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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04
Politics and Morals.

Politics are the instruments of morals, so
far as communities of men are concerned.
These can be lived only through thOse.~-
Pioneer.
In our humble opinion, the morals which
: oanbe lived only through politics must be
of a very poor quality, and as different from
those enjoined by Christianity as darkness
from light. Politics the instruments of
morals! Yes, Of such morals as have hith-
erio been popular in this corrupt world, and
OF such as prevail in this slaveholding coun-
try, they have been and are and the instru-
menis are worthy of the service in which
they are employed.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04
The Anniversary.

Ma. JoHNsoS: Dear Sri feel there is
something more due fromsme in reference to
the part took at the Annual Meeting. |
heartily wish the labors of the Society could
be SO conducted as 10 have tie Divine bless.
ing in behalf Of the poor slaves: with that
goes my respect for the Bible as, with the
Divine Spirit. the grand means of efTecting
your object. l bore my testimony at the
meeting in favor of these two points 5ut the
Bugle merely says, George II. MaIcher
continued The discussion in the negative."-
Now in the negative of whatl You say in
the second article, where our obligation TO re-
cognize the slave as our brother; and "what-
soever we would that men should do unto us
we should do unto them" Certainly was
not in the negative Of that; but in treating
the name Of God and especially the Bible IT.
reverently. 1t seemed TO me that, coming to-
gelher TO converse and devise means TO re-
lieve more than three millions Of our poor
fellow creatures in the chains and degrada-
lions Of slavery, we should be serious, and
not exhibit a spirit of levity and emulation
(in the bad sense) TO hold up 10 ridicule the
Government, the Clergy, the Churches, with
a reputation of the Bible. | do not say there
was a disposition either in Mr.. Johnson or
the clerk of the meeting TO suppress testimo-
ny on these points but | do say it's so com
mon TO our poor human nature that we the
more need 10 be guarded at that point; for,
let it be known for the benefit of us all, that
that very disposition is one of the Bibles
prophecies, and so far as that goes, proves it
the word of God for "Now go, write i be-
fore them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be for the time TO come, for ever
and ever, that this is a rebellious people, ~
ing children that will not hear the law of the
Lord" ! thank the Society for permitting
me to be bear testimony, but cannot join a
spirit of lightncss and unholy emulation, be-
cause that spirit | think has done more mis-
chief in violating the law of love than any Of
the more gross dispositions of depraved hui
man nature; for when its object is eril, its
awful witness the carnage Of wars, and
when pointed towards the Clergy the Church
es, and the Government, may produce disas'
trous circumstances without good TO the slave:
and when Emulation's professed object is
good, it sacriligiously substitutes the glory OIL
man in the place of the glory Of God. IT you
please, give this an insertion in the Bug'e,
and those who attended the meeting will
know what it means, and those of my friend;
who did not, will then understand on what i
was | was set down as continuing The dis
%cussion in the negative"
Respectfully,
GEORGE II. MARCHER.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

OF FATHER MATHEW was received in
Boston on the 25th ult. in a manner worthy
of the City and its distinguished guest
Thirty thousand people, it is estimated, as
sembled on the beautiful Common, where a
platform had been erected for the OCCASION
The Apostle was addressed by the Governor
of the State in fitting terms, to whom the
former responded in an address in which the
TTistman and The Phiianthropist wero equal
ly conspicuous. This ceremony was follow
ed by speaking from other advocates of Tenn
perance and by appropriate music. Will
Father Mathew come 10 Ohio? We hope
so. He ought not 10 60 back to Ireland with
out seeing the great West, the home of so
many of his countrymen.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

LITrELL's LIVING Active invite par
ticular attention to the prospectus of this pe-
riodical on our Last Page, and take pleasure
in assuring our readers that the work is no
catch-penny affair, but one which, in good
faith, we can recommend to their patronage.
To young men particularly, who wish 10 gain
access to the choicest productions of the
ablest living writers, to cultivate a correct
literary taste, and acquire a store of useful
knowledge, we commend this invaluable
Miscellany. That our praise may not be
deemed eKtravagant-a mere empty puff
we copy the following certificate of on,
whose judgment will command universe
respect:
or all the Periodical Journals devoted 4
literature and science, which abound in Eu
rope and in this country, this has appeared Il
nae TO be the mos, useful. Il contains indee,
the exposition only Of the current i~itesaiur
Of the English language; but this, by il
immense extent and comprehension, include
a portraiture of the human mind In the III
most expansion Of The present age. 5
J. q. ADAMS.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04
The Shareholders not The South.

