Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-08-01

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the Northern lrop,c, asd thus perpetuating the pres.
et disgraceful subjugation Of the North to the South.
*N* n n n On the 9th of February the
bill for the annexation Of Texas received the sanction
OF the House Of Representatives, amid dIsgracetul
howliug and bullying, with threats and exhibitions OF
fists and bowie knives, on the par! of the Southerners,
by one hundred and thirty tpo yeas 10 tirenty sr
navs.
On the 37lh Of February it passed the Senate by
27 10 25. The Democratic party, the dominant one
of the country, wen, almost unanimously for it;-as
the administration party in The nature of things al
ways must, even for the most diabolical feature of
the present state of things, for it holds its dominion
by means of its detestable adherence TO Slavery
One noble exception, John P. Hale, of New Hamp-
shire, deserves honorable mention. "Among the
he faithless, faithful only he"
The wings redeemed their party from the disgrace
Of this act, by throwing their majority, alas-an in
sufficient one, against its preparation 10 Massa-
chusetts they called a Convention for the 9th day of
February, before the bill reached the Senate, 10 pro.
test against go atrocious a deed on The part of a
Christian and Republican nation, as The extension and
perpetuaIion of Slavery by the Annexation Of Texas.
They wished not to make ia party movement. They
invited and entreated ALL opposed 10 Annexation to
assist. If they were left alone, in what distant be-
holders and future times will call their glory, it was
not through Wing intolerance, but by means Of Dem
ocratIc servility to Slavery. They did, and are do
Ing, all that Wings, as such, under oath to the pro.
slavery Constitution of The United States, can do
May q sense Of their miserable weakness, crushed as
they are between The upper and the neither milestone
of their distressing position, show them the only true
way. Politicians, as they glory in calling them
| selves, let them take the only political course that re.
mains to them. Let them proclaim that the Annexa-
\ ton Of Texas is not only unconstitutional and in itself
a DISSOLUTION of the Union, but in regard 20 its mo
menious consequences, as being the last Of a long Sc.
ries of Bggressions and usu.pations on the part OF the
South, and evidence of a studied and systematic at
temp; to pervert, to the support OF Slavery, all the
power and influence of the National Government,
such Annexation makes it the duty of the Northern
States, by all they owe to Liberty and Justice, and
themselves, Immediately to call conventions for the
organization of a new National Government.
The consideration that binders them from taking
any effectual stand 10 save themselves from extinction,
and the cause of Liberty aud their country from de-
struclion, is in part, doubtless, their perception that
The progress of the Texan plot, and the feebleness
with which it has been resisted by any but ourselves,
clearly proves that the whole Northern mind is swal-
lowed up and corrupted by party interests and party
ambition, and that no efficient political action what
ever, could al present be taken by the free States; -
that nothing is TO be hoped for from the North, for
freedom, while the public opinion continues chilled
and tainted by ,he influence of this Union and vel
their love OF freedom and hatred Of slavery and pO
litical subjugstion, is not strong enough TO promp'
them to JON us in the righteous and indispensable
war cry of NO UNION WITH SHAREHOLDERS
that oAly spell of virtue 10 make the slave power
quail. The Union is more than half dead. Like a
g~sngreued limb, the longer continuance of Slavery as
a part of the body polite, will insure the speedy
death Of the whole. The Union must be severed.
"Oh throw away the worser half of it,
And live the purer with the other half"
They owe i, not only to their country and their ag'
IS men, but 10 themselves as keen .wited, astute poll
ticians, to he not only almost, but altogether such al
we are. The course may be fatal to the political ia
~dlviduals who lead the van; but no other course ii
worth even the name of policy, provided they are re
ally seeking, as they say, the interests Of the country
The American Anti Slavery Society has been false
y accused of repelling, by the severity of its judg
ment and the keenness of its analysis Of mott ives
hose who were really its helpers. Those who said SO
know not whereof they affirmed. The sincere Away
8 possess, in their very sincerity, the touch stone tina
reveals The hypocrite. We know what helps or hin
iers US; and we give or deny the corresponding cred
il. We'recognize in the movements of the NorlherI
3 Wigs, as a body, a feeble desire to aid our cause
J t is moi TO cost too much-a stronger desire TO use
than to serve it-a minority feeling of helplessEes
which leads to seek the alliance of all foes to the ad
mIuistratiCn; which Abo,;onis;s must, in the nature
Of the case always be, of which party soever it con
} sists. For the function of an administration necessa
3 riIy is to keep things as they are, aud to 60 no farlhe
e than it is pushed.
The attitude of the South, (as represented by Sout
Carolina and Louisiana,) is The next feature in III
. political aspect Of our cause that demands our after
ton.
The recent outrages on the free States, in the pei
a son of the Hon, Samuel Hoar, of Massa chusetls, ar
The last Of a series Of attempts on the part of III
slave States to avert the danger with which they ar
=? threatened by a single free black ia their territory
e The danger seems irifing to the unphilosophical an