Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-02-09

dings referred TO some of tho above laws
upon the floor Of Congress, and notified
me House ard the country of their cxis-
tehce, ii rascd Il perfect bcdlam among
INC southern gentry, who DANGEROUSLY
denied that such laws were in force; and
II was MOI Iill the clerk of the House O.
penny and promptly declared in his place
tha' he had praciiced law for forty
years in the District and knew that Mr..
o. had stated what was literally true,
ina they were disposed 10 believe it,
a model Republic ,hisl L. L. S.
IL REPUBLIC, Of Philadelphia, aud
me Pennsylyanian, Of the same city,
nave beer having a set-to, on the subject
OF slavery, or would have had one but
Tor the failure OF the %laiter's courage In
return The blows it had provoked. But
what we wish 10 advert 10, is, the mag
nihcent work of supererogaiion, which
the Republic has performed in the prem
lScs' ana which, We are sure, cannot fail
OF being received as an atonement for
much OF its Anii.Slavery SHINING. The
PennsyIvanion having attempted TO i'm
pIicale the Republic in the enormous
crime OF seeking to abolish Slavery in
the States through the action of The fed.
eral Government, the later thus defends
itself:
"Moro than ihis-if we were framing
the Constitution Of the Union now, we
would not insert u power TO abolish sla.
very by federal authority any where
within The domain and jurisdiction of the
slave states. Do you understand now
that we would neither abuse nor stretch
the federal authority on this subject, any
more Than we would upon.any oiherl"
We understand now," if the Penn
sylyanian does not. And il is rather
sad, 10 hear such u man as DR.. Elder say
that. 1t IS. TO us, rather unexpected, al
SO. lie is the first Abolitionist we have
yet found rejoicing in his belief Of this
alleged impotency Of the national Gov
eminent, to abolish the slavery that
makes our nation The scorn of mankind.
And may he be the last! The Disunion.
lists find themselves forced to accept the
Republics idea Of the Constitution, but
this gives them no pleasure. They
would have ii Otherwise, if they could
And, for ourselves, we would move
earth, heaven, and hell. 10 prevent III,
establishment, anywhere, OF n Govern
ment with no power 10 prohibit crime
so internal as those Of slavery !; and i
we believed our own Government TO pos
sess no such power, We would invok
the help Of those three words 10 effect i,
overthrow. Nay, we would join The D.
vii alone, in a struggle against such
Government, though opposed by u
worlds. Such a Government has no bu
mess 10 be. And a real Government
IoIerating slavery, cannot be; for IL
Same reason, that you cannot have he;
ven and hell at The same time and in tn
sumo place. To talk of Il Governmer
which allows one half its citizens TO bu
and sell The other, is 10 talk nonsense
Such athing is not u Government. 1t
but an internal anarchy. For Cod
sake, how can men praIing such stuff eX
pect 10 get credit Of possessing cilho
hearts or'brains : Yet we know there is
in DR.. Elder, enough Of The material O
both these 10 save ten scores of editor
from all suspicion of lacking either III
n or the other OF those arlicles.-Lyn
Pioneer.