Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-04-09
COMMUNICATIONS.
New Hampshire Politics.
New BEDFORD, March 26, 1917

triumph OF the third party was both bite, and
short. 1t was short in that il lasted but for a
single year, and its star of hope has gone
down in darkness forever. Bitter, too, has
been its success. For while many Wings
in Congress, besides Mr.. Giddings and Mr..
Tilden of your own State, Ito say nothing of
Corwin, the matchless wagoner,) have made
brilliant speeches against the Mexican out
Iages, third party Cilley has been siding
with the war dogs, and recommending a vi
gorous prosecution of the butchery of the
Mexicans.
Too late his constituents have found him
out, if, indeed, he have not really spoken
their sentiments, and truly represented them.
l doubt if the party can find a safer man after
all. Not one Of all their State or Congress
sional candidates, (f John p. Hale be ex-
cepted, and who was not of them, indeed
promises any better, if so well. Neither
they nor their allies are deserving of sympa-
shy in their disastrous defeat. They owed
their brief success to the labors of the aboli-
~tionists of the old school and yet they have
been more outrageous in their abuse of us
than ever the radical Democrats, with all
their desperate depravity. Nothing has been
too slanderous and abusive for them to pub
lish about us, both the Wing papers and
third party. Friend Foster and myself left
them the field TO reap such harvest as they
might. They reaped the harvest, %cursinr the
sewers of the seed.
We had exposed the nonstrous corruption
and wickedness of the Democratic party
that party being almost unanimous in the
State-and had shaken the faith of multitudes
belonging to it. We had told them, even
while their editors were denouncing the an
~noxa:ion of Texas as bLach as ink and bitter
as heH," that the horrible scheme would be
accomplished. We had told them their own
representatives, and senators in Congress
would surely vote for the measure. We had
told them their editors, without exception,
would advocate the measure and defend it
with most diabolical relish. We had told
them a war with Mexico would he the inevi-
table eonsequence-and we told them their
leaders would be clamOrous in making the
war, and Jealous in fighting the battles there
OF. All these things we had not ceased to
ring in their leaden ears.
They swore and %scolred, and Knocked and
mobbed, with most unhallowed fury. But
when, to their Amusement and horror, they
saw our predictions more than realized, one
after another, in quick succession, they re-
turned TO reason and reflection. They saw
how they had been deceived-lhey learned
who were the true, and who the false lights
of the times.
Just then a political revolution was pro-
jected. Never were the circumstances more
propitious. An alliance was formed of
Wings, third party men and disaffected De-
mocrats; neither abandoning any principle
except the third party. That party reckless
ly trampled their distinctive doctrine of sus-
tanning no candidates but their own, under
their feet. And they have their reward.-
Their one years apparent success has only
completed the climax of their Disgrace
Their Senator in Congress has saved us a
world of labor in exposing their character.
Their chance of succeeding again is des-
united with them, now understand them.-
They abandoned their own party because it
sustained slavery and the Mexican war;
They went honestly over to the third party
to be rid of such a responsibility. But they
learned their mistake, and have returned 10,
at least, the consistent and aboveboard de-
pravity and wickedness of the radical De-
mocracy. And so that party has again elect
ed its Governor and two Houses OF Legisla-
ture by very promising majorities.
wish the vanquished were deserving Of
more pity. They have outraged me and my
coadjutors, to whom they owe all their sue
cess, in a manner the most unmerciful. But
this we care nothing about. 1t is all forgiven.
But they have shown themselves utterly
reckless of principle-they have merited their
fate. Let them reflect on it and be wise.
And let our W friends in Ohio be warn
ed against the insidious wiles of such de-
c~eivers. Honest men have Joined the party
in that State as elsewhere. They cannot es-
cape out of it too soon. Better and better
grows the motto of your gallant and intrepid
little sheet, "No Union with Slaveholders."
Let every abolitionist be true to it, unto VIC
tory or death.
Yours as ever,
PARKER PILLSBURY.
MARCH, 90, 1914.
FpIFNns EnIToRs.