Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-10-13
The Slave Trade at the Capitalists Sup.
pUrterS Rewarded,

The following is an extract from a report,
in the Western Reserve Chronicle, of a
Speech recently delivered at Pennington,
Trumbull County, by Hon. J. II. GIDDINGs.
Note the facts which show how the North
ern traitors to Freedom are rewarded by the
present Administration
Slavery and the slave trade exist in the
District ofColumbia by "A law passed by the
Representatives of the whole people. 1t is a
national law-iti is the law of the people, and
as such supports slavery there. The guilt OF
slavery and the slave trade is upon the entire
people of this Union. 1t is for them to free
themselves of the guilt. 1t is for you to free
yourselves of the guilt. lie said if the audi
ence could but have been at Washington on
the 18th of April, 164S, and have seen a band
of SO slaves march over Pennsylvania Ave
nue., in the Capital of this nation, then they
could appreciate the monstrosity of this guilt.
That collie was headed by Hope II. Slater,
the notorious slavc-dealer OF the District, aid
ed by Il half dozen slave-drivers, with clubs
and bowie-kniycs, who were arranged on
each side of the procession. There were
men in that procession he knew. There were
the Edmondsons, and who has not heard of
them? There were two sisters of that fami-
~, do 1911, 40 COlII'INs uhu as accomplished
as any OF the ladies Of Jefferson. There was
also a brother Of the girls, who had been
reared in retine society, and was a perfect
| gentleman. lie was a man of strong mind
and superior intelligence. In his intercourse
with inen he exhibited equal if lot superior
intelligence and refinement-more mind and
genius than Your President of the United
States. And these persons so refined, so in
t~elligent and accomplished, We're being
marched in the Capital of your nation for u
southern plantation, there soon TO end their
miserable existence under the lash of the
merciless slavc-diiyer. In that procession
there was agony and anguish unutterable,
despair was depicted upon every counte-
nance, In the procession was Il wife torn
from her home in the absence of her hus-
band. He followed up, and attempted to
take Il last farewell, and instantly the club of
a driver ielled him, quivering and apparent
" ~lileless, to the ground, Such are the oc-
currences at your Capital, under the nation
al flag. Last winter, Mr.. Cot introduced
his resolution TO abolish this traffic. This
was done without consultation. Parties had
not time to drill their members. Each man
voted as he felt, and as his principles dicta-
ted. The resolution passed by a large ma
jority. Taylor was elected President. The
party began TO see where il would lead them
unless something was done, Northern men
could not expect favor from the new EXecu-
tive. A motion was made to reconsider
Wentworth moved 10 lay this motion on the
table, which would have disposed OF the mo-
5 ton to reconsider, and the resolution would
have been i'll force. a vote was taken OF
y the motion of Wentworth, and twenty-sia
Northern Wings and twenty-five Northern
: Democrats voted against the motion. The
n,nt;o,, U,S lpct flI,n motion tn ,,,o,.;lo
was then postponed for two weeks, then de
i bated, and finally went into the calender
and was not heard of again during the ses
sion. The motion OF Wentworth was dodge,
+ by several dough-taces, among whom wa
II Jacob Collamer of Vermont. 1t was know
q that he was a candidate for a Cabinet office
He was i'll his seat and voted immediatel
. preceding and subsequent to the vote Oh
Wentworth's motion.
h General Taylor soon came to Washington
, lie gave Collamer the Office of Post Music
General at a salary of $4,000. lie offerc
Truman Smith, who voted against Went
ID worth's motion, the office of Secretary of tn
Home Department. Owing to the positio
~ of parties at home, Truman's friends advise
him not TO accept. Caleb b. Smith, Alexai
d der Irwin, Jasper E. Brady II. o. Edward
tn and several others from the North, who W
id tea against NeHtNoTln ilOuoll, ana III Il
r vor of the slave-trade, have all received lucr,
=. tive appointments from the President. Win
u man that voted for Wentworll's motion b,
T. received an appointment? Not one. Gei
tie eral Taylor has not given a word or a snli
to those who voted on the other side; or,
: other words, voted against slavery and ii
nc slave-trade.
Mr.. Giddings asserted that a more gros
nd palpable, and outrageous prostitution of +,
vs. ecutive patronage, to sustain the slave-trat
and slavery, never had been known OF heal
Ut of in this nation.