Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-01-28
From the Liberty Bel.
Ab~OlitiOniSm in America.
BY ALEXANDER HoLlNSKI.

Ol Il TWO years Nt-l0tncf IN lNe
L hlied States, was the hatred manifested to-
wards those constituent republicans whom it
is intended to brand, by applying to them a
name Of which they are Justly proud. Ask
AZ random a meInbpr oi the two leading No.
litical p~aries--ihe Wings and the Democrats
the meaning vt an Aholiiiouistt ltis a
fanatic, he will answer; a distutber of social
order; \ villain, who endeavors to effect, hy
All means, the destruction Of II Tree, glorious
and powerful republic. TO many people, un.
fortunately, an injurious adjective is worth a
demonstration and. without asking the
proofs wherewith to substaniia,e this series
Of imputations, the majority OF natives as
we'll as foreigners adopt the opinion thus
thrust upon them. and are disposed 10 prop
agate il. az the occasion offers, like so many
parrots. whose willing memories store words
devoid Of sense and reason.
Ii. however. some traveller. crossing the
Atlantic to study, conscieniionSly, American
institutions, is struck ~ this strange MONA
" by which three millions Of men are deb1-
Sod to the level Of the beasts Of the field,
where is he 10 look for information which
will open 10 him the entire truth I VIII ii
be in the press! But OUT Of eighteen hun
dred and odd newspapers which appear in
the United States, there are about fifty only
which are free from ~Negrophobia. & peculiar
malady. the t~riQhtiGl intensity Of which it Is
difficult for Europeans to imagine and these
fifty journals are carefully hidden from tho
public eye. Will it be in the deliberations
Of Congress lie will see the struggle be-
tween the two parties. Of which one calls it,
self DEM cratic. because 1t fights for free
trade, aud the other Wing, because il adyo-
Gates Il protective tarif-withuut either of
them iucludinr in ia political creed the lib
prtr Of man. as proclaimed in The neclarailon
Of INDEPENDENCE. Will it be in the sulpitl
Bui no will burn with shame AID i%ndiena-
ZION, if he be a Christian, on hearing in tho
name Of The God of Justice. the defence of
the most lnunslrous of iniquitiss. Every
where, moreover. in the pulpit, in Congress,
in the press, as well as ia private circles. he
will remark the same dislike of Abolition
ISM, which is vililied. cxecnted, ami ridicu-
led in a.thouSand ways. Ii. then. the irav-
eller of whom | speak Is undismaycd by the
task which hr has undertaken, he will sever
the sanaiory chain established by the Inajor-
iy against some steady and persevering ad-
versarips he will enter the den where lives
that which has been painted to him in the
colOrs of an horrible monster. To his great
surprise The den Is a temple ct light, the
hideons dragon me genius ct truth. 10
speak without meiaph!or'--'nth the publications.
III 'ne lectures ana IN me speeches. ol ine
hpo''u'hIS'S, ne wiz ma that wnich ne mas
hithefto sought IN valn-a faithful exposition
OF American slavery as II H. ioweveF
Tight!ui me Nlc'nre may appeal the traveller
VIII n,'u J! real'zeu H. an It's particulars pro-
Vi"ed ne journeys WIN open eyes from the
Lo'o'nac 20 me un'i OF Mexico 10 begin
ihen-W hat Is that edihce winch rises as a
saol IN me sig.t oil me capitol at Washing
,Hh' Ln'eT--l'T' Villains an elegant gen
'i'inan' opens me door' ana tNhlo''S ms mer-
rnahu'Se' 10 you want a BOY ora g'ti!-
10" Va" navy '"e one OF me o'ner at 'he la'r-
est price, ana 10 your taste' as you may pre-
'ei; tHe eoony "'ack' me ye!loW' or 'he
w."''e' on Which ho' a trace ot African n'oon
10 P',ceP'o,e' Al tne emu ~ '''S S"'u' SUI
louh"eu ny ny" Walls, Stt' II your courage
IaI' nor emerge from 'Ae ueP'ns oil a S"o'ef-
r"heah pace al 'ie merchant command
human creatures o' p"''i seAP"' SOME scarce
" ofeSsed' some scarcely ahLe 10 walk IN
OF '"r "oif'n'r ''',uIes 'ney nave
undergone ana others oOi'ged' as a matter
% P'ec"u.Ioh' 10 uIAg d '"iee oea'n nom each
loo''
49, ~ T'' ''"h I" ~
petrated in darkness. We are now in open
day. on the railroad from Charleston To An
gusta. The train stops at a station, and the
guard opens a baggage-car. Is it 10 receive
a fresh mailbag. or is it to take some pas
srHger'S trunks No; two Negroes are
hurried in, bearing each an iron collar round
the neck. and fastened together by a heavy
three feet chain. What is The crime of these
uniortunates! They are runway slaves,
carried back 10 their dreaded masters. Let
ms now helake ourselves TO the Exchange at
New Orleans" Amidst furniture. pictures,
clocks. are sold. together or separately. nm
der the hammer. ii mother and her infant
child. None present themselves to preserve
unbroken the strongest Of natures ties. The
sobbing mother is delivered 10 a planter. and
the little babe is sold by weight to a brutal
speculator, who tears il from the maternal