Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-07-15
VOL. lO---NO. 80.

SIN. If SIN, then 1t is a violation of
some Divine law, for sin is the transnres-
sion of the law
Now, deny that any such law has ever
been revealed. The burden of showing il
is on him who alleges, and when il i,
SHOWN, agree 1t shall rule out all tRat
! mas been SAID or can be said for a Union
founded on slavery. | bind myself never
10 rmse my voice again in behalf of sucI.
IA Union But, so far from any such law
being found plainly written for our in
structlon, whoever will study the P;ltri
arcial and Levitical institutions, will see
/ the principle of human bondage. and of
! property IN man, diyinely sanctioned. If
not dIvnely ordained and in all the say
| lngS OF our Saviour, we hear no iniunc-
/ non lor The suppression Of slavery which
/ existed under his eyes, while he delivered
| many maNlms and principles, which, like
The golden rule, enter right into and regu-
| late the relation So do the writings OF
aul abound with regulations af the rcla-
ton, but not with the iniunctions for IFS
! SUPPRESSION. If we 20 to the most accrcd-
| lted commentators, or consult divine.
really wise and good in our midst: or
what Is better, study and search the
SCRIPTURES for ourselves, we shall fail to
ind law which, fairly interpreted and
applied, Justifies any man in asserting. in
OF out OF the pulpit, that the negro slavery
OF the United States is sinful. What
right, then, L ask again, has the AboIi-
| tOmst 10 cheat tender consciences into
hostility to an institution on which onr
Cnlon Is founded III part Good pcople
say we do not wish to disturb slavery
where 1t exists by local law, but believing
1t to be SINFUL and inexpedient, we will not
submit TO IFS extension, nor assist to 70
store the fugitive to his master. S,,cb
people soon come to- conceive that tbe
more untriendly they can feel towards
slavery the more harsh speeches they
make about shareholders, the more they
heip on the uTepresslble conflict, the bel
ter Will they recommend themselves to
God In some churches anti-slayerv sen-
tments have become essential TO good
standing According to some eccIes;asti-
cal councils, it would seem that the GREAT
duty OF the American Christian is to war
with ms nelGhbor's property and, if on
Portumty presents, to help steal and hide
Alas! alas! for the times upon which
we have fallen
W must arouse ourselves and re-as
sert the rights of the slavenolder, and add
such guarantees to our Constitution os
VIII protect his property from the spoila-
ton OF religious bigotry and persecution.
or else we must give up our Constitution
ana cmon. Events are placing the al
Tentative plainly before us-C Constitutional
I'Ho", a'd hJafy according 10 Anlcricaa
"t'r; or else ectinction Of stare gro;,eyt1.
"eJ.'o freedom, dissolution Of tue LlaoH.
and a'a1cly and contusioa
Can any man, even though his mind
has been poisoned by the sophisms of in
fd1is and Abolitionists, seriously con-
template the alternative with compos,,re
and indifference ? We hear it said, LET
South Carolina 60 out of the Union
peacebly. say let her go peaceabIy. if
she 90 at all, but why should South
Carolina be driven out of the In
ION by an irrepressble conflict about sla-
very! Other States will be sure to fol-
low, sooner or later. The work of dis
ntegratlon, once fairly established, will
not end with South Carolina, nor even
with all the slave States Already we
see 1t announced, on the floor of Congress-
that the city Of New York, tired of her
connections with Puritan New EnoIani
and the tanatical interior of her own
State, will improve the opportunity to set.
up Tor herself, and throw open her mac
nlticent port to the unrestricted commerce
Of the world
Let us be wise in time Our resolu-
tIons. are soothing and encouraging in
their tone, and this vast assemblaGe i
symtomatic of returning health in the
public mind but popular meetings and
tilF-spoken resolutions are not going to
save the Union from destruction. The
people must act, and act promptly and
efficiently Let them show the South
that the heart OF the great State of
Pennsylvania is sound still. 1t is said
that the late elections do not commit
Pennsylvania, unalterably, to the mis-
chicvous conflict. | am unwilling TO be-
licve it. l hope it is so. | hope the
events of the winter and our future elcc-
tioIss viii prove it. Then let Pennsvl
vania appeal to the South to stand by us
a little longer, till we have proved, not by
far words, but by deeds, that we will
arrest the iTepressiblc conflict; that we
are not ready to give up constitutional
liberty for Hcentious liberty; that we Will
not sacrifice all the memories of the mast
and all the hopes of the future, for negro