Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-09-11

Our friends otherwise well used dictionary
must have been imperfect in the letter ID, or
such a worshipper of Webster could not have
fallen into this mistake,
The truth is, ''due" means anything which
contract, custom, or relation demand from one
to another. In this clause it means su oh ser
vice as is due By iaiU, whether a just law or
an unjust one, The slave is described az a
person "heH 10 service or labor by The id,cs Of
any STATE" and is to be delivered to the per-
son to whom ''sUcH service or labor is due"
Due how! Evidently, as the such shows,
referring to the past description, the service
due is that service to which he is held by the
dUs' Ii matters not, therefore, whether he
can make a contract or not. Law has estab-
lished the relation. The laws of Massachu-
sets, for Instance, recognize the right of the
parent to control his son and secure his ser
vices; the duty growing out of the relation
and not from contract So the same State
obliges an apprentice to obey the master to
whom the Probate Judge has committed
him, without any consent of his own. The
iatc which recognizes the relation Of master
and slave is similar. We do not call it just,
but IL is IdU. Before We close we shall no.
tice Mr.. Goodell's argument that nothing can
be law which is not just. Here, by his re-
{"eS,' We CONSULT hotnihg ou. inc dlttohaiy'
~ .no ioasel oo!eot W w seeming Mtn
u'eneSS anu trinlhg character OF lhese aiS'ine-
.,ous. ne nlus' 9nuefs'anp 'nal IN ms part
u a,guiien' Mr' uoodeli arrows no Ie'er-
IIou out W Ic"o'arles-eltne cohlhTh OF
.son"a ~ ndS onoSe" MS PI'iolPie u
"a; I.'I L, Ia .ooI'sn one as we nave
shon, " Jul p"Jec' 1t" iol'o"i"B nun - .
n,nna ,"a. w . oOH eioSe" s''""i' "lS dr.
gHbo % oo,u oaS's cu
s,.;,. Poses wnI'n im'neu'a'ely .o.'oW'
lea on. %a ne,tl.. .npolldSI' nor nuc" re,
~ insn.roJ ca W u iaue any
b., ,Lo -. pass W ~ dt'e"P''
~ W au' aS . sho" lna' congress ought
,;on i, nnnnrariy o'o"use' W w ns't:
oan sL"iS%"s " eac, I'dVe a 'ePuoli-
;narnI;oaLIn $50. Ho''lIs w M'
noint mada ,hnt ~, U.lo az IN - 'ne
;rnons;",u., n Ia =" ,Io iePupican Is 10
f. warrau, ~ Nn "lIiIt.on o. slavery as
IL .domn ,a'non htgIs.a'ure 10 put
,ion,ry of 800 ga ~ l 'nSue aIo.N me oic-
son. &C., Mad;son ill., ,ea, IT, AZ maul-
public Los heen nsnaiIv ~ j" ,tn, 49,, m' ~
| nlied nv ~pol;,;caI ,rr;;ors T. GIoIin,J oP,
Inc neo6le had no vnice il ,So S,atn =" Wo
nice. wbile rover,ad h., =, ca,, L"roJ,orv
bles-to Poland, with monarcbu in ;,s yorO,
form, and to England bnt ,hints stric,iv IL
should have a more mr., else da6n;,i1n Ono
definition bv Jefferson. M GnoJelI hoe ~,
cited, he will find il on the o-,,b n,aa Of ,ho
18th volume of Jeferson's Letters Afer cav
ing that s.the term rennblic il Of very vanv,
description in every lancuaue-W,tness 7be
selcs,yled renuhiice nf Hauand c.
Switzerland, Venice. and Polandn Mr. Jec,
ferson continues, Ills precise and definite
idea is a Government, NV i,s citi,on. l.. nona"
acting d;rscth, on1 o:r.oroU,, onooriinm -
rules established bv The maioyi,v Snsh
Government he thinks onIy nrac,i.oblo ,,i,h-
in 8 such an erient No n Nsmm EnoLrrJ ,o,nn
shin" Will Mr. GoodoII ,c,oe 40 Ill. 80
of Mr.. Jefferson's latsst and ms,nroo, desni,
lions! Amid this descendant testimory =
cordinp 10 HI, o,pn shov;ng, he s,;iI cIIairno
that the word has bv cncto4 euob a sat,InJ
stereotyped meaninS, as to warrant him IN
HANGING a whole Constitution on IT, He
conclusion is that ga State qovernod b, q
minority cannot be a renuhlicn Modison
thinks mo Government bv a f,vored cIass
a republic." Hence Mr. CoodeI cnnoIu5as
slave States are moi republican, and CouTrsss
should do its duty bv m kim Them so
Let us look at this definition and see wbetb.
er Mr.. Goodell will hear all ito annlications
for if it be good for anv case. Il mns, ho
good for all. ga State Governed hv a mi,or.
ity cannot be a republic.7, Well then there
never has been a 1epublic in the worLd -
There never was a State vet that admitted
persons generally under twenty or twenty.
one years old to vote, ,houuh every cens1s
shows that more than half the, communitv
alive are under twen,y.one wears of age
The world then has been always governed
by minorities.
Again, the actual and possible voters If
the most Democratic States here or elsewhere
seldom exceed one-ifth of the whole popula.
ton. For we must remember that at least
one solid half of the communitv have been
systematically excluded from ali share in the
Government, we mean. The woman WV
Again. on this nrincinle' neitbsr u,mn.