Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-05-12


that the people IN that benighted region
would not be very happy to listen 10 his AZ
currents, and engage IN an intellectual con-
fict with him, in which the truth might be
ELECTED. | think, however, that the announce
ment which The honorable Senator has mado
on this luor OF the fate which awaits so hum
Bile An individual as myself IN the State OF
Mississippi. must convince every one OF mo
p|foptiely of the high eUlogium which he pfo-
nounced upon her the other day, when he
spoke Of the high position which she occupi-
Cd among the States Of This Contederacy.-
But enough Of this personal MISTER.
think, il | did not misnnders,and ihs
honorable Senator from South Carolina, thsi
he is surprised at the ismefiiy of the Senator
from New Hampshire, in Introducing this
bill. Let mr. ask, what is the bllif What
is this lncendiary bill that has ELECTED such
4 t1tfen; Of invective Has It been manu-.
fac;utsd by some "fdnaucal Aboliicnistl'
Why, il il copied, almost word Cor word,
from "A law on the statuls-bOck, which has
been In o%petation for years, IN tina neighhof-
ing State Of Maryland. II has no %allusion,
directly or in1irsc,ly, TO the subject Of Sls-
very. Yet | am accused OF throwing it, os a
tirebrand, ana in order 10 make war upon tho
Institutions Of the South! Howl In Gods
name has 1t rome 10 this, that the American
Senate, and in the year Of grace. one thou
sAnd eight hundred aud forty.eiVhi, the rights
Of property cannot ne named, but the sdyo-
Gates of Slavery are in arms, and exclaim
that war IS made upon their Institutions, be-
cause il Is attempted to cast the protection
Of the law over the property Of an American
citizen, who sppcalo 10 an American SEN
ate
il hrs long been held By you that your pc
cullar Institution is incoNpatihle with the
right OF speech but if ii he also incornpaii-
hle with the safeguards Of the Constitution
being thrown around property Of American
citizens, let the country know II! II that IS
to be the principle of your action, let Il, 6o
proclaimed Throughout the length and breadth
OF the land, that there ID an institution 50
umnipotent-so almithty-tbgt even The So
cred rights Of life and property must bow
down before il!
Do mol let it be said that | have introduced
this subject. | have Simply asked thai; nc
plainest provisions Of me common law-tas
clenresi dictates of jusuce-stall be extend
cd and exercised llr me protection OF tbs
properly Of citizens of this District; and yet,
the honorable Senator from Soa!h Carolina
is shocked at tuy t~eila5ity.
Mr.. Buiier-hiiow me to ask me CUES
ton with perfect good temper. The Senate
is discussing the subject with some feeling;
but ! ask him whether he would vote for q
bill, properly drawn, i~nficting punishment
on persons inveigiing slaves from the District
Of Columbia1
Mr.. Hqe-C certainly not, and whyl Be-
cause | DO not believe that Slavery should
exist here.
MIR, Cahoun--Gn his sca:)-He wishes
20 arm the robbers, and olsa;m The people OF
the District.
, MIR. Hale--The honorable Senator is alar-
Jned at my temerity,-
Nj. Caihoun-In his ssat.l--I did no, use
the word, but do not think ii worth while 10
= correct the Senator.
n Mr.. Ha'c--Ihe Senator did no, uso ,ho
terml
Mr.. CaAoun-No. l said !, was brasen
:, in the Senator. or something Ike that.
J. Mr.. Has-The meaning was the same
! It was strange then that I should introduce a
, bill for the prohibition OF properly in this
: District--a bill perfectly harmless, but which
D was construed into an attack upon the South.
u | ask the Senator and the country wherein
consists The ,emerity 7 Isuppose in the sec
u ton Of the country from which II COMES
He says we seem to think iha. the South
e has lost all feeling. All! There is the te-
y merty. The bill comes from the wrong side
II OF a certain boundary. Why did the honor
i able Senator from Carolina imagine that We
: Of the North, with our faces bowed down to
: the earth, and our backs tn the sun, had re-
ceiyed the lash so long that we dared not
I look up} Did he suppose we dared not ask
I that tho protection Of tho law be thrown a.
round property in the District 10 which We
u came 10 legislale !
Jo-;r, a., ,.ar ,,-n H., ,,r,;,,,sN. =
u Slavery in the sense in which the Senator
understands the term. | will never be a par
ty to any encroachments upon rights guaran-
" teed by the Constitution and the aw-not at
all. | wish no war, but a war OF reason--oi
=, perSuasion--of argument; a war that should
look 10 convincing The understanding, sub
Il DUNG the affections, and moving the ympa-
thiPs OF the heart. That is the only war IN
III which | would engage. But it is said that
!, ), the time is come--llat the Crisis has come,
~ and that the South must meet u. In all can
dor and honesty, then, let me ray, that theTo
n could not be q better platform on which 10
Ia meet the question, than thai presented By tho
principles Of this bill. There could not be a
better occasion than this, to appeal to tho
70 country. Let the tocsin sound. Let the
word 20 forth. Let the free North be told
n that her craven Representatives on the floor
IS Of the Senate, are not at liberty even to claim
the protection Of the rights OF property
i The right CT speech was sacrificed long a.
90. But now it is to be proclaimed that We
e cannot even introduce a bill looking to the
n execution of the Plainesl provisions OF the
d Constitution, and The %clearest principles OF
IS justice, for the protection Of human rights,
j. because gentlemen choose TO construe 1t in
% to an attack upon that particular institution ?
# ask again, what is it that has produced
# this step, called up these denuncialions, ex
cited all this invective which has been poure,
q ont npon me as il ! had been nnilty Of all tht