Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-05-01
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J. w. BROOKS, editor OF the New York
Express and Member of Congress, ono Of
the most aGjcct aud unprnciplcd ocnorihern
services, had given offence to Senator Man
gum, who vents his loathing and indignation
on this wise.
! A half way mcndicnnt Of an editor, who
/ fishes up his dirty aud dependent bread from
the filthy ponds of Islander and cnlumny, may
in some sort he mn object of pity, for his
! poverty, and not his will, consents; but
when some freak of fortune shall throw
such pn editor into high official position,
and he shall Lffcct the loiliest airs Of bril-
liant cotlrt,nnd maieslcaly roll in his splend
cd coach through the broad avenues of the
Capital, his official position serving rs pass
port TO refined and yirtuous, TO the highest
and most polished circles of society, it is al
ways TO be deplored 10 find him devoid of
the principles, the sentiments, and feelings
of gentleman. Aud when this passport
enables him to make his way TO private sup.
per or dinner parties, and we see him prowl-
ing about for the means of picking up cal
umny aud slandcrs-or facts as the case may
bc-in the wny of his vocation, to minister
to the rabid APPETITE of the readers, of his
Press or Er-prcss, aud thus abusing the hos,
lie is n fit subject to he kicked out of every
decent circle, and banished tho society Of
honorable men. A voice in the gallery
"Good"l
While writhing under the smart of this cas-
tigation, the victim put in his plea for mercy in
the following abjcct style. And such plea.
The man who could make it, deserves the con-
tempt of slave holders and ovcrsccrs. lie
knows and confcsses the full measure Of his
mcanncss, and pleads the depth of his infamy,
as the reason why he should escape the chas-
tiscment he has provoked at the hands of his
masters. He claims of the slave holders, sal
vation from that political death with which he
is threatened. It is their duty to bestow this
salvation, because "ho has joined them to cx-
ccuto an odious provision Of the constitution,
and has laborcd to create an American scHti-
mcnt for its support"
May that death he fears como speedily upon
him, and may his treason to humanity thus
shamclcssly avowcd make him really as odious,
North and South as he deserves to be, for at
tempting to execute and natoralzc this truly
odious provision of the Constitution for slave
catching,
Here is an exetractfrom his defence. Speak
ing of services rendered in the adoption of the
law-tho final vote on which he took accession
to dodge though he was vociiorous as its adyo-
cate, he says;
ain the great hour of trial, two sessions
ago, our services were necessary for them,
and were given to them freely. Eper since
that zoe have been hunted do,on IN the North as
the Missouri Compromise men were in 1870
but one or two of whom survived the po-
lilical shock the rest were hurried into polit-
ica death by their connection with the
south. If we feel sensitive upon the subject
amid the adverse political opinions about us,
and If zoe joined tCih them 10 ereeute an odious
provision Of The Constitution, and IN creating
an american sentiment for its Uindication and
support; aud if we desired and claimed their
protection, we only claimed what is our due
and right, and which, if they give us, we can
support ourselves and our country upon the
basis of our Constitution"