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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07

partyl Just as much SO as tho Liberty par
ty of Ohio is an an,i-Mexican War party,
some Of whose members protest against the
war, while the party as such, ~sustains a ccm-
mitice and paper that favor it.
We wish our honest aud respected fiend
could survey the battle field from the point
upon which we stand. Until no docs we
cannot hope to make him rightly appreciate
our extreme hostility to Liberty party. nor
we fear, induce him to think we are bonos,
and sincere in thus opposing it, thai we wish
to present no false issue, nor to labor with
any less noble end in view than the slaves
delivcrlnce. Both friends and opponontz
have accused us of being captious. If find
ing fult with the position and doctrine of tho
advocates of Liberty party or others whom
we believe to be in error upon any point
which the question of slavery presents, is
captionsness, we plead guilty. If raising
objections to that which we believe "a bo
wrong, is captiousness, we pleld guilty, but
not otherwise. Our friend Fieeson would
find it impossible to make Wings and Dom
ocrats understand why he manifested-as
they would say-so much more anxiety TO mt
down the Wing and Democratic parties than
10 overthrow slavery. He could not make
''em comprehend that to put down slavery it
was Necessary to destroy those parties which
were aIdlng TO sustain it. We labor nndor.
similar difficulty. We cannot make him IN.
deFS'a"d that Liberty party %sustains the CIV.
fFhnent' sustaIns the Constitution, and sus-
t'lns the Church, all Of which sustain sI,-
very. Not until he can see this. will hal.
able rlghtfulIy to appreciate our position and
do US Justice.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07

prived of life, liberty or property, without
due process>of law that the adoption Of this
principle is tho first step in the transition
from HE blrbarism of the old british Con-
stltutlon TO a recognition Of the p~lainpst
rights OF mankind, is the only basis of re-
publican Legislation and tho embodiment Of
one Of the first duties all governments owe to
their subjects therefore,
Resoircj, That the conduct of a portion
Of the people of Mercer county, in expelling
therpfron the negroes emancipaied by John
Randolph, is an Outrage against the most sa-
cred rights of mankind and the highest la IS
Of nature and civil society.
ResOipsd, That their action involves the
virtual abrogation of all law, the substitution
Of the license Of brutal passions for tile order
OF good government, and an obedience TO the
dictates Of the basest Of all prejudices and
The most barbarous of all feelings.
Re;oirs5, That we regard it as an inefTible
stain upon the character Of a Republican
people, justly exposing them to the triumph
and scorn OF the despots of the old world.
ReSOlved, That aside from political con-
siderations, we regard it as involving "A cha
racter Of inexpressible b~aspness and unmiti-
gated and inexcusab.e barbarism.
Re'ohsd, That whilst we can scarce DUAL.
~ any Pronunciation of such conduct. we
must do them the justice to state that slight
pretext was afforded them in the Infamous
" Black Laws" Of this State.
Resohred, That though p%alliated in the
above particular, the %infany of their conduct
is decpened and its blseness increased, by
adding the foulness Of perfdy to the outrage
Of violence and ldwlessness, for having con-
cealed their nrfarions designs until they had
exhausted the negroes means of subsistence,
and then drives them forth upon the world
homeless and shelterless.
Resolge1, That the supremacy Of the law
ought to be maintained, and the civil author
ity invoked for their protection.
Resulted, ThA the above preamble, re-
solutions and proceedings be signed by the
officers and sent 10 the Salem Bugle for
publication.
EDWARD G.. POTTS, President,
JoHN T. BATEMAM,
~iSpringboro, July 81, 1916.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07

