Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-12-24
ABOLITION SCHOOL BOOKS.

We recently called the attention Of the Southern
public to an Abolition school book, edited by
Charles j. Cleveland, Of Philadelphia, and which
is circulated in the South We did the au-
thority Of correspondent stating at The same time
that We had no personal knowledge Of the charac-
ter Of the book. We have since received cOmmu-
ncation from a Richmond friend residing in Phil
adelphia fully confirming lie statement Of our 9TH
or correspondent. lie says that Chas. ID. Cleveland
is one OF the very rHukost and ultra FREQ Soil ABB
oltions,g in the whole country. lie is the right
hand man Of BIncy, the son Of JAS G. Bimey
who edits the Abolition RegiSier, daily paper pub
lished in Philadelphia, and sustained by the funds
Of the Abolitionis;s.
"rhc people of the South cannot be too careful
how they credit books emanang from such sour
ces, in their midst. In fact, all school books com
ing from the injected districts ought to be subjected
10 a rigid examination
VIRGINIA., Nor &C, 1858.
We cannot but sympatl.izo with the writer Of the
paragraph quoted nom the Richmond Disbp'ch, in
the panic lie evidently lalors under in regard TO
the welfare OF the peculiar institution of the South;
and We would advise him. by all means to carry
his plan for promoting education into operation as
soon as he ciR in order that all tue benefit possible
may he derived from it. Particularly would we
urge him TO advise the exclusion from schools Of all
spelling books, Dictionaries nrthmctics, grammars,
Biographies, histories, and bibles published at the
North. Tic very fact Il being taught TO spell,
cordmG to system, out a. n bout published IN dis
trut ol country infected by abolition principles,
even if all obnoxious words should bc excluded
must initiate greatly against that noble and indie
pendent mode Vt spelling praciccd in some parts
Of the country, 10y many Of those who are gifted
with the power OF reading and writing. Diciioua-
rice too, should be carefully examined; for, since
their ayuwcd object is TO teach the iUc CdRiHg Of
words, some Of the definitions may bo at variance
with the peculiar sense in which ia desirable to
use them south Of Masen and Dixon's line.
Tic objection TO Ncr,hcn arithmetical works is
not, upon first thought, cyident indeed, unless It
rests upon their nculoatng correct modes of calcu
Stating the payment Of just debts, think our friend
Vi the Uispalch little oycr-lcaiul upon that point.
We DO not wonder SO much that Northern gram
mars should be brought under Tie ban; for what
chivahic son Of the South would be willing that his
children should be brought under the control Of
oxen grumatcal rules laid down for them by u
Northern writer, however deeply in the very ma
turc Of language itself those rules may have their
ofiSfrs A Latin grammar-by Mr.. Cleveland must
be decidedly an neendiary publication.
Biographies might be considered, by some, cx-
,gcmciy harmless productions under any crcum-
stances. But no. our friend Of the Dispatch has
doubtless had penetration enough TO discover that
it is the direct tendency Of all those published at
the North to show that Of all Christian countries,
with the exception of this free and enlightened Re-
public--by whose unqualified declaration all men
are born free and cquul-only those just emerging
from standardization tolerate legal slavery in any
SHAPE
History OF all kinds should le decidedly prohib-
tied, until few works Of the sort can he got mp
expressly for the Southern market from which cy
cry expression suggestive OF the love Of liberty, aud
Tie efforts made Tor the attaining Of it by the en-
slaycd Of all ages should be eXpunCcd; the lact
HAT slavery las in all time been iuimicol TO the
best interests Of State, he suppressed and that
dcspotic rule has olrays become tyranny be fuily
oontradictcd This method or writing may render
the study Of history rather limited lut that will
save the eyes Of pupils, MS the generality Of the
school books published at the South are most mis-
crahlc specimens Of the art Of printing.
Tho book, bowoyer, which should be most gard
ed against, Is the Bible. Al friend DisJGich!
you arc surely right there. The Northern Bibles
are very dangerous books to put into the hands Of
those who are TO be trained up to hold the bodies
ard souls Of Gods men and women in bondage.
The one command, "no unto others even as yo
would that they should do unto you," may PUT your
children upon thinking whether they are to obey
the commands of God, or TO uphold an institution
the existence Of which is preserved by direct vi
0latiOn of tlis fundamental principle Of Christian
ity. Forbid Northern Bibles, then Ly all means
and have one prepared with notes adapted to the
promotion Of your own peculiar institution, as is
practicod in countries that could be mentioned
where the tyranny which can be no longer eXer-
cised over the bodies Of is excrted to hold their
minds in the ircn thrall q rigorous bondage.
Seriously, ii the subject were not one involving
such momcntcus consequences, such an article as
tie one under consideration would only move to
laughter Save your strength, friend Dispdtch, for
some cause proportioned to its ygor, and attempt
neither to check the onward of the river Of
truth with sand, nor to bind the flames OF Just zeal
for truth with fcttcrs Of flax. Such puny efforts
servo only to show the weakness Of your cause.
Slavery must already hold with a dying grasp in
the Old Dominion when such means arc considered
important for its preservation.
Keep the young in Ignorance of the light in
shich slavery is viewed by the world Surely the
Object Is one bcitting the dark ages, and is only
equalled in its folly by the plan proposed for pro-
noting it. No, friend Dispatch, my feeble efforts
may be unaSailing in promoting the cause Of free
dom and humanity; but yours will be equally so
in delaying it, The glorious light of the Retormo-
ton, which filled the papal Powers of Europe with
dsmay dawned first within the cell of solitary
monk. The efforts of England to keep our own be-
loved country in subection gave rise to the Revolu-
ton by which our freedom was purchased with
blood. China, which has for so many centuries re-
sisted all progress through knowledge gained by IN
tereourse with "outsde barbarians" is now obliged
to arm against her own children in the strife tos
civil and religious freedom.
Magma est reritas ct pyepaleJH Shut out, if you
can, Northern teachers from your borders; exclude
Northern books from your schools; build a wall
around your territories sinking TO the depths OF the
earths and rising to the very gates Of heaven, and
you cannot shut out the light of truth, for its prin
eiples are engrafed in the human heart Neither
can you preserve, one moment longer than is per-
mitted by tho Almighty, an institution 80 at war
with the holiest and iustest feelings Of our nature.
There are, in the South noble and upright hearts
In abundance, that will neither bind themselves
nor their children with such bigotry, but who would
feel themselves outraged by proposal so degra-
ding and futile thot OF keeping their children
Ignorant Of the evils of slavery.
This is not the first time such project has been
started and 1t no doubt has its origin now. as it
had then, in desire Of making speculation by