Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-12-25

slavery Constitution with them, if 1t intend
to keep the oath il must take, If successful,
TO support the compact. II 1t take the od'h,
meaning to break it, when the contemplated
emergency arises. then there yawns Tor u a
yet lower depth Of political and personal pro-
figacy below the lowest deep into which Ell
Their Of the others have ever sunk. The ihlTa
party differs in no respect from its nvalS eN-
cept in size. 1t is conlendlng with them TOT
the same loayes and fishes OF Office, winch
must purchase, if at all, at the same price OF
swearing to support Slavery. 1t has tle
same conformation, the same Constitution, th'
same objects of desire, the same means OF
seeking them, that they have. 1t differs from
them only as the Welsh dwarf did from toe
Irish giant. Its competition with them Is Ike
u scramble between Gulliver and a couple OF
Brobdinguagians.
You look upon tho Faneuil Hall meeting
as a farce. If it were a farce as it was man
aged, it would have been no less 'traglcai a
comedy had YOU had the direction OF tho
boards as manager. | think | have shown
your receipt for changing the ridiculous mo
the sublime to be empirical. The real alb
surdity in the case consisted in its being made
to turn upon Captain Hannum's having done
what he did without having a scrap OF paper
in his pocket. signed by the owner Of the
slave, empowering him to do it! What dit
ference could that make in the matter! All
the difference in the world to most OF the
gentlemen who took partin the meeilng-and
to YOU, too, II you are a consistent supporter
of the Constitution-because il would have
made it Constitutional The absurdlty and
the criminality of the audience lay In their
willingness, if they were willing, to support
a Constitution of Government, for certain i'm
- tl--..1-,r ,,rhigl pr1-
vldcs that this very crime, which had thus
aroused their indignation, may be committed
under the sanction and with The help of the
whole nation, provided certain technical for
maiities are complied with
Although | could not but he conscious, at
the time, of lhis painful inconsistency which
marked that meeting, still | could not regard
it as a farce There was an element IN q!
TO which vou do not aliude, which was SUI
fcient to redeem it from that epithet Of cor
tempt, even if the inconsistent action of its
chief men would have made it justly obnoN-
ious to it. Tie Inconsistency 1cGs Pointcd on
10 Il. The ilttc cad only remedy indicaic3.-
Not the shallow, unfair, unconstitutional and
impotcnt one you suggest Of mo VOTING FOg
SLAvEHoLDERs,' because they are slavehold.
ers; but the honest. manly, Just and slff
cient one of'NO UNION WITH SLAVE
HOLDERS!' The radical truth was ruug
in the ears of that immense audience, that
Massachusetts could only free herself from
her guilty completely with Shareholders, by
trampling on the Constitution, and refusing
to remEin longer in the wicked Union OF
which it i9 the bond, indicating her sore-
reignty. and unfurling her own standard, in
place Of the stars and stripes, to whose shad-
ow the fugitive might fly, and he at resi-
All ,.I,, tla-o ,--,rl- Nrarp uffUr0l bV Tho
persuasive lips Of Wendell Phillips, the vast
multitude received them with the %stIllest at
t~ention, alternating with the most enthuSlas-
tic acclamations. The mass Of the meeting
showed Itself ripe for much more thorough
action than was submitted to it by those who
called it. Had the distinct issue Of dlsunlon
been presented to it, | am confident that a
great majority OF those ~thronglng thousands
would have hailed it with enthusiasm. The
revolutionary spirit which predominatcd there
though it had no opportunity given it for a
recorded utterance, was worthy Of the old his
torc days of Faneuil Hall.
You think that Mr.. Stephen c. Phillips
and the other distinguished Wing gentlemen,
for the salvation Of whose political souls you
eyince 50 laudable a solicitude, shrink from
- the bold and revolutionary means which the
= case demandsn Which bold and revolution
4 airy means you conceive to consist (''ri-
t sum tcnoiiS2") in refusing TO vote for a
p certain class Of men, whose constitutions
> al eligibility IS as good as your o"n;-
and who' Il chosen could 90 no more Iof .n(
> support OF slavery ulan you youisel "oulo
be Obliged to do IN ileir place, Il you were
e faithful to your oath OF ONCE ms certainly
! may be called 'lteyoIutloH m1ao Ltsy, ae'
u 'boIdness adapted 10 'he IIVfi o.. .Ie '.eau
est capacity i cannot psiIe'o tlat .noS'
$ gentlemen VIII be IN me leaSt t'ene'
from Their PTopTiely ny. inc @uuaJIlJ u you
proPoslhoh' o" '"iI" ''at 'G ''ou.o'n'
y when you prescribe 10 mem IoL ''e cu,o 0
the MS That WhiggeeIy IS "e'' ~ IS a. mos
offensive ana NGhoIlng one l. MUMMY "P
y prehend 'hat Wheh u'sy sec ~" hou'S'i