Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-01-26

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In the long and dark catalogue of
human iolica, sins and crimes. there
are many sad and pitifl stories told,
II Is true, but there is nothing that. 10
succeeding generations, viii be 30 de
grading, dark and damnable M the
reign of mumbo iumbosm in this once
fair America of ours for ten years
past Thirty years ago, when its
priests and prophets first appeared in
our midst, the natural instinct of self
preservation prompted the people TO
slay them, and if"cducatod' fools had
not interposcd their silly teachings
that mumbo iumboism was quite a
harmless matter Garrison and some
scores Of these imps Of hell would have
been slaughtered, and this solemn OK.
ample Of the justice of the people
would have ended the revolving and
accursed madness, and a million ofin.
nocent and useful lives, since offered
up on the allars Of this obscene Afri.
can god would have teon saved to
this generation Dan. Sickles. Ryn-
ders, and a host OF similar characters
may not have understood il indeed
may have mingled with their better
and healthier instincts much that
was coarsc, brutal and sanguinary but
dominating over all that was mean or
gross in tho natures of such men. was
the one divine instinct of selfpreser.
vation that impelled them TO cxtormi
nate the Abolitionisls, and thus save
the country and their kind from the
monstrous and horrible evils since in.
flicted by this accursed felich. But
we repeat, the educated" classes. for
sooth-the preachers lawyers, Judges,
6c.-interposed for the protection of
mumbo Jumboism, which, they dcelar.
ed, was perfectly harmless, and indeed
in tho abstract quite true, and rath.
er pretty, ina moral sense They
said 'what nonsense 10 fancy that
Garrison and his gang can ever do
any real mischief He is followed
only by few crazy priests, sour old
maids and sentimental and dyspeptic
people and therefore there can never
be any danger that the great, strong.
headed and honesthearted masses can
ever be induced to adopt his princi.
pies, or become the deluded and be.
sotted dupes Of such a senseess and sil.
" creed AS that Of the Abolilionists
such, too, was the teachings of Cass
Douglas, Buchanan, all the old politi.
cal leaders, who spent their DAYS and
cudgled their brains in getting up
lodges and compromises to keep the
masses from meddling with mambo-
iumboism, declaring ali the time that
It was harmless, and would die out, If
left alone.
Well, the result is the sacrifice OF a
million of lives and half OF the entire
wealth accumulated since the landing
Of the Pilgrims, aud now mumbo ium.
boism Is onthroned at the national
Capitol, calls itself the Government
with a standing army that rules tho
country, that two years ago made
General Grant President, and that
will continue their power Of course
until the people recover their reason
and reject this hideous devilism. or
they can no longer pay its taxes, and
The land collapses into chaos. or
course, this enormous and fathomless
crime against liberty, civilization
Christianity and common sense has
been iraudulontly accomplished, for
the great mass of the uneducated peo.
pie have the same disgust and horror
Of the African idol now that they had
thirty years ago; but its chiefs and
prophets masked thclrdcyilish designs
under the pretence Of patriot;ora. aud
appealed TO the best instincts of the
masses to work out their ncuursed and
bell engineered crimes. Nor has the
worst of this sinful and beastal wor.
ship been realized. Another million
Of victims, and probably infinitely
greater misery is before rs. unless
there are sense and manhood sufficient
left TO grapple with the monster and
destroy it, And how easy the com
bat, if the fools and towards, who AZ
feet to be opposed 10 il, could only be
made TO understand IL, Amalrama.
ton Of races-"equal rights" with
niggcrs-the same condition for be.
ings whom God has made so different
that, as the census shows, He docs
not permit them to exist on such
terms, and il is only a matter of years.
months and days when both rot out
from this beautiful earth, dosecrated
by fetch so unnatural and sin
against God so uniorgivable as that of
impartial freedom ~. YDay Book.