II is not TO hear Northern peo-
that they constitute the whole South. Moth
ing, however, could be farther from the truth
than this implication for in point Of fact the
owners of slaves constitute but a fraction of
the Southern white population. In Kentucky,
for example. according TO Rev. DR.. Brecken-
ridge-a man whose authority on this point
will not be queslioned-this class embraces
but ONE.SEVENTH of the legal voters;
in round numbers, but 10000 out Of 140, 900.
The non.slaveholders, therefore, have it in
their power, at any moment, TO Danish the in
fernal system from the State. Why do they
not do itl Because the Shareholders, though
few in numbers, are a wealthy oligarchy, a
separate class, a sort Of nobility, ruling the
State by the combined influence Of money
and high social position. Many Of the nom
Shareholders are constantly aspiring 10 the
homer ~ Of owning human flesh, regarding
that as The sign Of power and influence ;
while others are SO poor ana ignorant that
they are easily made TO believe that enamel
patton would result in universal pillage and
throat-cutting. Many Of this class, however,
are getting their eyes open 10 the true cause Of
their poverty and degradation and DR.. Breck.
enridge warns the party leaders of Kentucky
to ponder what they are laying up for them.
selves, in years TO come, and for their memo
ries when they are gone. However these
poor men may be deceived for a time, they
must at last BIO forced by their misforiunes tc
the sober consideration and true view o.
their real interests and then they will exac.
a deep %recompense from all men and all par
ties that have conspired TO undo them.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04
The Trade of Anti Slavery.

The Editor of the New York Tribune, re.
Gently, in replying to some structures upon
Henry Clay's Emancipation Scheme, from
the pen of Richard d. Webb in the Anti
Slavery Standard, let fall a sheer at Abolition
lists, which we were very sorry to see, not
more from a sense of its injustice than be.
cause ii seemed TO us unworthy Of his we'll
earned reputation for fairness in dealing with
his opponents. That sheer is answered by
Mr.. Webb in the following piquant para
graph:
Mr.. Greedy ends by "A fling at the Aboli-
tionists. He says they make a trade of Anti
Slavery, that their vocation can thrive only
by calumny, and that their thrift depends on
the success with which they convince their
supporters that they alone are sincerely oppo-
sed TO the existence Of your country's great
est curse. If they did indeed select Adolf
tionism as a means of making dollars and
cents, | fancy they have long since discover
ed their mistake, and are by this time fully
aware of having made a most untradesman-
like choice. With half their ability, indus
try, and force of character, they might have
" done a much better business" in some
other line-as divines, as Legislators, as shoe
makers. If Wright, Pilisbury, and May,
had stuck to their pulpits-Bdrleigh to his
plow, Lowell to his Tyre, Garrison to his
types, Quincy and Philips to the bar, there
is no saying how many hundred thousand
dollars they might have heaped together, or
how "very respectable they might have
become. Truly they have miserably JAILED
in the recuniary part Of their speculation,
and have got nothing at all instead-excePt
such trifes as the testimony of a good con-
science, enlargement OF mind, clearness Of
spiritual sight, The conviction that they have
deserved well OF their country, and a reputa-
ton which will yet outweigh that of the time
serving statesmen and ruthless warriors who
now engross so large a share Of popular grail
tuds and admiration in the United States.
The wife Of THOMAS NJ. FooT, Of Buffalo
the newly sppOfntsd Minister to Bogota-
died OF Cholera, on the 29th Oh.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

terman, a Justice Of the Peace in Cesar's
Creek Township, Greene County. has writ
ten a letter published in the Cincinnati
Globe,) 10 the Clerk Of the County, resign.
ing his commission, assigning as the reason
for SO doing, 'the repeal 9fthe testimony clause
of the Black LGwS." Jonathan must be as
tender hearted as the the boy, of whom his
mother testified that he always cried when
asked to get a pail of water! The people of
Greene County must be inconsolable under
the loss of such a brilliant ligh, from the legal
armament.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

