Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-10-30

fngpu ny me 2ct Oi Seuteilllcr 18TH, lSOI--
and therefore that Act Should be regarded
and treated by every true man as no i1ir, hut
as "A despo,c decree, which we should de-
spise aud trainple upon, come what may 10
our property or orr lives"
Now, so Far loni The glariur and disgace-
tnl violations ofllc Constitution, by the l'ug
iti7e Act, constituting, in my mind, reason
why woHld resist il. would ns soon resist
it If it were cor,aincd, from beginNing To
end, letter for letter, and comma for comma.
in the Constitution. indBed, ifihe Constitu-
ton authorizes tho rCnuilion ui FuriIves hy
Congress at ALL must insist that the Fugi-
tive Act is Constitutional for, in that event,
the Constitution authorizes Piratical Act
and there is nohing in tho Fugitive Act, in
consistent with Piracy, or which can fairly
bc declared not to he Unnecessary and proper ;
to carry system Of Piracy INTO effect. What
do care for Naheas Corpus and Trial by
Jury, In this matterl care just as much us
dill, during tEie nsrov or PrHaoR,'' in
Syrcnsc, in October, 1851, whether WIS
to he hung by II cord of silk or by Il cerd ol
hemp. The thought never entered my head.
The hanging was the point with ne. and
1t is true dat SO ratnfnnt were the powers of
hell for a ieW days after The Rescue of Jerry
with "ireuson" MS the keynote Of Willard
Fillmore and Daniel Webster, echoed by
every government official from the UaSiiag-
Ion Repubiic down to tidc-waitcrs, that for Il
lew days, | supposed my only chance to
escape u hanging was, that there would be
so 'nmny there to scc,"it might become In
convenient To do the Job when the hour ap-
pointed arrived. Do you suppose thought
oi' the lormer--of the texture OF thc rope, or
of The pay of the Judge who condemned ne
or Of the Marshal who cut the fatal card
Not ut all. II MAS the execution that ninuc
iouhcd at. So here. 1t is the execution of
the immortal mind it is the horrible bias
phemy by which the "ingge Of Cod made
"a lille lover than tie angels" il to he de-
faced and made beast. II does not make
any difference how it is doue or by whom it
is done, so Ion. rs it is done. The deep
dlnna ion is in the dong. lis against that
we rebel To further illustrate my views on
this polnt. allow me to quote Il few lines
from an article by me for auoiher jourual, and
which will be published on "Wednesday OF
this week. Therein say:
Men who belong 10 Pro-Slavcry Osgsni
zaIluns give those Organizations respecIa
billy. Charles Sumner does more lcr the
rcspectahlity of Slavery than a Regiment Of
such men rs Rheu hlaugun, Bcyriua, Polk,
He ,lennHuccs SOME of',le outrnges witch
nre incident 10 slavery, unl M the same tine
admits that there cnH be Law for Slavery
This admission, from one Mho deuciluces
some OF the peculiar oinrageS of the System,
is fatal But the claim, from those who de
iepd these Incidental olitr;gcs, carries lis
avn antidote with it. 1t is not the ten dollar
brbg-ii is not The Hsumnnry proceeding"
it is not the bounty on false testmony--it
is no, the denial Of liabeas Corpus-it is not
,he denial trial by jury-it is not the pains
aud penalties of the Act-which make The !
Fugiiive Smve Bin Piracy. 1t is lhesinl- !
pie fact that it proposes 10 make oi'a man a |
heasl--a ciiaHel--a lling. With all these !
struck out---vih trial by iury--it would bG |
PIRAcY, and nothing but PIEAcY.
Such my dear Sir, is the ground on which |
| siHnd MS II Defendant Oh this Indictment
Z on must moi hlrHc NE for being sensitive
on this point. have the most sacred ven
Grafton for law. belieye in the association
of the People for purposes of GGvernment,
and in n peaceful submission to tho viii of
the nni0rity in all eases within It's iurisdic-
ton. Bun it is ns more within the jurisdiction
of Government 10 say that you mHy own me |
than it is to saY sla!l pray three times IL
day. The noGlentlhe G0vernmentatteulrt |
either, it is an outlaw, and caiiunIbe oheyvd |
Moreover, lclieve that "GovermnIenls de |
rive iler just powers from the consCn, o! |
The governed" Jerry was never even asked |
10 consent to nj, nc; by which he could BE-
dragged from his cheerful work in II barrel |
shop in Syracuse, TO a ireary farm in Mis- |
souri,, on to a sill! more desolale fate, TO II
sugar or Il rice plantation. Nutnt all. Much
less did he even consent 10 such an arrange
,lcnt So the "Governmeui" bad no '.just
power" to net in The premises. In making
Jerry an outlaw, it logically made itself u.
ouilnw.
You will excuse me for saying so much.
Your readers can bear me witness tlint leave
your space for ADLER as well us better men.
But, under the circumstances, do as.t the
fvnr that YOU insert this this week, and oblige
YOUR friend, W. j.. CRASDAL.