Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-17
Selections.
From the North Star.
An Unnecessary and Dangerous Admission.


The editor of the National Era has Just
sent forth quite a lengthy article, headed
"The Colored Population of the United
States" which, while it mainly promulgates
just views and Christian sentiments as to the
duty of the American people towards the
colored people, contains, nevertheless, what
we think most gratuitous and injurious adj
mission in favor of the dark spirit of hatred
10y which our afflicted people are unccnsin2-
ly haunted, prosecuted aud tormcntcd in this
boasted land of liberty. lie says;
"Were there no colored people in this
country, and were the question of the eXpe-
diency ofintroducing them submitted to us,
there would be no difference of opinion: all
would unite in opposing it,
Now let ii he borne in mind that Dr. Bal
ley speaks here merely of the introduction of
colored people into this country. He does
not speak of their introduction as slaves, as
we understand him, but of their introduction
as men. That such is the sense in which he
means to be understood, is obvious; for every
one knows that he Processes to be an anti
slavery man, and opposed to slavery as in
itself n sin altogether apart from the particu-
lar variety of the human family who may be
It's immediate victims. We say again, then,
he has laid down principle in respect to the
introduction of cOlored people, as such; and
1t amounts Just to this that were he in u
State or Territory already free from the pre-
sence of colorcd people, and were the ques-
ton of their introduction into such State or
Territory submitted to him, he would unhes-
itatingly unite with all the haters of the ne
gro race in opposing their Introduction. We
call upon our colored readers to mark this
point, and to ask themselves the question,
Whether man cherishing and uttering such
n sentiment is TO be regarded as AN uDflich-
ing friend? For our own part, we have
never cherished very high opinion Of the
ground occupied by DIR. Bailey; but this SEN
tment is far below our lowest conceptions
of DIR. Baiey's standard of anti-slavery prin-
ciple We had given him credit, in our
mind, for position much broader and more
humane.
The implication upon the face of the above
quotation, is, that the presence of colored
people in this country is, of itself, AN evil,
and to be leglsluted for as such. Against
this view, we protest, from the depth of our
soul.
There is no more reason for regarding the
colored inhabitants of this country as an evil
to the state, than of so regarding the vast
multitudes OF English, Irish and Scotch pop
uldllOD. we are lneUlDcIS VI u COlllllloh ld-
mly and il is not for any one branch of this
family to pronounce the presence of another
TO be an evil, nor even to suppose contln-
gency in which one branch would have the
right TO exclude another. The earth is The
Lords, and the fiiitnesS thereof" and as the
children of common Father, we are the re-
cipients of a common bounty; and he is
tyrant and usurper who would assume the
prerogative of depriving any portion of the
human family of the joint occupancy of any
portion of the earth. Neither war, nor dis
covery, nor priority of settlement of any part
of the globe, can give the right TO exclude
colored people, or any other people. The
opposite doctrine belongs to the darkness
and barbarism of the past and we are not
more amazed than grieved that the editor Of
an anti-slavery paper should contenance such
narrowness, iliberality and tyranny. There
was an effort in California to exclude all
colored people from its golden domain
Had DIR. Bailey been there when the question
of their admission or introduction was pend
ing, we have his own words for il in the
above quotation, that he would have united
with our enemies in opposing their adms
sion. Save us from our friends, and we'll
take care of our enemies -. d.