American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-06-08
Unpardonable Sin.

are objectionable either in this world or
the next, and though they may differ as
to the particular sin, they arc, doubtless,
right in the main assumption, for reason
and natural instinct are in perfect accord
with their revealed doctrine. There are
SINS, crimes, wrongs, atrocities, whatever
the term employed to designate them, that
cannot be forgivcn-that can no more be
repented Of than disease can be transmit
ed into health, or old age into vigorous
youth, or day into night, or indeed the
dead mouldering in their graves can be
restored to life again. 1t is a fiightful
thing to contemplate, an individual who
commits this sin who is without con-
science, who has no rcmorse, Wh0Se soul IS
deud ; but what an APPALLING spectacle to
contemplate, vast multitude of these
dead and damned spirits who, with eyes
wide open aud intellect uHclouded, are, at
this moment, impelling countless hordes
of brothers to battle, murder and sud
den death" An impous and disgusting
!uuacy HIS been gradually growing up in
The northern States and now threatens to
destroy the civilization as well as pros
pority Of a mighty people. 1t fancies
that God has made a mistake, and it sets
itself up to reform Ills york. lie has
made negroes Of course, just as crows
arc birds as well as eagles, and catfish as
well as shad OF salmon, or as bull dogs are
dogs as well as hounds.
tlay NJ made the negro different and
a. o. = L.,
has lie i-ned him for corresponding con
dtion as in the South. where four millions
Of them, three years ago, were The health
esj, happiGst ana best situated, in every
esI ect, of any similar number Of human
beings that have ever existed on the face
Of the earth. OF course that condition
would not be best, or atall possible for
whre people. The whole world and all
human power combinated together, could
not keep white people in such condition
tweuty-tour hours. Indeed, if such
thing can be imagined as four millions of
white people in the status of the so-called
slaves Of the South, they would not prop
agate, and, like the slaves of Rome, would,
Of course, die out in time But to the
negro it is the normal condition, the con-
dition adapted to his wants and the ma
ture God gave him, and, we repeat, three
years ago these negroes were the happi-
est, healthiest, and, in every respect in
the best condition of any four millions of
human creatures that ever existed on
Gods earth. But huge, horrible
madness has gotten possession of large
portion of the nothern people, and, form
ing great political party, they got pos
session of eighteen States. and, according
to outward forms, elected Mr.. Lincoln,
and usurped the common government of
the States to force the people of the South
to 'abolish' the natural order and equal
ize with these negroes in their midst =
What monstrous crime to set aside the
natural order and force eight millions of
white people and four millions of negroes
into common condition What a huge
andapalling impiety to thus attempt to set
aside the work Of the Almighty, and
make equal what lie has made unequal
But they are madmen, lunatics, the
most horrible and disgusting lunatics, the
world ever saw, and when Abraham Lin
coin issued his proclamation that the de-
erees of omnipotence should be thrust
aside, and four millions of subordinate ne
groes made equal with eight millions of
white people, millions of impious wretch
es secuted with JOY at the "great work"
that was to q abolish" the order of nature
and reform the blunderings of the AL
mighty! But these mad people, these
straight-out friends Of impartial freedom,
these honest and impious lunatics, are, af-
ter all, but small portion of the Ameri-
can people and though they have the
common government of the States in their
hands, it is not likely that they really con-
stitutc one fonrth Of even the northern
people. How, then, is it that scarcely
one-fourth of the nothern people are able
to do all this stupendous mischief, who,
within the past three years, have probably
caused the slaughter of million of our
brethren, and killed or thrusting from
their natural orbit, are in the wav of de-
stroying half million of hopeless and
hapless negroes--who have fastened debt
of four thousand millions on the laboriug
classes, and destroyed altogether some