Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-08-13
VOL 9---NO. SO


the triumph of principle which the people
oi the Southern States regard as ruinous
TO them. The effect Of these measIrnes
WAS foreicld, and may now be seen in the
indurated state OF Southern feeling.
To these causes, Mr.. President. and not
from Cur omission 10 vote for the resolu-
ton recommended by YOU, we solemnly
believe we are TO attribute the terrible
esIIneSincSS OF those IN arms against the
Government and the continuance of the
war. Nor do we (pernit Us TO say. Mr..
President, with all respect for YOU agree
that the institution of slaveryis i = the lever
of their power :" but we are of the opin-
ION that - the lever Of their power Is the
apprehension that the powers of a common
government, created for common and
equal protection 10 the interests of all.
will be welded against the institutions OF
the Southern States Signed by
& y WICKIEFE, Chairman
CTarTet Davis, {. l.. l. Leary,
r. Wilson, Edwin II Webster.
j. j. Criuendcn. H. Mallory.
.Ino- \. Garlic, Aaron Harding,
J. W. CriStield, james :. Rollins,
J. = jackson, J. w Menzies,
H. Grlder, Thos- l. Price,
John =, Phelps, c. W. Dunlap,
Francis Thomas Wm y. Hall,
Chas. Il. Calvert.
In further prosecution of the emancipa-
ton project of the Abolitionists we have
the proposition TO arm and enlist the ne
groes "a soldiers. Indeed. we are inform
ed, from official sources, that one General
IN the army has alreadv organized full
regiment of negroes. We forDear 10 dis
cuSs the question. whether such soldiers @
are not Il burlesque upon the name, and
whether clothing and arming NEGROES as
such. besides the WASTE of clothes. arms
and other supplies, y not exposing Us 10
defeat in battle, from the clearly establish
ed fact that the negro l. utterly disqu;lli-
fed hv nature TO stand the muskctrv and
artillery fire-not 10 speak of the bavonet
clI.r,-e-of modern warfare The subject
has infinitely greater proportions when re
gaTrled IN lis effect 10 discourage enlist
ments by our OWN race resulting from the
commendahle repugnance Of the white man
TO toe placed upon an equality of military
rank with the negro-
But not the least Objectionable consider
alton l. the fact that this inferior race,
having their minds and passions inflameI
by the tales of real OF imaginary wrongs,
which AbolitioniSm l. too careful 10 i'm
part To them, VIII, with arms In their
hands, per.etuate the atrocities of - the
indiscriminatc slaughter OF ali aces. sexes
and conditions '-barhariiy IN warf:uc-
of which our ancestors complained against
Great Britain. who had employed against
them the .-morciless Indian s;lrages7
The history OF negrO wars and insllIToc-
tiunS in ii Domingo and other West In
MIA Islands, l. repletc with the barl5aritics
of rapine, and slaughter OF helpless women
and infants. that shock fhe sensibilities of
the lowest development OF humanity in the
white man And Vet, should the negroes
In the Southern States be employed and
armed hy The Federal Government against
the white population, then the atrocities
OF the West India Islands we NAV natur-
ally expect TO be repeated here, on Il vast
" more extended scale. Against such a
fiendiSh policy would not only the moral
Sensibilitics of all the whites of the North
crn States who have not become brutalized
by the deviliShncSs of AbolitiunisIn, be
most painfully shocked, but the whole CIV
iiized world would condemn US, and prob
ably. in the cause of humanity, rise In
stop atrocities 80 disgraceful-
But what sane Ran can doubt tlaI un-
der such policy the last spark OF Union
sentiment in the South would bc extin-
guisllel. and the entire Southern popula-
lation become united rs one person against
the Government! Ii were the mereSt
folly to suppose otherwise, How then
would such fighting bring back the rcvol-
ted States into the Union2 Can the
5000, 900 of white people there be held,
under our republican form of Government
III subjugation2 l. ii believed that the
people of the North can be maddened into
| the effort for the determination of eight
millions of people with whom we have
| hitherto lived in 4 Union held together by
| frateInaI bonds, and most of whom are
now bound 10 members of our own popu-
/ lation by the closest ties OF ccnsanguinitye
| If we were 10 exhaust all our physical ne
| sources and all our pecuniary means,
could we, if We would, accomplish such
purpose of determination Can we hold
I the Southern States or people m subluga-
/ ton without oyerthrowing our Consiitu-
/ ton and the Union; without. in fact, e.
| tahlishing a Government the most de-
Potic,
| TcoSCLUDLD oN toJ KTH rAGE.