Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-04-16
S. PepOOn'S Letter--GeOrge Bradburn--
the governors and the governed.

George Bradbnrn, when arguing that the
Constitution is anti-slavery, by charging a
few ultra aboliiionists and Southern slave
holders with maintaining that it is pro-slavc-
ry, thus implying that with the exception Of
these few persons the masses believe it to be
what he claims il to be, reached the acme Of
the ridiculous; and this too was done in The
face Of an intelligent, community, whom he, il
he has any share of common sense left him
for his guidance, as well as every other en-
lightcned sane person well knows that it is
only a small clique Of northern Shareholders,
who seeing that the rising wave Of i%ndigna-
ton and adherence will sooner or later over
whelm all aiders and abettors in this most
Infamous of all mean Infamous and black
crimes, that of slavehoIding, and who wish
to shield themselves from that storm of in
dignation, together with a few others whom
they have hood -winked and blinded that
take this posilion-a small clique. who, 10
snbscrve their own purposes, are willing to
be par, and parcel of a gang Of Shareholders,
and at the sim time would prefer to escape
from the odium Of such mean and inuloriuus
associations, and as members Of that associ-
alton their purpose is 10 build up a political
party by operating upon the increasing anti
slavery sentiment Of the country and they
well know that they cannot got the aid and
votes Of the honest minded abolitionist, with
out persuading him that tue Constitution is
neutrality-suspicious. ii is not a pro-slavery
act to swear TO support 1t, and that they may
innccenily through their agents (ihe officers
they elect) support ii, hence they may vote
for Liberty party candidates without a COM
promise Of principle. The plan is at all
events 10 get up a party, and the domagogues
IN that party are INSCRIPTIONS in regard to
the means they employ TO effect this object.
Men begin to understand that III s their high
est interests to do right, because to do right
c%onfcrS the greatest amount of happiness, and
that it is their best interest to be happy
Some are willing to do right let the conse-
quences be what they may to themselves,
and we wish all were sufficiently unselish
as to do this, but they are not but such as are
not thus unselfsh, naturally enough seek
their true interests when they understand
what they are. Hence these pests, these
nuisances, the political demagogues, have
succeeded best in their designs by deceiving
the people as 10 what and wherein their true
interests consist, and the more s~pecious their
pretensions the better has been their success.
This game has ever been played with the
people; neither Wing, Democrat, or Third
party domagogues understand any other thai
holds ont to them any prospect of success
hence we see
"Old politicians chew on wisdom past
Aud totter on in business to The last
As weak and poorly and as slowly out
AS sober Langslow lettering with tht
govt"
Third party plays the same game, pursue.
the same path, and appreciates nothing high
er or holier than this gamo OF political de
ception therefore to prevent the abolitionis
from feeling that he involves himself in III,
guilt Of slaveholding by swearing his agen
to support the Constitution, they tell him
is anti-slavery /; and now, ~forsooth, he is t
be told by George Bradburn that a few ultr
abolitionists and southern Shareholders tax
q the opposite ground. Let such do what the
will, still every one who is blest with som
moderate share of moral sense, understand
that it is wrong for him 10 do wrong, an
e that under any pretence for him to aid
holding slaves either directly by his own a,
e or indirectly through his agent, is a gre;
= moral wrong, and that moral sense will maxi
;, his better feelings recoil from him who woul
by any s~pecious pretence or special pleadir
n seek to render accessory or implicate an oil
h er in the guilt of slaveholding.
But Mr.. Bradburn throws out an idea til
proves a stumbling block to many.
8 1t is that those men who are admitted
s the exercise of the elective franchise, al
who actually do govern the people of tn
country by force or compulsion through II
fundamentally of their agents chosen at Il
ballot-box, cannot cease to govern by I'll
system of force or compulsion; in 9th
words, to resign the post of governor witho
IN leaving the country in which they live. #
moral sense of the people Of this country
~ without doubt more blunted in reference
the wrongs they themselves do in g%oveni
D. than on any other question whatever, but ST
al their intellects are generally clear enough
III enable them to see Mat it is they may
a. engaged in doing, whether they do or do +
el understand what they arc doing to be zig
n. or wrong. Some, however, will blame I
On President for what he does, when he is on
d. fulfilling the obligations they themselves i
posed upon Tim when they compelled h
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