Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-10-03
COMMUNICATIONS.
THE UNION.
A REAM
~ had a dream, Which ,oas not all a dneam.'
A DREAM.

Hul q QECuW, WHtCI ICI5 nor IN q uFRQ6s'
] do not pretend to be SO well versed in
the science Of mental Philosophy, as to be
able q account for all the incidents of the
dream am about TO relate, nor shall inform
you whether 1t came to me in the visions of
the night or in my waking moments; suffice.
1t to say, that by some inexplicable change l
had entirely lost my real character, and had
become another person,
Methought that my heart was OVERLOOKING
with patriotism, and my love of our ''glorious
Union came bubbling up like a spring from
a rocky place. ! had been much excited be-
cause Of the attempts of some of the %fanatical
abolitionists to destroy it; and turned for
consolation to President Polk's inaugural
address, and the patriotic and clarifying man
net in which he spake of it was like balm to
my lacerated spirit. In another paper | read
the proceedings Of a Liberty party meeting,
where resolutions of cenSure were adopted
against those who were endeavoring TO sun
der the political bonds which bind us to the
South, and peacelbly withdraw from the
great national compact. All, thought |, pro-
slavery as they call me, l can give to these
men the right hand Of fellowship, and espe-
eially to this one who will go for the Union.
"Slavery in or slavery out, Texas in or Tex
as out" aye, and who twill fight for it in
the forests of Maine, or in the swamps of
Carolina" Glorious, said l, this fellow is
a MN after my own heart, and none Of your
I ait rous Dis n onisis. Why Calhoun and
McDutfie can ask no more. Hurrah for Stew
art! We must give him a nomination as
Soon as his party is joined to ours.
While indulging in reflections upon the
hberllity of these men, and comparing their
sentiments and conduct with that of the I'M
reasonable and f~anaticai Dissolutionists who
were seeking to abolish slavery even at the
expense of the Union, | was startled by the
Gathering Of a horses hoofs upon our stony
streets as it dashed rapidly by, and the riders
cry of ITO arms! To arms!" rang like the
notes of a battle trumpet through the city.
! Immediately fastened to the military
head quarters, and there learned that an ex-
press had arrived from the South bringing in-
~telligence ofan instruction among the slaves
which threatened to endanger the existence
OF the Union, accompanied by a demand for
northern troops. A force Of two thousand
was Immediately drafted, Of which number
were Alvan Stewart and myself. We were
ordered to be in readiness to leave at an ear
ly hour the next day; and | must here cen
fess, that much as | had talked about the T.
hiOhS uStldItnS iIdt II musI NC pltSCiNSh al
all hazards, and at any amount of blood and
treasure, | said these things when | had no
idea that | should be called upon to fight for
1t; and an order to ''start tomorrow for Tim
buatoo," would have been as agreeable as
the one l was obliged to obey. / had
just become fairly established in a small
but profitable business which | knew would
be ruined by even a short absence; | had fur.
thermore been but three weeks a husband
and under such circumstance who can Won
der that it was with reluctance | exchanged
the tender embraces of my new-made bride
for the death grasp of the insurgent slave
Oh, it was a terrible thought! that instead Of
the words of tenderness | had but to-day
heard spoken, there would be the despairing
c.iesand agonizing groans of the poor wretch
ss / had sworn to murder; that instead of the
blessings of my wife, | should have the cur
ses of the dying negro. Bitterly did re
pent of the compact; but having made it, hay
ing induced the Southernor to retain his hold
on his slaves, having promised to stand by
him and thus led him on step by step unit
he met the terrible catastrophe which now
threatened to overwhelm him, | resolved,
come what would, to redeem my pledge
But what would | not have given, if could,
with a clear conscience, have taken my stand
with the Dissolutionists, and felt that had
honorably withdrawn my pledge from the
keeping of tho South-withdrawn il before