Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-11-11

character now circulating among INC be-
mocratic papers throughout the country:
uTur rarty that few years ago got up |
n war to free the niggers, that cost the lives
pf millious of our very best and bravcst |
men. and enslaved the country with debt
and taxes--now offers the white people OF
the South liberty to live in swamps or in |
tails and prisons that II black mob forces |
.hcm into"
Truth is mighty and should prevail. The
great Napoleon discovered that an untruth |
was equal in might, and pronounced a !
lie great power if aptly placed-a power
which he could WELD with II certainty in
the accomplishment of any selfish design. !
The preceding extract is an untruth evil
dcntly intended to accomplish the selfish
purpose of promoting party interests. The
violation of oath by officials, the sacredness
of which is the very foundation of society,
and political lying, we regard as the two
greatest evils that threaten the stability of
the Republic to-day. The one breaks
down the only barrier existing against vio-
lence and fraud-for instance such rs was
perpctrated by the municipal government of
the city of New York-the stupendousness
of which shocked tho moral sense Of the
rcaf maud astonished the word-the 9TH
'"or a struggle 0f iRjaain ana oostruc's the
s,ot;o,,. ,,.. '" war, in which botn
e'c''ohs Oh our country contcuu,u ..,I
against the government with wonderful de.
termination, involving the lives of 500, 900
oi the brarcst men that ever met face to
lace IN mortal combat, and 2OOO, OOO. :
Ojo of the country's treasure. 4 O9O uon
oi slaves were set frce-they were granted
'heir 'inaicnable rights Left to the mercy
oi their former masters, WHO through their
mislortunes in war were cxasperated to The
eavagcncss of brutes-thcir practices unon
'h>s helpless class exceeding the ferocity of
The tiger, shocking the civilized world with
The brutality OF Their crimes-tho govern.
mcnt, after collecting the indisputablc facts.
has merciully intcrposed its power, and
these nnhuug villains are flying in every
direction to escape the punishment thcy so
richly deserve. And what is the result ?
why, the Napo!eonc lever is brought into
reluisition, and the nsidious lie goes forth
tGat the Government which "got up 4 war
to.'ree The "'99ers, now offers to the people of
the South liberty to lire in S,raips or m
J0'S dH1 prisons, &C." Out upon such |
s'"" iheic is no kind ofreasoning that will
excuse inc lrauo. No one knows bcttcr ,hn
fn.sity of the assertion than does ~ vro,,,.,,
gator, who with criminal rccklcssncss viii
say anything to iur,hcrparty ends. Decided
eviuence has been elected in the case
render the Government culpable if it 20
not act, and act most vigorously. uio
scarcely had the revcrberations { why,
gun fred died nwav e .''' u the last
'hn hlood-st" mo siiiitess amidst
1"- aimed hills of Virginia, ere the
persecution of this def6ncelcss class COM
lacnced, and that too by those who had
asked for and received mercy from the hands
Of a most mercyul though greatly Offended
that too by those whom
they had nursed in their infancy, and nur-
Iured by the sweat and tell of their lua.
'dcor0ted bodies.
The people Of the South ale 10 blame if
to-day their domestic affairs are in any
wise disturbed by the action of the Govern
ment. Their dpoIogistS know that if the
laws in the South were not regarded as q
mere farce, there would have been no need ,
Il u!ls action on the part of the Govern ,
ncnt. Ku-kluXism has been conniyed at ,
~ all classes and even participated in,
much to the disgrace of The whole South.
+ the guilty parties are hung up, they will
,ct what the lac d!IOlrS hCH--aud ifhalrthc ,
'opuati IN starve in consequence of the con- i
psion in the disturbed districts through the
l,ur;s Of the Government 10 Get ut the ,
yrctchcs, they should nevertheless have $
What the law grants them--a rope, with II ,
'eam ut one end and q rcd.handcd culprit :
t the other, Let justice be swift in its op-
rations in this case, aud let the world see
hat human life c,m Le projected under our
avs, whether it exists under L!dck or d :
ctltc SKIN, The vicious state of society in the
south has been the torment OF our Govern
cent, and The indulscnc Of their late con. I
iuct, aud its defence by certain parties,
las been a National disgrace.
II is fact that vice viii have It's suffer
nS victims just as surely as virtue aud :
worth viii have its reward. Whether We T,
ook upon Il in nalloual or an individual :
ensa, It Is the same-the same IN the mag
''tnde of its Importance. The case of the !
'1uth demonstrates IA, N.var WAS thero a
ystem ofslavery maintained at the eXpcuse
# 30 much cruelty and crime as was that Of !,
'ur Southern states aud yet amidst the
hrlyks of The hash, and the wall Of the OPP
'ressed, II was do.tndod by the public, the
'ross, and the pulpit il Was even cal, !,
'ir,ae. surely the seourgc of war which !,
'll 50 heavily upon them should have cun- =
lncod them that vice viii lpruduoo it, su.ltr, !,
nss as certainly Us virtue viii bo rewarded,
iut we see the South slill la distress, crime
pga,iInhy rampant, aud thpir apolosisls :
4 The NorIh become their culpablg yindl, Il
atpra. u
Hut Ihe days Of political deception arc {
asl drawing 90 q close, This has been lul, !
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