Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-05-14
WHOLE NO 39S.

mcut ningles and willie he consigns his
| tnblc-compnnions 10 perdition for their in
| diligence, expects TO 20 To heaven himself
on Total Abstinence IN this 'hell' Of q
government, he washes and cooks by the
common fire, only insisting all the time
that he will stand bnck far enough behind
those who stir 1t up aud keep it going, to
esc lrn being personally singed.
| 2 II Mr.. Phillips nllures the government,
in two ways, while no minges with il aud
upholds il IN ten thousand others, seeing his
sacrifice, ,'-surh sacrifices MS walking bv
day mud sleeping l,y night, under the pro-
| lection Of the government. being educatcd
! nj lis public schools, aud az Harvard College,
inhcriing patrirnouieS, having order instead
at violence IN his neiglibOfhood, aud mar
ringc Instead of concubinngc in his house.
others seeing these Immense 'sncrifccs,' m
LIGHT Will SPREAD This kind of lirht
has been spreading for twenty yenrs,-nnd
with what result? In other words, how
nnny non-yoters has Mr. Phillips on his list?
How mnny can he ever expect to have,
while he exhibits the ridiculous and perverse
| spectacle of maintaining that men who nrs
legal voters shall not vote hut that women
who are not legal voters shall he mndc so
Mr. Philiips's idea of escaping RESPONSE
biliiy, merely because he nbstains from sufi.
that Of John Caphnrt in tic Rescue Trials
Question By Conasei.-In these cnsrs of
private flogglng, do you inquire into the
circumstances, 10 scc what the fault has
been, or it ihcrc hns been any,?
'.1ns,rer By CdphaH-Thuls none of my
business; do as ! am requested. The
master is rcsponsibie.'
get all the good can out of the govern.
meni, says Mr.. Phillips. When the tax.
gnthcrer coines, do us ! am requested.'--
Tho government is responsibe.'
The truth is clear. On my theory,-on
the Free Soilers' ihoory,-ihc pn,h of duty
is plain. Because government is n 'neces-
sy,' we take part ia those departments Of il
which involve no violation Of the Hipher
Law. But Mr.. Phiilips's theory, while il
prolcsses the greatest abstract holiness, ne
rcssiiatcs the greatest practical guilt. | do
not now mean guilt of motive, but wrong in
aciion,-a distinction ! shall dwell upon ho.
low. lie soars above tho earth; he will not
couiamnnie himself with any OF iis itnpuri.
tics; lac will lren,he uuly ,he pure ether oftlio
cmpj rrun; he holds Linself Ear uloit hy
that golden, everlasting chain which llo-
tHcrsays was let down lraHH heaven by tho
Sire OF gods and men. Bat, nlas! while
suspended nj this pcrilUus height, IL lie re-
The good things which government bestows,
IN brieier Tine than while my pen mnkes
this lasl, - Mr.. Phillips is in the bottom.
less 'fophe,.
But ii am wrong in suelng, that does
not make Mr. Mum right in voting, says he.
IS amaziHg ttGt .Hr. Phillips does not see,
That lciie he Judges and condemns ME on his
theory, he GgjcHdS HIMSELF on mine. lie ar
rnigns me on tie 'suilinge question: ] re-
ply: Government is necessity, md our
government, on the whole, great good. |
arfagn him, on his death aud hell defini-
ton of il. lie replies: Government is q
necessary evil Why should no, / enjoy
ills advantages as well ns you?
Mr. Phillips thinks lIu has detected me in
nn Inconsistency, because I once spoke OF
Inc decisions OF the Supreme Court ns tho
law of the land until set aside aud nt nn-
other time, said that the Court had given
AN authoritative decision,' while now hold
that the Congressional oath does not bind
me to an implicit obedience to the decisions
Of that tribunal. Oh the whole, perhaps,
Mr.. Phillips makes about The proper number
of Distinctions; but tho trouble IL, he makes
them where there is no difference, but fails
to make them where there IL. Both my no.
siIions nre entirely satisfied 10y the Obvious
distinction that, as mere citizens, We aro
subordinate (eXcept in cases oi conscience)
to the Supreme Court; but as members
composing the Congress OF the United Stntes,
we are co ordinate with that body, and in a
large cluss of cases may even set the dccis-
ions of that Court usde-as we did in ono
instance last winter.
Mr.. Phillips knows of no opinion Of Gen.
jackson which would cover The ground |
took in my last letter, on this subject of CO.
ordinate authority. Ia the sentence next
preceding tire quotation | made from his
Veto Messnge OF 1882, is such nm opinion.
But MIR. Webster's opiniOn, which he refers
TO, does not touch the case OF u coordinate
branch OF the government.
But must leave many points untouched,
in order TO say few words, nt the close, on
that 'round aud top of his absurdiies aud
sophisms,--his defence of himself for peii-
iioniug the coming Convention to make wo-
men yolers,-and Governors, Senators and
other oflice-holders, toO,-ior hs prayer in
cludes this. His proportions, taken conse-
cutively, are in substance these:
]. The voter, being in some Sinies under
an express, aud IN all, Under an l0Iplied oath
TO the Constitution, is legplly bound 10 help
catch fugitive slaves, il required TO do SO by
Marsnal.' See his Letter Of .Hrih 81.
2 Gentlemen of Tie Convention, | pray
you to make women legal voters, aud legal
candidates for Office, SO ms TO bring them
under mn expires or implied oath TO help
Marslluls catch fugitive slaves, whenever so
required to do -Ihis being measure of vi
tai importance to the welfare aud progress Of
the Slate, aud one Of the most inporinnt of
civil reforms. Aud as in duty bound will
ever pray. Signed, wendell Phillips aud
others. See Mr.. Phiuips's Petition in The
LiLerdior Of March A, &c, tviih requests that
ihe Petitions, ohen filled, may all be sent 10
him.
3. when women obtain this right to vote
and to hold Office, shall Immediately argue