Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-01-29
"THE NATIONAL ERA

Of the Federal Government, it is TO be hoped
will have the effect of giving TO Liberty par
ty a more national character than it now has,
inasmuch as the Era is sustained by the par
ty throughout the Union, and it is presumed
will be its great organ. Heretofore the par
ty has been but fragmentary in its character,
the different sections agreeing as TO the duty
of opposing slavery at the ballot-box, but
widely differing in their views of the Consti-
tuition. their duty in reference to the church
question, and their opinions Of governmental
policy not directly affecting the abolition Of
slavery. 1t has therefore been difficult to
bring a charge against it in relation to these
matters, which its members would not al
tempt to evade by declaring it was not the
doctrine of the party as such.
Free trade, for instance, has been if not d.
rectly, yet indirectly advocated as a party
measure by solne Of its papers; but when
the Wings charge the party with holding this
doctrine, the reply is ever ready, "Not so;
it may be held by some of the party, and urg-
ed by some Of OIL papers, but the party has
not endorsed it," in Massachusetts, John
G. Whittier, a member of a pro-slavery sect
the Orthodox Quakers-is nominated by
the party there for Congress in Ohio, Sam
uel Lewis, a minister in a pro-slavery church
the NJ. Els nominated for Governor, and
when these facts are pointed to as an evil
dence of the gross inconsistency Of the party.
which in the name of humanity asks that men
refrain from crushing the slave as p0hiici0ns,
but permits them to do it as christians, Ger
rit Smith replies, at is not a party measure,
the party should not be held responsible for
it. l would not cast my ballot for Whittier,
or vote for Samuel Lewis" In New York,
where the doctrine Of Gerrit Smith, Beriah
Green, and Wm. Goodell prevails, come-out-
erism from pro-slavery sects as well as from
pro-slavery political parties is generally re-
quired as an evidence of fitness for candidacy
in the party and when this fact is urged as
a proof that it has set up an ecclesiastical as
well as a political test, that it has taken the
i~ncipient steps towards a union of Church
and State, Ohio and New England in turn
exclaim, at is not a party measure, and there
fore the party should not be held responsible
for it," In these latter days, a large MAORI
ty contend, or did contend. perhaps we should
say, for the anti-slavery character of the u.
S. Constitution, though we were aware that
some maintained that certain clauses were
pro-slavery, yet justified themselves and 9TH
ers in supporting it; yet it was not so easily
shown that Liberty party advocated the anti
slavery character of the L. S. Constitution,
as that the Wings approved of a protective
tariff, because-as we before The party
was fragmentary in its character, not yet ma
tionalized, having no organ through which it
could from time TO time declare its sentiments
to the world as the sentiments Of the party
as a whole. Those who wish 10 learn the
sentiments and the proposed measures Of the
Democratic party, can do so through the CO.
t lumns of the Union I; those who desire 10 be-
, conn familiar with Wing doctrine and poll
D cy, can do so through the National lntelli-
gencer and now, have we not Dr.. Bailey's
National Era as The exponent of Liberty par
ty principles and measures?
: Judging Of the paper by the first two num-
bers we have seen, we apprehend the DR..
o need be under no fear of being indicted fol
incendiarism, fanaticism, and we had almost
said, abolitionism, using these terms in theil
popular meaning, unless some other evidence
if can be brought against him than that contain
II -. H. ol,,,oe &c H. No,;a,,1 H. IL,
anti-slavery may be sufficiently high toned
for Liberty party, and probably is, though
som of his friends in the West have intima
70 ted that they should think it rather tame, dit
II they not know that as it is DR.. Bailey's pa
N per the temperature would gradually rise
George Bradburn once said, that if the anti
slavery of the Quakers, could, by some chem
i. zeal process, be converted into liquid, it woul
70 be too weak to run down hill. We do nc
think the abolitionism of the Era should b
e. placed at quite so low an estimate, for W
m verify believe that if it has a fair chance,
viH descend. The course pursued by til
S DR.. is exceedingly judicious, and instead
ir pressing the recently discovered doctrine
W the party, or of the larger portion Of the pa
- ty-the anti-slavery character Of the U.
CONSTITUTIONS doctrine more objeclionab
10 the South than any other doctrine while
the party e%nforces, he thus early declares til
both the Constitution and the Ordinan
IS which prohibits the existence of slavery
be territory North of the Ohio river, cypress
- provide for the giring up Of Jugitire siareS.
in In maintaining the negative of the questio
"a "Has slavery any itorial FORGET"
T. says;
d. "Under the Confederation no provision G