Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-04

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An Abolitionist "A True Picture of tn,
Animal
The New York HcrdH contains the fol-
lowing lie,like portrait of the now detes
table thing known as "Aboliiionist." i
will be found particularly interesting tC
tho few remaining nigger-worshippers o
this region:
To be an aboltionist on 'es mind must be
so distorted, warped aud obscurod that il
! is no wonder if it often breaks entirely
An abolitionist cam 1T be practical foI
abo!itionsm is impracticable. lie must
confuse with righ wrong, and believe that
slavery IL wrong even to the extent Of deN
nying the existence Of God because he
reasons that a God would not permit
slavery. lie must take pride in being ec-
centric; and from being eccentric in opin-
ion he soon comes to be eccentric in his
dress, in his mode Of wearing his hair and
beard and in his manners and department.
lie must cherish an opinion all the more
because it is unpopular and thus lie soon
comes to adopt an opinion for the very
reason that it is unpopular, therefore. he
argues, must be right. lie must be blind
to great evils, and magnify little evils into
tremendous outrages, to be overcome at
any cost. Ie must have no consideration
for a white man, except as subsidiary to IA
negro.
In short, lie must be negro worship
per and devotee, hating verything which
other men ho.d most Gear 10 his ebony
Juggernaut. Of course such a fanatic is
kicked out of society, and therefore he
attacks society, ignores its usages and
amenities, and revenges himself by trying
to break it up and substitute for it q socies
ty of his own.
Thus he cones incloser contactjwith the
abolitionist in petticoats, who is, if any
thing, worse than himself She is either
a Mrs. Jellaby, neglecting home duties to
attend public meetings, lecture on her
mission" and manage the correspon-
dence ofan arti-clavery society, or she is
something worse, and has "afiinities."
Male and female abolitionisis mingle in
Unitarian homes, in phalanxes, in free
love bagonics. If they have any religion
it is Spiritualism. Both sexes insist strong.
ly upon woman's rights-that is to say,
the right of a woman to be as wicked as
she may please, without remark. What
wonder that with such associations the
male abolitionist looses all courtesy, chiv-
airy and politeness. The females them.
selves rant, rave, dispute, argue lecture
and scold tho vestige of the gentleman
out of him. He is to regard women
as Just rs bad or worse than men.
and lives up to his teachings. This is
picture Of an abolitionist fully developed.
honest in his infatuation, and conscien>
tiously carrying the poison of his abolition
ism into his religion, his morality, his
politics and his social relations. To him
the idea OF attacking a lady, whose merits
he cannot appreciate is rs natural as to
others it is abhorrent. Failing to make
our President adopt the abolition theory
Of emancipation, he argues that the Pres
ident is slave driver that Mrs. Lincoln,
having been born in slave state, must
have influenced the President to become
a slave driver. This point settled-and
now quickly his insane mind conceivcs it
he feels 1t his duty not only to attack
the President but also to billingsgate the
Presidents wife. Thus comes such at
tacks as that of the Springfield Repu Licaa,
aud they mark one of the phenore ena of