Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-08-06
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relative to what is said by your correspondent
J. Y. Hoover, of Jay County, Indiana, in last
weeks Bugle (No. 44.)
He says at seems to me IL Horace Mann IS
correct in asserting the Slavery character OF
the constitution, that slaves only have to be made
acquainted with the fact, to enable them TO
cease running to tho British dominons for pro-
lection" "Why not stay in the Free States .
.'But Horace Mann knoios that the Constitution
gives the STAKEHOLDER certain privileges ()which
enable him to pursue and capture his slave in
any state or territory into which he may have
fed" Hence we SEQ slaves running away,
not only into the Free States, but going the
whole figure into Canada" True,
They pass through in sorrow to the glorious
| coast,
And urge the feet torbM 10 finger herel
But, says your correspondent, "lIoraco Mann
knows that the Constitution gires the stakeholder
certain priUileges," sc. Rather fiat, Mr.. Hoov-
er,we think Due Difference to Horace Mann's
charcter, would not admit of quite so broad an
assumption However, zoe think he has spoken
the language of truth, and would be really at q
loss to know how any one could, in soberness,
end with ordinary capacity unbiased, come to
a differ at conclusion. But, "Slaves ore run
ing Though, going the whole figure, to Canada.
Why not stay in the Free Statcsi you ask
Why, my dear Sir, simply because we wont
allow them () Give them a chance, only don't
tell them in their flight, it is dangerous to stay
here, and see if they don't stay with you gladly
enough.
Surely you would not have the painting fug-
tive tarry with you, whom the laws of your own
State forbids colored man to rest within your
borders, slave or free (And, in direct viola
ton of the language of the Constitution), they
are not allowed the right of citizenship in any
one Of ho Northern States. Again, you say,
4" It seems to me, If Mr.. Mann is correct, that the
fugitive has only to be made acquainted with the
fact, that they cease running to British protec-
ton. Now, as to this, they, (the fugitives) only
know what they are told. What prompted our
colored citizens, in convention, recently, at
Rochester, to assert their fullest, broadest, and
most undistinguished citizenship and equality
with the whites declaring it as not only their
natural right but as q right most clearly and
most forcibly set forth in the Declaration Of
Independence, in the language of ALL MEN
ave created FREE and EQUAL" sc. And, in
the Constitution of our common country, no
less clearly from ave, the people," or from its
Alpha TO Omega. Were they told No. If
certainly we might suppose the contrary opinion,
Rather, from the wording of that instrument,
have they, notwithstanding all the telling to the
contrary by those who would best befrend them
if they knew how, adopted it as tho Pailadion
of their Liberty; though under its auspices,
(through perversion Of its meaning) they have
so long been cruelty robbed and enslaved.-
Magma es. rereids ct preraia5a Truth is mighty
and must and will prevail. One Of the deepest
and most grovious errors ever fallen into by
abolitionistst, is that Of teaching the unfounded
idea with the STAKEHOLDER, that the Constitution
was meant, "ioas Intended" to support slavery;
"toas intended to return the fugitive. "That
provisions for liberty were only intended for
whito men, &c., Sc. And this is done with the
admission that the word slave, slavery, or any
other word, which amounts to a legal definition
of slavery, cannot be found in that instrument.
And yet after these admissions men are charged
out the substance of these avowals.
Can the stakeholder be better pleased with
sermons to prove the Bible aslaveholdiny Bible,
than with lectures to prove the Constitution
pro-slaveryi But here the subject expands
itself before us. 1 promised you brevity. l
must close. AS you claim Mr.. Mann, to be
knowingly IN error, the truth is presumed to be
A.. H. ~ sK,,Nsa Al e,,k;a
is being laid hold of in earnest, not only by the
learned ones, but by the people generally; and
as men will never quiet themselves, nor cease
agitating short Of haring the truth, will Mr..
Hoover, the Editor, or any one else, please point
out,-lst. What language in the Constitution
marks its "intentio." clearly and conclusvely,
pro slavery. I'd. What clause or clauses refer
to slaves, and exempt the colored citizen form
any of the immunities belonging to the whites
: And Sd. Where, in that instrument, can be
found the words prohibiting the State of Oho'
Massachusetts,, or any otter State, from extend
ing the right of suffrage to the black citizen of
each State. Rather is not the provision in the
Constitution, and should it not be cxtendeds
We want the words pointed out, The Con-
stitution means what it says, and to please the
curious, or the slaveholder--for the slaves sake
1T can only be allowed to mean what it says.
Such knowledge it is believed, at the present
time, IS demanded if it is to be had 1t would
; save more thought, time, and expenditure OF
money, in the Anti Slavery cause, at this time,
than any thing else. If it cannot be had, civ
ing in glass houses, persons should bo careful
} how they throw stones"
, Shall we hear
CoLUMBIANA, July 26, '63.
, Q5@Mr. J. Garvlle, a wealthy lawyer,
residing in Owen county, Kentucky, brought
seven slaves to Cincinnati yesterday morn
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