Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-03-09
WHOLE NO. 234.

ritory does the proposed compromise So
cure from slavery that is not alrcndy rescued
from its power Not one single human be-
ing will il save from bondage.
The extension of the Missouri line 10 the
Pacific would at least have rendered all on
the north of il free soil but saws Mr. CLAY.
most truly, although with ffankness almost
insulting to the north, al say, sir, in my
place here, that it is much better for the
SOUTH that Me rhoie subject should be open on
both sides an imaginary line Of 30 9 3G, than
that sldre,y should Be inirdicted positively
north Of 36 : 80, iDih freedom 10 admit or er-
cli'de L south Of 369 30, al The ioM Of the
peopleW
But, Mr.. Clay exclaimed, "no earthly
power could induce me to vote for the posi-
Tire introduction of slavery south or north of
that line" and at this heroic avowal the gal
leries opplauded. But the galleries arc not
deeply vcrscd in southern tactics. Mr.. Clay
need apprchend no coercion to extort his
reluctant vote for purpose no one desires
or demands The south have, with ono
voice, denied the power of Congress either
/ to prohibit or establish slavery in the terri
tories. Said Mr.. King, of Alabama, in re-
| ply, eve ask no act of Congress TO carry
slavery any where. believe we (Congressl
have just rs much right 20 prohibit slavery
| IN the territories as to carry IL there. We
have no right to do one or the other" 9th
or southern senators avowed their concur
renee in the doctrine advanced by Mr.. King.
Hence Mr.. Cny's defiance of any power on
earth to make him do, what nobody wants
him TO do, was, at least, a rhetorical -four
ish
! But if this pretended compromise is, as
contend, full and unqualified surrender of
fha L. Of fltn n
tain ultra senators object to it? A show of
resistance might have been deemed polite,
as tending TO make northern men suppose
there must he soinething granted to them,
although they could not tell what. II may
also suit the party purposes of some, TO pro-
long the present agitation, that they may
| manufacture more patriotism for the south
crn market and, lastly, if any really wish
TO form n separate republic, in which they
| expect TO have more power tiian they now
enjoy, they will of course reject all conces-
sions, however great But il is incredible
that the mere shareholders, the men who
are only anxious to open new markets for
the sale of their stock, and to acquire more
votes in Congress, should be avorse TO
proposition that offers them all they have ev-
er asked, and all that Congress can give
them, with the exception of the suppression
of the right of petition, and the. censorship
of the Post Office, and these are now in
Issue. 49, -----.-...s.
n But we arc told that unless-w yrv,u-sv't,.ss
demands of the Shareholders, they will dis
solve the Union. And what are these de-
mands, which Mr.. Clay admits we have full
righ, to refiIse' Why, that small body of
men, not probably exceeding 100000 shall
be at liberty, for their own aggrandizement
g blight with the curse of slavery our vast
possessions south of 36e 80, and whatever
portion of Mexico il shall hereafter be found
convenient TO seize. Thus at n time when
cruelty and oppression are elsewhere giving
way before the increasing intelligence and
morality of the age, we, the Model Repub-
| lie, are to be the instrument of extending
over illimitable regions now free, n despot-
ism more nccursed, than any other known
throughout the civilized world-a despotism
that not only enslaves the body, but crllshes
the intellect through which man is enabled
TO distinguish good from evil--a despotism
that annihilates all rights, sets at naught all
the affections of the heart, and converts a
being made in the image of God, into n soul
less machine. Tell me not of ereepiionS-of
some lucky chattel, like Mr.. Clay's negro,
referred TO in his speech, who in his masters
well stored kitchen, hugs his chain, laughs,
and grows Eat. lie is but venerable com
modify, aud to-morrow's sun may behold him
toiing under the lash, his wife given to an-
other, and his children with pigs and mules
sold at auction TO the highest bidder
Tell me not of exceptions - the kind
owner may at any moment be exchanged
by death or debts, for the hardened re-
morseless task-master, and the law sane
tons every villainy perpetrated upon the
slave No, my dear sir, cannot give con-
sent, and hope il will not he given for mo
by my representative, TO curse n vast empire
! with such an institution, aud TO doom unborn
millions TO its unutterable denominations, even
to save our southern brethren from the sin
and folly of founding new Republic . upon
the denial of human rights, and of rendering
themselves bye-word, proyerb and re-
proach among all nations of the earth. lval-
ue the favor of my God, and the salvation of
my soul, too much TO take part or lot in such
great wickedness. Most fully do l agree
. A late census in Kentucky reveals the fact,
that the shareholders in that state own on an
average % slaves. Should this average be APP
piled to the whole slave region the number Of
mosters, according 10 the census of 1910, can
not exceed 900
four doughiaces are always complaining that
their employers arc slandercd at the north. Let
tho employers speak for themselves. In Dop.
Reports North Carolina) p. 263, 1929, we find
the case of The State rs. Mann. The defend
ant attempted TO flog woman slave whom he
had hired she retroated; he ordered her To
come to him, but she continuing to retreat, he
seized his gun, fired at and wounded her. FoI
, this he was indicted. Tho Court held that he
who hires slave is for the time being, invested
. with all the powers Of tho owner himself to On.
: force obedience, and that the indictment could
not be sustained. Said Judge Rufiin, "Th'
= power Of the master must be absolute, to rend
!, CT the submission Of the slave perfect. mos
y sincerely confess my sense of the harshness o
:, this proposition, l feel it as deeply as any MAJ
u can; end as a principle Of moral right epery mai
IS in his retirement must rep'sdiaRe IL. But in tn
o nrtnnl sfntn of thinns il must be sn-thcrc Is IL