CHRISTIAN Us. TURK.-Which is The most
Christian Fit has leaked out, that when the
Sultan of Turkey subscribed for The relief of
Irish distress, he was DESTROYS of giving
10000, but the English government inter
fered, saying that half the amount given by
Queen Victoria would be sufficient. Her
Majesty had given only g2,000, and there
fore The Sultan was allowed to give only
FL, 900, just one-tenth of what his liberality
prompted. Thus to save the pride of a Chris
tian y Queen, who did not wish TO be sha-
med by a Turk, the sum Of 80, ooo was with
held from a starving nation! How many hun
dred people were starved 10 death by this in
human act, who can tell
GF The New York Independent, SEMI IN
exchange for the Bugle, is directed to New
Garden instead of Salem. Will the publish
er correct the error!
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

CoLoRED ScnooL AT FAIRvIEw.-The
New Concord Free Press speaks in high
terms of a School for Colored Children in
Fairview, of which Rev. Thomas Merrill and
his wife are the teachers. 1t has encounter
ed most bitter opposition, but Mr.. and Mrs.
Merrill have not allowed themselves to be
discouraged in their laudable undertaking.
They admit all colored persons free of charge,
the gratitude Of those whcm they instruct.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04
ANTI.sLAVERY BUGLE, SALEM, o.

traitor to the slaveholding interest, who is
seeking to compass his own selfish ends by
betraying those who have trusted him. He
even compares him 10 Benedict Arnold, aud
says il remains to be seen whether his name,
like that Of the deserter, will 60 down to
posterity with reprobalion.' He processes to
regard the great HISTORIAN with contempt;
says he has nothing to gain by noticing him,
and will be satisfied 10 escape from the con.
test without some loss Of selfrespect.'-
There is more Of the hauteur of the slave.
holder than Of the dignity of the statesman
in all this. Thomas II. Benton is an antago.
mist TOWARD whom not even John G. Calhoun
can feel contempt, though his pride may be
wounded by the touch of his lance. I'VE
move says the naughty Carolinian, in diff
ferent spheres People generally, we think,
have heretofore regarded them as belonging
to the same sphere, and will be inclined to
laugh at Mr.. Calhoun's assumption of supe.
riority.
There is one thing, however, for which we
must ever respect John c. Calhoun. He
never tries, like so many of our mean-spirited
political hucksters, TO split the difference >
between Slavery and Freedom. He goes for
Slavery on principle, and with all his heart,
and you always know where to find him. 1t
is good TO meet an antagonist like him, one
who will stand square up to The rack and new
er dodge. If all the defenders of Slavery
were equally manly and straightforward, and
like him would give us a clean issue between
Right and Wrong, we would demolish the
old Bastile in a twelvemonth. 1t is the fog
OF Cancellation, the dust of compromise, that
blinds the eyes Of the people. Thus in the
matter Of Texan Annexation while our
Northern 'doughfaces' even now will pre-
tend that Slavery had nothing 10 do with it,
and seek 10 hide their treachery under a mask,
Mr.. Calhoun boldly avows that the move
ment began and ended in the desire to
strengthen and per7etuate the peculiar insti-
tuition. For this every Abolitionist will thank
him his motto, like theirs, is open field
and fair play - no concealment, no compro-
mise.'
This war between the two giants of the
South marks a new era in the progress of the
AnIi-Slavery Movement. The South is no
longer a unit, and the bitterness of Mr.. Cal
houn is an evidence of the despair which
reigns in the slaveholding camp. Henceforth
the 'chivalry' will have TO do more than
rave and buster at the fanaticism of the
North (; they must encounter a formidable OPP
position at home-an instruction, not Of
slaves, but of.slaveholders. There is no Con.
sii,nlional provision +e4liingglhe Noryxae
aid in suppressing an insunection Of this sort;
consequently, the friends Of eternal Slavery
must fight their battle single-handed and
alone, with the sympathies of the whole civ
ilized world and every : attribute Of the Al
mighty arrayed against Them. What an IN.
equal contest! Can any enc doubt which
side will win the battle
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04
Anti 5laperp Bu9le.
SALEM, AUGUST A, ls49.

