Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-05-11
Extract from a Speech of h. johnson,

The present L. S. Attorney General,
made in the Senate, the very last week
of the Session, and only three or four
days before his appointment, as the legal
and constitutional adviser Of the Presi-
dent, The whole speech exhibits a ra-
bid slavery fanaricism not exceeded by
MIR. Foote himself. Here is the OK
tract
"Tho spirit of Abolition is like the ia
blcd hydra; you may cut off one of his
heads, but the loathsomc sling serpent
srill exists and is cternally Missing and
throwing OUT his thousand forked tongues
10 insult and annoy us. Sir, the ac-
count between the north and south is
long and heavy. We have Just reached
that point when the harmony Of the I'm
ion and the safety of the south requires Il
settlement in full. Atl-rfre heads
of the hydra must b. cut off and
the wound scared with red hot iron, else
he will live, and in(use his deadly poison
into every vein and artery of The body
polite. No more legislative eXpedient
will settle the qucs ion Of slavery. 1t
can only be done by all parties, in the
spirit Of pa,rotism, taking their stand
firmly on the constitution. Let the nor h
do nothing which it iorbi Is in word or
spirit; and let The South, as one man, re-
solve 10 submit 10 nothing that violates
its sacred guarantees. This will give
q, quiet 10 The country, AMI bind the Union
! in bonds Of adamant.
The south is sought TO be placed in III,
=, attitude Of lactious opposition TO the or
ganization of these newly acquired terri
tories; on The ground that their climate
soil and productions are unsuiled 10 tht
. employment of slave labor. shall no
e consider at length the geographical posi-
ton and features OF our Pacific posses
sions. 1t is certainly true thar much The
larger portion Of them are unfit for III,
: cultivation Of rice, cotton, sugar, and to-
I bacco. It's surface is marred by immens'
S ranges of mountains, and trucklcss DIES,
erts, unfit for the habitaliou Of man. Blu
who will deny that slave labor can be
Z probably employed in working the golC
mines OF California. 1t is cheaper, be
r cause ii costs the owner nothing but III,
t food and clothing Of his operatives, an.
the negro far eXcels the white man i
!, the capacity 10 endure the exposure t
y the scorching sun, drcnching rains, an
. the hurdships peculiarly incident TO III
q business of mining. Besides, there is
considerable portion Of those territories
enough for the formation of three state
l. of average dimensions-which lies soul
of the parallel of So deg 80 minute.
the line orthe Missouri Compromise. I'll
other States Of this Union which Ii
so Ilh of that line are slave states. The
u are Arkansas, Tennessee, and NorI
- Carolina, which lie immedialeIy adlac ci
70 to that line. DO lhcy not probably en-
a. ploy slave labor Further south Al
ID Texas, South Carolina, louisiana, Nil
s~issippi, Alabama and Georgia. In 4
r these states cotton constitutes the slap
o. product of agriculture, and in several
them rice and sugar are most advant
geously cultivated.
The southern parts of New MeXi'
- and California, lie in the same easle
IS aud western belt of latitude. Why N,
Ne will they not yield the same agricullu,
products, and consequently afford pre-
at table employment to slave labor !
r large portion of Pacific territories is
n, dapled 10 slavery; and | will add that
kind Of labor will develope so rapidly
immense resources and prepare il for
;" abode of enterprise and elevated civil,
ton. Let her not be decoyed from V
a. lance over her rights, or charmed j