Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-01
NEW SERIES-VOl. l.-NO II.

hcllhon aspect Of 1t, such rs was present.
ed IN every nation Of antiquity, Asiatic
African and European, down t. and after
the pcrlo3 OF universal dominion by tho
Romans; we have this immense subject
exhibited to us, in oIi its possible bearings.
10y God himself Never IN single in,
stance is it represented to rs rs a thing
good in ITSELF always rs a thing actually
c&SIlng always to be expected, allowed
10y Cos, considered and treated in his law.
regulated by his providence, wholly ir.
different rs concerning his grace. and to
enter into our final account to him. both
MS we ~ " be masters and rs we may n
servants, m the light Of our faithful dis
charge or our wicked neglect Of our din.
ties TO each other in that rclItiop. A.
masters, our guilt, if we neglect the du.
cs binding on Us, or abuse the bower we.
possess 80 that the slavery which exists
amongst Us, carries this responsibility to a
height which, to all thoughtful christian
persons, gives the institution ono of its
heaviest burdens. To consider the rcla-
tlOE on the side Of the master. one moro.
ly OF profit to himself, is to forfeit at once
every Justification for its coutinuance -
while, ON the other hand to rob the rcia,
ton wholly OF that aspect, can bc found.
ed only on The notion that all scrvitude
was sinful, o" else on some fanatical idel
OF justice or charity, which if rendered
practical would put an end to society. bv
putt NJ an end to all motive for any one
to obtain any sort Of service from another
That every iprm Of sercituja onrht to bo
amcliola ed continually, even If we are
sure II can never be abDlisacd. is as clear
aNthat poEer,y should be aalleviated though
we knoy It can never be prevented or
that sIckncs, shoCld be relieved. thouch
II Is &c. tain it will recur forever, Clearas
may br the Juouiicati n Of every form of
seyitude 50 far as the mere question of
So, is c)ncerne land perec: as may be
the right to persist in the extreme form of
it, 50 far as the civil power is concerned
there are thousand considerations. per.
sonll and public, moral ana political,
which may SO bear upon individuals and
communities IS to make it their clear du>
ty, under given circumstances, to put an
end to she hereditary slavery which ex
lists amongst us, or under given clrcum,
stances to make it improper to attemut.
or impossible to accomplish it. 1t is ab
su"d, therefore, it not monstrous. to con-,
teud that vast regions Of our country are
morally hoInd to the asst extremity and
as their chief duty, to labor for the more
secure establishment and the more efec.
tuaI pcrpctuat.on Of negro slavery and
equally 50 TO array public opinion, and to
d'rect political parties, in other vast nor-
tons OF the co ntry, to the repression or
the destruction Of it, on any pretext at
a l. much less any connection with its
m Dra Lature. We have already shown
that faithful observance of our constitu-
tionaI obligations would pat an eud to nj!
such opinions and practices ;,and that
'hrfe Is hoJustlhcaiIon for any of the
principles upon which they rest, or the
proceedings to which they lead. to be
tound in natural law. And now it seems
clear, thar the only inGllbie rule OF con-
duct, Gods blessed Worl, condemns in
the most positive manner, all the pre-
texts concerning negro sa, erv, whether
at the North or at the South, upon which
the public mind has been la5hed into
madness. Slavery AN institution. which
revolutions neither perp p5tuato nJr abolish
except under Conditions wholiv accident.
al. And il the andrehial spirit. whose Sc
ditiol' career we have tra5el, inally tYi-
umphs ana this nation is destroye THE
real problem to be attcrwA"d, worke out
viii be, the ultimate domin.cn of the
White race, or Of a mixed race essentially
African, over the cotton region of this
continent. Is the ipaugurating of that
problem worth the luin Of this great ma
ton!
II be concluded nct r,el.l