Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-10-27


right. On what grounds can a man call
himself an abolitionis,, who votes for the
right TO represent human beings as chat
tells" in the government? In voting for this
right he does, in fact, vote for the right 10
hold and use men " as chafick."
Then, again, HE Constitution recognizes
the right IF The master 10 hunt and seize his
J"gifire shdres, phercrer he can find them in
The non-sdue States. 1t binds the whole ma
ton TO aid the kidnapper in reducing a free
man TO slavery, and repudiaies the right OF
the people of Ohio and the other \ orthern
States, TO give protection and freedom TO fu-
gl'ive slaves. Yes, when a man votes for
a Congressman or President, he votes 10 re-
nounce the right 10 secure liberty TO those
who escape from slavery he declares that
he has no right to give protection /. the pant
ing, faint and hungry fugitive from whips
and chains he votes to allow the slavehold.
ers 10 make the entire State of Ohio a hunt.
ing ground for slaves, and pledges himself
10 assist them, by direct and Indirect means,
TO seize and return runaway slaves.
Abolitionisis Of Ohio, cease to talk about
the merits of presidential candidates, and
talk about the merits of the Constitution for
which you vote. Men are on the stump all
over the State, discussing the comparative
merits Of Taylor, Van Duren and Cass.-
These never allude to the merits of the Con.
stituiion; or, if they do, only to laud it as
the production Of wisdom never equaIleJ.-
They do not, they dare not direct your atten-
ton from the candidates to the Constitution.
Would they and you but discuss the merits
OF the Constitution and enter into a conside-
ration Of its requirements and principles.
with half the zeal they and you now show
in discussing the merits Of the candidates
and their principles and character, you would
never again be led 20 vote for that great orr
ginal Compromise, and the fruitful mother
of all succeeding compromises between Ii.
berty and Slavery. That first. fatal step,
taken by our fathers when they entered into
a compromise with Shareholders and slave
traders, and admitted them 10 an Alliance.
the avowed object Of which is % 10 establish
justice and secure the blessings of liberty d!
That was a dark hour for Liberty and for
Mankind and you ~reiterate the same fatal
step in favor of tyranny and against liberty,
whenever you vote for Congressman or Pre-
sident.
.4bohfiOniSts! Cease to talk about the
deeds and character Of Taylor, Cass, or Van
Buren,, and come nearer home and look at
your own act in voting for a Constitution
that recognizes the right TO re-enslavc the
man who has escaped from slavery that de-
MES to you The righ, 10 give aid and comfort
to the hunted fugitive and that asserts the
right to represent man as a chattel in a 60
veTnment processing 70 be Republican: Y0u
vote for the right TO use and trea, men as
proper,y-to represent man as a beast, a
thing. How can you condemn the slave
holder for actually holding and using men
as property. He only does what you say,
by your vote, that he has a right TO do
Your rebukes of HIM are comparatively pow
%erless, while you vote to give him the right
10 do the very thing for doing which you re-
Duke him.
Your rote at The polls gires the lie direct 10
your practice. BY your vote you say you
will aid the kidnapper to catch and return
his fugitiveS /; or, at least, that you will not
give protection 10 the slaves, and cast i'm
%pediments in The way Of his pursutrs; then
when the fugitive from bloodhounds and RI
fles, whips and chains, comes, faint and
weary, to your door, you feed him and shell
ter him, and take him in your wagons and
hasten him on his way 10 a land Of freedom,
j. e., Canada, the land OF hope, and the asy-
lum for the American bondnan. Why do
you thus continue TO say one thing 10 the
Shareholders, and other and directly oppo-
site thing to the slaves! You darken the
light of God in your own souls by these
falsehoods. Why not be just and honest to
yourselves and to the kidnappers, and tel
your slave-breeding allies in this dOOmed
Confed eTacy, that you can no longer remain
in a union with thieves and robbers " 10 es-
tablish JUSTICE" nor with slave-traders and
slave-driveIs "to secure the blessings o
liberty"
A CRISIS! Yes, you talk about this
crisis-this particular crisis-as a justi6ca'
ton of your conduct in voting once more TO
that compromise with the sum Of all villa
NV and your once more entering into con
federacy with the greatest of all Williams, it,
with slave-breeders and man-stealers. Tall
not of the superior merits of Van Buren, owe
Taylor or Cass-talk not of free soil, fire.
speech, free labor and free men," when yo
know that this motto is confined to a particu
lar part of the earth, even Mexico. Wit
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