Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-17

aS they quiet, Deposited hiS rrninlns IN illrii
iiuhl resting plHrr. Subj tun, whs tue iair
Of PruIisyivuir's f'vUrllp statesman. lie
bad ung been nn1iOli~ tn serve the slave in.
frrrst. tie pledged himself IN the nusl uIi-
qualified ninlIirr Ia nniutaln these laws ~
perpetual settlement ui the slave qiirsiiun.
Bat hr, too. Was east Hsiile ai aII nIvHucrd
age, wlnIl lac rai look Ter nu further prrrr-
ncni. These mea all died Of" eating South
ern Dirt"
Circumstances appear to render il ndel-
cate inr me to sIenk oi oii'i cnidulnirs ~
the Democratic patty. Yet would r"innd
them all at the nlr whicn must await tliuS'
| public un'u wbo prove false Ia liberty and
humanity. assure thriu und the cuuilrt
that nli iliun Will runliurlr rId lncrrn~e IN
tIl the y ulI- ui the tree States slHll hr re-
lleved Iun all participation in The disgrace
and crimes ui slavery.
| Agitation is llir great aud mighty inStili-
! nrnl lur rarr, ing iO w,rl th So rrioru'S- -
Agitation j. Us urcrssar, tn puilN ii" rulilI-
cal atuiuSih.r, ni this udiiuu nS SiurtiiS are
to purity tle natural atmosphere. Deprive
us of storms, ~ winds. and showers; aud
vnpOrs, puisn.uiIS eAlmlailuhs and ni,stiHs
would lr uru,nd ~, aud We Shuuld lnidlr
death in the unseen atmosphere. Such. too,
is precisely the Ease IN the political mir ui
this nation. Stop agitation, aud the pnllll-
cal utnusph"re will sOnu lie filled with
tinuds. abuses, aud corrrltions, which would
be Inhaled 10y Your Executive aud public
men; the vital hnud ul The nation would lie
poisoned, aud the hody polite would pu-
lriiy.
But this opposition In freedom, so d0mi-
unnt ia the Wing aud Democratic parties,
led Ia the organic ,linu Oi the friends "i lib
rriy int"n separate political party Ia lolS.-7
The extraordinary circumstances which, iheu
surrounded the adVorairs of freedom called
together mighty huSt. On the memorable
ninth at August of that yrnr, THY thousand
lrrrurn uet IN solemn r"nvOcai"n. There
were nu.n uf distinction, mrn ui intellect,
statesmen, and phllau,hrnpiSiS. They were
conscious ol the responsibility resting upon
lIiru. IL training confession oi their In-
lnichl inlili they laid ill., foundations upon ilc
enduring, eternal Ininciplcs ol justice Tue
rqnl riglis of all tnrn Ia enjoy li'r, liberty,
aud happiness, constitutes the basis ui nnr
creed; aud the next article asserts " that Gov-
efnmrnis are constituted aiming nfn to So
cure these rights" Al our actluu under the
Constitution should be to In0rcrI Ii'c liz aid
liberty oi every human l"img within 'hIr cA-
elusive iur~diriiuu. Thnt our legislative
powerS IN this District, on lie high seas and
la Our Territories, should he cXrrlrd To Sc
cure every being who hears Gods inngr, in
his right to life and lilrriy. hrtead oi csinb-
lisliiIg and sustaining oppression aud slave
~. Here, slr, al iils point, an issue lIei"eriI
us and the other parties, deep mud broad, Is
presented. And tr0u this pusuIuu the friends
of humanity will never depart.
IL IS mn important fact, that neither tie
Wing nor Drnnrrnir party profess 10 pay
ANY respect ar attention tu moral principles
ia their legislation. BY their prnctice they
deny the responsibility of human action, so
tar us politics nre concerned. They hold
that members of this body nny pnSs laws
which deprive our fellow men OF life or lib
erIy, and That those who enact such law are
not morally guilty OF curln,ing or murder
lug ilrir ti'llow-Inru. We. cir, huld that
iIusr Who rnacIed the fugitive slave law ARE
guilty IN the sigln of Cod md good men
NJ they would be were They themselves To
Selze win'" ninu. place irons nInn lIlS limbs
nnd send liitn Ia slavery willouI law. Ia
such crIlncs, we, the advocates of freedom,
will m"i participate. Onc ol mlr resolutions
nduplrd al Bnllilo was in these wudS:
Resolved, That it is the duty of tho Fedcr-
al Government TO relieve itself .fjom all rcYon-
si5iHy jOy The existence or continuance qf Aaeery
Gherepr AZ possesses cInstituiionai authority 10
tey'siaie 0" MR subject"
This rrsnulinn is in direct and unqnaif-
ed conflict with the enliie Itulry OI the
Wing "Ih D~mocrhIic parties relative to sla.
very. IL Is IN cUnilri wiIh Tie I,laiiurnS at
those parties, 10 which ! lnvc called utI-II.
lion. B,sing our whole pulnirnl nrlinn up
on The pnnrsI principles "i Justice. hhrrl,,
and humanity. We challenge rXnn,innIiui.
discussion, Gg,hiion. We seek Ia cUvrr up
n"lhlng I" keep nnlhing ir"ui the popular
ear. The mare you examine and ulsr,lss
uur d0cIrincs nIid policy, tie bette. ARE We
pleased.
We, sIr, would drive the slave question
from discussion ia this Hail. II never had
constitutional tA Silence here. Sruurair this
Go,t rnIucit from all Interference with slave
~; let lhr F,drIhl power wash iIs luilhs ui
tlml institutions; LEI Us rurilt ourselves lrOm
III rnuInglnu-lravr II with the States. who
alone lave the power 10 sustain il; then. sir
will agitation r"nsr IN I"gnld Ia II here Then
we shall hnve hulhup Ia du with il, our lime
will no more be uccnpir,i with il, nId, like
band at irerniru, u baud ot hrnIhrrs, we
could meet here, leeislhe Tor the prosperity,
the Improvement of mankind, ior the elevn.
ZION Oi oiIr rhcr.
MIR. CImirnHiI, have served in this Hall
some fifteen yrnrs. During that periud,
tliuk ~ lrnSI Iwo-thrds ul the time oi this
body has been occupied by the subject of
slavery and Other matters roinrcttd with
IlInt institution. For the Insi three years we
can scarcely he snid 10 have done nnyll ing
else but discuss aud Irgi>lale inr sa, erl.--
Thlr, sir, is all wrong. Slavery is lncnl in
stitution, existing only in II portion at the
States. The aiIempt 10 naliOnalize il is nu-
warranted and unconstitutional. To do this
is now the object OF both the Wing aud
Democratic parties. Against these attempts
we, the Free Democracy wage unceasing,
undying, unyielding hostility. This war we