Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-04-30
WHOLE NO 396.

longs to the States. aud TINT the clause needs
no additional legislation, lie nfiirms, also,
ilui he swenrs IN support the Constitution ne
! G understands it. AS Governor of hlassg-
clusetts, therefore, lie would he bound 10
see that iigiives were returned. Any slnve-
holder might, ms Free Soilers think, Use IlIs
old English wriis, aud ii allie to convince q
Boston jury, (no hnrd taskl the Governor
must sustain the decision of the court. The
action of congress on this subject, Mr.. Mann
considers unconstitutional; aud lie las
hundred times nvOwed that lie would never
obey it, OF course, then, lie would not bs
deferred from doing, rs Governor, his con-
stliutanul duty, merely because somebody
else Congress, for instance, lad illegally in
i1riercd IN the matter. ! ask him then
| how, with this theory, lac could agree TO
take such nn office. lie rcplIes,--'l think
| no Governor of this State will ever issue his
warrant for TIC return Of u fugitive slave,
who has not lnd iriPl by jury aud prola-
hly slavery itself will lac "hasted" by tho
Lord, before n jury trial will be gran ed by
Cungrtss; the danger, therefore, is at tile ye-
ry vanishing point
Before ajHry irial be granted Jy Congve:sY
But Congress has nothing, Mr.. Mann thinks
to do with The business. WHY doos,rlis
| Governor wait for Congress? Let him do
his clear acknowledged duty. But no; 10
Gear himself as Governor, lie will inke the
Constitution ms the nation nlcrprots il, and
wait I'LL Congress uses. in different way, liz
us,rpel po,rtr! To Gear himSft, as Repre-
ssnidire in Congress, he " III take the Con-
siiiuiion as he understands IL, und is sure Con.
eress has nothing To do With the matter, aud
tint the slave net is unconstitutional Free
SOi,urs nipy then lie Preside hts oithe t.Sintes,
or members of Congress, because, triih their
Interpretation, tie National Government has
nothing to DO with slaves; that belongs to
the States! And Free Snicr may be Gov
ornor o: Slnte, hecuusr tie Supreme, ,Cour
says the surrender OF slaves belongs TO tho
Nhlinn Very convenient morality this! -
DO the party keep men with one theory to
act Ia ;hc States, aud men with another the
ory To net in the Nation? Right enough,
pei hnps, when the individual is not implicated
as in Mr. Nann's case, ,in both capacities Con-
neciicut families managed IN n similar way
They used, il is said, TO let church members
make wOpdrn iiuiinegs, which was held in
noctht; hut kept one snn dncoE peried to sell
ihcm which was thought questionable. We
kare-icss strict uow-n-da,s Cuuysrsinu aud
| clIurcli-nenbersiiip would not iIiicrl,re, al
presrui, with such business.
Chul's l.rmb paints, in Luran's manner,
n hungry God, lowering, with expectant nos-
trils, in wait for lis incense, while Two priests
dispute which shall offer il, and nt last tho
deity has In fly away without his dinner.
lmngine slaNch0lder waiting thus for Mr..
Mann TO lei lin have, in one character or
the other, his acknowledged iegai rights. But
Governor Mann and Mr.. Reprcse ntaiivo
Mann bnil brg To he excused. benignly as
suring him all the while, (p. Az J that Free
Soilers are most especially Udion ioring and
i1l0 abiding men = aud that le 'acknow ledges
his Obligations to the Constitution while il 10
suffered to last'
Should Governor ever be brought 10 the
! necessity Of issuing his wurraui, Mr.. Mann
thinks he Is still safe. lie could buy he siuue
What II grand mornl picture! Alnssnnchu-
sclts Governors buying Off the slaves they
/ have agreed To restore Tiis is too lndc-
rouSly untcnahln TO be considered ia serious
Argument Suppose BDssanio cannot per-
shade Shylock 10 give up his pound of flesh;
suppose the mnsier refuse to sell, ns in sew
erai recent cases (SnIs aud othrrs) he has
done, where then is Governor Mann? |
hope every Governor who takes office on
this plan, will see tlIut he has much goods
laid up for there are thousands of lugiIives
| in the State, and with such proclamation
am afraid his much goods will not be laid
up for many years
Ii is here that MIR. Mann says, ! once tore
up my commission aud retired to dignified
leisure,' aud lie thinks office holders may
wait I'LL actually required To do some wicked
net and then initnIe my example. Let mo
inlorm him That never held any office, rx-
cept n military one long before | wus All nlo-
litionst. My sense of duiy would not nllow
me 10 take nn office, any possible duty of
which considered sinful. II, nllcr inking
an Office, ] slould discover that any of its
o.. 4. a.. n
not continue 10 hold it ill such crisis occnrr-
cd-giying, all Me ,shiie, The influence of my
example 10 tedd other men inio Ike positions, and
10 uphold The GOrTHment. iut should resign
at once. acted on this priciple in quitting
my profession.
Mr.. Mann acknowledges That lie voted tho
money which paid Millard Fillmore, Levi,
W0ndhury, Charles Drvans, Peleg Sprague
aud u. X. Curtis for their respective shnres in
the Boston slave eases. nsk any Hbolilionist
what is his first impression on reading such
confession? Was Tim, vote for an nnti-
slavery man TO give? Mr.. Mnnnl links il wns
The only wny he proves the vote innocent IL
this. lie says am equally guilty, because
puy taxes. Ii the fact be so, | submit that
my guilt does not prove his innocence /; nnd
it this be the only argument Free SOilers
have To offer, their cause seems 10 me very
weak Aud yet ! have faithfully examined
the entire column devoted N this point, and
assert that this is the only deenre Mr.. Mann
offers, except the iollowing:-
Nor do consider myself any more ae-
countabe for their unconstitutional proceed
ings in the Sims case, Than should had they
sentenced MIR. Phillips 10 he drawn aud quar-
tered Ii responsibility is TO he extended
: and diiiused in such way, no man can live
f in society for day without incurrng dam
, ming guilt. do my duty, in my office, on
my own responsibility others may do theirS
ON their rnsunn nsihiiIv W