rather consign our friends TO a peaceful grave,
with the assurance that their spirits had as
cended to God who gave them, than to have
them chained in perpetual slavery ! Surely
we should. Then were our friends in bon
dage, should we SEQ the Infdel mo, ed by
the promptings Of generous humanity, to
compassionate their snferings, kindly ex-
tending bic hand to restore them to our en-.
braces /; would we say 10 him, stand aloof!
you are an Mfisi! we wish tor none Of your
assistance! your object is 10 revoluiionizo
the world by sowing the seeds of infdelity 7
We choose to have our friends toll and suffer
on till the Churches are ready to help US |!
All no. For too well we know (iudei inc
the failure BY the pas,,) we should have much
to fear that our friends would continue to
toll and suffer on, leaving another, ANOTHER,
and ANOTHER generation, to toll and suf.
fer on, and yet the Churches remain unlno =
ed by their sufferings, and the clergy instead
Of - preaching deliverance 10 the captive,
and the opening of the prison doors to those
that ere bound" would be crying InfIel 4!
Infdel! lnfdel -
Oh! thou American Christianity /! How
doth it become thee to blush and hide thy
face in the dark shades of Infdelity If in
deed thou art 81 sunken that thou canst not
be reused, not even by the voice of God,
saying 20 thee, " Remember those in bonds
as bound with them" nor by the groans and
signs OF the oppressed, waited upon the
winds and waves to thee for help! would to
God there were Infidles enough to do the
great work Of emancipation, leaving thee 10
p SIS by on the other side Of suffering, bleed
ing humanity as did the Priest and the lie.
vite, pointing the finger of scorn and perse.
cation at those who are endeavoring, like the
good Samaritan, to bind up the wounds, and
administer to the wants Of the oppressed.
But has not God abundant cause to saw TO
the, as he said to ancient Israel, when she
had departed from the living God "Is it
such a fast that have chosen 7 day for a man
to afllici his soul, is it to bow down his head as
a bulrush, and 10 spread sackclolh and ashes
under him. Wilt thou call this a fast, and
an acceptable day to the Lord1 Is not this
the fast that l have chosen! 10 loose the
bands of wickedncss, TO undo the heavy bur.
dens' and to let the oppressed go free, and
that ye break every yoke?" "The calling
Of assemblies cannot away with it is mi.
1ulty, even the solemn meeting and when
spread forth your hands, l will hide mine
eyes; yea when ye make many PRAYERS. I
Will not hear: your hands are full of
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07
Labor.

Inc Boot and Shoe makers Of PITTSBURGH.
at d meeting which they recently held in ,La,
place 10 take action in regard to Pepi,entiarv
labor passed the following resolution:
He''l'ed, That all w require is, that tho
product of p nitent:ary labor he di.nnsaJn IS
IN such Quantities and in a manner tha, vi,i
h't oredk down the industry of the nccban,
les mat are obliged to labor, and that on-
wofH be not superseded, or we DEGRADED ~
cies." we human Spc-
we nave heard Of similar meetings held in
o'iIerent parts Of the country, where tho s,m.
sentiment has been expressed.
that the hard-handed laborers of this co,r,7u
cannot see the ProPFiety and necessity Of ar.
plying to the great Southern Peniten,iarv III,
same doctrine they apply to the little nor,b.
eFn pen'len'llrles. If the tendency of tho
cheap labor OF the northern c~onvicts is to de-
Prec'a'e the price Of labor at large, is il not
the inevitable tendency of the chsqDer Labor of
southern slaves to lessen ,ba val,,,
greater extent' If the employment of corr
vIcts In Boot and Shoe making, tends, bv III,
association of ideas, to u~njustly lower in tho
pubic estimation those who follow The SAM.
business for an honest livelihood, is it not
equally true that the degradation of laborers
In the SOUTH acts with reflective power upon
the condition of laborers in the north, T,
lne''re not the interests Of laborers identified
with each other the world overt Humaui,v
Is One' and whatever wounds a part of Hu.
mainly wounds it all. Labor is likewise
one and whatever degrades a part of Labor
degrades it all.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07
From the Spirit OF L,iber,v