81 LOVE wHEN THERE is CAUSE
FOR 1.-THE ALARM BELL WHICH sTARTLEs
THE INHABITANTS OF A CITY, SAVES THEM
FROM BEING BURNED IN THEIR BEDS. Ed
mund Burke.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

MI. M1olSon was alierWard wayIaid ana
killed by these wretches for venturing to in
%terfere with their diversion.
The editor Of the (Bryan, Ohio) Spirit Of
,lie Age-a responsible person-publishts
the following extract of a letter from a cor
respondent at the South, and holds himself
ready 10 give the proof if required:
"a runaway slave in - had been
doing considerable damage in the way of
burning corncribs, houses, &C., from what
motive | know not with certainty. He was
hunted down like a wild beast. When caught
accompany of whites watched him over night,
and AMUSED themselves by heating the steel
uimrods Of their guns red hot and piercing
his flesh! in the morning fifty of the cili-
Gems OF the county convened in solemn coun-
ell and voted, that he should be hung-his
head be cut OF and raised upon a pole! He
met his fate like a marlyr-only begging that
his head might remain on his body. His re-
questwasunheeded--AND FoR WEEKS HIS HEAD
REMAINED UPON THE PoLE-A MoRsEL FOR
THE BUzzARps no PICK Att! Court time
came around, and some orderloving, law
abiding man, tried TO ge, the perpetrators of
This horrid crime indicted. But eleven Of the
Grand Jurymen were "partieepS eriminis :"
and "lhe bill was Ignored"
1t argues nothing against such atrocities as
these that attempts are sometimes made 10
punish the perpetrators. The fact that they
are and can be committed is that 10 which we
wish TO call attention. Ii is worth nothing,
as we pass, that We have made no special
search for these few cases; they have turned
up casually, all in the space of a few weeks
in our.ordinary reading of exchanges, and we
very Xix ely might within the same time have
found a score or two of a similar character
had we made a point of searching for them.
But here is an incident of another Sort
The ~inhumanity Of the whole proceeding
almost exceeds belief. 1t is from a late mum
Der of the New Orleans Delta. The fact o
the abandonment Of the blind girl was reveal
ed by a negro in revenge for some ~violeDc
inflicted upon his person by Alexander Priere
and George Heno Instituted proceedings 70
the recovery, as his slaves, Of the descend
ants Of The poor creature whom his fathe
turned out to die. Here is the DELTA'
story.
Several years since, George Heno, a butch
er who had acquired a fortune ia this city
left for France where he resided until death
When leaving here, he disposed Of all hi
slaves but one, a young girl whom, in con
sequence Of her being blind, he was unabi
20 sell and without m%anumitling her told he
10 60 and Take care Of herself. In the laps
OF years, the blind girl became the mother I
iwo children, a son aud a daughter. The so
aow a full grown man, is the party accused
abe above mentioned case, and the daughl
is herself The mother Of several children.
The family of Me- Heno have always re-
ded in this city, but sIever having seen {
blind girl since he dismissed her, she h
qnssed from their memory. His son, Geor
Hene, being informed Of the statement
Tomassie. now appears and claims the VIII
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

BosToN NoTIoN.-A mob was dispersed
the other day in Boston by water-power.-
The fire engines did the job, scattering the
rowdies in double-quick time. The capital
of The universal Yankee Nation is thus the
first American City to introduce The system
Of Free Baths.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

CoLoRpHoBIA ABArING.-Mr. Garrison, in
a speech on the Fourth Of July, said he wish
ed TO give a recent fact. | met, said he, a
Hayden gentleman in Boston yesterday, who
has recently been in France and in England,
finding no prejudice (as it is called) there,
and experienced no ill-usage because he was
born with a .colored skin. On farther inqui-
ry, | found that he was staying at the Amer
lean House in Boston, one Of the best hotels
in The city, and that he there had equal privi-
leges, in all respects, with the other board
ers; TO the r%eading-room, the p%arlors, and The
table, he had the same access as others. !
have tried, added Mr.. G., TO keep pace with
every improvement in the public sentiment,
but ! confess ! was surprised 10 hear Of this.
Only one year ago., in a case almost precisely
similar, it was found impossible to geta place
in any decent hotel or boarding-housei in Bos'
ion, for a highly respectable, intelligent and
wealthy (colored) gentleman from Hayli.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04
Slavery from the Dark Side,
From the National A. Slavery Standard.

