Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-04-23
WHOLE NO 395.

money went to pay for carrying Sims to
Georgia, TO turn about and deal damnation
round the land on all honest and earnest
men, because they do not moralize with his
conscience. But, still condemning me for
roting the money which he paid, Mr.. Phillips
adds, The old saw Qm .fdcit per alum, IA
cd per Sc, hold to he good logic and good
Latin Very well. II So, then MIR. Phillips
stands condemned, not merely in the Christ
ian but in the pagan language. lie pays the
money to the high priests, which he knows
is going into Judass bag, ms the reward for
betraying his Muster. Therefore, thou art
tnercuSdb'e, o. .Mr. WENDELL PHILLIPs, for
ichcrcin thou judgest another, thou condemnest
hyseD; for thou that judgeSt, doeSf The same
things.
Mr.. Phillips applies for and accepts tho
advantages, while lac slirks all the labors Of
the society to which he belongs. Ills stand
ing definition of tho y. Stntes Constitution
is, thnt il is "a covenant with Denth, aud an
agreement with He'll; yet most unconcern-
edly, every day, lie will pay money TO this
same dnninnble government, whenever il
will sulsrryc his own convenience. lie
goes to the post-ofiice, bows politely, and
says, Mr.. Covenantor with Death and Con-
trnctor with Hell, please give me the letters
in MY box lie looks n; the post-mnrSs and
and contractors with Hell the letters have
passed through, the more he voluntarily
phys. Nay, hc goes deliberately, and of his
own mere motion, volunteers overtures and
subornlngs To any or all the twenty thousand
sworn covenuutars with Death aud contract
ors with Hell between here and California,
asks them 10 take his letters, aud pays down
to them beforehand the price OF blood and
this lac docs, u presume every day in the
year. Were Mr.. Phillips to lose thousand
dollar check, through the neglect or embez-
element Of u postmaster, clerk, or mail
carrier, see nothing in his conduct how
ever much there may be in his professions,
that leads me to doubt that lie would prose-
cute the delinquent; ny, and employ mar
sllnl Dcvcns TO arrest him, and 20 before
Judge Curtis or Judge Sprague to try him,
aud thus get back his pennyworih Of that
salary, which lie originally helped pay. Mr..
Phillips snys, one eau hardly tuke the hum
bIesi Office in it, lihe government, without
becoming partaker in the responsibility of
every other Does not Mr.. Phillips pay
duties on Imputed books? Does he allure
all patent rights or patented discoveries, or
the products of them? Does he buy 10
copy riGtcd books, speeches or nrtces?--
Aud il lac does all these things,-tempiing
men To he post masters, &c, and pay ing
them, not ucIcly for making but for execut-
ing covenants with Death and agreements
with liell,' then, according to his own rule,
is not he u receiver of stolen goods hypoc-
riically ing honilies to the thief? Does
lac not use all The passwords and counter
signs OF Pandemonium, as ianiliarly as /,
who only vote money for appropriations
which le pays? Nay, is not his little finger
thicker thnn my loins? am acting in this
matter MS well as know how. have come
10 the conclusion, that, if wait for perfect
government, in this imperfect world / shall
never have any; but anarchy and clnos and
all forms of violence instead; and therefore,
while, on the one hand, vii! never know
ingly give my hnnd or voice for the perpe-
trullon of wrong; yet on the other, will
not alJnre all opportunity or power OF right
ing tue wrong, aud fly cowardly from a
hand-to-hand contest with the great cham
pi0hs OF oppression To enjoy, in my retreat,
every benefit of government which | can
use, while refuse TO encounter one of its
perils. But Mr.. Phillips cspouses different
theory he PROCESSES to ALLURE the govern
ment; he will not he n soldier in It's army,
nor sailor in its navy, nor n Justice of the
peace IN lis ungistrncy; and yet he will live
under lis protection, use its post offices, its
patent laws, and IFS copyright laws; tako
the benefit OF nll its treaties of commerce
and navigation; sail Ivy its lighthouses,
thread the crookcdest channel by its buoys,
and travel in foreign countries under its
passports. But, notwithstanding all this, he
holds up rule Of duty for me, so strict that
mortal man never followed it. Hence, while
my course OF life agrees with its theory, MIR,
Phillips is acting against light, knowledge,
conviction, and decorations which lie has n
thousand times Numbered ferth through all
the presses and from all the roslrums in the
land where he could get n hearing. The
Constitution itself is "A covenant with Death,
and an agreement with llell,'- veritable
League with the Devil, signed, sealed, ac-
knowledged and recorded. Mr.. Phillips is
too wary TO be party to the original artic-
les but he has way of avoiding nll peril
and securing all advantages, by making sub
contracts with one of the principals.
MIR. Phlllipss whole theory about the ma
lure Of the official oath, the purpose for
which /, is taken, and the rule 10y which il
Is to be construed, seem TO me llntenable,
aud IN some points, ridiculous. II under
stand him, lac holds that the decisions of
Tie supreme Court on the Constitution
become II part Of the Constitution, SO
that whoever swears to support the for
ner, swears TO support the latter Also
II so, then that Court eau abolish the free
agency OF Congress and President, Just as
Judge Curtis, Sprague and Hall have abol-
ishcd the prerognIives ofjurors. IL Judge
can make II traverse juIy swear to conyict.
under certain condinpns which lie himself
prescrbes, then il is very clear that he can
make the grand jury swear to indict, under
certain other conditions; aud if this be SO.
then l'e can get any niau indicted by tie one.
and convicted by the other, for any offence.
while sos many as tweniy-folIr scoundrels
can he found in my county or district, base
enough to do is b'ddingi and no innocence
mas !Iie possibility OF escape. Now Mr..
Phillips claims this extreme preroguiive Co.