Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-03-02
The Union the Main Support Of Slavery

A correspondent of The Tribune gives
the following sketch of portion OF the
Speech made in the House on the 10Th ult,
hy Horace Mann, the successor OF john
Quincy Adams. Read it, people Of tie
North, md sec how Slavery derives its
chief support from thut Union which your
political leaders "cxalt above all that IS
called God, or that is worslipped,' bidding
YOU fall down before il in solemn awe as
the sacred repository and source of all your
blessings Doth fountain send forth at
the same time sweet water and bitter? II
the Union sustains Slavery, can it at the
same time bc favorable TO FrcedomP DO
men gather grapes of thoms, or figs of tits
ties?
Mr.. TIoRAcE MANS's speech, on Friday,
like the conclusion of CLAY's on tho Com
promise, in senate, might convince most
uroplc that the cry of section Of the slave
holders for u dissolution of the Republic is
merely rcsorted TO by the shrewder class OF
their politicians as means of driving the
North oil the Republican track, in order TO
add new territories To their horrid slave mar
kcts for TIC sac Of .lmcricGns, and 20 strength
cn the representation, in Senate, OF Their
revolving tyranny in which TO teach q native
OF the country, ii his skin is tingcd n shade
darker than tlmt of the Caucasian race, tie
alphabet, or learn him TO read the Lords
Prayer, is n crime
The Wilmot Proviso, he said, only assert
cd the great right of all mankind to life and
freedom. There had been threats that II 1t
passed, and ii certain steps were taken, the
] L 4 a Efof nm
stHied purpose, North, that Of SlGre StnteS and
| Sinpeho,ding Territory there shdHb no increase
| win the Convention TO meet ut NGtchez,
pass an act OH that account, dissolving the
| Confederation VIII they stop the mails,
arrest the receipt and delivery of letters at
| the si-Oflices, close the Custom Houses,
abolish the Arscnals aud Magazines under
command of the U. 5. military officers, or
remove these officers from their posts =
Could all this be done peaccaMy? The
President is sworn 10 sec the laws faithfully
administered throughout the Union. This
new power would defy the laws. Would
not resistance require 10 bc put down by
force? Did those, then, who talked of dis
solution contemplate the terrible results to
which such course would lead? That il
would kindlc and fan the flame of civil war,
and destroy the national prosperity
! GouDlOSt lilt iNNAlbbi "a ~ rAAtfti.At v f-f1| "
be a separation, that n gulf, deep and pro-
found, divided the contcnding sections, and
TINT il was filled with the bluckcncd corses
of the coinbatanis. The friends of free
dom could stand before posterily-and rs
cribe the event TO determination, on the
part of those who cling To Slavery, TO plant
that system in Free Territory, in countries
which the foot of q slave had never trod-to
retrograde to the condition Of the dark
ages.
Would the South, by such n course, have
gained one object for which her Statesmen
now contended? How would she reclaim
her fugitive slave thereafter, about which so
much is said? Would not every slave be
free who chose 10 cross over inio Free
State? Would there bc any occasion to
travel SEQ miles to Canada? Would not an
ideal line be tic boundary, the law of 1888
at an end, and thousands escape 10 urge
more to follow thcml where one gains his
or her freedom now? There would he Il
frontier of LOCO miles North, and Southern
wealth would be found 10 have not only
wings hut legs The seceders would moi
gain the new Territory. Their slaves might
move into it, but il would be us trcenen.-
Very feeble are the grounds on which IL hGs
been asserted that the North instgate slaves
TO escape bur, considering the intense feel
ing O. dislike with which mankind look upon
the evil and wrong of Slavery, were the law
withdrawn. which prevents Northern inter.
/ ference, would they not aid the SLAYER
, The South, it is said, could enter into {
friendly alliance with England, trade Will
1 her and leave the North. Are there no Alb
, oiionists in the United Kingdom? The
r South well knew that the AhoIlonlsis o
England were ten to one as compared viii
~ I,.-. h.,y ysnpK
informed who supposed that the new ally
; would be more ftlthiul than the North nov
are. Could the law OF H3, or the iugiuv,
recluinhng clausc OF the Constitution be eX
tended over Great Britain, her Northern Col
onics and the West Indies? The "lnstl,u
Q iion" would gain very little indeed 10y tht
new connection. Hall the slaves live with
in hundred miles OF a free frontier; II the.
: would leave, c,cspeciully the strong and healthy
Slavery would melt away. For slavciJoil
cr, in such state of things, TO pursue lIi
slave would be kidnapping aud felony.
Mr.. MANN's argument proves what havl
, always believed, VIZ: that the Union, as gov
anet, is tic only cause why Slavery cXisls
It's real prop When 81 : 4O was The cry
aud South Carolina began to believe ll!ut wa
= with England Was seriously contemplated
= who can forget the terrors that were vlsbl
= in The Charleston Cow,e,'s editorials! Ii j
, the Union, though the greedness of North
ern men ior office, thrt strcn, ,thens and con
. soIidutcs Shareholders as tho perpetual rnlinl
u power.
= Suppose, said mr. MANN, the escaping q
tie slaves were 10 cause wat, as IL 40 duui
would, between tic North and South, an
that armies were passing across the bounda
: ries, would not the slaves join the men of iii
: North to gain their freedom, en- maSse, til
y moment they found Northern army III th
v country of their ensayers? Would not tire
!, millions now in bondage hail tho Northern
It as their friends, allies and deliyerers.
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