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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-21
WHOLE NO. 203.
New Declaration Of Indrprndencr.

The Columbia IS C.) Telegraph goes
for a commercial non-iniercourse with the
North, and having for once got som South
ern paper on which TO print its notification
buster, il claps its soft hands with the de.
light OF a big baby with a new dress, and
shouts in triumph as though its great aim
was about to be won. Like the old granny
in the story, who had always lived by Dor.
rowing, till some Yankee pedldr persuaded
her TO buy a pail, the Telegraph resolves
- neither to borrow nor lend :" though like
the same old Lady, nfter she had burnt up her
pail by using II as a kettle, its resolution may
change with a farther experience, that il will
again conclude 10 borrow and lend, :" az be-
fore. But hear this new rerolrtionist talk
"The sneer so long applicable 10 us Of adj
Voca'lng non'intercourse with the North, on
a sheet printed on Northern paper, is no lon.
ger so-the Telegraph (both daily and tti.
weekly being now printed on paper mann.
featured by the Messrs. McBee, a, Gteenvlle.
in this State. The quality of the paper will
D compare favorably with that furnished by
o Northern manufacturers, and is a better atti-
Gle than they can furnish here for the same
. price; which proves conclusively the capaci.
ty OF our own citizens TO compete successful.
o ly with Northern by Southern enterprise"
, The editor calls for the establishment. q
. type foundries, &C., in South Carolina, tina
; they may be in no way dependent on III
. North. Cannot some enterprising Yankee
I answer to the call, and ingeniously turn the
Southern exclusiveness 10 his own account
as very probably has already been done ia
the manufacture Of that new paper.
The next thing that we shall expect TO heal
Of this champion of a new independence Is an
echo of the call of the Richmond Wing 10
Northern artisans and capitalists and capital.
, lists TO emigrate to the South, aud improve
the idle resources of the country. There is
something supremely ludicrous in The mimic
. pride and independence of the pauper iyran,s
. of the Soulh.-Pd. Freeman.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-21
Slavery and Dutlling--Infamy and Honor.


DR.. B. F. Bedinger, an eminent citizen of
Boone county, KY, is writing a series of able
and eloquent papers in the Covington Jour
nal against slavery and in favor Of elnancipa-
ton. The following extract exposes to exc
Grafton a horrid crime, the spirit of which We
know from observation, is nourished by sla.
very but il is a crime (s,range 10 say, but
not stranger than other decisions which are
the offspring Of slavery,) which is deemed a
proof Of nobleness Of spirit in slavehoiding
communities. The eloqnence and sarcasm
Of DR.. b. are equally forcible
"Your STAKEHOLDER is a cavalier, and is
wont 10 talk a great deal about chivalry. His
son is a gentleman Of leisure-he is brought
up to command the slave, who is bound to
obey. He quickly learns to use the LASH
He has leisure to practice with the pistol
He learns to flourish the bowie-knife. Self
confident, he stands ready for a row, a scrape,
a duel, or what not. When working men
fight and kill, it is manslaughter, and they
are punished. When duels among gentle.
men end in death, they die on the field of
honor, and the slayer reaps repown. Having
pinned his friend, he assume consequence
becomes arrogant and offensive, and is often
the scourge of that society which, by its false
opinions, has made the worst of crimes. So
far from slavery being conducive to good ga.
vernment, good morals, or national wealth
and prosperity, ! hold it to be the very bans
of each and ALL"
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they should even attempt il, if 1t will not be
an usurpation Of power? There is no poWer
10 %,oarrant il, in that paper"
As TO the bearing of those clauses Of The
Constitution referred 10 by Disunionists to
prove the instrument pro. slavery, and also as
to the point raised by Mr.. Henry, read the
following extract of a speech by Gen. G.
C~oiesworih Pinckney, of South Carolina,
made in the Ratfying Convention of that
State:
"By this settlement we have secured an
unlimited importation of negroes for twenty
years; nor is it declared that the importation
shall be then stopped it may be continued
-we hare a security that The general gorern-
ment can nerer emiancipaie them, for no such
authority is granted, and it is admitted on all
hands, that the general government has no
powers but what are expressly granted by
the Constitution and that all rights not ex-
pressed were reserved by the several States.
We have obtained a right 10 recover our
slaves, in whatever part of America they may
tuke refuge, which is a right we had not be-
fore. In short, considering all circumstan-
ces, we have made The best terms, for the Sc
curity Of this species OF property. it was in
our power TO make. We would have made
better if we could, but on the whole do not
think them bad"
The folly of quoting tie opinion Of one
man, however eminent,-and that opinion,
too, pronounced absurd by nearly all his CO.
emporaries ,-against the strong and unvary'
ing current Of history, must be apparent tC
every unprejudied mind. As for SPooner''
flummery about constituting the Constitution
without reference 10 its history and the inten
lions of its trainers, it is all very well meant
no doubt, but arrant nonsense for all that.
The Pioneer says, that if we were not
nation of dastards, that prophecy Of Patric
Henry's Chat Congress would abolish slave
ry in the States would have been verifie
long since.' We say that if the North ha
not been tainted by the leprosy Of slavery
she would never have adopted the us. Con
stitution, and would not now lend it her sur
port, but would proclaim in tones not TO b
mistaken the doctrine of
mo UNION WITH SHAREHOLDERS
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-21
Fishers Lecture.
From the Richmond (vu.) VIII