The Anti-Slavery Bugle appears dosirops
to prove that the Liberty party sanctions the
vllldlnous war with Mexico. 1t is very much
to be regretted that our non-votinr friends
should be 80 blinded by prejudice. Nothing
could De further from The truth than that the
Liberty parry has either sanctioned or apolo-
glsed los the war. A few, and but very
lie" OF It's members have erred in the matter.
hut the party by its conventions, has une.
qulvocally condemned the war. Ii anti-sIa-
very men thus mlsrepreSent each other. we
cannot expect pro-sliv"ry men to place much
CONFIDENCE in u. We can hardly resist the
conviction, at times, that there Is more ANY,.
lety on the part Of many of the old oroani.
zatIonisiS to put down the Liberty par,v b,n
t. overthrow Slavery. Wecannot otherwise
account for the uncharitable cautious sn,ri,
which chdractprlZes almost every allusion n
our party. Is 1t to be- supposed that there
can be any kind motive tor the conStan, nm
Just charges against us We have tried IN
believe co, but it seems to be imposs,ble. far
nothing but blind prejudice could mi, under.
SIihd Inc position OF the party generally on the
war question, and why should the notions of
TWO or llree presses and a few in1iyi1naIs
NC p"rdutd as The opponents of its views. nv
d candid ifl'nd OF Tue slave! Ii it is the
ann 10 make wal capital, it will answer the
purpose perhaps A sincere opponent of the
wa, Shoulo not be hasiy in constituting the
sentiment oi any party IN its favor, as II his
PN!e enough a0vochteS without manufac-
tuning supporters out of the ranks of its on.
ponents.
Oar fIiend Fioeson has stated our desire,
In Ei'"sr a strange way. We hut said that
two Liberty party men in Eastern Pa.-ono
oil mem quite prominent in the par,v-b,d
volunteered for The war, that the Warren Lib.
cry Herald favored it, that DR.. Baily in his
WORD OF explanation so far countpnanceJ
1t that he desired the protection of Geberal
iayloF' "that noble officer and hi, brave ar.
my" and that the grand Liberty parry orran
oil this state advocated it. We have no ree oI-
lection Of saying whether we thougbt ,bo
party In Ohio as such, was or WAS moi in 8,
Vor OF the War. We but staleJ-tbouob
more In detiii-ihe above facts, and wa sns.
Pect cur neighhor mistook the inference.
winch he feared would be drawn from them.
Iof a desire on our part to prove that such in.
ference would be true. We are not surpris.
I'd at this, for we confess that when a St,ta
Committee advocates through its organ a
measure so Infamous, and continues TO be
as the medium through which the
party Is above all others to speak its senti.
nents and make known us position 10 The
community, it is no wonder that fears sborId
lr!'e and very justly too, that the party in
ms State should be condemned as a nar,v
ThIch Sns'aIns the Mexican War. MANY Of
ne Democrats of New England voted at the
residential election for James X. Polk. at
he same time protesting against his a,pexa-
on views, Was the Democratic party of
'e" Engl7nd therefore an anli-apnex,1,n
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07
Z. P. BASSET'T.
Nee ing in S~p.iUgbOro.

Pursuant to previous notice, tho citizens
OF Sptngboro convened on Monday evening.
!uIy' 2I'h, TO give expression to their feel.
ihGs In regard 10 the recent exhibition nj
brutality and baT5aTism on the part of citi.
zehs oil SI"rcer county, towards the neoroes
emanclpated by John Randolph, and was or.
glnlzed by calling Edward 6. Potts to the
chalr' and appointing John Il. Bateman and
Warner NJ. Bateman Secretaries,
On motion OF NJ. Wright, a committee of
1--WE was appointed to draft resolutions ey.
pressive OF the sense uf the meeting. TLo
committee, Mihlon Wright, Jonah b. Tho.
mas, Joseph l.. Bauer, John Hemsted. ami
Warner Nj. Gateman, retired, and after a csw,
minutes reported the following preamble nnd
resolutions, which wero adopted almost
unanimously.
IIhereas, tho uslge and sanction Of civilized
society, aud the iaclt confirmation Of nonnIar
MIND have established it as a cnnvention,I
r.lght OF all, that they have the prlyileoe of
ifeo and unTestrdincd migration; that This
law oil civilized society Is hut the sxpression
OF an Interchangeable and eternal principle of
natural lights, ii is u idO D nature y, tb,t
especially is 1t expressed in that DISTINGUISH.
ed declaration that has hallowed tho canss If
the American Revolution, viz "ThaI ali
men are created equaI-that they are endow-
cd oy Their Greater with certain inalienabls
amongst these are life, liberty,
and tho pursuit Of happiness lit being ne.
eeSSaIy to complete the second, and iH1dis.
Pensaoie to the exercise of The last that the
f'ght OF Peaceable purchase and settlement Is
none Tue less distinctly announced in the
above declaration and no less a law of civil
lied society. NV"
Whereas, the Constitution of the I1oi,o
states declares that no person shall be ode
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07
Religious instruction of The Slaves

