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Attorneys at Law,
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DIR. p. SCHERMERHORN,
OL.rs his Professional services to the citizens
Of Ottawa aud vicinity. Office on Columbus
,ttsot, between Canal sRd Cliuton.
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GUINNESS CA r DIS.
THEOPHILUS l.. DICKEY,

Attorney at Law, OHdwa. ms.
OIice on the east side II the public square, be.
tween the Mansion House and CITY Hotel.
Ottawa, August IS, lS43.
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The following extracts, from let
ter written by an officer of our army
to a friend in this city, give some
amusing particulars as to the social
life, &c. of the Mexicans.
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CITY HOTEL,
FREMONT HOUSE,
CHICAGO. III.

|, GURLEY, Il CO., late Of the American
4 Temperance House, Chicago, have taken
\ rcmont House, corner Of Lakeland
\ s,where they will DO happy to serve their
as and all others who willfavor them with n
v, 10 tho best style May I, Isi6. 6-45
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DIR. JOSEPH STOUT,
DR.. Horace IL. RnsforI.

UAVlNG located at Vermllionville, oilers his
Ill professional service to the public; and feels
. con iience from his long practice 10 Michigan
and Illinois, in being able to render satisfactory
services to those who may favor him with call.
Ottawa, July 10, 1916
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
From The Macon Messenger-Urhig.)
THE NOMINATION..

We feel especial pride in referring the pub
lie, first, to the terms of General Taylor's
letter to the editor of the Cincinnati Signal,
and then to the language of the resolution by
which he is presented to the American peo-
pie by the late Wing Convention. Though
The nomination was made by the Convention
before the views of the old Hero were known
upon the subject, still a sense of propriety,
and a correct appreciation of popular feeling,
forbade the delegates from imposing General
Taylor upon the public as a mere party can
didate. They knew that the people at large
loved and admired him as a man and a SOL
dier-ihat they had confidence in his wisdom
and patriotism, and were resolved TO sustain
him, unless driven into opposition by mere
party names. Hence the liberality of the
views-hence the determination to present
him, not as the candidate of a party, but 10
"~recommend him by reclamation to The Amer.
ican people,, as the neat President Of The Uiited
States" Such a recommendation was RICH,
and proper. 1t gives a national character te
the movement. 1t opens the door for al
men, of all parties, to come in 10 his support
1t absolves those Wings who may differ from
their friends from all obligations to adhere tt
their ancient associations. 1t, in a word, make.
Gen. Taylor just what he desires to be con
sidered, the candidate, not of any particular
party, but of the people. Fortunate is it tina
the Wings are almost, if not quite, unanimou!
in his support. Still more fortunate is it
that there are scores and hundreds of Demo
Gratis in the country who are resolved to raj
ly under the noble standard Of Trough anc
Ready" Under such circumstances, w,
cannot doubt the result. The Democrats O
Georgia have greater reasons than :heir breth
rem of New Jersey and Pennsylvania to ad
vocate Gen. Taylor. lie is a Southern man
r both in theory and in Jact. Identified wit
our institutions, and loring them, his charac
ter is nevertheless such as to enable him t
accomplish great good for the nation at large
Let us, then, all forget past differences, an
rally like brethren around him who can be.
protect and defend both our rights and OF
institutions.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
TURNBULL.
SOUTHERN CONVENTION.

