Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-09-29

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in its most malignant form was a aper
iectly just, proper and desirable insti
tuition, entirely consistent with Christ
ianity as they understood it, ant
founded on principles of universal jur
isprudence. They insisted upon il al
an established and settled rule of thu
law of nations that when the govern
mont or community or political organi
zation made war upon its subjects, oil
the subjects of another, and vanquish
ed them, the people of the beaten party
had no rights to which the right o.
the conquerors was not paramount
Whenever it was demonstrated, by act
nal experiment, that any people were
too weak TO defend their homes and
families against an invader who visited
them with fire and sword, they might
lawfully be stripped OF their property,
and they themselves, their wives anc
children might be held as slaves, oil
sold into perpetual bondage. That
was the idea they planted in tbeil
own soil, propogated among their co
temporaries, and transmitted to the
Abolition party Of the present day
You have preached and practiced it in
oil your dealings in the South. This
absolute domination is what you mean
if you mean anything, when you talk
about the "precious results Of the war.
If the doctrine thus planted by the
original settlers in Massachusetts, be
true, and if the precious fruits" Of it,
which you are gathering with so much
industry. be legitimate, 1t is perfect
justification Of all the slavery that
ever existed on this continent. Your
great exemplars, from whom you ac-
knowledge that you have derived your
ideas of freedom, certainly thought, or
professed to think so, and they carried
1t out to its logical consequences. When
an African potentate chose to fight
with and subdue weak tribe, inside
or out of his dominions, he sold the
prisoners whom he did not think prop
or to kill, and the men of Massachusetts,
bought them without u question of his
title. They kept them and worked
them to death, or sold them again as
their interest prompted, for they held
that the right of domination, resulting
from the application OF brute force, was
good in the hands of all subsequent
purchasers, however remote from the
original c0nquiSit0r.
They executed this theory to the
fullest extent in their own wars with
the Indians. Without cause or rprovo.
cation, and without notice or warning,
they fell upon the Pequods, massacrcd
many of them, and made slaves of the
survivors without distinction Of age
or sex. About seven hundred, includ.
ing many women and children, were
sent to the West Indies and these sold
on public account, the proceeds being
put in the colonial treasury. Eight
score OF these unfortunate people es-
capped from the butchery by fight, and
aiterward gave themselves up on the
sola,nn nromise oi The authorities that
tboy shpnId neither he nnt n death
nor enslaved. The promise was broken
Hbolitionist wonld violate his oath 10
snnnort tbe Constitution The 0pre.
eious results of The war were TO be
Lost bv an honest Observance of their
nIedged faith and the victims of this
infanons treaoberv were all of them
sbinned 10 the Barbadoes and sold or
aswanned for Blaekamoorsp This
nroctico of ensla,inc their oantives was
pn;form oovcred ali cases including
women and children as well ns figbt'
inc mon When death INIT King P6ilin
ho1ond ,he;r roach thew sent Ris wife
and child with tho rest 70 he sold into
slavery The Indians made had slaves
Tbev were hard 10 tame thew escaned
into Tho snrost and had IN be hunted
down bronght hack and branded Tbev
nevor ceosed 10 he sullen and disobe.
d;ont The Africans alwavs on the
contrarv t,oocon,od the s;,pajiop 1woro
eOsilv domestiGated and bore tho woke
wI,bout mnrmnring For that reason
1, became a so,iled rnle of nuhl;c and
nrivoto economy in Massachusetts 10
axnhonoo ,yor,hioss Indians Far volra
blo nanSoos cheo,ina thc;r Wes, india
ons,onsars - oyorv tsade porhono !,
yaS hore that vonr Marty cot tbo qey,n
~ 10 bonoa,v 90 woII 40 i,s bnmo1itv
Thov n maJo ysr Sor no o,hnr oh;cc,
49, 90 srnni', ,homsol,os Nth Suh
;oc,a g Co. PI' XXI srandnlont ,rofic In
IgGa9 En.nnoi nown;no Tho toronos,
@ 80. - ,So ooIonr "a ' ioaSn. ~
~ =, nd;n,' ID W., ;UgunSoo os ,So,i "s Li,h
oona,;onas ndo ,n ap m.,, 40 n, =
- ~ S,nOs wi,5 a ,rar w;,h ,ho Nasranon
an,,a 49, H. I diJ n", nro,and ,hat So,
1U.O9' ,','oso la M o haon OS Sono [ hn, ha hod T y
Mons dreod ,hst Mossacbnsotts would
be- held responsible for the false religion
of the Narrapansetts al doubt" saws
he. "if il be not SWINE in us. having
mower in our hands 10 suffer them to
mavntavne the worsbip of the evil
which their now vows often doe .
Tbis tendorness of consc,ousnessi ia vorv
cbaractoristio of tho party which pot
the agerm of its ideas'' from that source
But we 90 A little further and Won
will sec With pleasure how exactly Won
have copied their doctrines. oIfb saws
he nupon inst war. tho Lord sbould
deliver them into our hand we might
easily have men, ,oomen and children TO
crchanoe for Moors (negroes,) which
will be more gayneful pillage for us
than wee conceive, for do not see how
we can thrive until we act into stock
of slapes sufficient TO do all our busi.
ness, y This (except the spellinp)
might como from an Abolitionist eau.
Gus today. You will find Downing's
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