Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-31


b the Slave, and we, the free people, so callct
I, have no protection. What protection doe
i u give the free colurcd nun at the North
'- why any one may take the free colored maj
i nt the North by making oath that he is hi
II property. We, the free people, are liable 4
, imprisonment and fine for an act of common
J humanity toward the defensoless slave, Wha
u protection have you, Sir, from the Govern
T. inclt! You, for no crime, are denounced
o and reward OF $4,000 is upon your head
s You have little cause to be thankful for you
y protection from the Government.
It Take the case of MIR. Hoar. For going tC
: South Carolina the accredited agent of Mas
s sachusetts to test n simple question of civi
4 law. he was driven with violence and gros
I; insult from her borders and not he alone
g but the old Bay State, was thus kicked out
l. And this indignity to sovereign State bu'
: never been atoned for. What is the protec
= ton of the United Suites Government tC
I Samuel I1oar?
I And when the Mississippi bore TO the
!. Ocean the blood of Loveioy did the Govern
! ment ayenge the deed2 No; il did not. BY
that act we suffered,
"Then you, and /, and all of us fell down,
r While bloody Treason flourishod over u.s."
But about one hundred and thirty thous-
and actual shareholders have always ruled
this vast nation, now containing twenty mil
lions Of souls The sgnet of our country is
the branding-iron, the thumb-screw, the whip
and the chain.
The speech of Mr. Quincy was of great
power and surprising beauty.
! Gerrit Smith being loudly called for, took
the platform amid the acclamations of the
I L..
! cordial a call from that assembly as indeed a
compliment. As he looked over the audience
be saw heart and brains enough to stock
twenty political meetings, but he could not
consent to take the time, when the audience
were waiting TO hear George Thompson
lie closed with happy allusion to Mr. Us
labors IN this land, as the missionary of Free
dom, and the 'impudenco" with which he
was charged in daring to tell the American
nation OF its guilt aud call it TO repentance.
Geo. Thompson rose and was received
with three chccrs.-llc said. "The gentle
man who just left the stand, alluded TO my
so called impudence. Well, Sir, must con
tess to the possession of a tolcrable stock of
such impudcnce as that to which he has al
luded; and do not much wonder, when
see so many Of my countrymen who are pro-
iessed friends of Freedom in England, for
the love OF dollars and cents, sell her in the
market of America. [Cheers.l
When see the Coxos, the Hobys. the
Spcncers aud the Buckinghams, who have
tuned the Tyre Of liberty in England desert
her cause in America. | do not wonder that
the people of this country look upon me MS
a "r1rd aus" when they find that will not
sacrifice the interest of the Slave for my own
popnlgrity and comfort in America. PRO
longed Cheerng.) Why Sir, Dr. Cox of
brooklyn leciured in England on the sub
Ject OF Temperance. lie could find no epi-
thets severe enough to apply to the sellers
ana users OF intoxicating drink, and he is the |
man who now classes me for my plain Ian |
guage upon American slavery, with thieves,
roDDers ana murderers. lie wrote letters,
such as trust shall never write, abusing
lne hospitality he received, and published
Ihenl lllst as be -lett-th9 couniry, mot tien |
khowing That the steamer would stick fast in |
Dunlnam bay, and that he should, in conse-
q'lencc, go back 10 London to meet the men
whose kindness he had abused. We look
over the ocean and sec q Nation in chains.
You have taken three millions of creatures
written all over with the signature of God,
and written upon them Beast! A fouler act
OF Atheism was never committed in the his
tory OF the world "Put out the light aud
then put out the light" You have put out
the light Of the intellect of millions of men,
and in its blackness the act stands pre-emi-
nent OH the records of time. There is no
excuse Tor slaveholdng in this country-even
! II II could in any possible case he excused
Tor moment-ior your country is rich in
every thing. You draw boundless wealth
from the soil and from the sea. Slavery is
sustained solely for the qualification Of the
most brutal lust-for the qualification of the
most sordld avarice-ior the qualification of
the most mean and selfish political ambition"
1t is utterly impossible TO give any adequate
idea OF Mr.. Thompson's magnificent speech
os at this Convention.
Mr.. Mckim Of Philadelphia, spoke of the
husband Of Euphemia Williams, to whose
case he referred yesterday. lie stated that
the husband of this woman had been senten-
ced to tue Moyamensing Prison upon very
slight evidence of theft; evidence, which in
the case of white man, lle doubted would
have been sufficient for conviction. lie had,
with others, including The complainant and all
The parties TO The prosecution, pctitioned Cover
nor Johnston To pardon the convict.
They all felt that If the prisoner was gull
ty, the sentence was cruelty disproportioned
to tile crime, and that his punishment had
already been sufficiently severe. The slave
hunters had been to the prison and claimed
the man as n slave, hut had unwisely told
their errand and intention to apply to the
Governor for a pardon, for the purpose of
seizing the man as their slave. Whether
this was done he could not say, but Gov.
Johnston was not the man TO prostitute his
official power, TO play into the hands of the
slave hunters. For the public reasons mem
toned, however, the Governor had pardoned
the man, and, said Mr.. McKim, here he is
and the poor fellow stood up and was receiv-
ed by the audience.
VIM. Goode made an excellent speech
setting forth the guilt Of the churches, and
urging political action for the abolition of
Slavery. lie said already in New York
state he could count by scores independent
Christian Churches who owe no allegiance
but 10 God, and who utterly repudiate Slave
ry, War and every other sin. Great ap-
pause.l
Mr. Garrison rose instantly, and said that