The Savannah Republican, it seems, thinks
the suggestion of this step as premature
and iniudicious." 1t says: /" We have talk
ed and resolved enough upon this subject;
and if a Convention should be called, it
should be for action" Precisely-t that is
Just what we want to see action, and action
n0lU, is all that is necessary to prevent evils
which a dozen Conventions held afterward
would fail to remedy. A Convention of dele
gates from every State between the Rio
Grande and Potomac would do more not on
ly to avert the dissolution of the Union, and
the Vulnerable evils which would follow,
hut it would be more effective in preventing
aggression and encroachment, than would an
army Of 100000 men. 1t is on this action
calm, deliberate, and determined action-of
such a Convention, we verify believe, rests
the security of the South, and the continu-
ance Of our Federal Union. The Republican
saws, quiet determination" is the policy
yes, and we beg leave to ask the Republican
if it is not the extraordinary g quiet OF the
determination of the South, which has de-
ceived the people of the North, and induced
them to believe that w would quietly yield
our rights for we are of opinion that 1t Is
this erroneous belief which has made so many
adherents to the Wilmot Proviso. The &C.
ton of this Convention might be in the shape
of resolutions" but they would be resolu-
tions of such a character as would come home
to the minds of the more reflective and cal
~cnlating portion Of our Northern fellow -clti-
zens, and, added to this, we opine, would be
the instructions to the Senators and Members
of Congress how to act in the event Of further
aggressive Legislation. We want unity q
action, and wise measures, maturely concert
ed, with regard to this subject; and this we
believe can be better secured by such a de-
Lucrative body as that above suggested, thar
by any other means. The end to be accom-
plished is two-fold-the prevention of the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the Union; but above that
and every other consideration, is unity o.
purpose and concert of action among our
solves, in defense of our rights and instltu
rtions. We therefore ~reiterate the suggestion
and urge upon our Southern friends the con
.sideration of the proposed measure. Our &C
ton after the Wilmot Proviso, or some othe
similar measure, has been forced upon us
must, CT necessity, be hasty, and perhaps
reckless, from the absence OF any pTeconcert
ed plan.-Cdmden Journal.
We think the Republican is wrong. TIL,
South should hold a Convention not onl,
for the sake of the Union, but for her owl
sake. The long forbearance of the South ha
encouraged the aggression OF her enemies
and, even now, we are daily tainted with tn
assertion that the people of the Souther
States are not attached to the institution Z
slavery, and that they will surrender 1t DC
fore they will suffer dismemberment OF tn
Union. The people of the North, who hav
been led into this belief, should be better In
formed by higher authority than mere news
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
Gen. HOuStOn'S Letter---the History of
Annexation.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July I8, 1877.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July l9, 1877.
My DEAR SIR :-Within a few days | have
seen a letter in the Weekly Union of the 18th
ult. over the signature of Ex-President Ty-
Ter. If it were not for some of the facts sta
ted in the letter, demanding, as | conceive,
some notice from me, | would not trouble you
with this communication or, if the facts sta
ted were not material to the truth of history
and the character of those who at the time
were the chief functionaries of the Texan Co
veTnment, | should feel it less incumbent on
myself to solicit some explanation of the facts
alleged. The statements emanatlng from so
high and respectable a source are well calcu-
lated to enforce them upon the minds of Tea-
ders as authentic, and not as matters arising
from the misapprehension of truth.
The ex-President, when stating the reasons
which induced him to propose the subject
Of Annexation to Texas, among others, says:
"Nor was it until | received authentic in
formation that other nations were eXerting all
their efforts to induce a course of action on
the part of Texas, at war, as firmly believ-
ed, with the permanent interests of the Uni
ted States, that | gave directions TO my la
mented friend, Abel p. Upshur, then Secre-
tary of State, TO break up and scatter to the
winds the web of their intrigues by a direct
proposition for Annexation"
1t seems from this position assumed by Mr..
Tyler, that he either imagined the authorities
OF Texas were favorable to those intrigues,
and were willing to compromise her rights
and interests as a nation, or that they could
not perceive the force and effect of the peb
which loaS i]OeGVing around her destiny -
Now, either inference would do injustice to
her character. The authorities of Texas had
relied for years upon a plain and frank pro-
position for annexation, and had hoped to be
met by a cordial and manly acceptance
They were disappointed. Texas was treated
with GOODNESS, reserve, or palpable discour
agement. In this condition of our affairs
common sense, without uncommon sagacity
suggested the only feasible plan TO attain tn,
desired object, and that was, to excite jeal
ousy and alarm on the part of the politician
and people Of the United States in relation /
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
POLITICS IN THE SOUTH.
The Crisis 1.-THE Duty.
From he Charleston Mercury.

