Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-10-09
CoLuMBrANA, Sept 1G, 1852.
Hope for Liberty.

Hope for Liberty.
have, sir, but one topic more TO present.
before shall have sufficiently iisohetcd aud
/ delied the Baltimore resolutions, for this time,
aud shall he ready 10 sit down. As | sand
before, present onens lorbodc i'll to the cause
| of freedom, in this land hut d more search
! ing analysis throws cheering light upon
our prospects.
! Let us see in The first place, why it is that
| tie North, with almost two.thirds of thc pop
/ ulntion aud of the votes Of the whole Union,
| is controlled on all questions pertaining to
| slavery by the other third belonging to the
| South The answer is nt hand. We at the
| North are divided into two parties, Wings
Democrats, who balance, and, in all political
contests, neutralize each other. Nomnally,
the South is divided into the saine parties,
but, in whatever regards slavery, it is uudi-
vidcd aud aunit-indissoluble as the Siamesc
twins: for where you find Chang, you are
sure 10 find Eng
On tariffs, river and hnrbor improvements,
aud so FORTH they carry on feeble aud SON.
nolcnt w9rlarc among themselves; but
whenever the tocsin of slavery is sounded,
they awaken TO seize their arms, and form in
! H'iib ''iNiltI INl " 'lNfh-rA'' iiti'I w lHt
point IN contest. Hence, 10y obtaining The
lcclest support from the NOrth--generally
! speaking 10y stealing marches upon us, while
we are cngrosscd ly our accustomed vOca-
! tions-nn easy triumph is won. The uomi-
mi division OF parties, therefore, is very far
| from being the true one. The country is,
aud for long time has been, for all purposes
inside from the spoils of Office, divided into
7hree PARTIES Of very nearly equal numbers
! the Wings nnd Democrats of the North, and
! the pro slavery party Of the SOutb--tle lat
ter, with the slightest aid, or even with ac-
qpiesccncc from either of the others, being
able to prevail. And this will continue TO
he the case, until practical anli-slavcry
party is formed at the North, TO balance this
pro-slavery party Of the South, and to do
battle for liberty ms they do for slavery Such
a party, In sufficient numbers 10 contend sue
ccsSlully with lis antagonists, may not he
Immediately formed, aud therefore sec he
fore us period of struggle and trial. But
the spirit of God is on our side in this work.
The laws of the moral universe, the laws of
nature, the laws Of population aud power
are our allies, aud therefore we must pre-
vail.
! Look Mt the amazing fact that the southern
States, with more than double the area OF the
nolhern, after an experiment of more than
sixty years of free government, hive but about
! half the free population of the latter. | say
! the area of the former is more than double
the urea ofthc latter; buttliis is by no means
the only element of their natural superiority.
Their milder climate; their more fertile and
easily cultivahlc soil. aud lis happy udapta-
ton for producing the great staples Of COM
mercc which the whole civilized world will
have aud are ready To pay for gives to the
! South at least twoiold advantage over the
/ North, acre for acre, or State for State. With
their superemincnt aud casily-understood ad-
vnntngcs, the southern section of this Union
might possess, aud hat for its slavery would
to-day possess, tIrcelold the population oi
/ the northern section-nll free, all blessed
With mOrc nhOlinding comforts aud cornpc-
tcncc, and will all tile means of embellislI-
ment, education, and universal culture. As
compared with the North in all that gives in
diyidual Independence or social strength, in
stead of being as one 10 two, they should be
rs three to one. Ohio aud Kentucky, sepnr-
ated only by a ribbons width of wafer illus
tratcs this problem, even 10 school.boys. II
| is slavery, aud slavery alone, that lIas struck
them down from their lofty pre.emineuce ;
that has dwaried their gigantic capacities,
aud driven them TO maintain an ascCndency
! ultimately worthless, ana worse than
worlhIess-by subornipg northern politicians
instead of eSulling in the legitimate superior
! ity of home-born aud undecnying vgor.
And this is only the fulilmcnt OF eternal
= law which always has been, aud always will
he eNenplfied in the history of mankind
/ the law that all error is weakness; that all
wickedness is demeniia. BY law, fixed as
| gravitaton, error tends to ruin, aud moral
wrong to imbecility. Let any individual act
upon false theory, and in that, his hopes
will be diappoinIed, aud his fortunes mnin-
ed. Let a community legaize ialse priuci-
/ pies, or adopt evil institutions into its organic
! law-which is Us scnsorum-i,s strength
become fhintness, and its glory turns black.
| False notions, or even ignorance about tie
/ laws OF health, bring disease upon an indi-
vdual, or epidemics upon country. False
conclusions in political economy bankrupt u
cy or the treasury of nation. False meta
/ physical or theological dogmas cramp the
faculties, vitiate the knowledge, aud repress
the aspirations of their possessorsj and the
schools or the sects that adopt them dwin-
| die into weakness, become contemplate and
| perish. God kills out error by the meanness
ofits results. Neither caste, prinlogenture,
nor hierarchy can save il. The fhlse notions
of Aristotle, about the .perfectness Of the cir