Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-23

The Union.

with which W. are charged, we are u''u"
~ionists. We d%enounce the men, the pajies,
the laws, the constitution OF our country, ana
for this reason, we have sworn TO two prllna-
~ pledges as the gt0undWorK on our ives
and they are these. /. We VIII resolve 10
he sepafss,d from all support OF the accurSed
system of slavery. =. Having purified our
o,vn hands. we will abolish this system II
nossible by our efforts and our devotions TO
This primary object lifelong. Now the union
of these States has two relations. One of
these is, its relation TO the iudi vidual citizen,
. who swears to support the constitution under
which he lives. This is Tie individual guilt
which allies each voter Of the country with
the sla veholder Of the South as his partner
and guardian. Now | hold IL, as every aho-
litionist holds il, 10 be the dictate Of common
honesty that a mau should either admit that
he is satisfied TO be a STAKEHOLDER or that he
should say to the world, that he Is deiermin-
ed that he will have nothing TO do with the
government of the United States, because it
Is the lever by which the slave system has
been raised to the position it now occupies.
The government Of the United States is the
current Of life blood that has been circulating
through this strange body Of freemen and
slaves, ever since It has been d government.
What makes the South able to stand alone in
Nv mus " WV NlNlllAHh Nblllf u udNlflN W
shareholders? Is it Bankrupt Mississippi
Is it the Society, the industry Of the South
ern States Is it the moral and religious
character Of the V bites OF the South Are
these the dement's That enable IL 10 hold up
it. head 50 proudly Never. If the slave
holding States had been left alone in slavery.
they would have gone down in the blood of
the oppressOf, or from the Indignant rebuke
of Christianity. But it was when the cum
ming Of the South drew into the alliance the
warm blood. the fresh industry, the energy,
the recuperatlve power Of the ifeemen OF the
Northern States it was when the commerce,
the agriculture, the manufactures, the sagGci-
ty of these Northern States were made the
v%assals Of the slaveholJing States, that the
system received its renewed lease Of half a
century.
1t is said that the Union is a glorious thing.
1t has covered every sea with our canvass, IT
has covered the prairie land with the evil
dences Of civilized life; it has enriched our
N our manufactures, our agriculture,
it has built up towns and cities. The Union.
it is the mother Of all the blessings that make
up the character of the American people. !
deny all this. It is New England, whose
skill, whose industry, whose trade and manu-
features, have covered every ocean with her
canvass. She il is. who is tie mother Of
those arts that have turned up the virgin soil
Of the west, and spread our agriculture away
to the setting sun. Instead Of being greater
for the Union. we would. have been greater
without it. Lift the burden which the cruel
system Of Southern injustice has fixed for the
last fifty wears on the neck Of the American
people. and Won will see n vet greater deve-
lopemenl OF their mowers. Not only has the
Union been a burden on the North, but | de-
nv it every merit. deny it every merit but
one, and that is ibis, it has shown us the
spectacle of a beautiful constellation of States,
rayolvinu abou, a central authority in perfect
harmony, as far as the absolute form of war
is concerned. 1t has redeemed us from the
border wars of the middle ages. 1t has
made us one community. We owe this to
the Union. and this is ali. But the
of the country lanruishes at the dictate of
national policy. Our manufactures are Grip
pled at tie bidding of the slave power, arri-
culture droops at its command,
Let us pass TO a farther question. What
has been the influence orthe union on the slave
system itself! Has it weakened slavery q
Ii the Union is rood thing, if it is the source
OF liberty, ifit is the great bulwark of free
institutions, why is it While Europe, for the
last ffty years, has been advancing with IA
hid strides forward. for liberty and RIGHT ant
independence, with slavery abolished in hal
the Smtes of the Union, why is it that NJ
sane man will deny that the slaveholding
element has gained tremendous powerl l.
it on account of the increase of numbers il
the Southern section of the Union, withou
such an increase in the North Is it a wan
of educationl Why, we are the most edu
Gated people in the world. Is it for want o
|pulpitsl We have forty thousand Of them
1t is not a want of an observance of the Sab
bath, for New England proclaims herself tn
most devoted champion of lhis institution
1t is not a want of the RELIGIOUS element i
our character, for we are excessively religion.