Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-08-06

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contains the following advertisement;
GREAT BARGAINS!
"Just imported from Africa, and to be sold on
board the brig Jonncy, William Ellcry, Comman-
der, now lying at New Boston, a number Of like
ly negro boys and girls, from twelve to fourteen
years old. Inquire Of said Ellery on board said
brig, whore constant attendance is given.
"NoTE.-Thc above slaves have all had tho
small pox. TroGsurer's notes and New England
rum will be taken as.pay."
There is a good text for a long sermon.
But the subject requires but few words.
Massachusetts,, now so piousiy hostile to
slavery was at that date, and for half
century later, the great slave trader Of the
Western Hemisphere. Her ships. her
men, her money and her enterprise took
10 that trade as naturally rs q duck takes
to water, There were thousand of her
people who engaged in the "sum of all
v.llainies," D." as John Wesley denomnated
the slave trade, but not the ownership OF
slaYes. Massachusetts, money and Massa-
Chusetts ships invaded the barraCoOns and
the coasts of Africa, mainland, and thous
ands of "boys and girls from twelve to
| fourteen years of age" were brought to
New England for use there, or for sale to
the fathers Of the present rebels of the
South.
New England people were the "man
stealers" for the colonies CT Britain, and
for the States which now comprise rebel
lious Dixie There was money in the
business there was gain-there was pelf.
and up to the year lSOS when the vile
trade was abolished, no enc ever heard a
Massachusetts man donouncing this trade
in human beings. When her old slave
ships were worn out, and she could turn
an honest penny at some other traffic, she
! became suddenly Conscientious and has
continued to kick up a fuss generally with
those who own the negroes which she
sold to them Her conscience, which
seems to be an India rubber one, has been
drawn into many shapes on this vastly
mischievous subject.
Captain Ellery seems to have had
sharp eye to business, and he gives the
gratifying announcement that "all the
slaves have had the smal! poX." TO show
the vast philanthropy of Massachusetts,
she was always full of RELIGIOUS sentiment
he proposed to take New England rum
rs pay This rum he would sell or trade
on his next voyage, to pay for new batch
OF negroes, adding to his profits on both
species of property. 1t was sharp dick
er, TO be sure, and emiEentlv worthy of
some people who don't live quite a thous.
and miles from Boston. Massachusetts,
fetters were placed upon the limbs of the
slave, and New England rum debaseG the
soul of the captive.
Lord save the world from hypocrisy and
ransom those who deserve the contempt
Of man and the dire judgment Of lIeav
en-
THE ARCH TRAITOR OF TIE NoRTH.-Un-
uuestionably the arch traitor of the Union
is not Jefferson Davis, bat Wendell Phil
lips. Davis is criminal of lesser magni.
tude. A speech of Phillips is published
in one Of his New York radical organs
1.-THE TimeS), in which he ayows that he
has been traitor and disunionists for up.
wards of thirty years. "To,day," says
this demagogue, Jefferson Davis is doing
less to break this Union by his armies at
Richmond than Lincoln by his Cabinet
policy and delay in the city of Washing-
ton" This is true Of the traitor Phillips
himself and not OF Mr.. Lincoln. Had
there been no Wendell Phillips no Garri-
son and no Greeley there would have been
no Jefferson Davis at the head Of 4 rebel
liouS confederacy. Secession is the spawn
of abolition. From anti.savery disunion
the Southern rebellion has derived its be.
ing and all its vitality. Had the aboli-
ton traitors been crushed in time there
would be no necessity FOR waging war
against Southern insurrection to-day.
Philips gloats over the disasters to our
army because the atrocious policy of Ere.
,. mont and Hunter was not adopted, and
because the negroes were not armed to
cut the throats of all Southern white wo-
women and children, after the approved
model of the St. Domingo massacre, which
he is accustomed to hold up for the ad-
miraton Of mankind. lie contesses that
it is not the restoration of the Union he
desires to see, but the abolition Of slavery
and hence his aversion to Mcclellan and
his disparaCcment of his services. He
saJo ,iIe reason why tnat general mas fail.
ed is that George Washington and the
other sages and patriots who drew up the
constitution in 1877 tied up one of his
| hands whereas the first use Fremont
made Of his sword was to cut the restraint
Of the Constitution. Here is plain avcw.
al that Phillips and the radicals are lea
] EANA W ONNiNi illt COllSkll
avowal that they want TO inauguratc a
reign of anarchy and blood, like the des. .
peradoes of the French Revolution.
If Jeff Davis and the other leaders in
the Southern rebellion merit the extreme
ponalty of the Law, what less do such
Northern traitors as Robesperre Phillips,
Lloyd Garrison and Horace Greedy de
serve, who have been laboring with all
Their might to overthrow the Union for
the last thirty years ?--N y. Herald.
SUMNER RESIDENCE IN CANADA. 1t is
started that some of the dwellers on the
Northern borders of Maine have taken up
summer residence in Canada, to avoid be.
ing drafted. They offer to work for their
board until it is decided whether the State
will be obliged to have recourse to this
resort to fill her quota.
THE WESTERN ARuY.--The casualities
of all kinds in the army of the western
department (late Halleck's) since 1t went
into the field are started at G3, 500, of
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