Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-05
CUBA--NEBRASKA.

The slave power is yet as busy as ever. Untirng
as it is unscrupulous. Why do not the people
arouse mud resist its diabolcal energy. The rumor
is abroad that England proposes to do something
in favor of emancipation in Cuba at some future
day. The Government organ at Washington blus-
ters at this, and threatens Europe with war in case
of any such impertinent interference. The Ma
tiona Intclligencer is not quite blood thirsty or
so confident. 1t fears emancipation will come some
day 1t says:
at is calculated to startlc but il should hardly
surprise us. When we consider at what immense
pccuniary cost England abolished slavery in her
West India possessions that anti-slavery is great
and ever active principle in her Governmental pol
icy, whenever and wherever there is an opportunity
for its exercise; when We add to this that slavery
has been long extinguished in the large French
Island of Hayti, it would have seemed an ineritdLe
erent in the law of progress, that or later
slavery would share the same fate in the great
tiguous Island of Cuba, containing a population
Of over eight hundred thousand colored, bond and
} free
We may regard the knell Of slavery in the An
titles to have been sounded the day that the Parla-
ment of England, rashly, unwisely, and unfortu-
nately enacted its extinction in her West India
colonies. Circumstances might retard, Jm nothing
could prerent its final conSummation through some
inst,umentaiay or other.
IT, as is stated, the initial steps are taken against
slavery in Cuba, backed by the the power and in
fuence of England, the event has approached
sooner than expected, and has been accelerated
by the buccanneering expeditions fitted out ON our
shores for the conquest Of the island and the plots
still ayowedly mcditated, and openly encouraged by
high public functonaries for Wrestling the island
| from the dominion of Spain"
Shareholders not only intend to protect slavery in
Cuba and eventually annex it, but they are plotting
to introduce it also into Nebraska. Says the Forest
City Democrat
"The scheme developes. II is now certain that
the slavery propagandists mean to hold this terri.
tory. They have outwittcd the people there, and
have the support of tina Government.
The territory is not open to settlement" de
clare the agents of this class And phereJoreP II
is not yet ripe for slavery. Hold back pioneers
frighten of emigrants, and in a few months, al
4 will bo settled.
4 johnson is chosen delegate from Nebraska. III,
n is the tool of Senator Atchison of Missouri, ant
plays his part adroitly We deeply regret his elec
n tiOn. So does the Missouri Democrat The Rev
: Thomas johnson, it says, lis one Of Atchison
Il TOOLS and will cooperate with him at Washington
- in endeavoring to defeat the organization of th
f territory.
! 4" The Journal reports the proceedings Of meet
ing at which this divine and one General Whitfield
g government officer, figured. The settlers propos
l. ed measures To secure organization of the terri
o tory. These doughty men resisted They assaile
n Benton; the settlers defended him. Whitfield
: second speech is thus reported
"General Whitfield again spoke with muc
force he for compromise accC riding to the lat
= act thought the Missouri Compromise ought to
repealed : thought men from all parts of the Unio
, ought TO have the privilege of bringing their proT
d erty with them, from a negro to a spinning jenn
= he said they might cry no agitation when slavery
was already excluded by the Missouri Compromise
for his part he should agitdte and agtate till south
= ern men were permitted te take their slaves to tn
u territoryi he did not care, personally, whether
s was finally made slave State or not, he was 70
$ equal rights"