From the Richmond (Va.) Wing.
The great object of The first portion of the
lecture is TO prove that the South is richer
than the North that Virginia is the riches,
community in the world-and that far from
standing in need Of the pity Of The North,
she IS Infinitely her superior in point of
wealth. Ii he make this out 10 the ~satisfac-
ton OF us, who live in a city, more favored
in every respect by nature than any other on
the continent, and which, though one hum
dred and twelve years old, counts barely her
thirty thousand in~habitants-of our neighbors
Of Norfolk, whose magnificent harbor, and
other great natural ad vanlages, have not been
able TO keep the grass from growing in her
streets, and who at this very momen. are seri-
ously agitating plans of annexation TO North
Carolina-ot the owners of those immense
tracts Of worn.out land which abound in the
lower part of Virginia, and which, though
originally of fine quality, are at this moment
10 use a phrase common enough in their vi.
emily, unable :" TO sprout black-eyed peas"
-of The thousands of emigrants who annual
ly crowd the Western and Southern thor
oughfares, in search of a living which the
exhausted condition Of their own country
cannot afford them-he will have rendered a
most ~effeclual service. But the pocket preach
es more loudly and more eloquently than Mr..
Fisher. He cannot convince lis owner that
it is full of money, when he has every day
convincing proof that none is there.
The criterion by which Mr.. Fisher endeav'
ors TO establish his position is so evidently
false, that the slightest examination is suifi.
cienI TO expose its absurtily. He assumes
that tire comparative wealth. of countries is Il
be estimated by the comparative amour
which each individual would have, if the en-
tire property of each were equally divided
among the inhabitants. Suppose this princi
pie for a moment to be correct, and let us Sc,
the result. Sixty years ago, the Empire o
Russia, exclusive of the Cirimea and Siberia
contained, according to Coke, about $1,000,
600 oil inhabitants. OF these there were abou
six hundred thousand free persons, the res
being seris, or lin other words) slaves. TIT
average value of slaves in Virginia. is, w
believe, about $500. Let us suppose tina
the Russian ,0hiie slave was worth about hal
as much as the American black we shall
then have for the entire value of the Russian
slave property So, GAO, 900, 900 1.-TWO Thousand
six hundred and forty millions Of dUllars.)-
As II is fair to suppose that the estates uPoI
which these slaves worked, were at least, il
the aggregate, equal TO The value Of the slave
themselves, we shall have for The entire val
ne OF all the property in Russia, (the Gin
mea and Siberia being left out,) S. ESQ, 900,
900, Give thousand two hundred and eight.
{ millions Of d~ollars,) This property dlvide'
amoOg the 600, 900 free persons just spoke
: Of, would average $500 for each individual
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-21
Southern Opinions of Mr.. Fishers Lecture,

