Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-11-02
The Slavery Question.

accomplished now by editorial structures,
but our conscience will not be fully at rest
until we have said all We think, with ref.
crence to the slavery question, which is
now shaking our country to its center.
This article may be read by many who
have not yet voted, and, we hope, may in
duce them to cast their votes for that par
ty whose success will enable the Governs
ment the sooner, by moral anil political
considerations, to conquer the wicked re-
bellon which is sowing the seeds Of de,truc.
ton broadcast through our once happy
land.
This glorious Union must not be dis
solved in consequence of slavery, the sin
of slavery, if the ultras wish TO call it.
Aboltionsm, from the days of Johu
Thompson, the English abolitionist, have
preached in favor of she ,mnIediate eman.
cipaton Of slaves We think, We have
furnished sufficient arguments to show that
the emancipation of tow millions Of S5acss
would be the complete prostraton of all
the industrial interests of nearly -Four hta.
dred Mousa3M aChith h52rers IN PeRaSyl.
vaa,a, and here in Philadelphia alone,
the men, women and children, who would
be reduced to starvasion, would amount
to nearly SeUCnty Thousand.
Now, fellow citizens, shall VIC not look
to the interests Of those who are immcdi.
atcly dependent on our kind Offices Shall
this glorious Union be rent in sunder, and
the interests Of Mi'ty mjhjoaS Of white
people be sacrificed for II mere scntimen-
tai idea-the emancipation Of laborers, the
expense of whose keeping falls only on
those who advocate the peculiar institution!
Have the white men Of the North, who
live by the "swcat of their brows sul-
GENTLY studied this question? Have they
looked to the interests Of their own hum.
bic homcsteads, and said to themselves
what would our condition and that Of our
wives, mothers, sisters, and children be,
if the European idea of tantcs should be
fully carried out We fear not. We fear
not. And yet, every ballot cast to day
vii be .fIf or against the rights and the
comforts Of the poor mans homestead.
And let it not be forgotten that the men,
who for the sake of carrying a partizan
ticket, an8 Secu'i ing for MemSeivs MeSpotLs
Of cbicc, are fyin directly in the face ofthe
teachings Of Abraham Lincoln, and the
resolution Of the extra session Of Congress.
THIS cMnnot, UtiS dar! not be deaied.
The dissolution of the Uniou, because Of
the "quastion of Slavery has been
preached lrom abolition puIpts and time
serving pot teal rostruns for many years,
and now the issue is on US. 70 this day
this outraSe is still being repeated, and
di7suisc it We may tbs SUCCESS Of the
Republican ticket viii be hcraldcd as tue
triumph Of aboli,i oniam.
The remedy, which has been preached
for years, has been the setting free the
slaves, the insane advocates being entirely
reckless and regardless of the Glorious aud
thrice bless Union Of usrtg mi}it9nS n
free aohstc pc0p5e, and the outrage is still
being repeated, to day, on election day, in
{ the very face OF the inaugural address o.
Abraham Lincoln, and the declaration o
Congress, and the frequently avowed pur-
pose Of the National Government.
!. What is all this, we ask, but an offor
to dlpile tue NO,tt, when all should b.
united in sustaining the government to pu
down rebellion? What is it but treason
to endeayor to divide the sentiment of tn
=, North ?
t There is n great, double wrong iu al
this--a wrong first in opposing the GOV.
e elnmcnt Of the United States in its declare'
: will, which is clearly quais treason, an(
should be punished as such; aud secondly
1t is grieyous wrong upon the honest
hard working labororers in attempting t(
i ill our Northern cities with S,carms Qf 6lacI,
from ue malions ot So veS, for whom W
have no room, and whom We do not want
but who will have to be provided for il
G some way, stOuid ajoIhioaiSat succeed il
{ ts reckless schemes.
What, break up tni5 blessed Union! Oh
c never What! keep up an insane clam,
> or to turn loose on our cities swarmS 0
j.. jrecI JiachS, to eat up our substance ant
impovcrish the white labor of the North
NEVER! Irishmen Germans Americans
. all who live by hard labor and by homes
toll, is yO,T labor to be brought unde
this grinding competition which will over
burthen and OPP ress the white man, with