We have often been accused of misrarn
seniing the South in regard to This matte,
ana one would be inclined to think from thu
testimony of our accusers that the sniritr.I
instruction Of the slave was at least canal =,
his lessons in sugar planting and cotton nick
ihg' That he was quite as familiar with thu
groupings of the Sanctuary, as he is said to
be with The driPpings of the cowskin. Tho
IDEA has been presented that as Jack Hal.
yard mother, insliIled morals into his apple
dumplIngs and mingled instruction with his
bread and milk, so does plartltion Jacks mas.
ter deal out with equal hand his peck of corn
per week and prayers to match, tax him to nick
cotton and reciIe scripture, instruct him in
iageIlation and psalmody, pray with him
whenever he paddles him, in short perform
the very difficult part of doing Gods work
and the Devils at the same time.
The following testimony, however. Zoos -
confirm what we have repeatedly said Of ,bo
religious destiintion of the slave. 1t is taken
from a work prepared by direction of tho
Georgia Baptist convention on The Rrr,-
GI"us ORAL INSTRUCTION or THE Co1,oRrn
RACE. Mark the admission Of these Soutb.
ern Baptists. sour servants are perishio1
for want@ The wOrd Of life, ue Aav, it in or
oWn keeping"
The entire extract is a fair specimen of the
disgusting, caniing, hypocritical r~eIio;or If
the South.
1.-The Third and last consideration. Which
upon us the duty of furnisbinr o"r
servants with the means of salvation is thu,
tHey have no access to he uriAea word oC c.
MS IS a most solemn CO siJeration. i'm
posing obligations that seem too miahtv e.,
us Ia assume! We have taken under orr
own Keeping, the key of KNOWLEDGE" and
nave thereby placed ourselves under obIi.
ga'io is inconceivably great, to brin~ out of
me treasury, supplies equal to their woOts.
"Ihey cannot read the word of Ca Se
ire INC cause Of this inability. and do moi ms.
humanity, and religion all !equire of US
read 1t for them, and have i. read and ex.
FOUNDED to lheml We permit them not to
axe into their own hands the '.Lanp Of
Liie'' and shall we by neglect ng to hold il
'P' suner them to grope on in the darkness
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07
National lnielligencGr---Righ of Pc
titi0n,

Tho National Intelligencer is out in vindi.
cation of the right of Petition! We should
think its editor would feel as awkward ir
penning such an editorial as would Prince
Metternich in making a speech in defense o.
human righrs and mans equality. That sucl
Is the case, is nevertheless true, and no othe,
remarkable event should occur in the present
year, this alone is sufficient to distinguish
1916 above most of its predecessors of thu
present century.
The National Intelligence advocate the
right of petition! Such news will be as as
founding 10 the Wings as was the Baltimore
nomination of James X. Polk to the Demo
Gratis. Well may they be astonished, wei,
may they dread lest some terrible thing is \.
bout to occur which might have been avertrd
by pctltioning. No one upon whose mem
DRY Is traced the mcrcst outline of the event,
which have occurred in the political world
within the last few years, can help mfr from
tt present conduct of the I~ntelligencer tina
some terrible calamity is upon US. Did no,
that paper look coldly on while the riuht Of
petition was stricken down time aud again,
In the persons of the abolitionisis! Did il
not behold roll after roll Of the parchment
prayers Of the people containing thousands
and tens of thousands of their names, con.
temPtuously trdmpled under foot, ''unheard
unread, unrrlarrcd," and their mangled forms
then borne 10 that vast Congressional tomb
which the hand Of tyrrany prepared! If then
1t could be indifferent when the lives, the lib.
critics, and the happiness of millions were at
stake, when The interests of a mighty nation
were involved, and above all when a question
Of principle was at issue, what subject more
lmportint than this has caused its dumb Inns
to be unlocked and its tongue unloosened,
The wrongs Of crushed humanity, the tolera-
ton off sinful, disgracing, domoraiizing svs-
tenn are as nothing in its estimation when
compared to the Almighty Dollar, the god of
this peoples idolatry. With the In.elIipen.
Ger, Humanity is nothing, Money everything.
When tho former is attacked, it is as silent
and as Geld as the grave; on the latter. it
warns into eloqnenco betting a higher sub.
lcct' and utirrs sentiments worthy Of a differ.
ant application.
by the editorial TO which we refer, it an.
pears that certain petitions against a reduc-
ion of the Tariff were presented in the Sen.
tie. 1t does not appear but what they were
especially received, and atlentively consid-
red. No complaint is made on that score.
'ut the charge preferred, is, that the "Union"
mot tho glorious union, but father Ritchie's
Jnion' the Administration o~rgan--treats them
nd the writer's of them, with contempt. AS
'h"ico to tho lntelligencer, as the apple of its
ye' is the right of petition. 1t cannot bear
hat 1t should be menaced or treated with dis.
aspect, when the interests of its party arc at
take Hearken to its voice of dollar and
cnt inspiration.
Zone would think that it behooyed a Gov.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07
r. S. BARROW.
L. L. Rice.

