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

l. hV NoItuCl DlutCS aDOllsueu tnc Sla-
very, and so gratifod their innate love of
irccdom-but they did it gradually, and
so did not wound their love of GAIN
They sold out slavery to the South, and
they received full equivalent not only
in the price paid down, but in the manu-.
featuring and commercial prosperity which
grew mp from the productions of slave
labor.
When the Constitution came to be form
cd, some of the Norlhcrn States still held
slaves, but several had abolished the in
stitution and it must have Neen apparent
that natural causes would forc it Ultimate
ly altogether upon the South, The love
of liberty was as intense as evS, and as
strong at the South as at the Moth. and
the love of gain was common also {, both
sections. Here were two master passions
to be adjusted under circumstances olN,e
greatest delicacy. They were adjusts,
and the great questions Of the time werei
settled, in the only manner possible
Concession and npromse--considcra
ton for each others feelings and interests,
sacrifices Of prcjudicos, !or|oarance and
moderation-thcse were tht means by
which the "morc perfect UGon'' was
formed
And what a work it was! If tin Union
had never brought us single blesipg,
the Constitution ofthe United States would
still have been magnificent monumen, to
the unselfsh patriotism of its founders.--
Not an alliance merely, but close and
perfect union between people equally am.
bilious, equally devoted to freedom, equal.
ly bent on bcttering their condition; but
separated by State lines, and jealous o
State rights-one section seeking its pros
pcrity under Institutions which were to
make every man free man-thc Other
under institutions which tolerated negro
slavery.
Had the Constitution failed to work ou
the bcncfcient results intended, here wa
all instance Of human effort to do good
an effort to restrain and regulate two nat
ural passions, and to compel them to CO
operate in blessing mankind-which woult
forever have challenged the administra
ton of all good and thoughtful men. Blu
it did not fail, thank God it has mad
us a great, prosperous nation and the ad
miration OF the world, for the mOtireS ofth
founders is swallowed up in wonder at tn
success Of their work.
But all this the "irropressible conflict
} ignores. The passion for liberty, spurnin
) the restraints imposed, has burned out a
memories of the compromise and the com
| pact in those Northern communities which
under the false name of liberty Bills, oh
struct the execution of tie bargain. Whi
5 part Of the purposes CT the founders ar
the underground railroads intended
promote? Whence come these eXccssiy
g scnsibilities that cannot bear few slave
= in remote Territory until the white pee
f pic establish Il Constitution What doc
that editor or preacher know Of the Unio
: and of the men who made it, who hablt'
t ally revilcs and misroprcscnis the Soutl
: ern people, and eXcitcs the ignorant an
c the thoughtlcss IN our midst to hate al
n prosecute them? What has become
: our glad and willing obedience to the $
C premo Court as the final exposltor of Il
;, compact !
&c Be not deceived. Let me not prophc
o smooth things, and cry peace when the
C is no peace Let the truth be spoken,
i heard, be pondercd, if We mean 10 save
10 Union. The conflict boasts that it is
d rcprssiblc 1t allies itself with oqr
lc readiness to religion and inidclity' 1t {
lc lists all our passions, good and bad.
10 makes common cause with the chanpio
D, of freedom the world over, and with
ID promoters of insurrcction, riot and disco
W at home. With Freedom inscribed on
~ banner it bears, it tramplos under loot
f. guarantees of freedom contained in
o, Constitution and laws.
y, How is it to be rcpress9d Cove
y. mental administration cannot subduc it
st That has been tried for several success
tn periods, and the conflict has waxed hot
Id and hotter. Viii the next Administra at
DC be more successful! Hoping for the |
o. it can do, what right have you or L to
ticipate that the honest man who has b
ng elected will prove rccrcant to the max
to that made him President Can tr
It and commerce subduo it? Look at
N votes of Boston, Philadelphia, and ri
ed burgh. The manufacturers and II
cw chants are the governing classes in Il