Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-08-15

| the urAperty OF Ohioh nieo IN VH0 Oou'h II 00'H
/ and ,nfstcased, Northern creditors rob-
bed by proclamations and edicts of rcpuda
ticn. and make DO retaliation, or to resis
only in..the most refined and delicate man
ner How long shall we heed the cry o
Toryism, that they are brethren ard mus
be whipped as little as possible? How
long
We are at aoar hot only this, but we arr
at war with semi barbarous, and mos
savage and unscrupulous foe. They etop a
no device to accomplish aeir ends. They DE-
not respect flag of truce, CT, eyen, wounded
soldiers on the field of battle. The hGspi:a
for the wounded, or the green sash of th'
surgeon, is not beeded but, like other sava
ges, indiscriminate slaughter is their prac'
tice The field, at Bulls Run has proven this
The brutal mobs and horrid murders Of Hnof
Tending men at the South, in time of peace
had proved it long ago, but the Northern
people were slow to believe. Now we know
the enemy we have to deal with. We know
that they fight only when entrenched, and
in vastly superior numbers, aod act like
towards and savages whenever they have az
opportunity. They press their Negroes into
service to build entertainments. and arm
them to fight in front of their battles.
Is there any longer necessity for treating
this matter 50 de'icately? Wherever slavery
is found not only to be the cause of the war,
but lie being used in protecting the enemy
and killing loyal soldiers, destroy it-root ii
out eradicats it, Especially let this be done
wherever whole communities are disoyal and
seek to overthrow the government for the
sake Of slavery. We think it is Vattel who
says, when writing on the Law of Nations,
that we '' have right to weaken our enemy
in order to render him incapable of support
ting his unjust violence" :" TO depriUe him OF
eucrythin9 which may enable him to make
war, in the manner most suitable to us." In
these statements all writers on international
Law agree. 1t is folly to allow an enemy
his greatest source of strength, when we
p, ssess power to make that very strength a
source of weakness and certain annihilation.
To this complexion must it eon,erat last. y
The slave driyera are using their slaves to
destroy the Government that has protected
them, aud to destroy the lives of our soldiers
Shall we not destroy these living engines Of
our destruction? IF ship should sail up
Delaware Bay, containing Rebels, iring on
the people and the property on shore, would
there be any hestancy in destroying it? +
the Rebels fire on our people from church
will the sacredness Of the edifce save it from
destruction? II rich planter bas his OWE
Gne house fortified and surrounded by mask
ed batteries, shall cur soldiers die by his
deadly shots rather than destroy his beauti-
full villa? IF slaves build that house anc
| FIRE these guns. shall that kind of property
be held moro sacred than his inanimatt
chattels? By slavery he is enabled to pur'
chase guns and build entrepchnents. 1
there any reason why we should deal viii
I the effects when we can, at once, remove Toe
cause, ,-bolh of the defensive works, and th,
very thing which he is fighting for? Ava.
with this false delcacy WE ARE AT
| WAR, apd letus realize it, and act as if WI
were determined to discover our enemy
weak point and Conquer by it. The dictates
! of humanity, our instincts of selfpreservatioi
our love of country, our desi:e for Nationa
existence, all demand that we shall proclaim
liberty to every slave held by rebel master
Congress has past an set discharging all VIII
are used by the Rebels in throwing up en-.
trenchments, or in fighting, from all cbli
cations Of service or labor" to their masters
Let means be taken to proclaim this in al
the rebel States, and the institution whieI
has SO we'll nigh ruined the country vii
melt away like dew before the sun, and to-
back bone of the rebellion will be BROKEN
But every slave, whether used or not 70
warlike purposes, who belongs to a Rebel
| should be declared absoived from all obliga
tions 10 perform unrequited labor. VII.
SHOULD we hesitate longer? Let the war b
closed by removing the cause Of the war
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