Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-02-07
Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Governor Lowe of Maryland occupies
considerable space in his message in decla-
mntion against Pennsylvania and in commen-
dation of the iorbeuraucc and christian
meekness of Maryland. The Governor nei-
ther likes the Pennsylvania laws, nor their
method of administration, and is especially
displcased that Ilanaway has not been hung
for treason. We commend the following TO
Governor Woods of Ohio us an evidence
that excitement aud agitation have entirely
subsidized under the influence of the peace
measures.
Let the Commonwealth Pennsylvania he
given distinctly TO understand that hence
forth, words will give place to acts. You
owe II 10 your honor, il is necessary 10 your
p..co !, is essential 10 your domestic securi-
". Heretofore, the cry of "psdce, peace, iChen
there as no pedce," has had the effect TO en-
bolden your ussailans; who have learned to
believe that, your indignant denunciaiiOns
are mere occasional explosions of light
wrutli-mere elevations of the "Southern
lSajtiUdlucs," MS they have insultingly termed
il. Beware that your State does not become
mOckeryi Remember, that all the bitter
curses which can nfllict nations, border
warfare is the most dirclul. Consider the
likelihood of that result, spriuging from the
cxasperatcd feelings of friends, relatives, aud
nephbors, when they guze upon the mauglcd
| forms of such men as Ed. Gorsuch, who may
| hereafter be butchercd, ms he was, in the
exercise of a Constitutional Right. But do
| rot shut your eyes to the pregnant truth, that
! human reason will master human passions
only so long ns Hope points TO reiiefhy law
| lul means. Firmness now is PATRIOTISM
/ Candor now is wisdom. 1t may he too late
! hereafter. With an abiding confidence il
| the mercy of Providence, whose fatherly eye
! hath watched over the infancy Of this Re
| public, | commit TO your prudent councils
! this momentous subject.
'lappily, most happily, the north and TIC
| south have spoken ont, in favor Of the Con
s;lulion us the basis of the Union. Grea
| Constitutional victories have hcen achieved
through the peaceful agency of the ballot
box, in Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire
Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and even Souli
| Carolina, where the flame of agitation bIazet
! highest. Yet, even in Georgia and AIssis
| sippi the ground has been taken. Such lead
ers as the last southern Union party were
| proud to follow, in the recent cmbitteret
| contest, have unanimously sent forth ilC
/ word of caution TO the north. Let us sin
/ ccrcly hope that the voices Of patriotic mel
/ who have encountered much, suffered much
aud accomplished every thing, may uot ial
| upon unwilling or deluded ears. Shall do
mestic teuds destroy Onr power, when tho
| eyes of all nations are turned to the star o.
our empire, as the harbirser Of their deliver
Huce; Shall Kossulh blast Hungary will
tie breath of our discord? Shall OBricn
in his lonely exile, see tic hope Of lrclant
pass down the horizon with the western sun
| May so incalculable calamity be spared Il
the nations of the earth. And yet, whel
American blood is made to flow upon Amer
lean soil, ms grateful libation to American
innaliciSln; when whole communities stan'
ls,lessly hy, aud prostituted press nn'
venal politicians are found, in the open day
to glory in the human sacrifice, when Ill,
law procluims lis own weakness fiom tn
bench, aud treason stalks unpunishet
through the halls of justice; the nation cal
judge of the probable rcmoteness of tina
calamity"