Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-24
SALEM, ONO, JULY "a. 1852.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE meets August lst.
SPEAK OUT.

| DILhh VI L.
We have been no little surprised at the silence
Of some of the most reliable of our Free Soil pa
pers in regard to direct and dangerous Efforts,
that are now making, to seduce the members OF
that party from their fidelity to their principles,
and from independent action. BY the adoption
of the platforms. the two great parties at Balti-
more, seemed to proclaim their independence of
anti slavery voters that they cared not straw,
how they voted or what they did. But some
very influential politicians of this class, are even
more obtuse than was Paddy, who did take the
hint TO leave, after he was kicked out of doors.
But these are determined to sick by wings,
democrats, and slavery, to whatever exclusion.
kicking or insult, they may be subjected. And
they are destined to be the most efficient sup
portcrs Of Pierce and Scott. in all anti slavery
communities. What we wonder at is, the silence
and almost commendation of certain papers IRON
which we expected the most earnest aud faith
ful exposure of this plot to support party poll
tics, at the expense ofanti-slavery.
! Mr.. Rantoul of Massachusetts,, notwthstand-
ing the personal slight put upon him by the
Baltimore convention, and the insult to his
constituents, has announced his determination
to support the Democratic candidates. The
Essex Freemen says he will give them ''mod-
crate support" but says not a word in exposure
of the inconsistency OF his course. The Lowell
American speaks of the pleasure its Elitor de-
rived from listening to the speech, in which Mr..
Rantoul thus declared his adhesion to the party,
cormends his denunciation of the fugitive law
ard the platform, and says he is not disappoimt-
cd at Mr. Rantoul's course +; and that he must
be supported These two papers are the most
decided, free soil papers in Massachusetts.
Here in our own State. Mr. Tildcn, whose
praise has been, foi the last four years, in all
anti-savery mouths comes to Ravenna to adj
vocate S"ott's election, and to place him where
he can and will execute the fugitive law. which
Mr.. Tilden has, aud we presume still does most
cmphatically denouncc; and the Revenna Star
copies the proceedings of the meeting, in which
Mr.. Iilden's eloquence is applaudcd, but no
word OF condemnation did we sec of the gross
a5surdity and wickcdness of his position.
Hiram Griswold, Esq. of Cleveland, who a.
mong abolitionists has called himself one for
fhcen years or more, and who has also made
speeches against the compromise. has been in
Ashtabula county, electioneoring for Scott
The Ashtabula Sentinel speaks highly in praise
of his Anti-slavery speech says it was almost
entirely an'i-Slavery, but says nothing to coun.
teract his support of Scott. Mr.. Griswold's
Anti-Slavery we know to be quite spasnolic.
1t attacks him always about election time, and
its violence depends much upon the anti. slavery
sentiment of the locality in which his speech is
made. In "benightcd Ashtahua" we should
expect that almost the whole of his speech, as
the Sentinel tells US was the case, would be de.
voted to anti.slavery. His object was to inyei-
gle Free Sellers into the support of :ott. and
we should think it would take "al,,ost a ,chols
speech p" to do that, unless they are more easily
persuaded then we think some of them will be.
To say the least of it, these four papers we
have named, are among the most hearty
advocates of freedom to be found in the Free
Soil party. II has filled us with no small sur.
prise and fear, to see them thus mum, in the
presence of the most insidious and dangerous
effort that can bo made. against the measures
and even the existence of the Free Soil party.
II Pierce with his Yankec-lawyer skill, or Scott,
with the glory Of all his battles on his head.
should visit Massachusetts, and the Reserve.
they could not begin to do that for their own
success, and for the success of their platforms.
which Rantoul and Grswold and Iilden and
the like, can do, by supporting the candidates
and denouncing the platforms. Silence in view
OF such Efforts may bo the way to support a
party. They ought TO know better than we.
for We profess no skill in political maneuvering.
But we are sure that silence cannot be consist
ant with fidelity to freedom.
The papers to which we have referred we
think must yet see this and speak cut. For
ourselves, VIC have something better to do, than
to commend the eloquent mouthing of anti
slavery where it is done expressly to pervert
mems oonseiences and seduce them from the
cause OF freedom. The slave has no avowed and
sworn enemies who during this campaign will
do more to perpetuate his sorrows, than the
misguided men who preach anti-slavery as the
most etfcctual means of electing Pierce and
Scott,