Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-06-25
From the Libora'o.
New England inl.SlOyrry Convention.
speech Of Parkc cr PiiIsbury.
PnoNoGRAPAfcALLY REPORTED BY }. NJ W
lERRtNGTCN.


| interest mud high intelligence, ndmouish me
| to beware how ,respnss upon your tune
| impossible Ms it is for INC tn hciglten the in
| terpst OF the present moment, willie | mny
/ greatly decrease II.
Some suggestions were mnde at the open.
| ing of the meeting this afternoon, upon which
I ! have been rejecting, aud which seem To
/ call for further consideration. A reference
[ to few recent historical events will illustrate
all | have in mind.
A great deal is said in our time nnd hear
ing about Compromises aud about platforms.
The word Compromise was hnpiised with n
new force aud meaning in 1s50-lhe word
Platform ut Baltimore. in 1852.
But allow me to say That our Free Soil
friends nre not the men To talk against Com
promises because tic Compromises OF 1850
were only secondary aud successive TO nm.
other more serious, fatal, aud dreadful com
promise, that was made fall thirty yenrs
before. 4 great deal has been said within
the last twenty years. nbout tho Missouri
Compromise. That also was only sccon-
Diary and small affair. The grand Compro.
mise, ia which we nre all more particularly
interested, WINS that entered into by the North
aud South, in the foundation Of the Union
aud Government. That is the great trunk
Of the tree, from which all these others pro-
ceed, only MS branches; aud nIn more con.
ccrned in laying the axe at The root of thu
tree, than IN Topping of the branches of 1850
or 1920 And could we get this idea beiora
the people, IL might serve, in some degree,
10 Illustrate the necessity, mud perhaps tn
enforce the Importance of the position occu-
pied ly those holding their anniversary hero
To day
The Compromises of l550-what nre
they? They were only part, very smnll
part of the action of the Government in be-
half of slavery; aud They weie nm nclion OF
the Government such as could never have
taken place without other compromises
those formed when the Government of tho
United States was formed. Now, it seems
To me our Free Soil friends had better 60
lilllc beyond the compromises of 1850; and
all who sustain this Government had better
| look aud see if the compromise, 10y which
| millions Of their lrlow-beings ARE held in
! Slavery, is not nj least ms wicked as that
compromise Of 1850, which only proposes to
! return some few NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. not even
50 many ns tlInt-to bondage, it, they shall
hive escaped. nu not able to see how il
is possible that men who voluntarily support
| that compromise, can find any particular
fault with The compromise of 1850. Multi
tudcs OF slaves have died and are still living
who nre held in bonds in consequence of
the compromise entered into nj The formation
of the Government. Nobody will deny that.
Now, who sustain that compromise? IL
seems to me that those who sustain the Gov.
crnment are responsible for the great com
pronise-older than tho Missouri Compro.
mise, older aud moro dreadful far than tbs
conprJinlse of 1850
Then, another thing. A great denl is said
in our lime about PlHtlorms-lhc Wing plat.
form nj Baltimore, the Democratic platform
at Baltimore, erected there, now almost
year ago. What were they? They wero
only the temporary scafEdling of Two por-
tons Of the American people, and they were
enacted for specific aud very Temporary
purpose. Afterwards, c2mc the Pittsburgh
platform. ! believe the only important oil.
lect Of it was to demolisll the other two and
yet, do not see why they Ind not as legni-
mate a right To stand ns the other; for the
three together were only the foundation, tho
underpinning Of the great Government plut.
form, concerning which all these parties nre
alike interested, and for The existence of
! Which they urc alike responsible.
| Am right in this idpn? II not, set mo
/ right. The Democratic Platform was erected
first, then the Wing; aud lastly the Free Soil
| Platform. On the Democratic Platform.
Franklin Pierce wns nominated for the Pres.
idcncy; on the Wing Platform, Gen. Scott
wns nominated for that Office and on the
: Free Democratic Platform. John 7. Hale
/ Well, Then, these three platforms were olI
engaged in supporting the great government.
tai platform, un which is offered coniinusllv
the sacrifice of more than three millions Of
human beings; mud nt that dreadful altar
sioud the high priest of the Democratic ,ar-
", General Pierce, the high priest of The
Wing party, General SrOit, and the hiuh
priest of the Free Soil party, John p. Hale;
aud At their feet lay bound aud bleeding, n
burning but living sacrifice of three m,Liions
o. bodies, souls anf sprits. Aud there stood
these three high priests of their respective
parties, and ing c'r hands 10 heaven to-
gether, they swear Illat, so help them God,
that sacrifice slnl hc kept continually burn
ing, as m Offering to the American Union
that as fast as one million shall be deyoured.
another million shnl he hurled into ihe 6nmc.
aud together they snl wPsie, and togotI,ep
consume, while The smoke of their fiery tor.
ment ascends up before the nation aud before
God The Slave Power, That controls The
country, then comedies 10 these three Liuh
prlests--thut terrible Trinity of oppression-
condesrends 10 conct de To them, that the
Union shall he saved, aud siIall stand inyio.
late nnd The three shall lilt up their voices
together, aud cNclaim, Ia glorious concert--
Great is Diana of the Epliesiait Grent il
or glorious Union
Now, Mr. Chairman, ! cannot see, for nv
pnri, amy particular diff renee in the ,brcs
platforms. regard then, as alike ,he G,,,
daiion of the government of the roun.
care very httle who stands upon the Dem.
ocratic platform, nnl | nm sure. nlso W.