Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-24
1.-The Banner of Southern Equality .

Not only do abolitionists rejoice in the
TACT that papers advocating the emancipation
OF the human family are being established by
southerners in the southern section of this
country, hut their hearts are made clad in the
evident necessity which the SHAREHOLDERS feel
Tor a paper devoted wholly to their peculiar
Institution. They have been driven from nil
lar to post, and from post to pillar until they
nave been forced to make a yet more vigo-
rous effort, and hang upon the outer wall,
their "Banner of Southern Equality"
Slavery has the Church in its favor, the
Slate pledged to its support, governmental pa
tronase at lis disposal, a venal, subsidized
press at its command and yet SO desperate
has its fortunes become, that a paper must
be established purposely for its defense-so,
at least, say the Shareholders, and they are
good judges of its need. Well, let them
try it. They will find, that like all their 9TH
er efforts, it will be powerless to stem the
rising tide of anti-slavery sentiment which is
sweeping onward through the land.
What the principles of this new paper will
be, is pretty clearly set forth in the Circular
which is placed on our first page its name
we are left to guess at, but from the peculiar
appropriateness Of a phrase which occurs in
the Circular, we supect it will be called
"I"e banner Of Southern Equality" News
papers are very apt to adopt as their cogno.
men some thread-bare name that every one
has heard of. "Heralds," Advertisers"
Journals" and advocates are as plenty
as blackberries in July; but who ever before
dreamed OF ''fhe Banner of Southern Equal
lty?" The nam is certainly a unique one,
and should by all means be illustrated by A
cut faithful to the life. They might, for in
stance, have in the foreground a whipping
post with a refractory chattel tied to it, be-
ing logged, an auction block near by where
women were being sold to ~priestly bidders
and their deacon competitors, and Gesh-scales
where children were sold by the pound in
the background might be given a view of a
Shareholders mansion, and ata little distance
the miserable slave quarters Of his plantation
hands. Something of this kind would well
illustrate the name of the paper, and without
it, many would have no correct knowledge of
what 'Sonthern Equality" means. If"The
Banner of Southern Equality" will but make
the people comprehend the kind Of equality
which actually exists in the Southern States,
it will be an invaluable auxiliary to the anti
slavery cause, and do what abolitionists have
for years been striving to accomplish.
The establishment of Tue paper referred to,
is doubtless considered a very important
movement by the South, though the result
will not, we apprehend, be what it antici-
pates. 1t is just now in the position of a
certain personage-biped orquadruped itmat-
ters not-when he exclaimed
81 can and | can't, / will and ] won't,
III be lost if | do, I'll be lost if | DON'T"
Ii will be destructive to Southern interests
we mean the flesh and blood interest of
the peculiar southerners-if such a paper is
not established, and equally destructive, if
not more so, if it is. Mighty as is the pow
er of the press it is not mighty enough to sus-
tain slavery.
CoRREcTIoN.-ln our copy of the Secreta-
rvs minutes Of the last Annual Meeting, an
error was made in publishing the name of
Laura Barnaby as one Of the Executive
Committee. Ii should have been LYDIA
IRIsH.