Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-28


England six per cent Of her population are
nauners. and il is true. But remembe that
is per cent, of the American population are
slaves. And this is not all. The slavehol-
ders are masters of the nation.
They stopped the right Of petition for sew
oral wears in the House of Representatives
And now send a petition for the abolition oil
slavery in the District Of Columbia, and you
cannot get il before the House. There IS not
a king in Europe who would dare to treat
petitions as yo1r Representatives treat yours.
When our fathers sent petitions to hing
George, they had a fair hearing, though hot
answered. Those we send 10, the House OF
Representative have none. Even a Senator
is threatened by another Senator that II ne
comes to his State he will have him hanged
on the highest tree in Mississippi.
Slavery corrupts the nation, makes war
and plumbers the nation and leaves the north
to pay for it. The north by its own sweat
and toll must pay at least three-fourths, be-
cause we are more comfortable, have better
houses and use more articles imported from
abroad. The south rules the north, makes
Presidents and unmakes. And shall tell a
sad thing! ] cannot vouch for its truth. tho.
it came to me with very good authority
That a portion Of that Delegation Which 'ods
sent 10 bring back the dead adams 10 his ma
tire State uas The Committee Of Shareholders
appDinted 10 make a President. find here IN
B1sfon, oeer The coffin If JOhn Quincy ADAMS,
ere his bO3t ,ods committed 10 ais mother eaTfh'
the Tories of the South struck hands Nth the
Tories of the North, and were told you cdn
carry Massachusetts, for General Taylor"
The South rules the North. Your Repre-
sentatives in Congress and in Conventions
dare moi say their souls are their own. And
they are not their own. am glad they can
not say it, for it is not true. Even John u!
Adams, while President, succumbed to the
slave power. He would no, recognize the
independence Of Hayti. He made a treaty
with Mexico for delivering up our fugitive
slaves. Afterwards the great man got his
eyes open, by the efforts of those who took
the country by the four corners and shook IL
till the world rang. Van Buren, succumbed
to the slave power. But he would not sue
cumb far enough he would not extend slave
~ over Texas, and he lost his election. The
South is falling behind in cultivation, wealth,
and power, and she wishes therefore to make
new slave States, whereby to keep her peli-
teal ascendency. Philadelphia submits to
il, New York submits to il, Boston is very
glad. And the Issue is now made that Con-
gress has no right to prohibit slavery in the
territories. And Of course, then, Texas, Ore
gon, and the 100000 square miles we have
Just plundered from Mexico must be slave
territory.
The South is our master. In 1887 Pa
trick Henry said that the tobacco Of Virgin
ia could purchase the silence of the North
To-day il is not the tobacco, it is the cotton.
Have any great men OF Massachusetts oppo-
sed the addition of Slave States, the extern
= ciOn ne clavaru n r tho n a for tho nYtpnci0n
! of Slavery The great man Of Massachu-
sets whom we all would delight to honor
far more than we do, turns his face towards
h the South and roars like thunder against free
g trade or in favor Of the tariff, but when wal
N blows his horn and slavery is to be EXTENDED
N by blood, the great man trembles, turns his
I'd face toward the North, and roars like a nous,
es in the wall. Has any northern Represents
N tive e~ver.ost his seat, his place, his honor
t.. because he forfeited your honor and my hon
IN or! Not one.
D, The men who voted for the Missouri Com.
er promise in 1919 and 30 were Kissed in State
street. Do we hiss men in that street who
vote to extend slavery four times as far. No.
We invite them TO sumptuous dinners. Your
colored citizens arc shut up in Jail when they
visit South Carolina. Massachusetts, dares
e not complain. Boston dares not complain.
a What right has Boston 10 complain! She
shuts negro boys out of the Latin School,
d the High School, and every school but one.
She has her negro pew. How can Boston
complain South Carolina has just as much
e right to shut up the white man as the color
$ ed man. What if the attempt were made 10
| establish white slavery in Oregon, Texas or
Mexico 7! l believe there are men enough in
=, the north, who would fold their hands and
t not say one word at that. Is il worse to
: make me a slave than my brother, whom God
t carved out of ebony instead of ivoryl God
is no respector of persons. He respects a
5 black skin as much as a white skin. What
: if South Carolina should treat English color
ed sailors as she does oursl But she dares
I not do it. She knows the smell of British
. powder. Two years ago they kidnapped a
r man from Boston, on the high road from Bos-
: ton to Quincy. More than one Boston Me-
: chanic it is said-I wish it were not true
received five dollars for the aid he had in the
s theft. Could you get the man back Could
: you get the kidnappers punished But when
some men in the District Of Columbia aid
fugitive slaves to escape, they are shut up in
o thick stone walls, without a table, without a
= bed, without a chair, and $75, 900 bail is de-
; manded for each man of them.
II But the mischief does not stop here
d Slavery has muzzled the pulpits. All over
. the North the newspapers are with the South.
d | love to see the South tyrannize over The
North. | love to see the South lead the
4 North by the nose. We deserve TO be so
led.
But ] pass on from that to another obsta-
Gle. There are no political parties in Russia
or in Turkey, but in a free country there
4 must be parties. Men will not think alike
about progress or standing still, about the
tariff and free trade. There will be parties
$ from every great interest. That is no evil
!, but a good. But party spirit limits a man to