Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-04-05
STEPHENS CONSTITUTION.
The Nash.ThroWn OF.

admire for what seemed heroic love
for his country in the hour Of peril.
But we yield credit to its author for
the frankness and boldness with which
he attempts to vindicate the new con-
stitution, warranted to keep i'll warm
latitude" Atlast, the manifold wrap
pings are stripped of from the en-
balmed subject, and the mummy turns
out TO be the negro. The huge pyra-
mid of government is being erected as
a sacred memorial to his enduring
worth. Ali disgui>cs are thrown
away, while the multitude rapturously
applaud the welcome doc;rine that
promises fresh iield-hands from the
Coast 80 soon as the little prellmna-
rics are arranged. But hear this an
nihilator Of WASHINGTON and JET
FERSON:
The new Constitution has put at rest. Tor
ever. all the asIIa,Ing questions relating to
cur peculiar InslIlutiUn-AtTIcan Slavery, as
II exists amongst us-lhe proper status OF me
negro IN our form of civilization. This was
The INN edIale cause 1T the late rupture ana
the present revolution. JtFFERsoS, IN MS
forecast, had anticipated thls as The r"ckuP-
ON which the Old UuiOn would split He was
right. But wheIher he fully comprehehded
the great truth upon which that rnck stood
and stands, may he doubted. The prevailing
ideas entertained by HIM and mast "i the
leading statesmen al The lime oi the formation
of the Constitution, were, that The en>'ave
meut of the African was III violation ui The
laws of nature; that II was wrong IN pTinci-
pie soc ally, morally and poilucaliy. II was
an evil they knew n Il well how 10 deal with;
bu, the general opinicn OF The men OF that day
was, that, somehow or other, IN the order al
Providence. the Ia stiiuiiou would he evdue>-
cent and pass away. This idea. though not
incorporated IN the Constitution. was the pre-
vains idea a, the time. TIE C"n'fafta'o". IT
is irue. secured srery esSsnfid guaranty 10 tie
in,iHution rhiie al shouh lHt, and hence no
argument can be Justly used against the con-
slItutIcnal guarantees thus secured, because
of the common sentiment ot the day. Those
iieGs, LJu rtr, ,cere fundamentally ,cronc. Our
neS Government Is founded upon TT city The
opp1s'ic idsa iI> foundations are lad. us
cornerstone rests upon the great truth that
the negro is not equal To the white man
That Observation-Disclosures 10 The superior
race-is his natural and moral condition.
TmIs, our new Government, IS THE FIRST ~
rnr HISTORY OF THE WORLD, 61ssd upon tbs
great physical, piiiosophica! and mural frnfh.'
With disgust and ahhorrcnce do we
hear him, speaking of slavery, bias
phemously assert that This stone,
which was rejected by the first build
ers. lis become the chief stone Of the
corner in our new ediice y
What strange inconsistencies do we
find in the world! While ALEXAN-
DER II, of Russia, is busy in striking
the shackles from his slaves, ALEXAN-
DER l.. of the Southern Contedcracy,
is dcvising means to rivet them on
the fairest portions of the Western
Continent. How blcareycd Spain
should rejoice that she will not hence
forth he compelled to bear alone the
ignominv of the West Coast barra-
coon, the middle rassage''in mana
clcs and misery, and the torturcS that
are necessary 10 reduce the princes OF
A>hcntce to dociliiy and labor. The
eyecration, of universal Christcndom
have been heaped upon her, but she
finds ambush and defence in the som
bre structure that Mr.. Stephens de-
sircs to erect, with slavery as It's
black cornerstone! Together, they
may defy the detc>tation Of the world
in regard TO their intentions, but the
honr is at hand for the last slave to be
dragged from the golden sand, OF his
native home. Christianity and civi-
lization are lcagued against them
PHILAD. INQUIRER.
NoBoDY HURT.-Much fault was
found with Mr.. Lincoln for saving. at
Cincinnati, Nobody is irrctricvably
hurt" Stephens, the Vice President
of the Southern Contederacy, makes
substantially the same statement:
a vast empire is divrded-a government
rhrown of-a new system insugurated, in
iuxrapn>i,I"n 10 The oi, aud without a DROP Of
blood rhe slightest social disorder, or physical
suffering
1t remains TO bn seen if the South
ern houses which have suspended pay
mcnt. the planters who are heavily
taxed, the capitalists who are bleed
ing at their pockets in support of the
new conicderacy, and the thousands of
poor men there out of work and
bread, and the Northern apologisis
for Treason, will find as much fault
with Mr.. Stephens for declaring that
nobody is hurt"
FAITHFUL MINISTER'S OF HEALTH -lu
examiuIng the vessels al the various ~harfs
We tiod among the cur,"sIrles Of oar cm-
mrrce the tris VI randa. just from rrux'li"
with a cargo of Honduras SarsaParil,a for
Dr. J. &. Aver & Co., uf Lowell. So partIcu-
lar are lhl> firm as To The articles used IN
compounding their various remeiI.S, that
they have this drug. like some others they
Consume ihersd .or them by skillu. agent
of ihri: own IN the tropical regions ui lis
growth. Tie iniurms US that there are many
species Of ihIs plant, hut Two Of which are
really valuable Ia medicine; the quaIlies OF
these are a'So affected by The time of saIher
lug. mode of curing. etc. operations which
III that region OF unreliable wurkmen imposes
heavy labor upon him. Ole of the inert
varieties of Sar>aparila grows wild IN our
own forests while several others, nearly
worthless, abound in Central and South
America. The intelligent agent assured US
that the virtues Of This drug had never been