Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-01-07

ted States-some of the papers hinton an
electioneering tour. We Of course make no
such uncharitabIe and indecorous insinuation,
after such a multitude of proofs as his letters
have given, that he has no ambition for that
office, and can only reluctantly consent TO take
1t, at the solicitation Of all the people. He
might, it is true, out Of pure patriotism, and
respect 10 their judgment, be willing TO NOR
tity his modesty and take up the cross of pre-
sidential honors, with its incidental twenty
five thousand a year; but one might as soon
think of doubling his real democracy OF Chris
tian piety, as to suspect him of any self-seek-
ing motive. His private affairs are a little
out of Joint, in consequence of long absence;
and what better time for him to put them in
order, than just before the election campaign
m on, and while the wal rests torpidly,
like a monster serpent after its gorge of hut
man victims. He loves quiet, of course, and
would see his friends before they become so
crazy with political excitement, that they
would not know him from a hungry candi-
date. 1t is certainly considerate of him to
take a tour of the country just now. Some
suspicious people may guess that his visit
was not without counsel from men who are
more afraid of Wilmot p~rovisos and a~nti-sla-
very discussions, than of Mexican armies, and
who hope that he may be as successful in the
service of slavery, at home, as on the plains
OF Mexico but after his proclamation in favor
Of liberty in Mexico, and his zeal TO save that
oppressed people from tyrannical rulers, who
can suspect him of being capable of serving
as the tool of slavery!
Reader, if you are told that the recruiting
officer who enlisted and commanded the Gu
ba blood-hounds in the great negro hunt, and
the war Of determination against the Semi
noles; that a General, who in a time of peace,
advised the invasion of Mexican territory, to
wrench new provinces from the domain Of
Freedom, and convert them. into slave mar
kets-that Slavery's CORY priest who has sa-
crificed thousands of human victims on her
altar; if you are told that this man does not
love liberty too well to act again as the un-
derllng of the slave power, as he has so often
done before, you must conclude that the OBJ
%jector has not yet learned the golden rule of
the soldier, My country right or wrong"
and you must enlighten his humane igno-
rance as best you can, for we have not time,
and perhaps might not succeed TO satisfaction,
if we should try. We admit that it might
be difficult to prove that this visit had no con
n%ectlon with Southern plots for the triumph
o~f'1-very in Congress, and the choice of Pre-
sident; indeed, we might as well confess tc
the weakness of such thoughts ourselves al
times, and that all our efforts, thus far, have
been unavailing to drive them from US. But
whatever his motive in coming to the country
now, the reception which he will meet will
indicate the state of public morals. 1t will
tell whether the people reverence the Prince
of Peace, or the victorious warrior whether
tI,ou honor th,, frinpJ Of I iLn.,r 90 A., 10
fender of Slavery. His recent reception at
New Orleans is what might be expected from
a people who worship a God who sanctions
slavery, and duel!ing, and war. The New
Orleans papers are enthusiastic in their de-
scription Of that gloritication of s~ldvery's cho-
sen warrior. He was welcomed TO that Sod
ON of the South, by a grand procession,
amidst the roar of artillery, and brilliant illu-
limitations, and the flashing Of fireworks, and
the shouts Of the vast multitude. He was es-
corted to the Cathedral and greeted by the
Bishop, in a public address, and organ and
choir poured forth a grand chant to his honor.
Triumphal arches were raised over his path /;
a public dinner was given him by the City,
and the Legislature presented him with a
splendid sword. The following paragraph,
from a New Orleans paper, shows TO what
insane folly the people were carried by the
the excitement of the occasion:
A BoNFIaE.-One of our friends, who &C.
cupies a very fine house, says, that if it will
in any way contribute 10 the eclat of Gen.
Taylor's reception, he has no objection that
an addition should be made to the programme,
that his house shall be fired in order to make
a splendid bonfire, by way of concluding the
ceremonies of the evening.
Thus is glorified the man whose only re-
nown has been won in wars to uphold slave
~: whose public life has been that of a
scourge to the human race, and who, like the
talchlon of the Saxon conqueror, might bear
the nam of " the widower of women.'
Probably this is the beginning of a series
of similar batteries and honors, which the
people will eagerly pour upon his head and
yet the men who are thus rewarding violence
and crime, profess to be friends OF peace and
freedom, and would punish the wretch who
should kill only one man within our borders.
Wlll they forever continue so infatuated and
blind, that they will not see that they are nur-
turing the seeds of crime by this %coursel that
they are undermining the foundations of pop
ular virtue, and disseminating vice among
the peoplel We have yet to see whether
the criminal folly of New Orleans is TO be re-
enacted in Northern cities. Perhaps if the
General visits the Quaker city, it may be APP
propriate to welcome him with a bonfire OF
Catholic churches, and meeting houses of the
colored people, and the orphan a%sylulnS Of
the city. Surely Philadelphia the city OF
Notes.-The Vicksburg of the North, will moi
be backward in doing honor to the leader Of
the marauders who are plundering Mexico.
II is a solemn and serious question with
which we headed this article, and one which
men ought to ask in reference TO their treat,
ment of this noted fighter. We speak Of
General Taylor as the representative OF the
war, and its supporters-not with any per
sonal feeling. They who support him art
partakers in the guilt of his bloody deeds
That he has shown bravery on the battlefield
and faced danger with cool indifference, We
! admit. Is this a reason why he should b'