Now is the day, and now is the hour; at
this stage of our existence the South is fully
competent to maintain her separate and indie
pendent existence, "peaceably If she can,
forcibIv if she must" We have not yet be-
come riuen and ENDANGERED by those internal
causes which a continuance in this Union must
ere long inuoIre us in. Weakened and dis
tracted by such influences, we must become
a certain and easy prey to our enemies, If we
suffer oursel yes to be cdptirated too long by
the syren voice of our better but mistaken
feelings.
If DELAYED too long, our efforts to separate
from this baneful Union may involve us in a
fearful and appalling struggle for our very
.erisfence. We have as yet been only assault
led or slightly injured in a few of our less i'm
lportant members the body is yet free, entire
and powerful and we only require to be con-
WINGED that there is a necessity for action, and
and that the time for such action has arriced,
and / fear not but that the South wiH do her
duty.
1t becomes now our duty to determine up
on some decisive course of action in the APP
preaching crisis of this nation. Let argu-
ment and remonstrance be cast to the winds.
Let the South no longer debase herself by a
resort to such alternatives as must subject
l6I W tHC lhlDuNdllph VI q NIdNCh olAAlhs
s We have long enough cast pearls before
swine, who are verify disposed to turn and
rend us. There is no magic in the word
onion that a free and enlightened people can
not dissolve and defy. We have long enough
cherished and supported this once fair fabric,
not only with the purse and sword of our
fathers, but with that of our own. Its memo
~ may long linger around our hearts; but
dear to US as is This Union, Freedom and our
Rights are dearer still.
The course of action by the South, there
fore, in the ensuing Congress, should be
marked upon the page of history, as worthy
of those who have struggled and endured in
that important council so much and so long
for their common country and this hallowed
Union.
But now let the struggle and the endurance
cease! A manly and d~ignifed JorJearance
from all further debate, either an or out q
Congress, touching those subjects upon which
the South has always so repeatedly and fully
declared her opinions and her position, should
be magnanimously observed and when the
moment and the occasion for action shall
have come, as a last act Of our patriotism and
our fealty to this Union, let the South re
nounce the ties which have bound us to it
and, in the solemn and impressive language
of the determined Tyrolese, proclaim, "Ir
the name of the Holy Trinity, VIZ cut al
loose"
TURNBULL.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
From The Jacksonville (FYorida) Neps.
THE ACCUSATION AGAINST THE
SOUTH.

