Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-07-31
The War Goes On.

"a Wing y appears 10 last nights Herald,
in defense of MIR Giddings and his dissolu.
ton senumt nts. 1t is an ingenious defence.
SO much So that not one of the whole senad
oil pro-'enpore editors of that paper, dare Of
fer a reply. 1t places Mr.. Giddlnos. in re-
ference TO a dissolution Of the Union. on the
same grounds with John Quincy Adams.
George N. Briggs, mot James Az S.. J. An.
drews, and Others who have figured as lead
ers OF the universal Wing parry. and if Mr..
ulddlngs Is to be sacrificed for the utterlnre
OF such sentiments, the whole Whiv Marty
are doomed to fall. Hear what this :. WhigH
says on the point. Referring to Giddings'
last letter, in which he declares the Union
is already dissolved, he says:
"According to the best of nv recollection.
the sentiments embodied in this s,-Gnoe hjLr
are not peculiar to Mr.. G.. although he is one
OF their ablest advocates. have a very Eyp-
ly Impression that the whole Wing party in
the nee States IS, or was two years ago, sad.
~ unc'ured with the same doctrines. For
instance, IN March, 1913, some twenty inem-
beers OF Congress published an address, in
when, speaking of the annexation of Texas,
they take occasion to say We hold that
unere is not only no political necessity for il
no advantage to be derived from but that
there Is no constitutional power delegated to
any particular branch Of the national govern
ment 10 authorize it that no act of Congress
or treaty oil annexation can impose the least
oOllgaton upon the several States of this
Union 10 submit TO such an unwarrantable
act, or to receive into their family and frater-
NIFTY such misbegotten and illegitimate proge-
n. we hesitate not 10 say that annexation
eiieeted by any act or proceeding of the fede-
raj government or any Of its departments,
would be Identical with dissolution.'
Among the names appended to this adj
dress may be found that of one John Quincy
Adams, "A man heard Of by some, and who
has been abundattly denounced in his time;
also, VIM. b. Calhoun, Sherlock ]. An
drews, Charles Hudson, George n. Briggs,
j. X. Giddings. &C., &c. Does any man
undertake TO deny that the above extract
covers the Identical ground occupied by Mr..
Glddings in his recent letter! Yet it was
unanimously adopted as the Wing text book
upon this subject, and referred TO and quoted
by every Wing press and orator in the land,
as containing the undoubted constitutional
doctrine upon the effects Of annexation"
The writer goes on to convict Mr.. Perkins
of Lake, IAN aspirant for the succession, y with
holding the same sentiments with Giddincs.
He says:
And last and least, | commend to Hon.
w. h.. Perkins of Lake. the resolutions re.
ported by him at a no-party meeting, pre-
sided over by the Hon. B. Bissell, at Char
don, in March, 1874, and supported by him
in one of those. what you would be pleased
to c,ll, most excellent and appropriate
speeches. as embodying the identical doc
trine of this STRANGE l%pttpr.'o
This is rich, decidedly rich, and we hope
the war will 60 on till the whole nest of dis
organizers is exposed. If you cannot wash
your hands, gentlemen, daub those who have
had a finger in the mess, and all go to pot
t1ge;her. Misery loves company
CHcrc. Plain Dealer.