Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-07-11


ruled by the country countcsl CONNER.
cial cities cannot rcpress the conflict, if
the people Of the interior lend it their
sympathies. No, no, there is reason in
the boast that the States shall all become
free. There Is good ground to appre-
hcnd the extinction of property in slaves.
All New England has decrecd it. The
great States of New York and Ohio have
repeated, again and again, the Decree
Pennsylvania seems to have sanctioned it.
The Northwestern States stand for the
present committed 10 it.
What hope is left for the Union! Is
there a man in this assembly who deems
that this conflict can 60 on and the Union
last? If there be, that man is beside
himself; lie has lost his wits. | will
reason with no such man. But, though
few may believe that the Union can long
endure the shock of the conflict, yet many
people think that freedom-absolu un-
pnditional, universal freedom--is so great
aNoon, and negro slavery so great q re-
proSh and evil, that the whole influence
OF Sod mans life and conduct should
be dirSted to promote the one and sup
press thu other-ovcn though, as q conse.
quonco, ne slave States should be driven
out of the Snion. This is the prevalent
distcmpor of'ho public mind. "Who can
minister 10 Mud diseased 20
Fellow-citizeh, profess no ability in
this regard, but M mouth is open, and
will utter some of the thoughts that press
lVp from the heart to the lips.
When, under the artico. Of confedera.
ton which carried US through -,r Rcvo.
+ luiiolary war, States had grown joa.,rs
unfraArnal, disobedicnt; and .tho Genor
al Government had proved itself too veal
to suppress conflicts that were arising, the
people took she remedy into their owl
hands, called a Convention, and formed
stronger government. The call of tn
$ Convention, the election of deputies, tn
= State Conventions which followed, al
= served to engage the public mind, and t
direct it 10 the common danger, and pos
4 siblc remedy. Thus the popular min
prepared itself to receive with approbatio
f. the Constitution that was formed, and in
G pending dangers were avcrted.
History is said 10 be philosophy teacl
C ing by examples. Let us be instruct(
G by this example. As we, Pennsylvania
were the first to abolish slavery, let us
;. the first to move for the salvation Of Il
q Union. Under the amcndatory clause
Il the Constitution, Congress is bound to C;
/, general convention on the application
the Legislatures Of two thirds Of the Stat,
=. Our Legislature will assemble next mont
1t Let US petition them to demand the co
c vention. Good examples, like bad on
O are contagious. Perhaps one and anoth
N of the Northern and Southern States III
- do the like until the requisite number ha
,. concurred and then we will have aNator
IS Convention to consider the evils and da
N gers of the day, and to devise remed
L. which, it may be hoped, shall prove
h. salutary as those Of 1877. And now,
ID then, the progress of these measures v
ID awaken inquiry and thoughtfulness in
Of masses, will call off their minds from
u petty politics of the day, and from
he mischicvous agitation of slavery qucsio
to the grand problem of how we can Y
sv der this glorious Union perpetual.
re In what form and to what extent
bo power of the General Government sho
bo be increased is not for me to indicate,
ir. with the confessions of President
raj cAanan and Attorney-Gencra' Black
m fore us, that the Government, as ]
7, constituted, is unable to prevent or pur
ms secession, or to suppress the proud con
he that dsturbs our peace and boasts IT
,rd irrepressible, have | not rig ght to asst
the that the Government needs to be siren
the cnod, Have not right to say tn
the Government which was all sufficient
the country fifty years ago, when the
rn- and climate, and State sovereignty CO
- be trusted to regulate the spread of
i've very, is insufficient to-day when e'
ter upstart politician can stir the peopl
ion mutiny against the domestic institute
,est our Southern neighbors-when the ri
an. icsts of scditious editors, like Greeley
cen Bccchcr, can sway Legislatures and
inns ular votes against the handwork OF W
ode ington and Madison-when the scurri
the libels of such a book as Helpers bee
it's layoritc campaign document and
ncr- accepted by thousands as law and g
lcso both--when jealousy and hate have k