The Richmond (Va.) Wing, speaking of
the articles of Justice " in The Louisville
Journal, expresses its disaPProbation of Mr..
Fishers Lecture in strong terms. The Au-
gusta (Ga.) Chronicle quotes the article Of
the Richmond Wing, and seems not TO feel
the slightest sensation of gratitude TO Mr..
Fisher for his DISTINGUISHED efforts TO prove
the South most prosperous and happy
" Masters" says Dogberry TO his prisoners,
d" it is proved already that you are little bet
ter than false knaves, and il will go near to
be the right so shortly" THIS language
seems now to be very applicable to Mr.. FISH
eL, if we only change the word knaee to soma
more appropriate term. The proving has al.
ready been done, and the thinking seems TO
be following very fast.
Mr.. Fisher may exclaim-
Happy they if they but knew their bliss"
But it seems they are not able to discover
their bliss. Mr.. +. proved TO them that they
had il: but when they put their fingers upon
il, like PAddy's flea. sit wasn't ihere."-
Some Of them put their hands into their pock-
cts, expecting TO find their purses distended
with golden eagles; but The iaccidity Of tho
purses showed that the words of their great
advocate had not filled them. Words are ine
things in their way-nothing better-but
-S
they will not fill purses. Golden eagles have
wings, and he who expects 10 keep them
from flying, by throwing rhetorical salt upon
their tails will find himself deceived.
Mr.. Fisher is a kind of Don Quixote ia
love. lie hatlers his D%ulcinea in the most
exlravagant terms. lie praises her delicate
features, the heavenly blue of her eyes, tina
sweetness Of her breath, the music Of her
voice, and her youthful bloom. But his mis-,
tress tells him fatly she does not believe a
word of il; that her features are coarse; her
eye of a dull gray her breath loaded with
The fumes Of garlic +; her voice like thai Of the
peacock, and that instead Of being young, che
is full Of wrinkles. Mr.. Fisher is evidently
a rejected tor.-LOuisviM Examiner,
THg AsToR PLAoE RIoTgRs.-Tweniy.on'
of the Astor Place rioters have been indicteS
nv the Grand fufv,
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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-21
PHILADELPHIA, June 5, 1874

Dear Sir. Under the impression that its
publication at this time will promote your
views, be gratifying to the people of Ken
lucky, and be Of general utility, | am indu-
ced to take the liberty TO enclose you a copy
of a letter from Mr.. Jefferson TO me on the
subject Of slavery.
| avail myself Of the occasion to tender my
respectful compliments to Mrs. Clay, and re-
new to you assurances Of my high respect
and sincere regard.
EDWARD Coles.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-21
Mr., Jefferson and Emancipation,

The annexed letter from Thomas Jefferson
10 the Hon. Edward Coles, Ex-Governor Of
Illinois, has been handed, by Mr.. Clay, to
the Lexington Observer for publication
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-21

Slarsry in MissouTi.-The Peoples Organ,
a journal published in Missouri, says the
Shareholders in that State are estimated not
10 exceed twelve thousand. They own sew
enty thousand slaves, and there are nearly
halt a million Of Inhabitants who own no
slaves, and have no interest in keeping VI or
extending The institution oil slavery,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-21

THe AsToR Place RIoTvRs.-Tweniy.ons
Of the Aslor Place rioters have been indicted
ny The Grand iufy,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-08-25
Damascus.

There is no city, with the exception of
Jerusalem, so noted in sacred history as
this. 1t is now an object of notice to the
Christian world on account of the Jewish
prosecutions 1t is the oldest city upon
earth, and stands solitary and stately
monument in the midst of decay . q
/ Babylon and Thebes were its contem-
poraries; but the former has had its mag
nificence, and the latter is presented only
by its startling ruins. Still, Damascus re-
mains; and now, with the exception of
lConstantinople, is the largest city in the
East 1t islbeautifully situated in an ex-
tensive and pleasant plain, few miles to
the east of Antlibanus, where the chain
begins to turn off 10 the southeast, under
the name of Carmel. 81 oh moeR 70 & ID
Here are .Abana and Parphar, rivers
of Damascus .'again calling up the thrill
ing story Of the Syrian leper and Hebrew
prophet. q lHither Saul, with his relentless
fpersecutings, followedthe early Christians,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-08-25
Pleasures of the Mind.

