Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-09-29

must be rendered AZ the right sesson pre-
CT ely, or the crop is lost.
"Aod thus it happens, that the Provi
deuce Of that Good being who has w,tch
ID over US from the beginning, ond saved
us from external foes, has so ordered onl
internal relations as TO make negro slavery
an iHca'eulable Blessing 10 us aud to tb,
people Of Great Britain"
"Who ever will study the patriarcba
aud Leviticsl institutions, will see the
principle Of human bondage, aud Of prop
erty in man, divineiy sanctioned, if not
divincly ordained"
awe mus, arouse ourselves and re- assert
the rights Of the stakeholder, and add
such guarantees to our Constitution as will
protect his property from the spoliatiou Of
religious bigotry aud persecution, or else
We must give up our Constitution and
Union. Events are placing the alterns-
tive plainly before us-Cous'itutional
Union aud liberty according to Americsu
Law: A.: or else extinction of slave property,
negro freedom, dissolution of the Union,
shsrchy aud confusion.
! On page 4, Of bis pamphlet speech, We
6ud the following words
alt seems there must Be . time when
shareholders may fall back upou their nat
ursl rights aud employ in defence Of their
slave property whatever means of protfe-
tion they may possess or csu command
In the same speech, he distinctly avows
q dissolution Of the Union. Oa page II
be says:
"We hear it said, let South Carolina 90
peaceably. Isay let her 50 pedceabiy, if
she 50 q, all"
THE SOLDIERS.
In Vol. 3. page lis, we 6ud that Mr.
Woodward was very liberal concedipg
to "cvery man." without excepting the
colored man, the foreigner, or the soldier,
the right to vote. He said:
"Tbe gentleman from Philadel. thought
the people would reject, with scoru, any
attempt to give them the right to rote as
a Jaoor. He believed that, and also that
every man ought to contribute, even if be
is not willing to do SO. But, he is called
on to contribute, before the government is
formed, and be has received auy benefit
from it. The right Of suffrage is very
different from .hs right of protection, after
the government is formed. No man sh'ld
be taxed for exercising the right of suf-
frsge. 1t is RIGHT which ought to be
conferred ON EVERY MAN WHO
RESIDES ON THE SOIL, who is ready
to fulH The duties Of the citizen AND TO
FIGHT THE BATTLES OF THE COUNTRY"
Co page 10, same volume, Mr.. Wood
ward moved the following amendment
"Provided, That free male citizens. qua
lifted by age and residence as aforesaid,
who shall, within two years next before
the elections, have paid any road, poor,
school, or municipal corporation tar,
assessed BY virtue Of any Law Of this
Commonwealth, shall also be entitled to
exercise the right Of an elector."
Here, Mr.. Woods bars out none on
account of color, birth, or occupation-on
the contrary, in his remarks be said, "be
was anxious the tax quslifc.,ioo, as the
committee had determined to retain it,
should embrace as many Of our fellow
citizens as possible"
Vol. of Wriyhfs Pnn'a Reports, on
page 403, commences the Army case. In
1861, in Luzerne county, the Republicans
elected their ticket BY the Army vote I
the home vote being Democratic. E. B.
Chase, "a particular friend Of Woodward,)
was defeated for District Attorney BY ]. G.
Miller, Rep. Chase contested, alledging
that soldiers should not vote. The Judge
of :he county (Couyughsm, Dem.) denied
the application, affirming the soldiers had
that right BY plain Legislative enactmenss
when Chase appealed to the Supreme
Court. May %, 1862, WOODWARD
delivered the opinion of majority Of the
Court, (THoMpsoN dissenting,) } giving to
Chase the Office, on the ground that the .
Law regulating the voting Of soldiers, by |
whose votes Miller had the majority, was
unconstitutional
FOREIGNERS.
In Vol. V. Of same work, We find the
official, authentic record:
Mr.. Woodward moved to amend the
BY adding thereto, the words
"and that the said committee be instructed
to inquire into the propriety of so amend
ing the constitution, rs to prevent any
foreigners Who may arrive in this State
after the fourth day of July, lS4l, from
the right TO vote or to hold office
in this Commonwealth"
On that motion he spoke-see page 444
Of English, and page $50 Of German
Debates Of Convention, thus:
l have long felt . desire, said Mr..
" oodward, that somsthiDg should be done
10 relation to it-that the facts should be
investigated, and that some proper and
efficient measures should be adopted, if,
upon that investigation, it should turn
out that measures Of any kind were requi-
site.
Sir, l appreciate as much as any man
LIVING. the many political rights and priv