Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-27
Slavery Forever,

LAtluSAS iiOhh u oPSoSh u 81 NHSA
ming, Of Christian, in the Kentucky
House Of Representatives, on the bill 10
amend the law Of 1888, prohibiting the
importation Of slaves.
"Gentlemen have denounced slavery
as un evil, q plague spot, u blighting
curse Extraordinary language to be
used on the floor of the House Of Repre-
sen,atives in u slaveholding Staiel But
if it is so, will the passage Of this bill in"
crease the evils of slavery? Do they
not know, do they not see, from daily
observation, that every person is permit
ted TO bring slaves into the State who de-
sire 10 do So, and that, too, by their W
acts as legislators The passage Of this
bill will not increase the number of Slaves
brought into the State to any extent
Our citizens, by their intercourse with
the citizens of sister States, q don't mean
The States north of the Ohio river,) find
il sometimes convenient TO buy a slave,
as they do 10 buy Il horse or any other
species Of properly (; and this bill only
provides that they may bring The slave
into The State for their own use, without
having a special law passed (Which is
always done,) for that purpose.
"But, Mr.. Speaker, the unkindcst cut
of all is the denuncialion Of old Virginia,
the mother Of States and sta,esmen, for
her slavery. She has been charged by
the gentleman from Nelson Mr.. Har-
din,) and others, with breeding slaves
like live stock for The market. From
whence do they derive such language I!
Is il original with them They borrow
il from The yilesl abolitionists and incen-
diary fanatics of the North. That no.
BILE old Commonwealth they allege 10 be
decayed and ~degenera,ed, and charge il
upon slavery. 1t is true that the galaxy
Of her great men, illuslrious and world
f renowned in the iinyes Of the revolution,
has passed away she may have seen
her palmiesl days but does il become
members OF The Kentucky Legislature,
in their places, 10 borrow and plagiarize
from the aboliIionists of the North, their
, foul ISLANDERS and odious libels, in their
own words, on Virginians, that they
breed slaves for the market? 1t is UNI
founded and untrue. There are Virgil
mans on this floor who know it TO be un-
S true. In that STATE, slaves are sold and
e treated rs properly in the same manner
they are in every other slayehoIding
! State, and not otherwise.
&" would ask, in the name of heaven,
e what does The breeding and selling OF
slaves in Virginia have 10 do with this
If bill! Is it TO render the institution Of
h slavery odiousl Such language is cal
culated or perhaps intended. 10 operate
,e upon the public mind, so as 10 prepare i
20 in some degree for emancipation, or The
I. abolition Of slavery. Let The gont.emer
I. have their speeches published as deliver
ed, and they will hereafter find them
selves honored, by their speeches being
n quoted and cited as authority against sla'
Is very, by the Garrisons, The Giddingses,
y The Hales, and others. in the Halls oI
Congress, and in abolition meetings al
, over the world.
1.-THE opponents of This bill, after hav'
"a ing denounced slavery as a plague spot
re an evil, Il ~blighling curse, then put il
Or their disclaimers that they are not aboli'
III tionists or emancipationists. They alsC
at say they are not pro-slavery men. The
lie gentleman from Faye,te Judge Robert
son. says he thanks his God he is not
pro-slavery man! What kind of monde
scripts, in the name of common sense
20 are they ! They are either pro-slaver.
no men or anti-slavery men. If not thc
Y. former they mus: be the latter. Their,
or is no middle ground. The subdivision
h. Of anti-slavery men into parties, whethe
l; emancipa,ionists present or prospective
~ or abolitionists, are immaterial. The
great question is, pro-slavery or anti
slavery-for or against il? The gentle
men cannot evade the responsibilities o
- their positions by sophistry or gentle dis
20 Chalmers. They will be compelled Il
or take their stand oil one side or the other
pr = + +
m "The gentleman from Fayel,e say
he wishes to see kentucky occupy
h. high conservative position 10 stand lik'
A. an islhmus between The North and III
m South, not allied TO either. He the
,e wishes 10 see her like a bat, TO be neiihe
beast nor bird, but 10 occupy a twilight
m position between the two. Does he cal
III this a high, proud position for Kentucky
y To occupy neutral ground-lo be a sor
h. of half way house between the Northern
a abolilionisIs and The Southern SIales-t
nd be the campus martius, on which ih'
ne great battle against The institution of sla
Sc very is 10 be fought? ! ask, does sucI
I'd an equivocal position suit The character
Of bold, brave, high-souled Kentuckians
- If it does, then has Kentucky, as The
i'd gentlemen seem 10 think of old Virginia,
or seen her best days.
ne "lfKenlucky is 10 stand like IN 18th
I'd mus between The North and The South, i
II should so stand upon a firm foundation
e. Ii should be made as i%mpregnable as Ih(
10 walls of Gibraltar. against tho assaults O