Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-08-09
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through the fiery ordeal of an intestine
war, or more distinctly, spoken, rebellion
the magnitude whereof exceeds that of
anr rebe lion in the worlds History It
cost US an immense amount Of blood and
treasure, but by the grace Of Cod and
the gallantry of our armies, we have gain
ed the victory over the combined powers
Of the Southern aristocrats and their
allies and sympathizers both in the north
and foreign countries, and have maintain
ed the supremacy Of the constitution
The object the war, on cur part, has been
gross,y misrepresented By !. net incon-
siderable portion Of Politicians in The
loyal States st. was represented
as an "unholy niger war; a
"crusade against slavery," &C., which
had direct tendency to discourage our
people in the prosecution of the war
unto successful termination: Ger gov
ernment, however, was sufficiently strong
Notwithstanding the many prophecies
to the contrary 10 stbdue the rebels /;
and restore peace on a firm basis. be-
Now, as the allabsorbing question o.
raising armies is past disctssion, We ought
to direct or attention to the present
rants of our country; we are invclvsd
/, IN debt and think it would net be IN
expedent to discuss the question how we
can relieve eur country Of its obligaticrs
in the shor test time and Will. the least
taxation But instead Of that or any
other Question OF like Importance. We see
the question of tke expediency of mex
pediercy of enfranchising tie negro,
staring us in the face from almost every
newspaper We pick up. both Republican
and Democratic. q l's--m
The Negro has been dragged iuto every
campaign for number of yeats, and no
1oubt but he thinks he is of more i'm
portance, AID bigger man than nc
had an idea of, Men Of all parties have
been carried into office on this same old
"Nigger question: by making thenlsel-
yes popular on one or the other side there
of, until the people have became SO dis
gusted az it, and have almost come to
the conclusion that sambo is entirely
raised up, that there is nothing left of
him but a little wool sticking IN the teeth
of politicians ,,ss .--.s.f,.-
We believe, with very exceptions. that
the institution of slavery is an evil, and
the pro,slayery aristccrsts of the south
were 50 certain CT that fact, that they
imagined danger, " hen th6re really vas
none; Ike the criminal who, as soon as
h: las committed crime, believes every
one knows his guilt. so strcrg f7as that
persuasion in their minds that they took
recourse t0. aruis agai.s. the Government,
and declared ORDINANCES of Secession in
order to protect their peculiar institu-
tons" when they could have enjoyed the
imaginary benefits thereof for ages--un-
less it was. ordained. BY an overriding
Provilercc to end now 1t was the de-
sign Of the great Republican Party at
the outset, 10 pres scribe limits for the evil,
and not to disturb i in the states where
it existed b. virtue Of their domestic
laws; although by making garbled ex-
tracts from the Chicago Platform Of 1860,
some politicians endeaycred to convince
the people that destruction. and lin;itotloe,
was the object i.t t- -
But after the shareholders d;1 rebel
and after that rebellion had assumed such
a magnitude as was truly horrible, and it
became manifest that that rebellion could
not be ssubdued without laying foreible
hands on the institution Of, slavery, then
and not until then would our much Ia
mented Chief Magistra.c-Mr. Lincoln
interfere in the slavery institution; even
then be hesitated, and first issued a Pro-
clataation of warning-on the 23rd of
September 1s62-giying the rebels one
hundred days time 70 return unto their
allegiance to the United States, and in
default thereof he would, at the end of
the time specified. emancipate ne slaves.
Yet they, as pharoh Of old hardened
their hearts and stifened their nccks,
aud emancipation, as ] believe, wisely,
ard pleasing in the, sight of Johcgah,
was the consequence. Nov. the sle7es
are free. Freedom to them is no longer
theory, But it is Jact. But @what. viii
We do with then now is the question
discussed in almost every political news.