Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-03-30

Courts and cXecuiioneIs were immediately |
pllt into requsiion, and in pursuance OF ju- |
dicisl sentences, thirteen sdpes tcere burnt al Ue
at The stake in The city Of .NcD York, eighteen |
were hanged, aud seveniy.onc were export !
ed to foreign markets. Mr. Webster is un-
necessarily distressed by ,he supposed un-
I happy influence of the anti slavery agitation
uuou the condition of the slaves. They
were never better treated, were never less |
miserable than at the present moment
! The more public observation is directed TO
the conduct OF the masters, the less repre-
hensiblc will that conduct be.
The PRONUNCIATION of tic law of physical
geography" seems to make ITO impression on |
tie Shareholders, as they continue as raven |
ous us ever Tor tic new territories. But with |
one uccord they unite with ihS pro-slayery |
democrats at the North, aud with our nor |
thurn politicians and merchants eager for
southern votes and southern trade, III laud-
ing and gloriyiug him, not for his discovery
OF II new law oil nature, hut for his discoyU-
| ~ OF NATIONAL PLEDGE, TO receive
| into the CHiOu THREE SLAVE. STATES 10 be
formed ont OF the Texan terriIory--ior his
denunciution Of the proyiso, aud ior his pro-
missed aid IN catching the future Lutiiners
who may be found OIL tic soil oi MAssAcHU-
sETTs.
Congress by the Constitution may admit
new i-tutcs Gt discretion, and hence new
States have been admitted OH various cOnd-
tioms. Tie joint resolutions admitting Tex
as imposed yestrietoEs Oh this power. Con-
grcss may, with the consent OF Texas, admit
one state north ol 35 : 3U, but il admitted,
II must be Us free State. Congress may
admit three 5tuics, with tic consent oi Texas,
south VI that line; but II admitted, 10 res
tiiciion IN regard 10 slavery can bc imposed
! on them. Mr. Webster now finds III these
resolutions what had escaped the knowledge
vi both tic North and The South, VIZ, Il
NATioaAL PLED5E 10 admit THREE SLAVE
: STATES. As 10 state can be admitted with
O,I the consent OF 1cXas, and us tlat consent
viii bo wiihhcid ior State North OF 36@
3 3U, il follows, according to MIR. Webster,
tl,u, we have made one-sidc burgein, o.
! the four contemplated Stales, wc must have
three with slavery, but are To- be cheated out
! ul the one with freedom. This discovery,
d which has taken the whole nation by sur
, PRISE, is like the discovery VI the geographl-
D cal law, OF recent date.
J On tue 22d March, lSi9 Mr.. Webster was
/, ignorant OF this national pledge! In his
I speech in the Senate, Oh that day, alludng
\ 10 tile Joint resolutions, lie remarked:
II "lf you refer to the resolutions providing
II for TIE annexation OF Texas YOU hnd pro-
= "viso that il shall be in tic POWER or Coz
: "GREss hereafter to make tour new states
L "out OF Texan ierritory--prescnt and pros
5 "pecIiv0 iivs new sialus; ten new senators
: MAY come into the Union out of Texas"
[ -HoasiOi'S Reports, p. dO3.
> Mr.. Webster pledges himself 10 vote for
the bill now pending III the Senate, ior the
recovery OF fugitive slaves, 10y whiclyf clti-
= zen OF AIassac cllisetts lr..y -be collos.&a infc
u beast OF buitlicu, aud 10y which any MAI
:: =, OF woman may be made To pay 81 $50, ant
II be confined six months III pilsoii, Ter thC
~ !, crime OF giving food and lodging, iiarborin:
~ ~, aud conccalng fellow being, aud perhap
=: fellow Christian guilllcss Oi crime and thu
=. aiding him la the pursuit OF lie, liberty aliC
~ iupplnu,s. Possibly Mr. Webster may here
i, alter discover law OF human nature tha
ID will render this pledge us worthless as hi
" ;, geugraphical law has rendered his provis,
. pledge. Let us inquire into the pfacticu
in working OF this proposed law. AS MI
"A Webster is 10 vote for II, he, of course, cal
40 have no conscientious objection to aid il
ad executing it, Let us then imagine seen
an III perfect consistency with the position h
N. has assumed.
so On his return from Washington, he is fol
nd lowed by Messrs. Hill and Bruln, who retail
lis him in prosecution they have commences
il, against Boston matron. She had lalbOre
ol their beautiful slave, for whom they La
ull lately demanded eighteen hundred dollar.
be and who had effected her escape from bond
&C. age aud outrage. The cause is ready 10
en- trial, not before postmaster, or other sott
to ~ otiicn, hut, as in this it must be, bC
lie lore BosTON JURY. The Cout is opene
ont and the jury cmpauEclcd, but the room
througed 10 suli0calion, aud an anxious mu
en- titudo without is striving for adnIil,unce.
lcr cry is heard, 10 FANEUIL HALL. The cou
OF yields to The wishes OF tic people. The lad
nE guarded by constables, aud DANIEL WEI
LES sTER locked arm in arm with his Alexant
En- RIA clients, wcnd Ilieir way TO the Hall. III
IN judges aud jury have taken their seats, ii
bc old Cradle OF Liberty is filed 10 lis utmo
de- capacity with citizens of Boston, the silenC
lls Ol the grave pervhdes the vast assembly, bl
'ra- mems henris are heating with unwonted VII
ter lence, aud scorn aud Indignation are distoT
md ing the lincaments of every couutenanc
his DANIEL WEBSTER rises us counsel for Il
MD pros cution, and Hancock aud Wurren, al
eris the Adanses, aud other apostles aud marty
OF OF New England liberty, seem 10 look dow
ons upon him from their canvass with Unnaiur
ave slernDess. The feed advocate OF the sla'
or traders, turns 10 the jury with some lii
'IS- embarrassment OF manner, some tremor
,rn- muscle. lie commences his address with
exl- learned exposition of tie constitution.
not Next follows soul-stining eulogium up'
by our GLORIOUS uNIoS-thc last hope of fire
are dom, the refuge for The oppressed of all q
Mr.. nations upon earth. Most earnestly does
for protest that no man nbomiuntes slavery mo
)all- Than hc does, and 10 proye his sincerity.
lea quotes from Ills old speeches. nnd reneais
an old pledges. But he has a sacred duty
II OF perform, and fearlessly willhe discharge
the The cause of human freedom, and of hum
most rights, and the preservation of our glorio
ron- Union, upon which that freedom and the
olns rights depend, require, inperaiiyely requi