Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-07-05


port of this position, Bishop Hopkins quotes
forcibc extract from a speech of the Hon
| William D. Shepherd in the Legislature oi
| North Carolina, ia which this ackuowleog-
ment is made: that Slave labor, even now,
is not remuncrulive; that the soil in the
Slave States will DC worn out in forty years
! rom the present time; that there VIII uieh
| be nine millions of slaves, who VIII be prac-
| tically free, because their owners VIII pe
| compelled to abandon them; and lastly, that
| this enormous most of ianished and desper-
ate men will be let loose upon the Union
within the life of many amongst ourselves
| In the third place, Bishop Hopkins, acting
! upon this sup posiiion,-that the North anu
| the South are of one mind on this main pro-
! positions that Slavery is dangerous eVli,
and that we must destroy it, or II will destroy
us-enters upon the consideration OF tins Sc
rious question: How can the abolition oil
| Slavery he accomplished, with the klndliesl
regard aud sOlicitudc for the best Interests,
! first, of our Southern brethern; next, OF the
slave population and thirdly, of the CONT
neut of Africa? Bishop Hopkins plan is
briefly this: to induce our government to de-
vote all the public lands, yet tunapproprlated,
to the purpose OF cmancipatng such slaves
as their masters might be disposed to sell,
without loss to the owners; so that, on these
public lands as on sure basis, the interest
OF S2O0,OO0,OOO Tor, at six per CT Sl2,OOO,OOO
ycur,l might be expended year by year, I'M
iii the purchase ofthc slaves should be final
y accomplished. These slaves, when cmun-
cip0ted to be conveyed at the public expense
TO the coast of Africa, and settled by the Co
lonization Society, in the same manner MS
those have becn who now constitute the Re-
public of Liberia.
by way of showing that one difficulty in
the way of this plan-thc large amount of
money to he cxpendcd-is not altogether in
supcrablc, Bishop Hopkins appeals TO the
| declarations Of two statesmen, (Alr. Webster
and Mr.. Seward,) both of whom, (he says)
"although differing in some respects, stand
in the first rank of estimation with their
| friends aud their country" Thus, MIR. Web
ster, on the 9TH of March, 1850, said he would
| be quite disposed to incur almost any degree
of expense to accomplish Il scheme of colo
nization proposed hy any gentleman from
Tie South, and four days after, Mr.. Seward
| expressly said there was no reasonable limit
10 which he was not ready TO go, in applying
| the national treasures TO effect the peaceful
voluntary removal Of slavery itself IN con
clusion. Bishop Hopkins enters into an argu-
| munt of some length in support OF his pro-
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views with great yigor OF language aud pro-
priety of sentiment. Although the public
mind, both at the North and South, is still
too much excited with reference TO the sub
lect OF slavery, still we could wish that think
ing men, in all sections, would, ut the proper
time, soberly consider the leading views set
forth in this very interesting pamphlct-tlut
il, the purchase aud colonization Of the slave
population.
The Bishop, it will be seen, has 10 more
sense than his predecessors, intho sunctifca-
ton of slavery, who invariably charge upon
their deity an institution on which they also
charge the grossest injustice aud most de-
plorable social consequences. And yet it is
the business of their lives to secure blind
veneration aud implicit obedience for that
being whom thcy have demonstrated, to be
miserably short-sighted, or terribly unjust.
The remedy proposed for the removal Of
this divine institution-we refer to, only 10
say that the friends of freedom must be OH
the alert to countcract the powerful efforts
of Co!onizatiorists. There is a combination
of Church aud State to delude the philan-
thropy of the country, and direct its energies
to the expulsion of the free colorcd popun-
ton.
The Pittsburgh Gazette thinks the Bishops
task of reconciling christianity aud slavery,
is one to which he is hardly adequate. And
yet, he charges the institution upon the Del
ty, us truly as the Bishop himself aud draws
comfort from the fact lie says: 1t is n COM
fort to know that the same Almighty Power
which permitted the African TO be brought
here, will solve, in His own good time, the
mighty problem, and work out of il the nd
vantage of mankind, and the glory of the
kingdom of Christ. In this res pect as in
others, he will make the wrath of man to
praise him.
The only difference we can see, is that the
Bishop beneyolenlly proiers to help his
God out of his difficulty, while the Gazette
very coolly and comfortably leaves his to
help himself
Mr.. WEBSTER ON THE HIGHER Law
At Batavia, MIR. Webster said:-
Gentlcmen-W must live up TO the
national compact. When higher law takes
place in one respect it takes place in another
Something in the shape of higher law has
taken place M your State already. have no
right 10 complain; but think moderation
aud iorbearuncc "a resolution to do the duty
We have undertaken to perform, TO the exist
ing LAWS higher law than flight among