Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-03-02

=" .4nimjs opiGus9ue Senlper paraii." Well
has it become that illustrious Commonwealth
TO be the first in proclaiming her own and The
rights of her southern coBGederates. Well
has she been called a mother Of Staies.-
Look at those that have sprung from her
bounty. With the uncalculating generosity
ola parent, she submitted to conditions, as
TO some Of these territories coded by her, Pc
culiarly favorable at that time to her nom
slaveholding brethren. Can it be that, like
a cockatrice, any portion Of these States, or
the people of these States, would avail them
selves of these conditions, and the power ac-
quired under them, to sting the bosom that
gave them life Virginia may have 10 sub
nit TO ing:atitude, and may not be able TO
avoid wanton insult, but she cannot submit
TO deliberate wrong and wilful aggression
Her history would rebuke and her resolutions
would r~eproach her. No, sir. that illustrious
Commonwealth has been, like Judah, the
lions whelp in this Confederacy and she
cannot crouch, like Issacher, and become the
ass between burdens.
Mr.. President, Virginia and South Caroli-
ma are not the only States that will speak on
this momentous subject. All the southern
States similarly situated will use language of
the same deliberate import; and if, in the
face of snch warning, our northern brethren
-lOl L VIII Cdll bl6lll SO-hudIl luIn q uGdl
ear to it, and shall 90 on TO consummat their
acts of injustice and acknowledgements by obi
Gus and discriminating legislation, assailing
the equality Of the States, and violating sa.
cred contracts, the blame will be on their
heads. Such an act will evince a criminal
temerity hardly TO find a parallel in the his
tory Of any people. They may assume 10
act upon the supposition of our division, and
because they know we cherish an attachment
to the Union, by so many consecrated associ-
atoms Of a common history. They calculate
upon success by sporting with our affection.
| once saw a youth struck by his neighbor
and relative; and when he was reproached
for not resenting it, he replied that he had al
ways learned through his parents that they
were bound together by the ties Of friendship
and consanguinity, and that he did not wish
to be the first to disturb them. Well, sir, the
submission only provoked additional assault.
Our non-slaveholding counlrymen may think
that we will submit like the amiable youth,
instead of consulting the impulses and wise
suggestions Of selc-respect. And, sir, there
is no substitute for such a sentiment. Once
Danish ii from a people or an individual, and
degradation and degeneracy must follow
These States have been bound togcther by
the ties Of patriotism and f~ratornal consan-
guinity. The Federal Constitution was the
work of wise, practical, and patriotic states
men, and the guarantee they relied upon for
its maintenance and perpetuity was the good
faith in which it originated. Those from the
non-slaveholding States were then the guar
dams of southern rights and the respocters of
southern feeling. They were such men as
Hancock, Adams, Roger Sherman, and DR..
Franklin. Little could they have thought
that a people who have become strong and
nOurprIul uOIpr Tho CupratiOp. Cf tlo E1Iarol
compact would ever use it as an engine Of
oppression. But, sir, l fear that their gencr-
Gus calculations are destined 10 be disappoint-
ed. And, sir, | will now draw contrastbe-
tween themselves and those who are now,
under the name of free soil and dcceitful phi
lanthropy, conducting the dangerous agita-
tons upon the slave question. | will not
draw the parallel. The coniraSt between the
two will be obvious TO all, and it is not ne
cessary to write their names on the picture.
All the fears Of disunion may be banished,
and harmony restored by the North consult
ing and acting upon the great maxims OF
moderation and Justice. Let them stay the
hand of aggressive violence let them stay
the spirit Of injustice; let them no longer en-.
courage the wild fanaticism of an irresponsi.
BILE multitude. The South will act in defen.
sive cooperation, but will not Intentionally
d8ildtCs lOI 'HC pun FOotS VI idCNlUu anu us
t cord, with a view TO profit by them. The
5 northern people say that slavery cannot go in
to California and New Mexico, unless the
laws left in force by Mexico shall be repeal
= ed and yet they insist upon superadding Il
any act that may be brought forward for tho
t government of these Territories, a provision
/ for the exclusion of slavery not, as they
t say. that it is necessary, but because they
. wish now to establish the doctrine TO exclude
e southern Shareholders from an equal partici
patton in the fruits of future conquest. Thi;
doctrine, Mr.. President, addresses itself to
t and is revolving to, natural sensibility, and il
violation Of the compacts and compromises o
r the Constitution. 1t is nothing more no
i less than saying that the South may be com
PEELED, under its obligations to the Fedora
g compact, to make its contributions of meI
e and money TO carry on the war, but shall bC
denied the rights of equals in the enjoymen
n Of the conquest.
1t is not a restriction, sir, as some havt
n said, and as some of our Georgia friends havi
a said, sir; but it is a proscriptive policy, It
A prevent which the South should be prepare,
y at this time to make every sacrifice. If w,
d submit to it now, it is a submission whicI
Q will reduce us from a position of equality t
. what we believe will be one of degradation
n | have made no threat shall make no threat
/ have no such disposition but if South Cal
a olina shall be placed in such a situation
n there can be no doubt but that she will er
s force that resolution. | am bound to say, 81
g that if this position be forced upon her, sh
will stand by Virginia she will stand b
J herself, sir. This may be avoided; an
God grant, Mr.. President, that statesmen an
e patriots may be raised up from the non-slav,
holding States who may have courage to d
o justice, and who will consult the dictates {
wilson, and prudence.