Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-03-13

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wish to minglc with them as social equals?
Were not the Southern States loyal
peaceful, and prosperous, until annoyed
prosecuted and tormentcd by abolition ngi
tators from New England eApd would
they ever have thought Of secession, but fol
the long trespasses upon their constitutional
right?
Is there such thing as retributive justice
in the moral government Of the world? II
there is, is there not long and fearful ac'
count to settle with New England?
When New England holds her political
advantages over the other States through
their reverence for the Constitution, is il
wise in her to set aside, or to teach men to
do so, for any purpose whatsoever? If re.
spect for that instrument is lost, what guar.
antcc have we for the preservation Of any Of
our rights? Docs not the whole strength Of
our government consist in popular affection
and confidence? Can these be maintained
in any other way than by strict observance
OF the fundamental law; the careful main
tenance of every right guaranteed by it j.;
example Of obedience set Of by all in au-
thority and the conviction, proven by ex-
perience, that the foundations Of our social
system are laid on the broad basis of general
well-meaning, without sectional partially?
Is it discreet for those who live in glass
houses to throw stones at their neighbors ?
Should men with beams in their eyes, occa-
sion perpetual agitation about notes in the
eyes Of other people?
As New England has run the whole coun-
try mad about the negro; involved US in u
bloody war about him; loaded the nation
with debt about him. destroyed hundreds
Of thousands of lives Oh his account more
than doubled the cost Of every necessary Of
life in the same cause; and uses him as an
excuse for stamping the Constitution in the
dust and introducing every sort Of danger
Gus innovation in government, We respect
fully call upon some of her modest unassum-
ing sons to give a candid answer to these
questions Will Sumner do it? Will Banks
do it7 VIII Ben. Butler do it? Will
Maadeus Boch-wiadow .Sterens do Il?
These are important qucstions--thc whole
country would be glad to have them gravely
and satisfactorily answered that we may see
what we have been fighting about, and for
what our rights and liberties are still jeop-
ardizcd.
Sons of New Englandy' Pious de-
sccndants of the Pilgrim Fathers ~ No.
nopolsts of all morality and political wis
dom Step forth and true answers make;
cn!ighten the darkness of the other States.
We are earnest in the call. We confde in
your wisdom and give due credit to the CEN
sorial brow, to the broad phylactcries, and
to the imposing gravity Of your magisterial
rabbins and doctors in the cabala of negro
politics, negro rights and great moral
ideas"
Chips of the plymouth Rock! !" Ye
who are SO fond of reconstructing others,
beware that you do not, through slight Of
our request, bring reconstruction upon your.
selves! Look to it-look to your twelve
Senators representing no more people than
give us but two in Pennsylvania. You held
them under the same Constitution you have
taught us to despise in running muck for
the negro. Now show US that the negro is
worth all this sacrifice of constitution, blood,
tears, substance and taxation, or the hour
Of your reconstruction" is not far of.
As passion subsidies and tempcstuous war
feelings grow calm, men begin to chate un-
der the burthcns they feel weighing them
down, and to enquire who and what has
caused them. This gives rise to rctrospec-
tive views which fix the guilt upon New
England. Her propagandists of sedition
and disobedience appear first in the political
Notwithstanding their back upon abound
ing domestic vices at home, and intermed
ding in others Of lesser magnitude else
where. The result of their mischievous
work was the war and all the consequent
woes. Most of the missionaries of evil hail
cd from Boston. The outbreak of resent
ment was at Charleston.
Which is the gcater sinner of the two,
the man who enters into a compact with
another, stipulating the guarantee Of certain
rights, then interfering in the exercise Of
those rights, denouncing it as man-stealing'
barbarous, disgraceful, infamous, and mur-
dering the agents in their pursuit; or the
other, who resents this wanton disregard Of
a solemn agreement, this violation Of a
written compact, by such means and in such
manner as he can command? If the peo-
pie of Boston believed in AN overruling
power, who deals out rewards and punish
ments to men on earth, with an impartial
hand, they would fear and look for Nami-
ties worse than those which befel Charleston.
We, in Pennsylvania, occupy the ground
between those who provoked and those who
resented. If they alone had been the suf-
ferers, we should have not q word to say.