Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-07-11
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4Abolitionists and Abolitionism
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MEssRs. EDITORS 1t win be remember
ed thatin my first number / said that the
AbolitiOnists unnecessarily agitated their fi-
naticism IN the family, the social circle, In
the Sabbath and other schools, in religious
meetings, &c
In proof of this statement viii now cite
q few, Of many cases that might be given
d have known Abolitionists to make social
parties and entirely exclude some of their
most intimate friends and relatives, simply
because they were Democrats. Again, /
have known Democrats to be invited, on some
such occasions, and special pains taken by
some oneor more, of the company, to owound
their feelings by falsely accusing them as
Rebels, sylnpathizers, traitors, &c
/ have also known Abolitionists TO turn of
their employees who had worked for them
many years, Just because they were Demo-
Gratis; and to treat their relatives who came
to visit. them, In tile most cruel uncivil and
abusive manner, for the same reason. j have
known Abolitionists employed as Teachers
IN all kinds of schools, to excite prejudice
among school-mates, and even justify the
abuse of those scholars who did not receive
their political views and fall down and wor-
ship the negro. Ihare known Abolitionists
refuse to employ any professional man what
ever, or deal with any Merchant, Mechanic,
-ocrat, and would vote his principles ,-
/ have known Abolition preachers to ig-
more Christ, and for the past four OF FIVE
years, continually and .persistently preach
and pray for the Niger, misceg eginatier, war,
blood, death and destruction upon the South,
and by this wicked procedure drive every sem
sible christian lady and gentleman from their
CONGREGATIONS All this I condemn In the
strongest terms, and every patriot in this
broad land viii join me in thiseondemRation;
because it VIII destroy the peace of the fam
ily, Of the social circle, of all the schools of
every grade, of the employer and the en-
ployee, it win derange the channels Of sue
cessful trade, destroy the Union and peace
of the church, the harmony and prosperity
of the Commonwealth, as it already has
done of this once happy and united ma
ton. But this. is redilg -Abol itionisn, the
natural fruit of that system and programme
laid down IN the Helper book, and endorsed
by sixty eight ,Abe6tien- Cong gressnhen as
shown in my number eight
But, Geuflemea, If there Is one class of
men more to blans than another for the
late dreadful strife, and the divided and wo-
ful condition Of our county at present. it is
that class commonly called preachers, who
have left their lawful calling, and gone out
in sheep s'elothng, but are ncshing more,
nothing less lnan ray vening W0lFes- Behold
BY their fruits We shah know them -.
II is my humble opinion, that IF al the
br6fessed naifistersof the Gospel, had faith
fully attended to their own business, and
meekly preached Christ, peace cnieafth
and good VIII TO. men, we should not have
had the late war And ann not alone IN
this REV; there e,thousands Of thinking
people who entertain the samc. IF, then,
we are right, it follows that those Who ought
to have preached f6rbezrance, mercy. charity,
peace, and love- left this fountain Of purity, !.
discarded the standard Of Christ, denied the,
Lord who bought them. a1dto whom they
had once swosn allegiance returned 10 their
first master, the devil, and re-enlisted under
his black flag, and proclaimed strife, hatred,
variance, blood, and death; and thus pre-
Icipitatsd the late civ1 war upontiais country,
|and promoted dissension among families,
kchools, churches, &c
If this is true (and believe It ISL those
scaIled end misled preachers Of right
sness" are responsible for all the ans.
priaxa, deaths, and souows, both in time
kfernity consequent upon, and connected
his Abolition, Deqr0-eql4lity wan
view Of al this, It appears to me,
oosSble. thousand eternities, Of the