From the National A. Slavery Standard.
The physical condition Of the slave is one
reason, and a strong one, why such a curse
should be wiped of from the face Of the
Garth, but it Is not the only, nor the strongest
reason. Yet we are perfectly willing TO try
conclusions on this poin, alone, and abide by
the result. Could the evidence DO fairly adj
Juced we believe that no state of society,
since the world began, ran show a people
subjected 10 so many wrongs, 10 so many
atIocious cruel,ies, as are suffered, at This
mmeni, by the lahoting class Of the South
ern plantations of this country. And al.
though every means is taken TO hide this evil
dence, enough forces itself 10 the light Of day
TO make the very stones of our streets cry out
for shame, were it not that the stones were as
hard as the hearts of the American people,
The laws Of the Southern States alone are
sure Witnesses Of how totally unprotected are
their slaves in life and limb, and that the very
existence OF The system involves the necessl-
~ OF snhjecting these poor creatures TO the
absolute and d~espotic will Of their masters
and overseers. The ad advertisements for fugi-
lives, which make so striking a feature in
Southern newspapers, are very often a proof
Of The same fact; and brief notices, in these
papers, OF c~ruelties inflicted upon slaves are
most conclusive testimony as to the character
of that social state in which such things can
happen at the same time that they prove that
there must be an infinite depth below the
deeps revealed. Where else, for instance, in
the world, where newspapers are printed, do
we meet with such a paragraph as this from
a late number Of the Raleigh IN. c. Times
"a BRuTAL HoMicIDE.-We learn that
iwo men, named Alexander Moore and James
Whitfield, Of franklin County, one day
last week, tied and Whipped 10 death a negro
man belonging to w. +. Person, near Frank
lintown. The circumstances, as related TO us,
were exceedingly shocking-but we foTbear
detail"
And here is a statement Of a suicide COM
mitted under rather different circumstances
from those on which our correspondent looks
with so much complacency. 1t is from the
Nashville (Tenn.) American
a negro girl belonging 10 Mr.. Lonis c..
Lisby hung herself last week. Her mother
had run off, and The girl being threatened
with punishment if she did not give infor-
nation as to the whereabouts of the runaway,
committed suicide"
What was the punishment to be that death
was preferred toit!
The Jacksonville (Fla.) News Of the 10Th
ullimo says:
"0ur readers will learn with regret the in.
1eligence of the brutal attack upon Mr.. Madi-
son Of Marion County. We understand lhe
cause TO have been this Mr.. Madison and
Dr.. B.. M. Byrne were riding together past
the plantation Of Burleson, and Witnessed
some inhuman treatment Of the field hands
by himself and his o%verseer, Meadows. The
brutes had actually caused a voman 10 be torn
an pieces BIZ their dogs"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

OF Persons having business connected
with the paper will please call on James
Barnaby, corner of Main and Chesnutsts.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

A girl of Fifteen years, in London, has been
sentenced 10 be transported for a number of
years for picking pockets on a Sunday in a
church.-Erchange paper.
In this country we have scores of clergy
men who defend from the pulpit on the Sab
bath a worse crime than picking pockets
viz picking men, pockets and all; and many
of them practice what they preach, in this
particular if in no other. The country would
be benefited by their transportation to some
foreign cline; but it would be difficult to
find a community SO corrupt and debased that
it would not be made worse by their pres
ence.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

OF Mrs. Madison made a will, giving
half of the fund Of 500, 600, appropriated by
Congress for the last purchase Of the Madi-
son papers, to her niece, Miss Payne, and the
other to her son, Mr.. Payne Tod. Act of
Congress respecting this purchase, gives Mrs.
Madison the power TO dispose of the fund by
will, though, during her life, she could draw
only the interest of it.
We do not learn that this much iauded
woman emanciPated any of her slaves, O.
made any effort to redeem HE girls sold by
her within tho last year or two 10 supply
herself with pin+mOneyl Mostpeople, howe.
Eer, will think with Air. Toois, that ITS o.
no consequence none whatever
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04
FIFTY DOLLARS RE-

d away from the
subscribers, near Thibodoaux,
a negro man, named PETER,
age about27 years, rather light
complexion, near 6 feet high
very spare was shot in the
hip and thigh with thirteen
huckshot which have certain
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

G- AMOS DREssER, we learn from our
exchanges, has been writing a Bible Argu-
ment against War. We are glad to hear
that our old friend is employing his talents
10 the service Of humanity. Success TO him.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-04

The wife Of THOMAS NJ. Foor, Of Buffalo
the newly appointed Minister to Bogota-
died OF Cholera, on the 29,h at.