There is no principle of the mind which
is not capable Of creating pleasures for it's
elf and others; while, on the other hand.
there is none, whatever the excellence of
its nature, by being i'll directed NAV not
prove the source Of individual and eener.
al suffering. The thirst after knowledge.
that undying desire of the mind, which, as
it Hmbibes. grows less sated, is the spring
OF all that is delightful in fancy or contem.
plation. Science opens to man those
boundless fields where solid fragrant flow.
er' abound in matchless beauty and end.
less variety. 1t offers the magic wand by
which we can create celestial fountain
on bare rock. the waters of which puri-
fy the soul and raise the thoughts to a di-
viner sphere: but knowledge also posses.
ses its evils; it is often attended with crav.
ing anxiety, and ends in bitter disappoint.
ments. Perhaps after years of toll, we
find ourselves in wilderness of doubt. or
after trutless attempts to grasp some Nigh
ty object, we find that it still rebounds from
our touch. Friendship and affection af.
tords us pleasures most pure and lasting:
they are bands which unite the thousands
ofearth together. We rcpose securely on
the breast of a friend, and delight in the
hallowed ties Of kindred ari
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Our SaYiNnr.

The following is the description of the
parsonage Of Jesus Christ, as il was found
in an ancient manuscript sent by Publius
Sentilus, President of Judea, to the Roman
Senate: i
"Tbere lives at this time in Judea,
man of singular character, whose name is
JESUS CHRIST. The Barbarians esteem
him prophet but his followers adore him
as the immediate offspring of the immortal
God. He is endowed with such unsur.
passed virtue as to call back the dead from
their graves, and to heal every disease
with word or touch. His person is tall
and elegantly shaped-his aspect amiable
-reverent. His hair flows in those beau.
tiful shades which no united colors can
match-howing into graceful ,curls be-
low the ears agreeably crouching on his
shoulders and parting on the crown of his
head, like the head dress of the sect of
Nazarites. His forehead is smooth and
large-the cheek without spot, save that of
lovely red-his nose and mouth are form.
ed with exquisite symmetry-his beard is
thick and suitable to the hair of his head,
extending little below the chin. and part
ing in the middle like a fork-his eyes are
bright, clear, and serene. He rebukes
with maiesty-counsels with mildness-
and invites with tender and persuasive
language. His whole address, whether in
word or deed, being elegant, grave, and
strictly characteristic offs great being"
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DcnominatiOnaI Statistics.

