Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-03-09

'N"'f'S " o'"'lS'lCalIy demonstrate lis
blessings. This, as we learn from the
" National Era" has been done in a lee.
ture delivered before the Young Mems
Mercantile Librory Association of Gin.
c%innati, by Elwood Fisher, of tina, city,
and which has been c~opiously quoted in
Congress by pro'slavery speakers. The
editor of the Ezra characterizes the
production as %"loose in its statements.
contradictory in its positions, sophistical
in its reasonings, false in its statistics.
absurd and inhuman in its conclusions"
If such is its character, is il not biph
time that the Society of Friends look aE.
ter this member, lest its reputation suffer
in consequence Of his course? Is he
bearing The faithful testimony against
slavery which the Discipline requires
If not, what is the duty of the Society
but 10 deal with and disown him?
Among other propositions which this
Quaker undertakes to defend, is the fol.
lowing. which seems in the main so alb.
surd, that one is almost tempted to oues.
ton whether the man is in his right mind.
He says, 1--WE quote from the Era,) 1.-THE
slavery of the blacks has given the whites
of the South a decided advantage over
their brethren of the North, as regards
wealth, comfort, luxury, natural increase
of population, intellect, purity, sobriety."
As regards WEALTH.
Witness the periodical bankruptcies Of
the South, as certified 10 by the ledgers
OF Northern merchants, manufacturers
and mechanics-whole towns being al.
most ruined because Of the worthless.
ness of Southern obligations.
As regards COMFORT.
Where is the proof? Shall we look
for it in the nightly patrols which ira
verse the South in their necessarily Sc
we're slave codes their practice of car
rying deadly weapons their many bru.
tai as recorded in all their
papers? Shall we look for it in the
sense of insecurity which hangs, like a
hair-suspended sword, ever above their
heads If these things are called COM
fort in the South, what is discomfort?
As regards LUXURY.
None will deny that a certain kind oil
luxury prevails among The three hundred
thousand shareholders, but the idlenes:
and viceSit, engenders, are to be mort
dreaded than the ~Pestilence.
As regards NATURAL INCREASE OF
POPULATION.
We should not wonder if this was as
true as preaching, seeing how many light
compleXioned slaves there are, and the
strong resemblance their features bear
to those Of their masters.
As regards INTELLECT.
Is it then u mistaken belief that it is
northern Genius whose lofty songs cause
the nations heart 10 throb; whose deep
researches in Science and in Art have
opened vast mines Of hidden treasure ;
whose mechanism discovered our land
with a net work of rail roads, & suspended
over it an air path for the lightning 3
No, it is no mistake Southern intel
lect is developed only in The hot bed Of
politics; its light resembles moi that of
the Sun, The Moon or the Stars, for it is
~engendered by moral corruption, and
shines as the corpse-light above The
graves Of the dead.
as regards PURITY.
Shareholders have testified TO the H.
centionsness of almost the entire South.
and declared that harems were as plenty
there as in Constanrinople, and Amalga-
NATION a common thing.
As regards SoBRIETY.
This is the climax. And though the
Witnesses of its truth are scattered from
Virginia TO Florida, from the Carolinas
to California, all ready 10 testify 10 then
own sobrie;y, they would but swear &c
the existence Of that which intelligen
minds will require stronger evidence
than the oath of such 10 believe.
We wish Calhoun much joy of hi
Quaker disciple, ELwooD FISHER.
AID N COMFORT TO FUGITIvE SLAVES
1t has been proposed TO throw a suspension
bridge across the Ohio at Cincinnati, thu
connecting this Stale with Kentucky. Tn
bill to charter a company for this purpose, vi
understand has been adopted by the Kentuc
ky Legislature, and is now awaiting the ac
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