Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-09-06
Alexander Campbell and Slavery.


This gentleman, after vibrating for years
between slavery aud anti-slnvery, has at Inst
fully and finally taken his stand in favor of
the former. lie is now writing in defence
of the system of American slavery, aud is
comprising heaven aud earth, aud drawing
upon Patriafchal, Jewish, aud Christian Dis
pensations TO prove that il is right i'll princi-
pie, and only sinful when abused. This is
another of Mr.. Campel's changes for which
there is 10 accounting, unless il is, that he is
the founder of college in a slave state, and
mainly supported 10y slaveholding patronage.
IL certainly cannot be that this extraordinary
somerset is the result of honest conviction
of previous error; for the question is too
well settled in the Judgment oi the wise and
religious portion of mankind TO require
thirty years reflection by a man of Mr..
Campbell's learning TO decide.
In one of his late pro-sluvery essays he
closes with the following remarks. | give
il in substance. lie says: "The anti-save-
ry people have one text in their Bibles
which | never have been able to find in
mine; and it mistake not, was first dscOy-
cred 10y one SAINT Voltuire, aud baptized by
ThoEias Jefferson, aud reads thus All men
are created free aud equal which is not true
of any two men in the world, except the
Siamese twins.
Here is an insult offered TO our Declara-
ration OF Independence and to the memory
of its Signers. The principles it asserts are
pronounced infdel, and attributed TO Vol
iaire What should be thought of man
aud foreigner by birth and education who
can thus treat with derlsion that renowned
state paper, the boast and pride of every
American patriot?
Now let ms see how his present views cor
respond with what lie thought and wrote in
1882, while member of the Virginia Con-
yention. At that Tine it was supposed that
Virginia would provide for gradual emanci-
patton in the new constitution which MIR.
Campbell was then helping to frame. A
MIR. Moore of Rockhridge warmly adyocat-
cd emancipation, aud made some strong
speeches against slavery in the abstract aud
in practice. lie put forth many Of the most
decided anti slavery sentiments, all of which
MIR. Campbell published in his paper, and
iearlessly endorsed and recommended 10 his
renders. In his comments on Mr.. MOore's
speech he thus speaks: Slavery, that largest
aud blacklist blot upon the national escutch-
eon--that many headed nOnsler-that Pan
dora's boX-tlIat bitter root-that blighting
and busting curse, under which so fair and
80 IhlBe pOfllOn OF our beloved country
groans-that deadly Upns, whose breath pol
lutes and poisons everything with its influ-
ence,-is now eioking the attention of this
ancient commonwealth in a manner unex-
pected, as it is cheering TO the philanthro-
pist, TO every one who has heart TO feel, a
tear TO shed over human wretchedness or a
tongue to speak of degraded humanity
Again, he says, in speaking of the plan of
colonization, that the sum of ten millions
be annually appropriated until the soil of
our free aud huppy country shall nOt he trod
by the foot of slave, nor enriched by drop
OF his sweat or blood; that all the world may
believe that we are not n nation of hypo-
critics, asserting all men to have certain natu-
raj, inherent rights, which in our practice
we deDy-and shedding crocodile tears over
the fall of Warsaw, and Illuminating for the
revolution of the Pnrisians, while we have
millions of miserable human beings at home,
held in involuntary bondage, ignorance, deg
radiation and vice by republican system OF
free saveholding.'
What think you of this' N. FIELD.
JEFFERsoNyILLE, lnd.--.4d Her,