The methodists in the United States, in.
cluding the church of north and south, and
those denominated Protestant, number in
their body, 1,178,656 members. The
Protestant portion number but $4,000 of
this large aggregate. The number of
Methodist churches is not reported in the
tables from which these statistic are com
piled. The number of ministers in the
episcopal portion of this body, is 5000.
The Baptsts, including the Regular
Anti Mission, Free-Will and others, have
1865 churches, $3.50 ministers, and
813,921 member o anet
The Presbyterians, Old School and
New, have 4,O27 churches, 1864 minis
ters, and 334 ,453 members.
The Congregationalsts have 1896
churches, 1879 ministers, and 193,O93
members.
The Episcopalians have 1892 church.
es, ,404 ministers, and 81 $50 members
here are 212 more ministers than churches
The Lutherans have ,425 churches,
500 ministers and 149 ,625 members.
The Associate Reformed, Cumberland
and other Presbyterians. together with
Reformed Dutch and German Reformed
churches, have 2O52 churches. 2,O91
ministers and 241,740 members.
The Roman Catholics have 9O7 church
es 917 ministers and 1,199,7O9 members
The Untarians have 244 churches
The number of ministers and members
are not reported, but the number of minis
ters is doubtless as large as the number OF
churches, if not larger. IF the churches
contain, on an average, as many as the
Orthodox Congregational churches, the
aggregate number would be 27 ,532.
The number of churches of these several
denominations, exclusive of Methodists.
which arc not reported, is 1891. Al
lowing the Methodists 10000 churches,
the whole number would be about 90, 900.
! The whole number of ministers in these
denominations is 22,808; and the whole
number ofmembers ofchurches, a 1877 .141
Supposing the population of the United
States to be 20,000,000, it would give one
professor of religion to every five Of the
population-not including children, one
to every three and a fraction. How many
of these professors ofreligion are not pos.
SCISSORS, we may not presume to say, bu
undoubtedly the Omniscient One would
make a very material deduction. .--
The Baptists have the largest number O.
churches and ministers. The Catholics
have the. largest number of members
The Methodists have the largest number
among the Protestant denominations
The o. S. Presbyterians have 175 more
churches than the New School, 152 more
ministers, and 93,953 more members
The Old and New School Presbyterans
together, have 2,160 more churches than
the Congregationalists, l ,652 more minis
ters, and 141 $3.50 more memberships
byterian Idrocate.
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in the streets of Paris, they have slain the
Hungarians on their own soil, they have
butchered the Romans, beside the very al
tars of God. They have been filing the
Cup for eighteen months: now itruns over:
the voice of Abel's blood goes up day and
night, from every hill and plain of Europe,
and Divine vengeance treads fast upon the
heels of Cain-Cain with crown upon
his brows, or priest robe on his form
Cain on the throne Of Austria or Cain up.
on the Presidential Chair of France.
How sad and terrible are the les.
sons of history! AT the present hour, not
King in Europe but is flushed with the
hope of triumphant murder, and mean.
while the axe is being sharpened, the tim
Der is being cut, and the basket and saw.
dust are being prepared, and-all for the
Gulllotine.-George Lippard.
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Love and Crime.

1t is we'll known that the shark, the most
remorseless monster of the deep is usually
attended by harmless and playful little
guide and companion, familiarv known bv
the name the Pilot Fish. The real Office
which tperforms is not known; but seems
to be regarded with tenderness and at.
tachment by a creature addicted to fero-
city and bloodshed, and is admitted into
an intimacy Of kindness and love. while
others are repeled by fear and awe. In the
whole compass ofnature, no analogy more
striking and beautiful than this can be ad-
duced to illustrate the strong and mysteri-
Gus attraction which is sometimes found to
exist between love and crime. How manv
sons of rapine and violence are there in
the world, who roam overthe sea, or prowl
upon land-who still have some dear and
tender being clinging to the heart, and
watching over them with the most invinci.
Bile and devoted endearment and fidelitvi
And yet, how often do these hardened rem.
robates participate in no other sympathy
and love except this, but are detested by
the whole world besides, and are finally
dragged forth like the remorseless Shark.
to be condemned, and while the defenceless
and innocent object of affection is left ,in. i
protected, uncared for, and unthought of
behind.-Dr Beaaer. 40 4
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and near its walls the voice from Heaven.
and the light above the brightness of the
sun, arrested his footsteps. The identity
Of the spot has been preserved to this day,
the Christians of the city using it as a
burial place.
The traveller can still walk through,
shown by the credulous monk, the 'street
which is called Strait and the very house
occupied by Judas, where at the command
Of Ananias the scales dropped from his
eyes.
So rich is the country in fruits and fow-
ers that it has been called in all ages, ''the
garden of the world" Itis.related of Ma
homet, that when, after crossing the desert,
he saw this luxuriant valley, he exclaimed,
that he desired but one paradise, and there
fore would not enter here for fear of for
feiting his interest in the paradise he an
ticipated after death-but turned aside
without close inspection of this tempting
scene. Damascus has peculiar impor-
tance in connection with the progress of
Christianity in these parts. 1t has already
been visited by the agents of the Bible and
Missionary Societies. Being. the great
market where eastern and western mer-
chandize is exchanged, the general rem
devious of Islam caravans from the north
and east in their progress to Mecca, and
rendered comparatively safe residence
by the efficiency of Mehemet Ali, it opens
one of the most important and extensive
fields of missionary labor. Another Paul
may yet preach Christ in Damascus, and
the moral aspect of this delightful country
may present as cheering an aspect as the
rich displays of its natural scenery.