Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-08-25

they were addressed, but suppose their cir
%culation was somewhat extensive. or those
sent to Congress we have heard but little
Those addressed to the State Legislature
gave rise to considerable discussion, both in
relation to the connection Of the North with
the slave system, and the odious black laws
of our State. These laws still remain on
the statute book. In the action in the House
Of Representatives upon a bill for their abo-
lition there was a vote ~ to % against it;
and this too with a Wing majority in The
House! Thus has the self styled ''anti-slaye-
ry party of Ohio again given the lie to It's
professions by refusing to rid the State of
these wicked and disgraceful laws.
The result of the Fair, held last year at
the time and place of our annual meeting, was
abundantly gratifying and fully answered.
the high expectations of those who toiIed
with so much zeal and energy in preparing
articles and making suitable arrangements
for it. The proceeds amounted to nearly
5000.
The success of last years efforts fully de-
monstrates the practicabiliiy Of the plan, and
we hope the efforts made by those devoted
friends of the slave, in various regions, for
this years Fair, will be crowned with the
like happy results.
The expenses of the Society for the past
year, including the debt of the Society at the
commencement ofthe year. and exclusive o tle
expenses of the Anti-S%lavery Bugle, have
been about $3.50 and the receipts, as will
be seen by the Treasurer's report-not in
GLIDING those of the Bugle-$l792 10.
Owing to the large amount of debt resting
upon the Society at the commencement of
the year-in all about Scotland the neces-
sary expenditure of nearly $500 incurred In
obtaining the press and type for the Bugle,
which have become the property of the So
ciety, added to the usual expenses of en-
ploying l%ecturing agents, &c., we are under
the necessity of again reporting the Society
in debt. The whole amount of this debt, in.
Guiding that of the Bugle, is not less than
$3.50. Nearly this amount is due from the
subscribers to the paper. Some effective
measures will, we hope, be adopted to pa,
this debt and provide resources for carrying
on vigorous operations for the coming year.
The events of the past year have been in
deed startling, and fraught with the greatest
importance to the interests of our cause,
Since our last meeting, that horrid scene of
b~utchery and outrage, that marauding expe-
dition against a sister republic-the Mexican
war-has been brought to a close. The
Mexican government has, though reluctantly,
been compelled, at the bayonet's point, to
relinquish to the grasp of slavery a large por-
iion of her domain. The cessation of the
war has not, on the part of the United States,
been the result of considerations of hu-
mainly or a sense of justice. Our p%iraiical
government had accomplished its infamous
purpose-it had wrested from Mexico all
that it at present desired-an immense amount
of territory upon which to extend and render
permanent, so long as the United States Con-
~stitution exists, the vilest and most a%trocious
" NJ y o'NhiS " NhN 'A'iehJ
American Slavery. This being accomplish
ed, there was no longer cause for continuing
the robbery and butchery Of Mexico; and for
the present it has ceased. What strange
and horrid spectacle does our boosted land OF
liberty and equality present to the world =
While the despotisms of Europe are tremb-
ling to their downfall, and successful efforts
every where are being made for the overthrow
of slavery and oppression, the American peo-
pie are bending all their mighty energies &c
increase and straightforward by war, and
rapine, and murder-the most inhuman and
= degrading system of outrage and crime tina
f ever saw the sun. Among the first acts o
the young Republic of France, was one max
ing provision for the entire abolition of slave
ry in all her colonies. While the first grea
aim of Republican America appears to be TIT
, adoption of measures, no matter how blood
= and infamous, such as shall rivet still NOR
securely the chains which hold three millions
. of her people in slavery, and insure the sam
terrible doom Of chattelism to their %posterit,
in future generations!
The recent attempt made by the captar
and crew Of the Pearl 10 rescue seventy -seve
n slaves in the District of Columbia, is ~excitini
considerable attention in different regions
: dayton, Sayres and English have been 70
months lying in prison in the Capital of tn
nation, awaiting their trial as %felons, unde
9 charges which, if sustained, will subjec
q them to a life of cruel Imprisonment an
Q this, too, for an act which every one, not
i traitor to his race, must most cordially CON
mend. Let it be borne in mind that thes