Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-12
JOHN VAN BUREN,.

II may he matter Of curiosity TO some o. our rea
dcrs to know how this former champion Of free soil
can talk now on the slave question. Well hc,e 10
n specimen taken from a late speech in New York.
Here is his apolgy for going South.
There is much to attract northern man towards
the south. My own associations at college at
Washington, al watering places aud elsewhere, have
been largely with suthefn people have iamly
connection there's lrcioicc unalec,edly that the
slavery agitation has subsidized because it cudan-
gers their peace. can well understand that public
men should be influenced by the south. 1t may be
their mild climate, their bright sun, their luscious
fruits, their luXuriant flowers the generosity Ul
the men, or the graccs Of the 'gcntlcr sex--or il
may be all these combind to which the rugged
northern nature yields. But it should be remcm-
beged that 1t is physical rs well rs political fact
that one cannot turn his face to the South without
leaving his back to the north, and by the same
saln,o with which he bows TO the South he bids
adieu to the North. 1t is udcrous to tender assis
lance to the South when hc who offers it cant stand
alone himself. To be strong abroad, a public man
should bc strong ut home. One ambitious 10 Le q
public servant requires. like private servant,
good Character from his last place laughter and
when any man finds himself forced 10 tako q posi-
into that prostrates him in one section Of the
Union, he may be visited and regarded with inter
est, like the fallen columns Of an ancient ruin,
whose carving is admired, whose associations are
touching, ana whose history is rcyered but nobody
ever proposes to mar their beauty or disturb their
repOse by using them to pop modern cdhce or To
uphold tottering structure. (Cheers and great
applause, But trust tie day has arrived when
these remarks are no more applicable 10 section
OF the Union than to another in the language of our
gallant leader, wo know mo North, no South. no
East no West" but q common brotherhood Of free
states, and o common bond II union in our gl0ri.
Gus constution. Cheers.
Speaking of the union he charaeteriIcs II well, as
as a "JYhits mans Union" He says:
never saw but two men who thought the Union
in danger ! believe that the Union is too deeply
anceored in the hearts Of the people for anything
in rega " negroes to disturb II at all. oppluuso.
1t is white mans Union, aud not all tle negroes
can disturb 1t. Removed applause. But MIR.
W Ood went down " Castle Garden with the nsr-
chants " preserve the UniLn," and in return he
mas been engaged in sending back fugitive negroes
and hope lac mas been paid, us all lawyers should
be. applause. The second mll l kuow, that
Thought The Union i'll danger, war Major General
/ Scott. Applause and laughter. was walking
down Broadway with him wncn tue fugitiyes slave
law passed. lie said the passage VI the compromise
measures made the Union perfectly safe. Said
General, do you really think the Union is in dan
ger" lie said he did, and crossed over the way.
walked along down, thanking uod | was 10 geuer-
al, and couldn't see the danger. Laughter. Gen.
Scott aud Mr.. Wood have the rewards Vfapprvyiug
conseenees, no doubt. Mr.. Wood has, in addition
the honor OF nomination for the judge oi the Court
of Appeals, with q reasonable certainty that
Charies IL. Rugges will relieve him ot trouble oi
Idischarglng its duties.
The danger to the Union from any agitation in
the slavery question is imaginary--Uut faithful
adherence to the Baltimore platform, which pledges
the democratic party against the renewal VI this
agitation, is the less necessary the part Oi
every true democrat When that platfrom was
constructed stood upon it here and vcnturcd to
predict that the state Of New York would do SO
likewise.
read attentyely tho proceedings at the Hale
dinner. Charles sumner says, we must teach oui
children hostility to slavery, With the AID d
Misses Cassidys excellent school, l can teach my
. cid without public meeting! Mr.. SumneI
speaks VI what we should do IN our families. lie
Is bachelor, 1t is quite plain, or ho would ncye
have gJt the primitive notion Of grand natlona
organization and public meeting in tent ~ he'll
; each other do family duty If Uee democracy ha'
come TO this, pieier the old kind.
The editors Vi the EreRtHg Post, | regret to say
do not live up to the democratic contract They
= undertake to tell me that the platform is nonsense
. that we did not know what We were doing At th,
time adopted it; aud that there is sense in II
think there is in il, and it is al-impOrtan
" adhere to it, The EueRiHg Post nobody can ad
D mire more than do in general, for the literary
9 skill and ability, integrity and courage which dis
) tnguish that paper; but it never claimed to be
party organ. When the party was for judicion
tarn the Post was for free trade-when the party
was for state banks, the Post was tor hard money
The party afterwards came nearly up to the Post!
position, but now the Post is 50 far in advance
lear it has lost its way, and may he cut of beiOr'
assistance reach it. 1t is excuse for the Pos
that Dickinson, Dan. Taylor and Foote agitate tn
slavery questions these relics OF past contest fur
nish no example or Qualification for live democrats
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