Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-11-13
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Equal to abou, one-fficcnth part of al
the slaves then in the United States, Massa
clusetts being the only .snveholdng
state Ia the Union. But all this was nc
"ndiiond" disgrace, no "nd'ionuF crime
iorsooth because this slavery wus all "sEc
TIoNAL" aud not NATIoNAL!"
| Aud by the census of lSl0 we had onl
four REALLY non-slnveholding States in the
UEion, viz: Massachusetts, Mnine,, (iormer.
" part of Massachusetts, Vermont, aud
Michigan! In all the other states there
were slaves. Ohio had 3, Indiana, 3, ILL
nois, 5}l, Wisconsin, II, Iowa, l6, New Jer-
sry, GA, New York, 4, Connecticut, 7,Rhode
Island, >, New Hampshire, |, Pennsylvania,
Ga. In all the So-cdled "non.s .slaveholding
Stutcs" there were |, 100 slaves Why is not
the foul blot removed Oh Ii is only
sectional" aud not " national" slavery that
remains, and therefore it is no national
disgrace
II this theory of national" and of " sec
tional" slavery were correct, we might con-
gratulate ourselves with having no "NATIoN.
Al" slavery, even lliOugl, ALL the States in
the Union were slavehOding stntcs, aud tho
half or two.thirds of all the people in each
of the States were slaves! The number or
the nation, does not alter the cnse. The
principle remains the sane. And violation
of correct principle is ns criminal in the
toleralion of slaveholding, whether few or
many are held. II is even less cxcusal,le
hecause no formidable obstacle against The
suppression OF slayeloiding can be urged.
And now, ask whether il he proper TO call
slavery merely "local" or sectional" be.
cause il only exists in a part OF the States,
aud not in the Federal District aud Terri
tories Ii so, then we might call slnvery
sectional and not nntional las indeed MIR.
Sumer does) when all the States except one
We're slavehol,ling. BY the same rule, we
might call it sectional and not national"
il slavery existed and prevailed MS it does in
Georgia, in every State in tie Union, pro-
yidcd there were no Federal District or Ter
rtorcs for it 10 exist III Reirocedc the
other half of the Federal District to Mary
land, as Alexandria was retrocecded to Vir-
siua--erect all the Territories into States,
and the Government lius "relieved itself
from all responsibility, for the existence of
slaypry"-ior slavery Is only sectional and
not natioualm Yet those who thus teach,
ndmit that slavery in Washington City and
Georgetown would involve us in the guilt
OI slavery, even lhouEll " were hbOlisheu
in all Of the States Drive the slaves over
the line into Mary land hy bringing in bill
to abolish slavery in the District, and all will
he well, so far tvs " the nation" is concerned.
II the Devil comes after the Bishop Of Ro-
chester, we will turn him over TO John De-
lanney! Aud when lie comes after the
" Nation" we can send him 10 the States !"
We have localized" the crime instead of
rcpressing il Our curio,Isly constructed
Federal aud Stale Governments have con
vcnienIly enabled us 10 90 50 And what
is morally ligih is not politically possible"
Out upon all such nonsense, | say-and
out upon all platforms that find n pluce for
it--wheiher from Pittsburgh or from my
other pit. Oiler Liberty men mny do MS
they please; bur for my part, ! solcmnly
wash my hands from the whole of it, come
what may, und say what men please.
WILLIAM GOODELL.