will not gay some" l.. L. Rice, for
have some faint rccollections of hearing of
this individual, who now figures so ~conspic-
uously as one of the mouih-pieces of Liberty
party. If public rumor can be relied upon.
this incorporating friend of Liberty, after
having for some length of time edited a Lii
berty party paper in Warren, and finding
that his " bread and butter" was falling hin.
applied at Ravenna for the privilege of TAX
ing charge Of the "Ohio Star" "A Wing pa.
per; and IN the winter of l9l4-5, was on his
knees in Columbus begging The editorship oj
a Whig journal. The Wings, after their
success in getting rid of him, were not green
enough to receive him back. He is there.
fore compelled, by force of circumstances, 10
remain true fohis principles, and as a panacea
for his i'll fortune, is attacking, with a fend
like malignity, those who from choice adhere
to principle. should Judge from the cha
racter of his paper, that he has more taste for
"Tom Thumb p" stories than The Anti-Sla-
very cause and | am not surprised that he
Is 4 stranger TO the motives that induced me
to resign an office, rather than support a pro.
slavery Constitution.
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becoming too good, for il Satan himself, red.
hot from the internal regions, should espouse
the ~Anti-Sllyery reform, and ''lead on" |
would be found working shoulder 10 shoulder
with his Satanic majesty, and consider my.
self in better company than when with those
=" scape-guats who are found holding back.
Do not suffer the ab We remarks to lead you
into the belief that | ain converted 10 the Dis.
union doctrine. ! only wish to enter my sol.
emn protest against this fearful shrinking
from Investigation, which | find gradually
creeping into the Liberty party"
Perhaps these extracts from friend Car.
dcr's letters, together with what you may
probably have discovered from observation in
your own circles Of Liberty party ac1uaiot-
ance, will unfold to you the fact, that the
Liberty party papers and speakers, are just
about as much opposed, in some places. to
letting the Disunion doctrine be discussed
among them, as tho Wing and Democratic
parties have formerly been 10 allowing the
Liberty party speakers and writer's to get
ioothold among them, and for precisely sim.
liar reasons-the fear of dividing the party.
! filter myself that You see these flcts as
plainly as | do. presume you will not OBJ
Jet to the idea, that whatever opposes pro-
g~ression, Is wrong progress is what we Dis
unionisia wart for The principles of truth.
How common a thing it Is for members OF
almost erory party TO ridicule The idea of ma
king any advance beyond what was first laid
down rs the creed OF that party. Almost ev-
efy child in the land has, perhaps, heard some
Wing sneeringly use the term Progressive
Democracy " and quite a number of child
rem have already heard the term I" Progress
sion treated in a somewhat similar manner,
touching those who now plead for letting up
Inc slaves. instead of building up p1riY.-
But as | discover that the main subject upon
which | began to write, has baen touched by
the Editors, in the last Dugle, | will only
add. that | hope by reading what the paper
may from tine 10 time contain, not only Won,
0ut your neighhors and your neighbours neigh
bnrs, may all come to see with indubitabls
that it is Union which keeps
the suffering slave in chains (; and that such
being the fact. Erthing short Of Disunion "
Will elect his fttsftm. Let the Burle notes
SOUND lhen, .~Irfoise their number, blow it
seven times" around the house of every
f!mily IN the free sI1rt-holjing Stltes in the
North and the walls Of Slavery must fall
| ask, in all candor, what would keen
up if it were once proclaimed in right
good earnest, that tie Master had nothing to
nope and the Slave nothing to fear from any
the Northern States. Think on these
VALENTINE NICHOLSON.
1.-The above communication was received a
long time since. For several weeks it was
crowded out bya press Of other matter; final
y 1t was misldid and has but recently come
to light. The fact it contains will be quite
as useful now, as they would have been at
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-08-07

side Of ln6delity. And be ii known to all
the readers of the Bugle that there 10 an as.
ISOLATION of men in the Presbyterian Church
in Youngstown who are trying to palm them.
selves of upon the community as Christians,
who are more ihorough.goiog lnijcls than
any club. avowedly such, in the city of New
York. And the fact that Stephen S. Foster
and his coadiutors are a,au,ipoLcs with these
1nfdels, places them ia their true position
also, and thnt Is, flirly m1rshalled on the
side Of Christianity, laboring for the poor
slave with stout hearts and with uniting
perseverance.
Jy.tT COX G. vrOnN