Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-10-01
BBIT1sH ANT1sLAvERy,

BRITISH ANTIsLAvERY
There Is no IMPRESSION more general in thisco,n
try and none can be more false; than that which
represents the British Arisioerdcyas intcntly, sp
cally hostile to American Slavery, and actively 10
boring for It's overthrow. when in fact there Is ny
other f,ortion ofthe British peonl9 except possibly
the fclon caste which has evihcad 80 lltue sympa
thy with emancipation and antipathy % fon'fgfqs
the Aristocracy. There are, Of course, philan-
thfobic and enlightened individuals among the Ar.
isocracy who dcpore the existence VI slavery, and
would gladly hasten It's overthrow; but these hre
marked exceptions to the General oomplnecncJ
all facti;ious and arbitrary ineqraincs
Of coui 'liun among people vociierous for DemOef
racv are regarded " Hereditary non-producers
white the extensive consumers ~ trplrfis of other
mems labor. Evcn the horrible fir'cfh S'Htcl
Trade fourshcd for years undert the protection anu
support of thc House Cf Lords the Bench Of Blsh7
ops heartily cooperating with the majority: The
f'w ta,d ncrsonagcs vhom We occasionally Ncpt
from as cuntcmuCYg Jf Slavery arc exceptions 10
the general attitude Of their clggl oe 'ordcr'; tho
great majority silently regard TIC scandal OF Apff-
lean Democracy with snug complaccncy' - g
long struggle for 'hc outlawry OF the Slave lrado
aud for Wet India Emancipation was made, not
hy Lords or Bishops rs a class.iLut mainly bfOis-
scntcrs, QuAkers and MethUdIsts, in The. brtSeti
then by artiaus, tradcsmcn and the literary ciSss
the flame gradually spreading until all the moral
nnd Intelligent were rcaccd and affected by 1t; un-
til the Auti-jlayery sentiment pecamo SO hearty
and overwhelming that the govc.nmcpt ga.e Wayt0
ias susi ia countries possessing considerable
share Of liberty The Arstocrcy, 50 far as 1t yiclF
dcd to the current ut all did only Iccausc their
only choice lay between floating with the current
or being swept down ly lt - .nt.
To-day tho case is l'r.lT Gltered, british inter.
est in Slavery has boon cXtinguished; thus leaving
British injury from the competition OF Slave Labor
be more severely felt. True as it is, as gcncr-
al proposition, that intelligent Free Labor is chea-
Al. :; - al lntt i'm n
society, ON virgin soil, certain rude bulky 6gfi-
cultural stahl-s can be produced at less cost by
Slave Labor than any Other-in other words, 50 u
cheaper 10 rob the laborcr than to pay him. That
this is a short-sighted aud nllaciQNs cheapncss we
cannot doubt; STILL il is undCniul- ttrt, T. ,tuR oi
Sugar can be made for less cash by planter Sha
pays his field-hnnds with the whip than by those
who pay chem in money. And so Great Britain
having abolished Slavery in her own West Indies,
sees with jealous eyes their Sugr growing gra5r'
ally transferred q their Spanish slaye-sSaGng neghi
bors. Hence n British antagonism to the impndent
and perddous Slave-Trade Of Cuba, in which, the
.phnnthropic is probably subordinate TO the meri
camille impulse; but this new phase ofthe quesuob
does not affect and should not obscure, the truth
that Great Britains Abolition of the Slave Trafo
aud West India EmansipatiUh were not brcmh'ed
by selfinterest but wert acts of selfsacrce rare
" cqualed in human annals and were not promp-
ted by the governing class, but were forced PpoT
that class by pressure from beneath too intense
But we had pprrcsedtb sps6k More directly
of tho recent Address of British Democrats to the
American Democracy, which we received and pub
lished some months since, and wich in more inn
posing form has since reached us. The spirit OF
this Address is so decrcntial yet marty SO, pf.
void of rashncss hasy censurc, yet so faithful 10
Truth and Humanity, that we earnestly commend
il to the gravest and most candid consideration
The address az prepared and signed in Epglqnd
will remain for some dnvs utsn tb all who choose
"a, nd
those who are not already convinced Of the fact to
see for themselves, that among the names of the
sgners are in very deed those of the most faithful
and fearless British Democrats-men who have not
shrunk from peril and suffering in their eaoTts ~
the extension and securing of equal rights 70 All,
The names signed to this address arc in truth to
some rxteht NpresthtatiTss il their eharaetcr-they
stand for a class, long depressed but unbrokcn III
spirit and for n cause which, since its active sup
portcrs are now few and dcspised, finding the per
sona rewards Of their abors in loss of employment
or of patronage, in prosecutions and imprisonment
is only the moro certain to have commended useE
to their understandings and cOnscienees brfore At
sesirtd their public adhesion. ,,...,
That American Slavery is now of the most
serious obstacles to the progress and triumpr o'
European Democracy, is now generally understood.
"peWocrpcy is n very speeiOuS theory says mii-
ion of Dospotism, "but Democracy WHICH sells
wives into eternal exile from agonized husbands
and children to perpetual banishment from distrac
ted mothers-what do you think of that ,S'fI
we not consent to be sheltered a little longer under
the roof-tree of our fnthers-smokcd little it may
be- and not perfectly straight if yop insist on uicf
y but still would il be wise TO discard it for augh
: that slaycrading America has to offer us in its
stead?" Unfair as these questions are. .Sho dce-
not see that thss are most ahnoying and cmbar-
rassng to European Democrats? With popuac'
unframed To reason, and locust brood of retainers
and bcnefciaries of Aristocracy, prcdisposed to
condemn the liberal cause, who does not feel tha.
such questions carry weight far beyond whatthey
, are in justice entitled to?
As we have many readers who wero not
such when the Address OF the British Democrats on
Slavery was first received and printed, we shall
give place to it again.