Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-10-10

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deadly blow at the life Of the nation.
. This is no time for mere party issues
and party organizations Let US stand by
the government until it has crushed out
this rebellion, unit! the traitors have laid
down their arms; then We can talk Of
compromises, party issues and orgauiz2.
tons. But lot Us never talk of compro-
misses with traitor while he has knife
at the throat of the government
Nor 1t your judgment be perverted b
the suggestions Of the political dcmagog1e,
that this war, wng-l 10 preserve the na-
'ional existence, is to bring about an in
reference Of the !=bor Of an oppressed and
eu-laved race, with the lgbor Of the free
white people Of the northern States. THIS
is base and false prctcrce Of I flctiOn rs
truly dlsloyal and even more dangerous
than the rebels who have arrayOl them
selves in arms against the Government
If the wicked leaders and their de.uicI
followers iu the South will no, be aduon-
ishel and return to their allegiance, they
must suffer the conscquenccs Of their
crime, They arc traitors, and forfeiture
is the legal peGalty Of treason. ilcy dis
card and contemn the Constitution which
guaranteed their possession Of that which
they claimed to be property il man, aud
they eau not with the one Land thrust OF
the great CHARTER obligations imposed upon
Us and them alike, and at the same time
claims to cTj0y right in pursuance of its
provisions. they have tho choice to re-
turn 10 their allegiance and obtain lis pro-
lection, or to persist IN their rebrliou5 re-
sistance. and forfeit to an offended govern
mens und Outraged people tho possessions
which accrued 10 them while they Rcre
yet faithful and regarded the duties which
they owed 10 the lass and Constitution
If they will not obey, then let their slaves
the bondmcn who DO their work, earn
their bread, support their ragged forces in
the field, and their dependent families At
home, and thus Gi7e oil the strength and
power Of rcsistaucc to their rebellion
which it posscsscs-go free, with their
chains struck Off, Gui permitted 10 appro-
PIRATE to their own advantage the iruisS Of
that labor which has hitherto pampcroj
the pride, made the wealth, and supplied
the necessities Of a naughty, Ambitious,
dictltorial and traitoFous aristocracy
The emancipatcl slave will Gy to no
northern cline. D0~n-iToilsu and op-
pressed, be yet has lis domestic ties, his .
love Of home, snd attachments TO birth |
place aud familiar scenes Us strong os ami /
mate any human heart: nothing but the |
aspiration after freedom has ever induced /
him to leave them. Give Linn liberty in !
the South, and ho will never coms North; :
its climate is not congenial to bis constl-
tuition; be loves the t)rrid Temperature
Of the tropics, and thrivcs beneath its
burning sun. hut shivcrs amid tho North
ern leo and win,ry sleet and storm.
The vast free colored population Of the
Southern States themselves, where they |
are permitted to abide, greatly exceeding
that Of the Northern States, furnishes
living proof both cf thoir local attach
ments, and their Climatic preferences.
1t was only few years ago ikat tie leg.
islature Of Maryla whom an intense
ncgr0phobia was rIeing, ontertainei the
project of expelling her nearly eighty
thousand free blackg from her soil, bat
abandoned it when they reelected ,hGt
they would thus deprive themselves Of the
most valuable part Of their prolactiyc /
labor, and their laui would run to wos'e
for want Of cultivation, and poverty would
prevale her borders. Let Southern trai- /
tors persist iu their enormous Hickodncss
until the decree OF emancipation goes
forth, and the strength Of their rebellion /
Will lie destroyed By tho abstraction .
Of the support it now receives from slay- /
cry and then, instead Of fugiiiYcs Tcnd- .
ing their way North, an exodus will take
place in the opposite direction, aud thous-
ands aud tens of thousands of the free .
negroes of the North will gladly turn .
their steps to those regions where the sun
sends warmth through the shgering
franc, and whero they Can thrive uuder
It's friendly beans.
People OF Pennsylvania bo not fright.
cnei from your proprieiy by immaginary
evils nor seduccl from the calm detcrn!-
nation Of cool aud sound judgment By
the arts of the political demag0guo, nor
shaken in your firm devotion to tho cause
Of your imperi!lcd country, at whose
throat the traitor aims his f.loa stec!
but speak, in the aatboritiye tones Of the
ballot-bOx, your uuf,lteTing determination
to save tho national life, 10 overthrow On
aTocious rebellion, and 10 punish its
leaders and abott0rs with the penalty
incurred by feions. Rally to the support
Of the local, legislative, Congressional aad
State candidates nominated By he uucon-
dItiooal friends Of the Uniln, who have
discarded mere party names, and taken
the higher ground Of patriotism, and thus
prove that this great Commonwealth is,
indeed, the Keystone of the Federal arch,
holding it together firmly and iadissolu,
bly,, to bless mankind with the Dobicst
example and fullest experience Of human
liberty aud happiness.
CYRUS p. MARKLE'
Chairman Union State Central Com.
Gro; Gi "; Y; HAMERsLF' Secretaries.
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