Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-11-16
A Shareholders Portrait Of Ohio.
Extract from The Speech Of Judge Tucker, Of
VIgiria, IN The Nashville Convention.

Extract from The Speech Of Judge Tucker, Of
VIginia, IN The Nashville Convention.
At present, sir, ] see nothing in that re-
gon we designate as Ohio, of which any
sort of moral or political character can be-
predicted. lsee vast multitude Of all kind
reds, tongues and uniions swept down anl
ngglomerated like the wash of hill side, or
that from the mouth of common sewer;
henpcd MS against dam, on the north bank
of the river. On such an alluyiul deposit
| you may raise cucunlbers and 0nions bur
the majestic forest oak can find no. root there
the stately ediicc no stable foundafion.--
Among such a rabbc you may hive Tempo
rnry regulations of arbitration and policy
but government strong TO protect, strong TO
restrain, consecra;ed by the affection and
reverence of the people, "a fortress at once
aud temple'-the thing is impossible. The
rock-built ncropolis of Tennessee stands on
yonder hill, and there il will stand. IL il
built of rock, for IL stands on rock: and
there they will stand together until the found
ntions of the earth are shaken. But as well
might you build such a structure on the
marshes of the lower Mississippi, as TO es-
tablish anything deserving the name of a free,.
stable and enduring government on such a
quaking bog as Ohio. The institution of
domestic slavery, which, like pixies driven
into the earth, gives stability TO government
and renders universal suffrage aud perfect
freedom possible to those who are free, is n
resource denied 10 them. God forbid that I
should desire to introduce slavery there -
No, sir, would not so wrong the negro. Ho
is proud and happy in his subordinaton TO
one worthy TO be his master. But servitude
under such as these, differing indeed in col
or, and inferior in all besides, il would break
L.. If u,,,,i, A., a.. :. IA =.
only idea of slavery, protest before God that
their adherence of it must fall far short of
mine. .
But they themselves are sensible of the
negro's superiority, and they are jealous of
IT, They steal our slaves from us, and when
they have made them what they call free,
they hnrrass them, they persecute them, they
combine TO shut them out from all credta-
bic or profitable empoyment-ihey starve
them out, and even drive them away! Is
this disgust? No, sir. 1t is jealousy. The
shoemaker will not sit on the same bench
with the negro. But let the negro prosper,
in spite of persecution, and he will give him
his daughter in marriage, aud she too will
thankfully take him TO her obscene and lust
ful bosom.
And this is Ohio; and the planthropic
uboltionisi, ms he floats down the river, turns
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bold, high-ininded, law-abiding yeomanry
the home of accomplished gentlemen and
enlightened statesmen-to gaZe on The pros
perity of Ohio. What does he see there, sir7
A fertile soil, industry, manufactures, COM
nerce, wealth, and even some science. All
the elements of civilization are there, but of
civilization iself-of the reinements and
courtesies of liie-nothing. No, cir, with
out social organization, there can bo no
civilization. 1t is the relation between true
and acknowledged superiority, and confessed
inftrority, that elevntcs and ennobles both,
where both are capable of elevation. Asso-
citation will always assimilate. The South
ern gentleman, sttldously observing all pos
sibe courtesy in his department to the negro,
makes gentleman of him, while he himself
becomes more gentleman by his coudescen-
sion. The man of Ohio has nobody below
him but his hog. lie cannot make the hog
n gentleman, sir; and need not say how
the dead weight of the hog must operate "a
drug down his companion to his level
But there is the Queen City, as they call il,
showing like jewel on an Ethiop's ear !
! went ashore there the other day, sr, and