Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-06-08

very lmperlcclly, he idea oil
American liberty and American pro-
gress. We have drawn the lines, the
struggle is commenced, and we shall
probably live 10 see its issue. But no
matter, whether we do or do not, this
much we know, that when a man puts
himself against principle, it is a struggle
likerhat Of the angel with Jacob; it may
last IN age or a night, but the man is
sure to be vanquished.
The South did not annex Texas she
could not do it; she has no power the
slave power is not Synonymous with the
Southern SHAREHOLDERS. the slave power
resides in Ohio, Massachusetts, New
York and Pennsylvania; in a corrupt
sentiment. in a tainted Church, in a
prostitute literature in the school houses
of the free States; Jhcrc lies the slave
power. The South, bankrupt. poverty
stricken, weak, trembling like an aspen
loaf-she annexed Texas She talk
about annexing Cuba Let her stand
alone. should like to see her get up
and separate herself from her northern
crutches and stand on her own legs
The civilization Of the South Let il
save itself for an hour from the gulf Of
its W barbarism in three millions Of
slaves; then | will believe it; but till then,
it is you that | address, you the slave.
holders and the slave power of America.
1t is Giddings who, when he swears TO
support the Constitution, Processes to go
out from Ohio TO represent the interest
Of the slave. He is the slave power; it
is his name and influence that is its tow
er Of strength. The slave asks no better
fate than to be placed for one moment
on Il fair field in the presence Of the
white man, in his own country, and left
to himself, and he will decide the ques-
ton beyond the reach of argument or of
words. No, it is ourselves that are the
slave power, in our breasts it rests so
long as we belong 10 this government,
so long as we link ourselves with this
religious sentiment, SO long do we throw
into the scale Of the stakeholder a cha.
racler, and life, and enterprise, and ener-
gy. Let a ine.of-battle ship be sent out
from South Carolina into a foreign port,
and let her be the representative of no.
thing but the slaveholding minority Of
that State, and see how much her can
mons are worth, and how much respect
she gains. 1t is not her thunder that
%startles the Old World il is the voice Of
Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, and
Pennsylvania, when they link in with
one consent with the Shareholders Of the
South. Ii is their character that makes
sIaveholding possible. That is the
guilt Of the American Union, that il
makes it possible for Calhoun to be a
villain. If Giddings, if Webster, if Clay
even, had not formally pledged their
worldwide reputation, there could be no
hope Of the shareholders and their South
ern %vassals existing in the civilized world.
The South is Il minus quantity it is
an incubus nay, it is more it is a dis
ease.
Somebody, in reckoning the strength
of the Spanish monarchy put down the
Lowlands and Netherlands as q minus
quantity to be subirac,ed ii diminished
rather than increased the strength Of the
empire. SO it may be said Of the South.
We have in this country to overlay, 10
shield her, to sustain her character in or
der to recover herself. The capital Of
New England is expended in scrubbing
up the escutcheon Of South Carolina to
make it decent. loud ~appIause,)
The abolilionist operates against the
Union for this very purpose. Our OBJ
ject is to draw the line. Let the South
erner stand alone inthc face oflhe world.
Do not let him call the North to share
with him the ignominy ; do not let him
call the Northerner his s~Iaveholding ac-
complete. That is all abolilionism asks.
Does it ask too much Of the republican,
ism Of this Union
will, in conclusion, ask Of you one
thing, then say whether we are unjust
1t is this The Christianity Of the old
world, what there is of it, helps the mass
es the Christianity of the Old World,
like that in the days of the Apostles, is
going about upseuing all things. Eu-
rope is torn 10 pieces by the conflict of
class with class in the struggle for equali-
ty. The spirit of The Nineteenth Centu-
tury is walking abroad abasing The proud
and %succouring the rights Of the humble.
The spirit of the Nineteenth Century is
dragging up into the sunlight of Gods
blessing these unseen classes. of whose
existence the world has been so long ig-
norant. Well, we turn from the glad
sight of European renovation, from the
glad sight of Catholic vitality backward,
and gaze on the Professionalism of the
United States. We only ask will Pro-
testanlism be as good {! will she do for
one-sixlh part Of the people among us
what Christianity is doing on the other
side of the ocean for the lower classes
We only ask her to gaze on that nation.
al banner clinging to its flagstaff. heavy
with blood, and clean ii from its pollu