Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-05-04

dress TO the Non-Slaveholders of Kentuckv."
which is published in the Louisville Eramin.
err.
-Four fifihs Of the voters Of the State being
non-slaveholders, the question of Emancipa.
ton must ultimately be determined by them.
This large class Of our citizens should there.
tore calmly and Gispassionately examine all
The arguments and reasons brought forward
Tor the purpose OF strengthening and perpe-
'ua'lng negro slavery-lf those arguments
and reasons are valid. IL slavery is a bless
ing-lf it adds TO the wealth, the comforts,
and the productive capabilities of the indus
trlouS cldsses-if it dignifes labor-if il i'm
proves morals,-if it rGines our ia stes-if il.
dinuses and promotes intelligence--in a
word, II it can in any manner be made an
agent in developing The physical and intel.
l%ectual well being Of that grea, body Of the
people who live by THEIR OWN LABOR. then
is our duty at once, plain and palpIble, negro
sidrerg should be made perpetual.
On the other haud-lf the reasons brought
forward by The advocates Of perpetual slave
ry in support Ct their system, are unsound
and sophislical, and if, upon a careful exa.
r...nalion. we are led 10 coincide in opinion
with the large number Of wise and good men
of the present and past generations who have
depicted the evils, and deplored the exis-
tence OF slavery in the most uncqnivocal and
emphatic terms OF condemnation, then is our
duty equally plain and palpable.
Negro siarery shouM cease in Kentucky, at
the earliest possible period consistent with
! the interests Of all the parties TO be affected
by the change.
This great question cannot, and onght not
10 be set aside for any other. Parties are al
ready formed, and sides are already taken.-
All over the State men are discussing it,. In
spite Of corrupt. and iiine.serving politicians
in spite Of the impotent commandments Of
a pro-SIavery legislature aud in spite of the
insolent and insulting epithets of abuse
which a portion Of the advocates of nerpe-
tuallsm have thought fit 10 heap upon Eman.
cipation, the people are moving-holdinp
meetings, selecting candidates, and entering
into The campaign with true Kentucky earn
estness and courage. The syren SOM Of
.. Pence, ssEsace.n-whie the false P65.
phets of pro-slavery sung SO gently and
soothingly a few months since has passed
away, and they have discovered that there is
: no peace" and can be none Unit! Ibis oues.
tiOn is decided.
A great deal has been said and written dur
ing this controversy, respecting the rights OF
property. We think it high time something
shonld he spoken and written, touching THE
RIGHTS OF LABOR.
During the pendency Of our Legislative
and Congressional elections, the indu strious
classes are regularly informed that they are
the "tfue bone and slnew Of the land."-
Politicians are then very eloquent concerning
the "righis Of labor"
Grateful 10 our kind and disinicresAd teach.
eis, we propose TO offer them a specimen of
our scholarshiP-and 10 do What we can TO
convince them that their labors have not been
in vain.
BY turning 10 the End Auditors Report.
ii will be seen that 90, 900 out Of the ILL.,
0O0 votes cast at the Presidential election,
are dependent upon labor in lis various forms
for the means Of subsistence.
This large class OF citizens own but very
few %sl,ves, but they " that, which is of
far more lmpoflancc-L0b in lis countless
forms, and various notifications. With the
larger portion Of this body Of citizens. Labor
is their only capital, but with them, this ca
pilal is as valuable, and should be as care.
folly protected, as the rich mans negroes
They have a right, nay more, it is their boun-
den duty to pass judgment on any legislative
act or constitutional provision, which affects
the value, productiveness, or influence Of
their labor, and any attempt from any quar-
ter. to abridge this right or 10 ihwartits leest
and fullest exercise, is much better snirpd TO
the latitude Of Russia than TO that Of Ken.
lucky.
1t will be much better for all parties con.
cerned that The Shareholders and non-slave.
holders should at once come to an understan.
ding upon the question of Rights as invol-
we'd in Emancipation. On the part of the in.
d%ustriaI, non-slaveholding classes, we hold
the following propositions:
LIST. That, as labor, using the term in its
widest sense, is the foundation Of all wealth
the physical and intellectual welfare of The
laborer should be the first care Of a wise
government.
?. That in a political and social organiza-
ton In which a large proportion Of the labor.
ing population are held as slaves-rceivinp
for wages only The coarsest food and cloth
lng-and being moreover systematically and
Intentionally shut out from education, the
labor of fleemen is necessarily degraded, and
its rewards %lessened,
8. That as slavery exists by virtue of. and
in conformity with the highest existing law
Of the State. it is the duty Of every citizen
10 respect all rights aPPertaining thereto as
they at present exist.
A. That in changing The organic law, the
people are sovereign, and their will supreme
on all subjects, limited only by the respect
due TO existing rights.
5. In any proposed change of organic law,
the greatest good Of the largest number OF
citizens TO be effected by the change should
be strictly kept in view.
With these fundamental propositions in
view, We proceed at once TO examine slavery
as 1t affects the %interesI Of worrying men OF
all classes,