Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-04-06
Horace Mann and Dlsunlon.

MIR. Mann's Speech is not reported in full
but the material parts we think are beior,
sissf-sshlir. -1Ah@r virtually diseiainfisig III,
technical character of Free Soler by q
Negative Pregnant, he goes on TO say that
though the word Aboltionist is used as a
term of reproacb, he is willing TO accept il
II II imply one who desires the Abolition
of what ought TO be abolished. But as TO
those who desired the Abolition of this
Union he was content that there il should
he applied as term of reproach" Whether
he be content TO accept il if it mean one
who wishes the abolition of Slavery, at all
events, he does not say, although il is not
hard to gather his opinion as to this, from
the context of his discourse. For he goes
on 10 say that this term of Just reproach was
"applicaple TO persons at the North; but
they were few in number and feeble in pow
cr." We are not disposed to brag OF the
number or the strength of that class of per-
sons. But if they be as few as those that
tapped water at the Well of lIarod and as
feeble folk as the comics OF the rock,
they have been at least many enough and
strong enough TO drag up Mr.. Mann and his
party by tie hair Of their head TO such Anti
Slavery ground as they have to stand on, and,
though we admit with infinite puins and
difficulty, to hold them up on either side as
straight as il seems possible for men to stand
IN such slippery places. But whatever MIR.
Mann may think of our numerical on moral
force, he surely cannot deny TO us the credit
OF logical severity of reasoning Our pow
or may be feeble, but he must admit that
Sampson himself was not stronger than our
Syllogism.
Amer glowing account of the horrors
that would ensue from Dissolution of the
Union, and of the multitude of Curtiuscs
that would be found rolling in the gulf that
would be left in the place where the crack
would be, he asks
How could've stand before uosterity and
say that the event came TO pass because il
was determined to carry Slavery TO a couIl-
try where it does not now exist, and 10 retro
grade To the dark ages, while all the world
IS looking on; but this was TO take place at
any aud every hazard"
The evils OF Dissolution being thus set
forth, he seems TO have proceeded TO an ar
gument for the continuance of the Union
which, surely may quite as well astonish
Posterity, and looks as if we could be in
small danger of reiyograding to the dark
ages This is an argument dd hOniines, show
ing the Shareholders lwhat they know per-
fectly well without Mr.. Mann's assistance)
thar their hold on their slaves depends on
the continuance of the Union.
ale then proceeded TO show that the
slapes could escape IOih more facility than they
noio do INTO The free STATES, having only a
frontier of 1000 miles on the north, and a
maritime frontier of 1900 miles south and
east. Where would the new territory fall ?
II party secedes, he leaves the territory
behind him, and that which the South con
tended for would be lost, unless slaves be
carried there by force. SLAVES icomd be M
siigdted 10 escape; aud eUea " Northern ar
my should inUade The South, the siapes i0Ouid
moi turn against those iOhO hare most sympathy
l1ih them,
Ii is sill that there are three millions Of slaves
let the adults escape, and the old and
young would soon melt away. Let such a
state of things come TO pass, and the slaves
would find star in the East, which they
would worship with Chaldean homage. =
Great Britain would not be found more