Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-08-06

have declared that delivering ny" means
the same as when we all deliver up our friends
when arrested by the oficer-means that we
will not resist, but will leave the oihcer 10
take him. So you must leave the master 10
take his slave, but there is no power In the
Government by which they can compel you,
nv friend, to leave your office or your shop
and arrest a slave who passes in the street.
They cannot compel you to take the slave
The master may chase his slave through your
streets and before your eyes, and you have
stipulated that you will not interfere; but
there is no power 10 compel you to assist him
in the arrest Of his slave. | therefore say that
this is no qualification to the rule. You have
a right to be entirely clear of all participation
in the arrest of a slave, and by the Constitu-
ton you are"
Very innocent indeed are the people of the
North of the blood Of the slave. What
amount of guilt would rest upon them if they
were to say to the Autocrat Of Russia" Sir,
you are a terrible despot, you were guilty of
a most a~trocious deed when you crushed the
liberties of Poland, hut nevertheless, for a
consideration, we will give you the privilege
of recapturing all fugitive Poles who may
seek a refuge in our country I; and we will
make a law designating a mode by which
they are to be taken, and shall infict a penal
ty of $500 fine upon any one who shall har-
Dor or conceal a Polish subject Of your en-
piro?" Would not other nations cry out
shame! and justly accuse the people Of this
country of recapturing fugitive Poles, mas
.,,ob ~, ,Ior ,1nsontol 70 tho loal I Not
less than this has the North been guilty of
toward the Southern slaves.
1t is often found necessary 10 resort to a
writ to capture the fugitive from Carolina
that writ is issued and executed by United
States authority. Here then, is an actire par
ticipation of the people of the North, mani
Testing itself by and through their agents. and
if resistance is made to the execution of the
writ, they are called upon to sustain it in per-
son. Take for Illustration the case of fugi-
tive slave in Ohio whose arrest has been de-
termined upon by the proper authorities. He
gathers his friends about him, and defes "the
powers that bc." The law of '93 must be
sustained, the Constitution must be upheld,
for when a government is unable to enforce
its own mandate, it is no longer a sovereign
power. To raise a force sufficient to compel
submission levy after levy is made, first on
the civil power, next on the military. II
these do not suffice, citizen after citizen is
called upon by virtue of his allegiance to the
us. Consultation, and his obligation to main
tain the supremacy of the law, to aid the con-
stituted authorities in compelling the deliver.
ing up of the fugitive slave. This is a mat
ter simple in itself and readily understood
Whatever authority the master or his agen
may have TO retake the escaping slave, eithe
in person or by aid Of a U. S. officer, tina
power is derived from the people, and in
case of extreme need, the people who CAV
it, must make it available by their persona
efforts.
The U. S. Government and the U. S. peo
pie should not be separated from each other
All the Government promises to perform, tn
people are responsible for; all the Govern
ment does of evil or authorizes others to do
the people are accountable for.