Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-09-04

which, though npt to he very plausible md
eirctiial, is, nevertheless, very unsound.--
THIS logic ran after this manner. A" For Mr..
smith to say, that slavery cannot he legalized,
is nonsensical and absurd. virginia has
laws for slavery. They may bc unjust laws.
B"t theie they are, outstanding and fixed
facts, the existence of which is not to he dis
pnied." Tho circular Iogicians, having as
sIlmed IN this case the very thing to be prov,
ed, VIZ, that whit they called laws are laws,
obtained, nt least in their own esteem, very
quick and easy victory over me. Ny answer
10 mem was, Tor substance: Not only is
every unconstitutional enactment among the
Statutes OF Virginia no law, but every enact
ment among them, whether il does or docs
not accord with the constitution, is also no
law, provided its purport aud object are such,
us transcend the limits aud powers ofhunlan
legislation. For instance, the authorizing
men to murder men, or, what is worse, the
authorizing men to enslave men, trnnsreiids
such limits and powers, and hence all enact
mcnis TO these ends are void, aud no luw.-
We are all prepared To say, that cnactments
prescribing what we shall eat, drink, and
wear, ARE no law. But the reason, why they
nre no law, is SIMPLY because the legislature
has got beyond its province when il presunes
10 meddle with such subjects. And thus
nileht we argue, in respect To enactnIenis,
when Should presume To prescribe the inter-
course aud endcurments between parent and
child"
SAID, that we are all prepared TO trent
suhlptunry law as no law. How grossly in
consistent nre we then--nny, how grossly
Wlckcd-WIlCn we accord TO an enactment
Tor slavery The name, dignity, and sanction
of law!
10 help me understand myself these, nv
instructors in logic, would kindly put words
iuto my month, and say: We, understand
You, MIR. Smith. What you mean, and oil
what you mean, is, that these laws for slave.
ry are unjust laws We, also, believe them
to he unjust laws; aud, hence, we are, really,
together" But was too obtuse to receive
tins their kind Interpretation of myself; and,
therefore, | would, over aud over again, ex-
PLAIN, or Try TO explnin, The difference he
tween an enacimeli. which ] call no law,
I. I'D s..sss.-.ss, .-isfch am willing TO call
but an unjust law. would say, that an en-
ncnient, fixing the rate of interest as high as
fiiteen per cent. per annum, is an unjust law
hut that il is not 10 he trented as no law.--
i is nn enactment, which should he repealed
'r modified but it should not, like an Ell.
lcilnent Tor murder or slavery, he trnmpled
inder foot, and treated as no law. So, too,
II respect to an unwise enactment for regu-
nring travel. The matter of regulating
rayel, MS well rs that of regulating interest,
ONES within the field OF human legislation;
nd hence, an ennctncut regarding il is not
D he treated and trampled upon, MS is an
nnctment for murder or slavery.
would here throw out the remark, that
cw persons seem to have considered how
cry narrow is the field of human legisla-
ion, and how very far it falls short of being
commensurate with the wholel field OF
human interests, relations aud obligations
I Is the want of such considerations, that
Exposes us and many another people To bo
uned 10y legislative nsurpulion aud despot-
sm.
But, notwithstanding all the fault have
ound with the platform Of the Free Dem
'cracy, !, nevertheless, regard myself ns
member of that party. 1t is good party
nd 1t will, rapidly, grow better. DO you
ear, that il will break up and disgrace itself,
IS did the Free Soil party? You need not
ear II. Low as was the platform Of TINT
mrly, the party itself Tor, at least, n largo
are of it) was far lower. But the Free
democracy is MS much higher than its own
llntorln, as that platform is higher thnn tho
'lnliorm of the Free Soil Party. Hence,
Excelsior" will be most emplIulically tbs
il motto of the Free Democracy.
Not one year should be allowed TO pass
lway--no, nor half one year-beiore the
platform of the Free Democracy, which, i'm
ruth, is not its platform, hut only the plat
orm of the Pittsburgh Convention, and, that
90, the little, instead of the big Convention,
should he so modified, as distinctly to meet
III tlic demands ofiruth. Alas, what pity,
hat this platform is not now such, us TO teach
be STAKEHOLDER, in bold and unmisinkeable
ernis, that one of the aims of the Free De-
nocracy Is to strip him aud his "pcculiar in
of the covering, and sanction, and
espectabllhy of law, and to hold up TO Tho
oallIing aud cXecruton of the world naked
IlrnIe III the one and naked piracy in the
'ther-n pirate and pirRcy too, that far oilt-
mp all others in nirociy aud mischief
Such an exposure would work the speedy
ienlh Of slavery: and, without such an ex-
losure, it will never die, until il shall die IN
'iolenco and blood.
But warm, MS are my hopes of the we'll
loing of the Free Democracy, they mny.
nevertheless, he blasted: and, hence, cannot
ldvise the disbanding of the Liberty Party.
The next meeting of the Liberty Party is
O he Wednesday, the LIST day of September.
L should be numerously attended. Whilst
hope, that the meeting will not array itself
against, buI will, OH the contrary, resolve, to
'ct with, the Free Democracy, at least for
he present. also hope, that il will advise
he Liberty Party to continue its organizn-
ion, until such time, as the Free Democracy
shall have distinctly and fully covered tho
ground of the Liberty Party.
Ofcourse, ! did not vote for the Pilisburg
platform. can never vote for il until il shall
boldly and distinctly utter the great truth,
that the Free Democracy uims 10 bring un-
der its impartial regurd all tho political in
terests of all classes Of the people aud also
the other great truth, that slavery, which is