Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-08

Ih|.NA .t-H Z wy li'iH 80 ~. '-A-'-.
FrL, 5y Cn1t>~ a. luE SFNAIE AND HoUsE
OF Er.I-I,gsuHF- Throughout the year
.irrrurr last mu.tiu-. the country has been
,.u.reairf p-u-, ,r1.u- iu all lis material inter
,-ts. I.r eurlaI health las leon excellent,
usr Lr,,-i> hav, teen alum liant, and plenty
...r- rlluu-L.ur the land cur C5mmtTCr
and manufactures have hrcu prosecuted with
,..r-. 30. ia Iu-try. aul have yielded iair and
.a..rl1uH-.- Ia hlt Au nation Ia ths
u.rpt 'Iue Als eyer presented 20 81 ,,i,.glr oi
.rt'.- rlt;rlil n. -ip'ty than ~ lave done
-at.l thin very Iro,nt pIloi
Whyi it then. th,t disc intent Low 50 OK
t.n,ryr.g prevails. and the Union ut the States
u.rcu is Ih, source al all these h ssiu-S. IL
,.gctt.luI with destruction Tue long con
iirHDl .4l ut,mr.ritr Interference Il the
y rJl. ltl ;eoIl. viii the question oI slavery
5at tD. ~.mtA.Iu state, La- Jt length produced
.t-rrua c.h,ts. The different actions ct
t.- IlIru are now arTlNcl against each other,
.rI jAs JiInr has arrived, 500 much dreaded 10y
I.- Ith.r,i his { uutgy, when hostile geo
-arlgal pgtics have been formed. | have
I.a- tur. seen aud often lIrwuuod my country
uyu ui the now impending danger his docs
l..t ;rucead solely from the claim on the plrt
rt tuu-r.-S or the territorial lr-l-lltWcS 10 tX-
,g .c -la.'ry from the Territories, nor from the
.IHt- oi different States to defeat the cXrcu-
-..l OF the Fugitive Slave law. All or anv Of
t..,-c ovi!- might lave teen endured ty the
-4til without danger to the l. non, tIS Others
lave uceul in the hcpr that time and reflection
iaj ht Apply the remedy. Iha Immediate peril
avis su,t 50 much from the causes aS from
thr fact thlt the iuJc-sIut ald violent agIta-
lion at the slavery question throughout the
N9FTfl lt.gg tf 4 has gt
J u-th uTuILcci lis mal.Eu ilhggnCc upon the !
saves, and iuspiud them with vague notions
H ir.rium. Hence a sgn-c Of sycWitv no |
lf-r exists Uruui tie family altar This |
..l.- ui peaCt ~ home has given place 10 ay- !
f.u.,u-iuiS OF scryir iusuu ctipu. Many a !
u.'IHu throughout tic south rctir.s ut night
B.. al.4l rg what may l,ttl herself ard her
.Il..., h.iur. the morning. should this ap-
.I...u-.uI %. domestic danger whether real or
Imaginary, extend and intensity itself until it
...ti ,'ryadr tine masses of tLcSUutharn people /
t.,'. dI,.Hion viii become cIucvitiblc-SclfprC-
-....ltr j. the AI-t law # nature, and has h,cn
tal.4ut.l in tho hJlIt of man iy his Creator
'f ta' o,-r-t purpose: AID no political union |
lN".F .rII-At with i,ls--In-S and benefits in /
d.. .la. le-f.,s, cIn long continue, il the ne |
0--.ly coils g.raC' tc To- render the homes and 1
Hr-!., ut d .uIy ht'i the plIti,s 10 it hal,itu /
.... laI b P.as-iy Insecure. sooner OF later |
H.. ''.,., %. su-A a Union must be severed
ll.Lly conviction that this fatal period has |
tl1 uuEci; and my prayer to God is that |
j. would r,zaryc the Constitution and the |
.h. n ttIoUshout all geuerations
E.t ia. Us take warning in time, and remove
i.DuI.' uf danger. 1t ctmot be- denied that |
.E tE. .n! twenty y,arS the agitation at the
$50 a.dHst slavery in the South, las been
-s"l In $50 pictorial hanGhilIS, and in
.ah"ti"Iy apPals, wrrc circulated extensive
" jl"-h'ut the South, of 4 character to cX-
A' il" PASSIONS Of the slaves and, ia the Ian
-tt-e r G"u UA Jackson, TO stiraulat. Them
u b"snu.ation, and produce ali the horrors Of
"'sv..- w1r. Tins agitation has ever since
''. ca'iuurl 10y the public plrss, 10y the uro-
'..- state and county conventions, and .
'' .' Hton s.mous and lectures The time
" .'l-I~ss has been occupied in violent speech
I'D l..i7 neyer-cudiug subject; and appeals in
i-'". A.'' and other forms, endorsed hv distin-
-'.,H' htme- have been sent forth from this
I.ion. '''' ''''
HaT cay would it b, for the American peo-
~ To I'll, the slavery question forever and
.l.ltry. ~ ''''' '''''''' ''u
I-cg, aaI they alone, can doft Alltb.tis
..r ~ '-.'"'"lll7H Inc Oh Ct, and all for
.-..a '"e slave States have ever coutendcJ is
'" I.i alone, and permitted to MANAGE tbcir
1''n'>uc institutions in their own Wv As
'''''rl-n states, they, and they alou. are re-
i'n''"ic h.ipIe God aud the world for III.
.''tTy EXISTING among them For tIi. ,Io
''' '' ihe North arc not more r,sron,iLIs
"l'' no more u-it 10 Interfere, than with
.1-H institutions IN Russia or in Erazil =
i.' ,l't E'2i sense and patriotic foThear
- 'a'c's l sui greatly rely. Without
d.. 10 Il Is beyond the power Of any Presi-
-.I...' 'h'''er what may tie his own politi,al
,.,-, ,'..'' 10 restore peace and harmony
So 'e states. Wisely limited and ~.
.'-'I as is his power. ui.der our C1nstitn.
.' '"' laws, he alone can accompljsi, Lnt II,
question. wa VII SUCH Holnentous
r',.. rt lA.a bIings me to observe that the cleo
r...,,. 'f one ol our iclluw-oitz ms tn the Of
..,,.. .'5iieht does not OF itself aff,,td inst
$40, .D' '.l's'iyinS the Union This Is more
my lru" 1t h, election has been rH.ctad
80 plurality, and not a majority. of ll,r
,''' aud las resulted fron t,,rsi..,t ~
a-,sp I''-IH which may probably never '
s-,,Ir,;,,,.'i, IN order 10 Justify a resort 10 I
lg..t,i.-. resistance, the Federal Govern
bio '.SI he guilty of "a deliberate. ualpa. I
rr.f,.i! dangerous exercise of powers not {
dental =! 'Ac Constitution. The late prrsi
stflt - eSSt'lon, however, has been held in a
U,r .IIiiIofmty with its express provisions /
/. len Zen can the result Justify revolution
'h's very Constitution! reason, t