Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-01-26

from time TO time, till the close Of the ses-
sion. We place the opinion upon record"
The tenth has come and gone, and with
il has gone Mr.. Colts resolution. Sure
enough, the device was found, and the reso-
lution-is not. We prayed very earnestly
that we might be proved a false prophet, and
occasionally, when we remembered how the
Bey of Tunis had forbidden the trade In
slaves, and The Grand Turk had vouchsaied
to prohibit the slave marts in Constantine
pie, and the Shah Of Persia, a~ctuated by the
humane spirit Of Mahomedanism, had inter-
dicted, under severe penalties, the slave traf-
fc in his dominions, as repugnant to the CT
vilization Of the Prophet, a faint hope would
spring up That Washington, the refined me-
%tropolis Of a preeminenlly Christian coun-
try, the most renowned Republic Of modern
times, might at least be elevated 10 the level
of Tunis and Constaniinople.
But II was a Pickering hope, and soon
went out when we thought of The peculiar
nature of that tribe Of creatures whom John
Randolph has imnorlalized by an epithet.
Let us rejoice. The address Of John G.
Calhoun is spoiled he must he in the pre-
dicament of the elaborate preacher, suddenly
brought 10 a halt by a gust Of wind which
swept away his notes. The fierce courage
of the North was like ShaksPear's meteor
ere you could cry. behold it was gone
The great South Carolina agitator is now
without powder or shot. He cannot fire even
an alarm gun. The fierce North, the giant
North, the aggressive North, has backed
out, or, as it is vulgarly styled, grabbed,
craw-fshed. Should he now try to scare the
South with impending horrors from that
quarter, she would laugh at him.. Southern
members ought to have been more consider
ate. They know the malleable nature Of the
material they have TO deal with, and in work
ing it up they ought at least to have left
something in the similitude Of a man.
Let us rejoice. The Union stands, and so
does the Slave Trade. What blind Sampson
will be impious enough hereafter 10 bow him
self upon these two pillars Of our glorious
temple of Liberty, and bury it in ruins J.
Now beams the Sun OF Peace again upon
us. Dire discord is hushed. The spirit of
Fraternity smooths down the rug ged brow of
Passion, for the slave-cofle may wend its
way in undisturbed joyousness under the
walls Of the Capitol, 10 the mart in the sha-
dow Of the Smithsonian Institute.
The South was foolish to permit itself to
he SO pprturbed by the hasty action of a few
Northern Congressman. They did not mean
any NdIn Dul 10 IdJlOI Ildu uten tltCttu Ou
the strength of the anti-slavery pledges given
in his behalf in the North, it was thought
nothing more than reasonable that the Taylor
men in Congress from the North should show
what good anti-slavery men they were and
so they passed Mr.. Colts resolution. The
next important object was to show the South
what good friends they were to its peculiar
interests; and so they reconsidered Mr..
Colts resolution, and let it go over with the
unfinished business to be attended to most
faithfully between now and never! If the
South Lad only a clear insight into these
things, it might save itself a world of dis
comfort, and even the Washington Union
would find il hard work TO experience an
agony.
But to be serious; and yet ones lip will
curl at what is too contemplate TO excite
anger. This thing Of being put of with a
farce when one is expecting a heroic TRACE
dy. is Nat.
When the 10Th day Of January came. nc
sooner had the Journal been read than q
strong desire was manifested to proceed Il
any ether business than that Of the famou.
resolution. But the question being on recon
sideration, it was pronounced a privileged
one, and so took precedence. Wentworth
always ready with his summary mode o
despatching business, moved to lay the mo
ton TO reconsider on the table. This wa
the policy Of all those who were bent on Sc
curing the passage Of the resolution. The
most determined efforts were made to Undue
him TO withdraw it, hut he persisted. TIL,
yeas and nays on his motion were called
and resulted-yeas so, nays 100! SO tn
House, which by a vote of % TO 81 had pas
sed the resolution two weeks before, now re
fused to sustain its action by a vote of IL
to so! So much for the Southern caucus
The South, Of course, was united. South
ern men have nerve, and know what they ar
about.
A debate then arose on the motion 10 re
consider. Mr.. McLane, of Maryland, dis
cussed Northern philanthropy. and the hu
manity Of the black code in his own State
Mr.. Caleb Smith discussed Mr.. Giddings
Mr.. Pdlfrey, agitaiors in general, and his pc
sition in particular, being out Of patienc
with agitation, and in love with wise, patric
tic Legislation. Mr.. Sawyer enlarged upo
the wants Of his constituents was duly ir
dignant at these Niger questions; was grie
we'd at the House disgracing itself with thes
squabbles about slavery, when so many ere,
interests were at stake, and he concluded b
moving the previous question-thus cutlin
of all chance of reply from a single frier
of the resolution. The previous questic
, was sustained, and the yeas on the motion
l reconsider were ll9, nays 9l-,he latte
I with the exception of one, being given t
: those who voted yea on the motion TO Ia
the motion to reconsider on the table.
! Two steps backwards. The r~esolutic
now is open to amendment. How nice
the wise, patriotic, moderate men, who ha
slave-traders and abhor agitators, will no
manage! Messrs. Caleb and Truman Smit
\ Vinton and Grinnell, have The whole bus
ness in their W hands. They and the
friends have prevented the consummation
this measure-not because they were oppos,
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