The Wilmot Proviso will be the question
which shall decide the choice of a President.
The signs are too clear TO admit OF a doubt
but that this will be the case. The whole
North has taken up arms against us on this
matter, and we have no alternative. The
Wings have abandoned the protective sys-
TEN the old issues are all disposed Of, and
capital must be made out of the Wilmot Pro-
viso. In the South, therefore, whatever dit
ference Of opinion may exist upon the old
party questions, all are united upon one point
and that is, that the candidate or candi-
dates whom it may support must declare I'M
compromising hostility to the spirit of the
Proviso.
But the South did not provoke this crusade
against her constitutional rights, and no one
can blame her for defending herself when at
tackled. 1t is a question not only OF honor
and of independence, but it involves the eN'
istence Of unborn millions. The Proviso
aims at the humiliation of the black race
and at the depopulation of the Southern States
by means of starvation. No one that is
aware of the rapid Increase in the black pop
u%lation of the South. but is conscious tha'
the day will come when an outlet must be
found for the myriads who cannot obtaiI
food from its overtasked soil. If we, at thi;
day, do not secure this outlet, the fate o
St. Domingo is before us. Starvation ant
Instruction will speedily obliterate all tina
the hand Of man has done in the fair land o
the South.
The Wilmot Proviso has forced us into
posture of defense, and the South has beef
compelled to declare its firm and unalterabl'
determination TO adhere to its constitutions
rights. Yet we seek not to embroil this no
BILE Republic. We only ask for justice-fo
Justice to ourselves and to our posterity.-
We believe there are yet patriotic hearts a
the North who will not countenance this rob
berry of our rights, and who will yet kav,
sufficient influence TO ward off the threatened
dangers. Nor have we cast of allegiance t
our old Democratic banner, under which W,
have fought so long and so successfully
We are only panied at the conduct of som
of its leaders, who seek to form a new issu
which is not Democratic, and which woult
array the Union in arms, merely to gratif.
the personal ambition of one or two men,
The Southern press has suggested the nam
Of one Northern man as the Democratic can
didate; and, by the effect which it has pro
duced among the Abolitionist Wings, tn,
shaft has struck the mark, and they alread,
begin to prophesy their own defeat. In tn
hands Of that true patriot, Levi Woodbury.
the Democracy Of the South will rest assure
that their rights will be respected.
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was any intrigue connected with Texas and
other powers, nor was there any foundation
for such a charge (ihough often reiteratec)
only in the feverish excitement of heated
fancy, or the mischievous designs Of the wick
ed.
feel constrained to say thus much in vim
dication of myself and friends who were ac-
tors with me, and who sustained me through
the period alluded to, as well as the repre-
senlatives of other Governments who render
ed us kindnesses, without ever proposing
aught which could embarrass or degrade Tex
as in the day of her veriest tribulation.
So much has been said in relation 10 An
nexation-the policy of the measure-the
causes which produced it-those who brought
it about-and those who effected the great re-
sult-that | shall indulge IN but one refiec-
ton, as | hope it may not be necessary for
me to say more on the subject.
Taking into view the genius of the Texans
and the people of the United States-their
identity Of character and the proximity Of the
two nations, it was most natural that they
should become united. For years, neither
political party of the United States was will
ing 10 rely upon the measure for political cap
ital. Texas had been urgent in her importu-
mites for Annexation, but they were disre-
garded. Gen. Jackson's letters brought the
subject before the American people. They
took il up as a peoples measure, not present.
ed to them by politicians, for it was of too
great magnitude to be welded by any thing
less than the masses of the two nations. In
their action the people gave a happy %illustra-
ton Of the genius Of our institutions, and of
the omnipotence Of their voice, in important
matters touching the public veal. Gen. Jack
sons influence, arising from his wisdom and
fervid patriotism, led the way and gave more
direction 10 the measure, and TO the Ameri-
can feeling, than all other men. Others fol-
lowed where he led. The subject was of
such grand import to the United States, that,
like Aaron's rod, ii swallowed the rods of all
political sorcerers and while it advanced the
prospects of many able men on one hand, who
supported ton the other, like a destroying
angel, it carried destruction on its wings. 1t
unmade and made the great men of America.
1t fixed the great seal 10 Jackson's achieve
mentS.
am truly,
Your fellow-citizen and friend,
SAM HOUSTON.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
THE ~CLAIM-THE THREAT.
From the Columbia CdrOhnian.

We claim the right to emigrate with our
property to any territory within the limits OF
the Missouri compromise; and this the South
must not only insist on, but maintain, even
at the hazard of a disruption of the bonds Of
the Union. What care we for fraternity in a
nation which denies us those sacred rights
guaranteed to us by the Constitution! What
Justice is there in the point insisted upon by
the North, " that all the territory which may
hereafter come under the jurisdiction Of the
United States, either by purchase, voluntary
annexation, or conquest, from Mexico, shall
be exempt from the introduction OF slavery "
Are we to submit. to such arbitrary mea-
sures, prescribing not only our prosperity,
but debarring us from even claiming equal
privileges under the Constitution 1t is
strange to us that the rights OF the free States
should be allowed to grow and enlarge with
the increasing limits and bounds of this grea'
nation, and that the rights of the slave States
are to be restricted at this day TO the limits
of the slaveholding regions, and be allowed
hereafter to extend no further. 1t is a re-
s~tIiction founded in injustice-the inception
Of a scheme as black as the corrupt hearts
which engendered it, and which, if carried
out, will scatter ruin and desolation in it
track. We say to the whole South, wake VI
to the troubles which threaten you. 1t is n
time to slumber, for danger is in the future
If we fight the battle for our rights now, tn
smiles of peace and prosperity may cheer tn
South for many a long year to come; but
we procrastinate and avoid the question, W
will only have TO meet it with increased pow
er and m~alignity hereafter. The South shout
be prepared for any result.
If this question can be settled, and the IN
iustifable interference and clamor Of til
North be forever put at rest, why, it will b
well; but if it comes 10 a dissolution OF tn
Union, and it is to tear asunder bonds Of RICH
and justice solemnized by the wisdom OF on
!, forefathers, why, then it will be better for
is better that the nation should perish, tina
that her sons should be governed by i%njustlc
and dishonest oppression.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
PREPARATION FoRTHECONFLICT
From the Hamburg Is. C.) Journal.

