Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-25
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far as to send him our paper, and insert
his com munication. Bu, We cannot "crit.
icise" It, for the reason that it needs none.
The humani,y that would consent, Under
any rational state Of circumstances. that
any Christian government should tearfrom
their mothers breasts over half million
Of infants annually, aud ship them OFT
perhaps 10 some far otf ica-girt island, is
in perfect harmony with the whole system
Of Aboli!ionsm. Our friends argument
admits .: 10 other logical deduction; and
! 2aroah. il he now polluted the ea,th with
bis bloody presence, would hang his head
10 shame VI tho yery thought.
For the Republicas.
Nc,ms. Editors - Enclosed YOU sill find
one dollar, for which want YOU to send
me the Rspujlcaa. do not approve of
all the opinions OF its editors, sc, trust
that | am not that kind of bgot that
would attempt 10 suppress the expression
| Of sentiments contrary TO my own. | alS
low al! men the freedom OF thought and
! ofspeech, and claim that right for myself
Therefore permit me 10 make lew criti'
cal observations upon some of your opin-
ions expressed in your last paper. You
appear fearful that the abolition OF slav0y
will food .he Northern States with nc>
groes, which will drive US laborers into
the necessity of competition with blacks,
and consequently 10 a reduction OF wages
This, to some people, may appear quite To-
gcal, but It's not so to me. | contend that,
If slavery was abolished in the South, the
negroes there would not only stay there,
but those in the tree States would migrate
South TO seek homes. The cases you men,
ton to the contrary sre not the effect of
abolition, but the terrible effects OF civil
war.
There are no more negroes in the South
now than are needed TO carry on the agri,
culture Of that vast region. This you will
certainly admit Then, if sll, cry was abol-
isbed those negroes that are now held as
slaves would be- retained as hired laborcrs :
the same interest that would induce \ mau
to buy n negro, would induce him to hire
one. The causes which compel negroes tn
rush by thousand, to the Northern States
are these they are fleein. from slavery to
freedom. Establish freedom in the South
and this negro stampede will cease, because
there will be nothing TO migrate for. Just
as wafer ceases TO flow when i finds its lev
el, so will migration cease when its cause
is removed. As 10 the colonization of the
negroes, | am.pretty confident OF its ieas-
ibi.i,y. You, however, think that it our
whole naval force was employed we could
I l. l. ID. L
may be very near correct but even it that
should be the nltimalum of our efforts, we
would be gaining upon them rapidly, for
il their increase were removed for the
space of thirty three years the whole negro
race that now treads the soil of America
would be buried within its bosom, and our.
selves as generation along with them,
and our posterity would find tho land
cleared OF all kind of rubbish.
Again, you appear seriously oppoeed to
the abolition OF slavery as a means OF Grip,
ping the cause OF secession. Now, NCssrs
editors, hope you are more OF philoso.
pliers than to attempt TO remove the evil
Of disunion, without removing its cause.
We should accustom ourselves to deal with
thuigS ami no, With uarues. Slavery !, the
cause Of this war, and am in favor Of re-
moving il. Let us take the bull by the
horns"-meet the question squrely, and
| drive the cause Of civil war from the land
then peace will OF its own accord return
We shou!dnot attempt 10 cStabheh pettr upon he
very basis that has proved itself unable 10 perpet>
H. The kind Of policy which you seem
to approve reminds me Of a fable ouce
read in an old story >book-'twas an oricn-
tai legeEd-and ran as follows: "a being
whom the orientals called Omn;pot or t
| IOmniscient, &c, created tyo morials end
placed them iE an abode Of pure delight {;
but an evil genii, by deceit and lalsehood,
| induced them to violate the laws of their
author- for which violation they are pun>
ished, and their dec,iyer permitted 10 90
unchasti2ed, although he was the real
cause nf the transgression. Rut as the sto.
ry proceeds, the posterity Of those mortals
were permitted to multiply for ages, and
! from their former experience in error be-
came more and more sinful, insonuch tha,
! their kind and benevolent au hor was
compelled to annihlate the whole race,
only retaining enough TO perpeuate the
spccles. But this stupendOus measure, un-
mercliul and sweeping as it was, was insU'>
hcient TO cleanse the race for the dcsccn.
dents of those saved became, by contact
with the ever present genii, rs wicked and
sinful rs formerly, until their creatcr rs a
last sad necessity, was at last compelled to
descend from his exalted abode anl give
himself a sacrifice for the transgress ons { f
his creatu:es. Strange and inconsistent as
this tablets, yet it is believed 10y thousands
of people iE the East TO the present days
| But the moral which we wish to draw from
it is this: ii the Omripotent being had an.
Sihlated the evil genii, ss being tho real
cause of the transgression. the wkcle race
of mortals would have been saved The de
moralizing influence of his preserce, with
all its consequent misery, and their author
would have enjoyed the corsciercious
happiness Of having produced beings wor.
thy OF his great name. So Messrs. editors.
let us not initiate this short.sighted OK
ample-5ut annihilate the cause of disun.
ion, that our postcrity may enjoy the tes-
sings of peace and p prosperity forever.
These arc few thoughts of one Of the