Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-09-08
WHOLE NO, 2I0
The Progress Of Principle.

TO slavery, fourteen years since, and compare
1t with The present state, has reason to thank
God and take courage. bet us. for a mo-
meni, 60 back to those days Of darkness
The whole country was in complete subjec,
ton to Southern slavery. In other words
the slave power had the absolute control Of
North and South. 1t was a perfect despo.
tlsm, OF the most fearful and odicus kind
The slave despois Used, il those days, TO Isl
sue their papai bulls TO their subjects at the
Nofth-'you must stop those debates on
slavery"-"you must stop those iucendiary
publications." and when they were weekly
told, "our laws will not permit US TO stop
the freedom Of debate, or the freedom Of the
PRESS" they took upon themselves the re-
sponslbility. Reason was secuted, "Out
swords are our arguments,' said the late
Mr.. Pleasants, then editor Of tire Richmond
Wing. Poor man; his "argument' was
fatally turned against him. He learned, too
late, that "he that iaketh the sword shall per.
ish by the sword"
The servile Postmasters suffered the inde-
pendent papers Of the n orth to be plundered
and burnt. None were allowed, under any
circumstances, TO circulate South Of Mason
and Dixon's line. Northern men travelling
South were subjected TO " unreasonable
search and seizure" and personal violence.
In the meantime, our Northern hotels swarm.
Gu WIN cOulnPIn eUnISSdIleSS dnu u ub-
bates" which Northern laws would not
stop, were tried by Southern Lynch. Mots
were the order of the day. Debate was
smothered in our national Congress. Tho
right Of petition was traInpled down.
How is it now Debate is free, public as
well as private. Our newspapers are per-
mitted to be sent in the mail. The right of
petition is restored. Gagism is done away.
Doughfaces are despised, even In New
Hampshire. What else!
A glorious reactionis begun. '"The war rs
carried into The enemy's territory" A TRUTH
telling, out speaking, fearless anli-slavery
newspaper is established in the city OF
Washington. And instead Of stopping the
freedom of debate on the subject of slavery,
at the North, it is openly tolerated at the
South. Yes, the expediency of abolishing
slavery is the subject Of all others the most
interesting, at this moment, in some Of the
e slave States. And to crown all, some of the
I, leading slaveholdsrs-aye, the most eminent,
Influential, long. venerated statesmen among
o them, Benton and Clay, are taking the lead
in this glorious work! They may not yet
come quite up to our standard, but they are
sin the line Of safe precedents." They are
progressing. Revolutions never go backs
ward - Boston Rfp.
FREE Soil AND ABoLITIoN.-THE DIFFER,
ENcE A correspondent of the National
Era thus distinguishes Abolitionists and Free
Sellers;
A Free Soiler is one who is willing not
to disturb the Institution of slavery in tho
States, but is opposed 10 its extension, and
wishes the ordinance of 1887, in, regard to
acquired territory, TO become the settled policy
Of the government; and, being principIed IA.
gainst the institution, will go for aboliliun
wherever it can be coustitutionally effected.
The Aboliiionists are for immediate emanui-
patton, contending that neither constitution
nor laws can'convert human beings into prop
erty that natural rights are inherent, apper-
tanning equally to all, and, therefore, that no
portion of the community, arrogaiing 10 them
selves superior privileges or excellencies,
can, by compact, deprive others'cf their lit.
erty.
.SL~AvEHoLDING I~NGRATITUpE. - Mr.. Cab
I noun seems 10 receive small thanks from his
fellow Shareholders for his devotion 10 their
cause.
The Southern Banner, published at Athens,
! Georgia, a very prominent and decided Dem-
f o%cratic paper, says at the close of a reply Ia
a Wing paper which had asserted that Mr..
: Calhoun had whipped the late adminisira-
= ton over Nj. Benton's shoulders
"Why, does not the Chronicle ~perceive
that neither party can make any thing out of
S Mr.. Calhoun? Let him rest. The fate Of
: Ishmael is his. His hand is against epers
man, and every mans Kama SHAH be against
t tim"
o Similar comments on Mr.. Calhoun's Present
position, are made in many other southern
journals. In fact, he appears to have no cor
e dial support any where out Of South Carolina,
e KIDNAPPING.-A colored man named At
Y bert, who ran away from his owner, 10 Cecil
county, Md, about four years ago, was
. kidnapped in Chester county, Pa. on the 22a
A inst. He was taken to Baltimore, and
lodged in Wilson's slave prison. AQuakef
gentleman named George Martin, who had
e employed Albert during his absence from
e slavery, went into Maryland, with a view to
obtain the mans release by some means, was
arrested at the instance Of the slave dealers,
II and sui, Instituted against him for ST. 900, for
The services of The slave-for four years, which
n suit he was held to answer at the next term
Of court. How long will such ou,rsges be
tolerated.
A New MoyEMENr ron All oLI-I0N.=fbj
S ner Shareholders turned .4b0LiiOnisis. fine
q Jamaica papers contain accounts Of a large
u meeting Of the planters and prominent elf
9 Gems OF that island, held at Port Maria, Oh
the 29th Of June, to promote the abolition d
slavery and the slave-tfade throughout III
world. Thorough anti slavery resolution
e were adopted, and speeches made by plar
tiers, clergymen, and others, and the univeI
sal sentiment Of the meeting was that lin III
Of words Of one Of the speakers) t'stnesrg is
O. 6oody crime.-it II he seotrge Of man, d
nOunced b1 'GOd, and must be hated by all go
as men," and that they would labor for "no,hf
It's less than the extinction Of theslAve-tFad a
ny The eNtlIpaNoA f slavery thsou9hous 1