Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-01-18

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thing II was 10 wear dirty shirt, long beard
/ and ragged coat; 10 go without dinner, or
TO spunge for 1t among growing relations; or
| 10 be bespa,tered, or run over IN the streets,
! by the sons of those who were once their
fathers overseers-l say, had those poor boo
bies, in the days of their prosperity, known
these things as they no,c do, would they have
squandered away The precious means Of iBde-
pendence and pleasure. and have brought
themselves 10 all this shame and sorrow
No, never, never, never.
And so II is. most exactly, with nations.
II those that are free and happy. did but knor
their blessings, do you think they would ever
exchange them for slavery II the Cariha-
genians, for example, in the days OF their free
dom and seli-government, when they obcyed
no laws but of their own making paid no
taxes, but for their own benefit; and, free as
air, pursued their own interest as they liked
| say. If That once glorious and happy people
had known their blessings, would they have
sacrificed them all, by lhelr GccHsed trc'innS,
10 the Romans, 10 be ruled, they and iheir
children. with a rod Of Iron 10 be hurtenet
like beasts, and crucifcd like maleiactors !
No, surely they would not.
We'll, now, 10 bring this home 10 ourselves.
We fought tor seli-governmenI and God has
pleased 10 give US one, better calculated per-
haps To project our rights, 10 foster our VIZ
tues, TO cali forth our energies, and 10 advance
our Condition nearer 10 perfection and happl-
ness, than any government that was ever
framed under the sun. Bat what signifies er-
en- thIs government, divine as 1t Is, If II be
not known and priced a. It deserves /!
asked him how he thought lhIs was best
10 be doDel
why. certainly" replied he, "by Free
Sch0oi>."
shook my head. He observed it, and
asked me what meant by that
told him | was AFRAID the Legislature
would look TO their popularity, and dread the
expense.
He exclaimed, God preserve oar Lesisla-
ture from such penny VII and pUund iuon>h-
ness What. sir! keep ndfion IN ignorance,
rather than vote a hue o! their own money
for eiucauon, only lei such poLticians re-
men.J,r what poor SOUTH CAROLINA has
qLreGdv h,t through her ignorance. What
was !, that brought the BRUSH. last war, 10
Carohua, but her iqck of knou!edEs2 Had
the people been enlightened, they would have
been united: and, had they been united. they
never would have been at!acned second
time by the BRUSH For, alter that druublng
lhev pot from us at For, Moulrrie, IN l116.
they would as soon have attacked the dew! )
have attacked Carolina again, had they not
heard thai they were "a hOuss dtgidtd Ggdtnsi
,t.tlf;' or, IN other words, had amongst u a
e,euf n4ul5er OF TurIeS-men, who through
mere ignorance. were t.saiiecItd To the cause
OF iIhery, aud ready L. IvIn Inc Brush against
their own ccuGirymen. Thus. ignorance be-
gat Toryl>m. AID ro'yI,u beGal losses III
Carolina Of winch .ew have any idea.
"AccorGIna l. the best accounts, America
spent, IN the v ar, Seventy Millions Of Dol
lars, which, d iviued among The States accord
ing 10 their population, glGes 10 Carolina
about Eight Millions; maNIng, a. the war
lasted elght years. Million a year. Now, It
IS generally believed. the BRUSH. after their
los, Of Burcoyne and their fine rthern ar
my, would soon have given up The contest,
mad II not been for the !rotho!d they gOl IN
Carolina. which proIrac,ed the war AT least
two years longer. And, as this Two years
Tui0ous war IN Carolina was ewing 10 the
encouragement the enemy got there, aud that
encouragement 10 ToryIsm, and that foryISm
to ignorance. ignorance may fairy be debled
TO Two Millions of loss 10 Carolina.
"Wel,. IN hose Two years Of Tory-begotien
war. Carolina lost, al least Four Thousand
men and among them, a LGureHs. a Williams,
a CumpbeH. Hayne, and many others, whose
worth not the gold OF Ophr could value
But, rated al the price al which the prince of
HesSe sold his people 10 George the Third 10
shoot the Americans, say Thirty Pounds
Sterling a head, or One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars, they make SIX Hundred Thousand
Dollars. Then count the Twenty-Five Thou
sand Slaves which Carolina certainly lost,
and each slave at the moderate price OF Three
Hundred Dollars, and you have Seven Mil
lions Five Hundred Thousand. To this add
the houses, barns. and stables, that were
burnt; the plate, plundered the furniture.
lost; the hogs. sheep and horned cattle, killed; /;
the rice, corn and other crops, destroyed
and they amount. at the most moderate calcu-
laiion, 10 Five Millions.
snow, to say nothing Of those losses which
can no, be rated bv dollars and cents, uch as
the destruction of morals and the distraction
Of chIideSs parents and widows, but counting
those only that are OF the plaineStcalcuiatonS,
such as,
Carolina, loss in extra years war 50 100000
Her 600 citizens slain III that time 100000
For 25. 600 slaves lost, 1890. 900
Buildings, caiIle, &C., destroyed, 100000
Sl5. 100 900
Making the enormous sum OF Fifteen Millions
and odd Dollars capitai and bearing an annu-
al interest of nearly Ten Hundred Thousand
Dollars. besides. And all this Tor lack OF
few Free Schools. which would have cost the
State a mere nothing
Islghed aud told him wished he had not
broached the subject. for 1t made me very sad.
"les," replied he, At is enough 10 make
any one sad. But II can not be helped bu.b by
a wiser course Of things: for, If people will
not do what will make them happy, God Will
surely chasllse them and this dreadful loss
OF public properly is one token of His dis
pleasure at our negec, Of public instruction.
| asked him If this were really his belief.
"Yes, SIR" replied he, with great earnest
ness. ..t is nv belief, and | would not eX-