From the Hamburg IS. C.) Journal.
If the South has not sufficient cause TO be
alarmed for the stability and safety of her
institutions when such manifestations of
Northern opinion are thus openly and pub
licly made, we would be glad 10 know when
it ever will be. 1t is the duty of the South
ern press at this crisis, as sentinels on the
watch tower of Southern rights and liberties,
to throw of the trammels and embarrassments
Of party, and sound the alarm The CRISIS
is evidently approaching, and it becomes the
duty Of the South to organize and prepare
for the conflict. Unless party lines and par.
ty a~fiinities are entirely obliterated and re-
p~udiated in the South, it is in vain to expect
it to present a steady and unbroken 'front.'
Appeals to party pride and the potency of
party discipline will always make a per-
ton Of our people hesitating and wavering.
This the Northern people know well, and
these are the means they have been and are
now using 10 accomplish their purposes. \
= = We hope, therefore, that the South
will learn whom to trust, and that she will
choose such men only, 10 serve her in this
crisis, as are of tried and acknowledged de-
votion. If she will but do this, and dissolve
all political connection with the North, she
has nothing to fear. She has the Constitu-
ton for her shield and protection, her homer
and the fear of political humiliation for her
stimulus, and equity and justice for her
weapons.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
AS TRUE AS THE MAGNET TO THE
POLE.
From the Naiche= Couricr-(Hzig.)

From the Ndtchec COuricr-CUh ig.)
1t is we'll understood, by those who were
in the secret of things at Washington last
winter, that the Northern members, almost
en- maSse, had determined that no more slave
territory should be annexed to the Confede-
ration, and the Northern States possess the
roting polcer to carry out their determination
The Southern States will not permit this ter
ritory to come into the Union as free terrific
ry and, between the two c~ontending inte-
rests, it is not likely that the smallest frac-
ton of a Mexican desert, with its basest of
all mongrel populations, will be added to our
already widely extended domain. On this
question, and on all others affecting Southern
interests, we believe Gen. Taylor to be as
safe as any man in the South. He was born
in the South-raised in the South-his in
terests are entirely identified with Southern
interests-his closest sympathies and earli.
est recollections are all entwined around
Southern institutions-his family, fortune,
first and oldest friends, all bound up in the
Soutb--all are sure guarantees that he will
be true to the land that gave him birtb-a,
true as The magnet 10 The pole. If this letter
should prove "a genuine one, Gen. Taylor
will be the most astonished man in the uni
verse when he learns the construction tha'
has been put upon a hastily written produc
ton, not intended as a detailed exposition o
his opinions, and probably not written TO
publication at all. If the letter is a forgery
it will soon be known. If genuine, any am
biguity therein can undoubtedly be explain
ed with the greatest ease and in the mos
satisfactory manner. We have not the leas
doubt but that OLD lack is as much oppose,
to the infamous proposition of that leading
Locofoco of Pennsylvania, Wilmot, who frs
introduced the resolution to exclude SLAYER
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN WHIG'
gerry.

The Richmond Republican, a Wing paper,
rebukes, in bold and decided language, the
spirit of Abolitionism which so generally per-
vades the Wing party in the non-slavehold-
ing States. In reply to some remarks Of the
New York Tribune, it says:
When the sentiment of the Tribune is
sustained by the press of the North, We may
well invoke the attention of Southern men OF
all parties to the grounds of opposition To
Gen. Taylor in the free States. Why should
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from any territory that may be retained west
of the Rio Grande, as any man in Misslssip-
pi /; and if a " hasty" and unconsidered eX-
preston has escaped him, it is but the result,
Of inadvertance, occasioned by the continued
and ccaseless pressure of important public
business, which required the attention oil all
his energies, both mental and physical.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17

paper paragraphs or political speeches in
Congress. Besides, it becomes the South to
concert measures to meet the probable emer-
gency. II she is to be compelled TO act, it
is proper that her people take counsel togeth-
er, in order that they may act advisedly and
unitedly.- Western Continent.