Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-01-23

slavehOlding confederation with Texas. This
was done with a full knowledge Of the poll
cy which had been adopted OF extending our
territory. That State had declared her peo-
pie under no obligation to unite with Texas
in consequence of any action OF Congress-
] then held, and still hold, the action of this
Government imposed no obligation upon my
State, either political or moral, to enter into
this new confederacy. No, sir, if she comes
into it, as she will, it will be the choice Of
our people, and not from any obligation rest
ing upon her by reason Of the Joint rcsolu-
tons Of Congress. And, if my colleagues
conceded with Inc in opinion, no Represent
alive from Ohio would retain 4 seat in this
Hall beside those Of Texas, upon such terms
as have been imposed upon US. But the gen
tlpman from Massachusetts, voluntarily pre-
flrrGd to have his State become a party to this
new union. | hope the people Of that old
commonwealth did no; intend, in going into
1t. to stop this policy of adding territory to
our present Confederacy. They could not
have desired to remain under the despOtic
sway of the slave power. They must have
expected that the balance of power was to be
restored by the addition of territory at tho
North to counterbalance Texas. They ought
not now to oppose the regaining Of those
rights which have been voluntarily surrend-
cred by the North. And this destruction Of
their wealth will be merely the Legitimate
consequence Of their submission to the pro.
posed policy. But, sir, the manufactures of
New England, and New York, and Penn
s~ylvania will be promoted by a war. The
agricultural interests Of the West will not be
likely to suffer. Indeed, our principal bur
then will not be the defence of ourselves, or
the taking OF Canada; abut the protection of
the South-thc weak, helpless, slaveholdinr
South. That portion Of the Union must sut-
fer most. | have seen the horror manifested
by Southern papers. The Cotton interest,
| say they, must of course suffer. Slave labor
will be rendered worthless, and Slave prop
or;y ieprccialel, True, but this policy oi
| adding territory to our original Government
is the offspring OF the South. They have
forced it upon the Northern Democracy
The objects OF the South are now answered.
Texas is Submitted. They have attained their
Interior designs, and they now require the
party to stop short. to face about, and leave
the power Of the nation in their hands. They
now see before them the black regiments Of
the West India Islands landed upon their
shores. They now call TO mind the declara-
ton OF British Statesmen, that "a wal with
the Unit5d States will be a war of cmancipa-
ton" They now see before them %servlle in
surrections, which torment their inaLinations.
Murder, Rapinp, and Blood now dance before
their affrighted visions. Well, sir, | say to
them:-This is your policy, not mine. You
have prepared the cup, and | will press it to
your lips until the very drega shall be drain
ed!
Let no enc misunderstood me. Let no one
sny that | desire a slave Instruction; but, sir,
| doubt not that hund reds of thousands OF
honest and patriotic hearts will ''laugIi at
your calamity, and mock when your fear com
rln." No, sir; should a s@cryile insurrection
take place-should massacre and blood mark
the footsteps Of those who have tof ages been
oppressed, my prayer to God shall be that
jusijce-SferH, unyiehginF, and uaaiier0bhe JUS
lice, mag be dlrarded 10 tie moStcr and 10 HI.
stare. Then, sir, we shall have the scenes o
1880 again acted over, when South Caroliu;
sent to the Continental Congress a delega
ton to inform that body that it required al
her troops to protect her people against thei
slaves. and that that chiyairous State mus
depend on her Northern sisters for troops t.
defend her against the common enemy. Then
sir, the people Of Ohio will be compelled t.
60 to the South, to Alabama, South Carolina
Mississippi, and Texas, to protect them from
the cmancipated slaves of the West Indies
and the desperation to which their own SCI
vile population will be driven. Sir. our son
, must 90 there and bare their breasts in dc
[ fence Of the slave institutions of those State
| Then, sir, the people of the North will b
, compelled to look this Institution in the face
they will sec the degradation to which the
+ have become subjected by this new s!Ipehot
ing t0njederGcy.
| And, sir, no twelve hundred thousand do
II lars will be likely to be paid to Souther
shareholders by the British Government f
n the purpose of obtaining peace. But, 81
9 there is one vast and important considerati,
that ought not 10 escape my notice. 4 W
with England, in the present state of the tv
nations, mist inevitably place in our posse
l. sion the Canadas, Nova Scotia and Ne
Brunswick. Six States will be added to q
Northern portion of the Union, to restore Il
! balance of power surrendered up by the A
ID n~eXation Of Texas. This, Mr.. Speaker, is I
n policy declared by the party now c%ontrollil
4 thi nation, at their Baltimore Convention.
| say to them, carry 0ut that poiicyi |
mand of them not to leave the nation in
c. present state of subsection to the slavehoI
= ing oligarchy Of the South. ! will vote
N give them the means Of doing so. But, S
he | am bound to say that | believe the Nor
a. ern Democr" cy to have been betrayed. Tn
n Southern slaveholding allies will now des
p them. We see them in every part of
If, Hall begging and beseeching Whigs a
lie Democrats to save them from this dread d
at icy, which is to PROSTATE Southern intere
and involve them in blood and massacre.