Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-05-14


Jesuitism, aud now seeks TO fasten that Jes.
uItlsnl on me. have no heart TO inflict auy
severer punishment upon him for this than
TO quote the whole case from my last letter -
lie fabricates both premises and conclu-
sIons. For example: IN my last letter, I
male remark, OH which Mr. Phillips, in
ms last, made comment. | collate both
Tor the readers perusnl:
lr. .Hdnn's Remark. Jfr. .philips' Comment.
had supposed This is virtually
,,nt as an onth makes the Jesuits' rule. that
uuu party TO the promises are binding,
uuhshcllon, u Is blnd- not az the parties un-
'ng ~ lhni sense in derstaud them, but az
which lie knows tho the promisor secretly
party took IT, intended. That is, a
man may swear onu
thing, and mean an
other, and God jus,i-
fies him'
"Now, in my remark, where is there my
Veshge or glimmer of an idea about promi.
ses not being binding 'ns the parties under.
stood them or about secret intentousi
governing; or about mans 'sweariuE one
thing aud meaning another; or about Gods
Jusillying men for lying aud perjury p
Where, demand, is there any wink or odor
OF such base IDEAS? Aud yet, do not these
ideas compose the whole substance of Mr..
PhilIips's comment? a Jesuit plainly en-
ougIi, but which is hep"
But he cau't get definite answer from
me ~ return To n constitutional point. Let
him CEASE his maign attacks upon my char.
acter aud conduct, aud he shall be welcome
l al Ia, -.
as deeply interested in that question ms he,
aud willing to discuss il with him; for if |
nln wrong, ! desire TO be convinced, as n
sick man would desire to be healed.
lie says that his heing n sinner does not
prove me n saint Would that il did: for
then would not my calling and election he
sure? Not that would have him n sinner
for that purpose; but it. he Is resolved to be
one, why should not take advantage of il,
Just ae no takes advantage of our covenant
with Death aud agreement with Hail. 10
transact his business under il, whether pub.
lie or private?
Mr.. Phillips occupies the next two col.
unns in discussing the old question whether
n Free Soiler can innoccnlly vote, or hold of.
.fices, State or national. BIT he has not adj
yancud' a widea on the subject. Iia mere.
ly reiterates the old ones, that if Mr.. Hale,
as President, or Mr.. Sumner, as Senator.
should nominate or confirm Judge or mar
shnl, they would be personally responsible
for the nets which those offices should do.
This IL amazingly loose. II the President
appoints Judge, he is n judge until he re-
signs, dies, or is successfully impeachcd.-
IL the SENATE confirms marshal, they have
afterwards no more power over him than
they have over the governor of Canada.--
Should they nominate or confirm man
whom they know, or hive reasonable ground
to suspect would execute the Fugitive slovc
Law, then ] admit they would be guilty.
but who believes that any Free Soiler would
ever do SO? The iramers of the Constilu-
;on are just ns responsible for all the iniuu-
ties committed under il, as any upright
President would be for honestly appointing
a Judge who afterwards should rob Jurors
of their prerogntives. A Judge is not np-
pointed, nor are appropriations made to pny
him, that lie may do unconstitutional, but
only constitutional nets. voted for MIR.
Hale, therefore, among other things that we
might have good appointments. Had lie
needed hut one vote 10 be elected, Mr.. Phil-
lips would not have given that one vote but
on mere casuislical whini, as il seems TO
me, no better than those metaphysical or
mathematical puzzles, which, though they
cnn be proved true in one way, can he prov
ed false in hundred ways,-he would suf-
fer the reign of slavery to continue forever.
Aud 80 he construes my vote, given to get
rid OF the atrocities of the Fugitive Slave
Law, ms an act of damning immortality
Nay, he adds, Every voter in the last cleo
ton was responsible for the election of Pres
idcnt Pierce, aud for all the ordinary conSii-
tutiondl Gcts he may do That is, for OPP
pointing pro.slavcry governors and pro-slav-
cry Judges tor the new territories He might
just as well say that the Mexican govern
ment is responsible for slavery and pUlyga-
my in Utah, after they did all they could 10
prevent its conquest. Yet in this very letter,
Mr.. Phillips atlirms that government is n
necessary evil Well, can wo have u gov
ernnlent without any governors? But if he
will not vote for any one officer Whatever,
and consigns TO perditon every body who
does, where is his necessary government 10
come from? Hear, then. the conclusion of
the whole matter. l. We must have gov
ernmenI; it is necessary evil All ordin-
ance Of God, aud fatality of the rncG.--
Aud, 2. Our duty TO the slave makes il a
damnable sin TO vote for any officer in this
government
What, then, will Mr.. Phillips do lie will
let others shake the tree of Death while he
picks up aud eats its fruit lie says lie has
heard of n firm composed of Christian aud
a Jew,--the Christian keeping shop on Snt-
urday, and the Jew on Sunday. Didn't the
old 'De te fdbuiG narGtlT' come into his
nind when he told this story? Didn't lie
see that only one poiut was wanting to make
the anology to his own case complete p
Suppose a silent partner, whose superiine
conscience would not allow him to keep shop
Saturday or Sunday but who goes to the
money-drawer every Monday morning, and
quietly abstracts his full share of the profits.
SO of his Connecticut story about the
Christian family, who kept one unregenTGte
son to sell the morally contrabnnd articles
which they manufactured. Surely, that was