Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-11-14
From the Concord ". H.. Independent Demo
THE MASK F

lHC lulG NOnNGliNiOh u lCAdo llClu " dlo
purpose of forming a State Convention pre-
~paratory for admission into the Union, has in
serted in it the following provision in relation
to slavery
SEC. 1.-THE LEGISLATURE SHALL lave
NO POWER TO PASS LAWS FOR THE EMANCIPA-
TIoN OF SLAVES, WITHOUT PAYING THEIR Ow-
NERs A FULL EQUIVALENT IN MONEY, FOR II
SLAVE SO EMANCIPATED. They SHALL HAvE
NO POWER TO PREVENT EMIGRANTs TO THIS
STATE FROM BRINGING WITH HEM SUCH PER-
SONS AS ARE DEEMED SLAVES BY ANY OF THE
UNITED STATES, so LONG AS ANY PERSON OF
THE SAME AGE AND DESCRIPTION SHALL BE
CONTINUED IN SLAVERY BY THE LAWS OF THIS
STATE; Provided, that such slaves shall be
the bona tide property Of such emigrants: Pro-
rided, that laws shall be passed to prohibit
the introduction into this State, of slaves who
h We committed high crimes in other States
or Territories.
There you have a strong provision for tho
eternity Of slavery; yet when this c%onstitu-
ton shall be submitted to the American Con-
gress at its next 81 ssion Cor approval, we shall
see the very doughfaces sanctioning it who
all along have pretended that the effect of an
n~exation would be to ''enlarge the area of
freedom!'' With this provision staring them
in the face, the greedy demagogues among
us, with Democracy upon their lips, but the
spirit of tyranny in their hearts, will still have
the ,impudence to urge the people of New
Hampshire to send out another doughface in
to Congress, in order to annex Texas with
such an ungodly constitution. Out on such
uncircumcised mendacity, and let dema-
| gogues find out that they cannot sell like SO
many sheep the people of the Granite State
to SLAVERY. Their unprincipled purposes
are now understood, and the people will a.
gain make known in heavier thunder tones
their adherence of this scheme, the direct
tendency Of which is to sink a large portion
of mankind into a more hopeless thraldom.-
No sophistry can manufacture any other re-
suit, and they who make the attempt will find
in the withdrawal of public confidence, a
reward for their heartless efforts.
DARING OF Misunderstanding fell spir-
it has made its appearance among us. The
grand jury of this county, on Wednesday
last, indicted the Rev. Mr.. WAGNER, of this
county, for preaching, a short time ago, an in
flamatory abolition sermon, in the hearing of
a large portion of our slave population. 1t
is to be regretted that this matter ever hap
pened; that any ministers of the Gospel Of
Peace should so far forget the dignity of his
station and the benignity of that religion
which he processes to preach, as to desecrate
the pulpit consecrated to the worship of the
God of Love, by proclaiming from that holy
place such sentiments, and seeking TO incul-
cate principles which, he must know, would
produce strife, discord, and contention among
men; and so far disregard, not only the die
tates of reason and propriety, but the laws of
the land, as to seek to promulg gate, in this
portion of our Confederacy, the destructive
and hell-born doctrines of abolitionism. We
refrain from saying more, as the whole sub
ject will be brought before the proper tribu.
nal, where we doubt not the reverend gentle
man will be dealt with justly and fairly
&aunfoB Democrat, "a.
THE BIBLE REFUSED TO FUGITIVE SLAVES.
The Oberlin Evangelist of April 23d, con-
tains a letter from Mr.. G. C. Foote to the
Rev. 1. J.. Rice, Missionary among the fn-
gitive slaves in Canada West, in which no
states, that MIR. Rice's request for "a box of
Bibles was presented by him (Mr. Foote)
to the agent of the Orleans Bible Society,
who was in favor of the grant," that at a
meeting of the Society, subsequently, he
(Mr. Foote,) in answer to inquiries, gave
such information as he had respecting ''the
ability of the ~fugitives to read, their thirs,
for the water of life, their present destitu'
ton, the Joy with which the precious Bibl,
would be received, and the eagerness with
which it would be devUured by those whos.
souls had been emanciPatsd from the e1nd