce their Peeui!F PtlltiPie' ~
the sword drawing after IL a '.:T" ~. 'iiS
iHFiheT Illustration by th'ir pqnishn;e't, 81
that great moral truth, esreelaily apPhcaD.e
in n republic, that they who take up the sword