Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-02
THE GENUS OF rSiyrasI Lu,NuPlElo,
January ist, 1853,

C'iStnniJtrs h-UtIiIODt com l'Ucc- u uc|
era. The United States Government IS n
longer bound to protect and aIi the mora
evil, the cruel wrong, ani the d'sGracefu
hypocrisy Of the treacherous Tyranny that
seeks the downfall Of Americ,n Liberty,
aud the very life of our Nation. The mei-
SURF will advance with our arms. II wiI.
have ITS evils aud its ben, tirs-Of which,
,he evils will be first aud most apphreut,
aui the b.netis appear in years to come
It's force and efficiency will depend on
wise legislation, sustained by the honest,
loyal people Of the country. To those
who begin to falter, aud manifest moral
coyarice from lack of kuowledg ge-lu!
to those who are being cIrele3s!y led, or
whipped, willingly perhaps, into the chains
Of a party, whose very existence, !or years
past, has depend j on It's huml!ilting
It,e.i al the feet Of the Save POwer-t1
all such, We wish to present few His
them that It i safe 70 do rrsht-that i; is
good policy to be jGst--;hat the Divine
Law OF Liberty Is living truth, and not
a dead lie. We desire to f1rtiLy all in
the right.
The 600 coo fighting men of Israel who
were delivered from Egyptian bondage,
dii eventually better their condition
aud yet, IN th,ir long journey, they had
some "cnuScrva,Ivc>,' wAa haukere! after
the fl fshpors of Egypt, and would have
"c1mpromised' by returning to their kind
masters Bat grlciou, Providence saved
them from their own folly aud wlckeiuess
their own blind, stupid serviity.
Our English, IRISH and German torefa-
thers were vlssas or serts, more iguorant
aud brutal than the Negroes Of Ssce,sla.
Oar elevation as races, step by step, Is
record worth our study, and gratitude.
Ia Pennsy yvanin, and in others Of the
original States, Slavery was abolished, by
law, without compensation, and with DO
damage to any beneficial interest.
The bllck uab1b- of Africa once kept,
as slaves, al the "poor white Trash hot
excepting Americln,-rhey could catch :
but they were cured Of that dcsporism By
the ''coercinn" of Decatur, Eaton, &c. 4
Tie t;.f2e attempt 10 d-yrndc again to
.S'uce,y It's "e'c,y en,u"c,pafed citizens ,c's
he irst step resulting in 'the H,rrors r
~. D,minyo" ssy- Let it be warning,
that, If trouble arises, here, it will be from
by the late masters to harass
and re-enslave free meu.
In ISL, the slaves Of Java were made
free By the British, with success.
Ia 1928, 50 900 Ho,entots, slaves, Of
Iape Colony, South Africa, were freed By
aud improved under it.
At different times, from 1916 to lS2S,
he South American Republcs-Bueuos
\ yers, Chill, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia,
.ud Guatcmila-emau slaves, and
10 ruin of property, or horrId waste OF
ifc has been heard Of in Consequence.
Mexico abolished Slavery. The Mexican
\ ar was the bloody fruit Of restoring 1t in
'exas-a slave game, successful at hrst,
'ut now showing lis bitter results.
Ga the lst Of August, 1888, 100000
laves, in the British West Iuiies, were
made freedmen, in the face of the most
iolent opposition, from slave owners of
he Islands, and Tories and Merchants If
,nsland, accompanied with terrible threats
them, of the Islanders to seceie
-om British rule Mobs were raised,
hapels burned, public meetings held,
I'D resolves passed, that 'the measure, if
nrried into feet, can bot fail to create
Vil war, too horrible TO contemplate"
3 las, the hour Of freedom came and, p.
the midnight bell pealed forth the de- ,
verauce Of the slaves, shouts Of thanks =
wing we're everywhere heard, bat not '
,e d,op If Gi,oi DcIs shed! Before
large body Of soldiers had a
zen kept in Jamaica by government as +
armed police. soon after, about three Il
urrhs were Withdrawn, and with perfect o
fety. Iader sdce.y, immense aud nu- y
erous estates were sold for debt, aud
andoned aud at one time, executions u
ere lodged in the MarshaIs Office of ,
!maica for 100000 600 The Jamaica :, -
,gislature said, that, IN six yer, 1900 Il
groes persisted of famine or disease from ,
lnt food But, under The rUte ct VI
-eeaom, an era Of prosperity commenced Il
r. Buxton said, in the House of Com. u
ms. in 1859: "The West India Islands Il
, rising 10 pitch of wealth and happi-
$ unknown before. am thus assured
mercantile men fiud it strongly set oi
III 10 reports of Governors Of the Islands -, m'
statistics of the Board of Trade 10 y,
so. Sir c. MetcaIf said "Over seven -.
usaDd freed slaves have become land il
de&s. They are improved ia habits,
me is decreased, they piy to support
riches well attended by them, and have ~