Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-16
CIR S!ar oao CbrolltIe.
MOND.v. MARCH. ~. 1850.
For tie star q CLralig!."
SOME COMPARISONS.

SOME COMPARISONS.
DFor thosr causes thrl-v- r,u.st in :.r Tempt,
and went ala,u. 10 AIii me-. -i''t-.
Every ub,ergant person mus: perceive how
vastly rn.re uuju.l AMI unreasonable are The
Southern Democracy, more proper y -. .ed
the Southern O,-a9ohy) '.an wee tie Jews
al the TINE they arraGned Paul before Fts-
rus aud Aguppa. Paul was accused by Tie
Jews Of teaching against their people aai
laws. and OF Geilulug the hoy place III their
temple. For thee lrr>pl->e> against ,helT
institutions, Pau! was aPTreheut't. and held
70 answer before their cAIc. uItuuai. Aner
the Jews had brought n their accusations
against him. he was granted PERMISSION to
answer FOR himself, which he d.j, aud, moth
ing beng found against HIN worthy Of death
or Imprisonment, he was set at liberty. Al
though It Is true that over forty IewS had
.bouni themselves under a curse that they
would neither eat nor cIink li.i they had killed
Paul" they were, nevertheless, more exempt
from culpablity than were The forty Members
OF Congress who con>P.rei TO oppose the
election Of maa l. The Shealet>AIp who
signed The Helper booG-an offence which
was about as criminal IN lis nature as was
that Of Paul when he preached TO The Jews
and Geniiles, aud baGe them ''repeat and
turn 10 Gol, and do works meet for repcn-
,ance." The Jews were a g'ted and super
slitious people. and hence lheir act O! CON
splrIns might be excused 60 4 ccr.a.n degree
81. frr. ft-aS
which their cOnscIeaces approved This,
however, vas not the case, [at least they
would not have j, add with the forty Zlm-
zummims OF the South who bound themselves
(perhaps under curse to oppose 10 the last
the election Of John sherman, even If the
Government should thereby be dissolved.
These 1--we in land IN which The true re-
hgion is revealed,aEd pTeva,en',and IN which
Justice and Law might look for a due degree
of respect. We boast that we live IN the most
enlightened age Of our race, and in The rest
country in the world. ve', IN many respects,
deeds are perpeualed winch could ohIy UrGIt
the most Jealous, barbarruS, and wicked peo-
ole that ever IiveI-Geel> that would have
been scorned even ty The Jews, who at least
obeyed their own laws to great extent.
Although the Constitution Of these United
States guarantees the enjoyment Of life AMI
liberty 10 every citizen who is loyal to 1t, we
see 1t most strangely interpreted, so as to
mean anything but What 1t Is des sned TO
cure And not only Is j, strangely interPre-
ted, but recklessly dlsobeyed. In no section
of our world do We see more fragrant viO-
lations Of constitutions and Of laws than
in those States where that abominable and
most arocious system of properly IN hu-
man flesh exists. In no age Of man were
the teachings Of the divine law, with respect
TO his brother man, 50 heedlrs>y regarded bv
professed christians ur the opinions Of great
and wise men 50 d.Src>peCied. ANY man who
dares to tread on southern soil, and man,.ke
express above board his opinions, On accor-
dance with the Bible and our worthy fore
talhers.) that The enslavement Of human be-
IncS is great moral and social eyI. Is forth
with seized, and. II not imprisoned, outraged,
or lynched outright, Is commanded IN om-
nous language to depart out Of theirc coasts
Bella passes sentence quick, and thus
"Miscreant vile 50 strange Thy oulcry. and
thy words so strange thou IN eIpcSesI. that my
sudden hand, and power to suit both viii and
inclination, must bear vengeance upon lhse.
Thou >ald'>i, there Is higher laV'-there-
fore. die thou must, aud soon"
Bul they have other de>i-nS-lhey eaiea-
vo: to suppress even freedom Of thought.
Scores OF peaceful fAmilie>-men, women
and children-have Of late been exl5ei from
their native, ,richiluI homes IN southern States
lor no other offence Than merely that If hold
ing prir4tsiy, that slavery is an evil The
senses have become so acute
that they are continual, haunted with some
strange ha'luclnaiIon. They fall into 4 sud.
den fit of idioSyncracy al hearing the word
4lree" uttered. The smell Of guano Cbeing
like gunpow2eD forewarn, Them
IF some terrible 'abeT.Iioner" At nand. and
he frs, person whom they chance 10 NEE, Is
lppreheudei and searched from top to toe.
md, though nothing inceniiary Is discovered.
lie IS, nevertheless, c1nmanied 10 leave the
country. on the ground that he "saw a man
hat made use Of sUaHo -"
For these causes they 20 about to kill
men Of FrInciPle,,he best Of men IN our land
and day. Who can doubt bu, that. II the Re-
'lblican doctrine, as expounded and upheld
'y the Republican parry, was permitted to
answer for Itself in the southern States, 1t
Would have an effect upon the minds Of the
masses there even mole strong than was
'aal's defence before AgTippa, They would
'e ''not almost, bui ni'og,'h,r persuaded to
e Christians indeed. and the "hisher" law Of
light would be respected. RE-.
L'rnIl77y. Union Co Pa Na5sa G $50.
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