Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-14
PriaisdJ for .At Publishing Committee Gy
C. y. HAPGooD.
From he N%ahienai q. S. S.arda,l.

4 NORTHERN MAN WITH SouTHrRy
CiTiGeSsHIP,' still continues his valuable
communications to the Courier e. Enquirer.
We read them with great satisfaction, and IN
a state Of pleasing uncertainty, as to whe,hs
er the wilier Is very much Of 4 way, or three
parts fool, or slightly crazed. He says some
very shrewd things, with a pleasant smile.
some very wicked ones, and some that are
very ridiculous, if he be in earnest. That
we are at all puzzled. however, by him, in
perhaps owing to the contrast between his
siyle' and the laundering mixture of sruph-
Ivy and atrocity " hich have heretofore char
a~cleflzed the editorial articles on his subject.
in the Courier.
The chief reason, this Northern man
.hihKs' Tor The political superiority OF The
south over The Norsh, is IN the fact. that thu
i9rmer have "raade manners a specific obiec,
Vi culuVauon thro' successive generations."
What sort of manners, he does not saw. But
many q brow-beaten, and bullied Northern
member Of Congress might confess that The
manners with which the handle of a buwie-
Knife has been pointed out to him, or, to pre-
serve the freedom OF debate, some Hotspur
has threatened to cut of his ears, and other
like pleasanties, in which the Southern
TENDERS are in the habit ct ind ulPi pg them
selves and amusing their friends, has had
something to do with their political supreme
cy.
He hints, too, that The proprieiy of all off,
ces being monopolized by the South, should
not be questioned, inasmuch as her sons are
better lifted for governing, as they are moro
used to it than their Northern brethren. We
hall-suspect here a sly ~allusion to plantations
as well as Pfesidencies. to cow-hides as we'll
as Cabinets, but very likely we do the wri-
ter injustice.
He asserts tina; ",hc idea of Slavery is alb
horrent to intelligent minds in northerf9
climes." If he had said il ought to be- we
should agree with him. But we know il is
very far from true. We were abou, to in-
stance the editors of the very paper he is
writing for, but they cannot come under his
category OF intelligent. OF course he depre.
cafes, evidently with tears in his eyes, such
mental and lost moral condition.
NothlnE, he says, "nothing but the meekest
10 the whole of Gods revealed
WIZ can save from error, in this particular"
Alas Z! Tor lhls silif-necked and proud genera
tion ! 10 such meek submission, we are per-
tuaded, multi'udes Of them will never bow.
But then he adds that the Tendencies of civ
llized minds are all that way" Does he
mean, then, that a meek submission to the
VIII oil God is opposed to mind enlightened
ooy culture! That certainly would be true
oSh 40 wa H0 EupDOEpA. nnH
he makes his position clear in the next sem
tence, In asserting that, 40 that love of Lib
erty and hatred of oppression, which charac-
'erizes northern ciimes, the JaHacy IF suppo-
sing o|1rery As oppression, seems almost in
silnctive." Now wo understand him,-"the
,Gfacy OF surprising Slavery oppression"i-
we WIZ give something for his opinion on
that point, if he will sell himself for a wear.
10 q sugar-planter on the Mississippi.
ne following sentiment, we confess the
Abolitionists ought 10 take into Sc
,lous consideration. With many, however.
he bad manners of the thing have become
70 h%abltual, that they will never be cured of
l. Clarkson, who has just died, is a notable
Instance OF how such tricks will cling to one.
Inc Scotia think it bad policy, bad patriot
Sh' ano Oad manners, on the part OF the
Worth, TO ask them TO give up slayeholdinp.
fter they have, in the most distinct, uneouiy-
and solemn manner, declared, that thew
vii terminate their slaveholding, and their
lortal existence simultaneously. They ha-
ltually take others at their word, and think
lal II belongs to good manners so 10 do"
ms matter we will venture to say, was new
T before pnt In SO strong a light. That the
'orth IS lmpolItic, is a stigma, however,
inch we doubt not will cling TO her ,ill
lavery and the shareholders will end ,opeth-
1t they are determined upon such a stimuli
ineous winding-up.
One sober word Of sound sense, however,
does give utterance to. ais there not"
asks "a little lack Of clearness in the de-
nlng OF political POSITION" in New Eng
ma. Most unquestionably is there, and a
enslble question is that which he proposes
he South should ask OF tho North, ill sha
cts an answer, why "she-4he North-eon-
nues to moralize with her II the North
fn people will not adopt the sentiment
The Constitution as 1t is''-he does not see
THAT other position they can assume than alb
iitlon or Disunion to free themselves froa
nit. Such a position, he says, sis deeply
o he respected" and a most sensible con-
huston is it Of the whole matter, and the is-
ue to which the people, North and South,
must come, sooner or a~ter-ABoLrFEoS or