Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-10
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE meets June LIST.
The Union Saved.

We observe in the National Anti Siarerl
Standard, under the head Of Proslavery, two
columns Of quotations from the Press North
and South, congratulating tho country on the
successful issue of the Sims case, making al
most as much gioriGcation over the return ol
one poor helpless fugitive to hopeless bondage,
as fhey did over the conquest in Mexico. One
would suppose from their enthusiasm that
nothing short of the entire salvation of the
whole Union had been accomplished, when
| Massachusetts, with her military force to aid,
| caught, handcuffed, and sent South a man,
against whom no earthly crime was proven,
except that he had made practical application
Of our boastcd Declartion Of Independence,
that All men arc created free and equal" sc.
What spectacle do we present to the world |
A people boasting so much of their liberty and
equality, and expanding much sympathy upon
such as are born and reared under different
government, devoting the time, allotted for use.
full and necessary legislation, to the trivial object
of devising ways and means to prevent those
who would willingly exchange oil the boosted
advantage of our republican government for the
disadvantages Of monarchical one, from exer-
cising this choice, and compelling them to re.
main unwilling subjects, would be a spectacle
too ludicrous to contemplate, were it not that it
involves such lamentable and disastrous consc.
quences to all parties.
1t is enough to make the angels weep, to see
how giant intellects are cxpending their greatest
strength in trying to rivct with a still tighter
grasp the loathsome fetters upon the shrinking
bondman. Politicians and craven Editors
throughout the length and breadth of the land,
would foin persuade the people, that even if
slavery had been restricted to its existing limits
the Union would have been dissolved, the whole
country turned upside down, and anarchy, civil
war, and undrcamcd of catastIophcs would at
this time have prevailed. But thanks to their
efforts, say they, our country is sared and we are
all living in the enjoyment of the blessed privi-
leges that are alone to be obtained by citizens of
Z" these United States" And how has this
glorious termination of impending danger been
brought about' Why by passing q law not
only compelling the free independent North to
aid them in forcing men to enjoy this most de-
sirablc of all governments, but also risking the
liberty Of all who happen 10 reside North of
Masons and Dixon's linc." For there is moth
ing in the world to hinder our being claimed as
slaves, nothing wanting to reduce us to that de-
plorablc condition but the oath of any kidnap-
ping scoundrel. And he who would hold nan
in Slavery would do any other base act did cir
es seem to require it, So on this slen-
Ter thread docs all our liberty hang. the chance
hat no william may happen to swear we arc
lavcs.
Oh woe to mans dark cruelty,
His solfshness and pride,
Which cause the earth to be drcnched in tears,
In human ife-blood dyed.
n his own freedom glorying
lie lifts his voice on high
Whilst on his brothers shrinking form
These crushing fctters lie."