Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-28
WHOLE NO. So.
Massachusetts Legislature.
HEPOHT or Mr.. REYES ON THE.
NEAIC4N JFgB

- nv EANIG wa UdS ever before Hnn-
lcsseh IT'S benign presence. our conutrv finds
itself involved in war. The rerrr,l harmony
Is broken by our discord will, a nei,lbor and
sister Republic. Enormous appropriations of
money are diverted from purposes of user,I.
ness and bencficence. Life, which a refined
Christian civilization daily regards with new
reverence, Is squlndered in bloody death on
the field OF battle. Many, after sinking TN
der the pnvations and hardstips Of the camp,
and the pernicious influence Of an unaccus-
TONED climate, have laid their uncoliued
bones far away from their homes. Families
are made d~esoldte. Wives. mothers, daurh.
tiers and sisters, are now mourning husbands,
sons, fathers and brothers, whose faces they
shall never again behold-whosc DIVING ao6-
MES were relieved by no voice of kindness.
no solace OF prayer. The shirt Of war. so
adverse 10 the interests Of republ.csnism and
the spirit of the GOSPEL, now predominates in
the coGEcils Of our country, sumnoning all
lis energies 10 the contest.
1t becomes important, then, 10 inquire into
the nature of the contest, and the duties of
citizens in regard to it. Is this unreasonable
dIscord-lhis sacrifice Of treasure and life
This laceration Of sacred ties-lhis Invocation
OF tIle deWon OF war, necessary and unavoid-
able! Is it in a just cause? Is it in n cause
which can challenge the benediciion Of good
men and patriots, and the countpnance and
succor of Heaven If it be not. how can the
mighty evil be redressed, and its continuance
and recurrence be prevented
Origin and cause Of the Uur.
10 answer these inquiries, it will be pro-
per, in the first place, to consider the oririn
and cause of the war. History and Official
documents have already placed these in a clear
light. They are 10 be found in Two impor.
tant acts of our government, both If which
were in llgrant violation of The Constitution
Of the United States. The first is the annex
alton Of the foreign State Of Texas. and its
incorporation into our Union, by inint resolu-
lions of Congress. This may be called the
remote cause. The immediate cause was the
order from the President, bearing date Janu.
airy 18Th, 1916, 10 General Taylor, to break
up his camp at Corpus Christi, the extreme
western point of the territory actually pos
sessed by Texas, and march upon the Ric
Grande. This, which was in itself au &C
OF war, took place during the session of Con
gress, but without its knowledge or direc
tion. Let us endeavor 10 comprehend the
character and consequences of these acts.
JHe .qonerogon of Jsn,
- ~ " 'NAdo CdH
not De iu'Iy understood, without feyersing 10
Inc carry sellelheht oil that province by clti-
zens OF me United States. Mexico, on a.
chieving her Independence of the Spanish
crown ny a general ordnance, worthy of I'M
ltallon Gy all Christian nations, had decreed
me aooilllon oil human slavery within her do
mlhlohs' embracing the province of Texas.
one Eau declared expressly, that no person
hereafter should be born a slave, or introduce
ca as sucn' INTO the Mexican States; that
all slaves men heid should receive stipulated
wages, ana De SUBJECT 70 no punishment, but
oh ti'al anu Judgment by the n2gistfate.'-
a. '",s P1llUu' c'ti%ehS Oil lhe United States
hdu already oeguh 10 remove INTO Texas hard
, sepSl'eG' DIS II VAS oy Inc IIVer Sabine,
r ~ ne sIa'eholulhg 'o'aie OF LOUISIANA
! nc 'ued was cary Promulgated, That THIS eX-
'e"siEe PIoelhce ouEh' 10 become 4 part oil
we Eh"u o'd'es' us annexation was dis
mhIuy ae',aeeu II" 'ne 9outhcfh ana es'ern
S'"'es ~ io~'' ana II was urged on me
e!ounu : ''e H"'nR :" ana extension II would
SEe 10 'ne olaVe rover and ihe fresh mar
Aet IL "ou'u open ioi me SAFE OF slaves
: ne susees"on oi 'liiS ldea Had an ihnpoI-
laht ehtcl. a current al emigration soon fol-
'o"tu from .ne United sales Shareholders
closSeE ~ S@oine' WIN 'helr Saves In DELI
%nee u III neNivd ordinance OF lreeuon'-
heS.pes SpiIi!s' uiscoi'ehted al nome CT ieel-
lns we restraint .! 'le narrow cohhnes oil our
eou""l' I"",u ,ne"'' WINE '"tlE number
"us s"",e" ny we ,uue ana la"lesS ol al
"lt' q ,"e '"'u' Wno 'd'fleu 10 ieNas inc
NV . lceh9e "h'ch hdu rendered a region
q, justice no longer q Pheasant home 10 them
80 sue" sp,lh's' reoeliioh was natural.
! soon p'ohe luF'n' Al lhlS period, tht
I HUE hlnUtdIlOD. lnDlnnlnn women and rhll