Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-05-28
SALEM, COLUMBIANA CO.. OHIO, MAY %, 1853

| wish TO show thut there nre or causes hs su-
cred and dear to other men as MIR. Phillips
Is to him; aud if he were capable Of putting
himself in their stead hut for n moment, he
could not tut seeit When the cause u good
aud the motive holy, as in the case of Kossuih
aud Father Mathew, it is the inieDsest hltol-
erance and bgotry TO del,ar one from all dis
crction in the uodc of pursuing It. The
I high priests mud Phnrisecs were ns anxious
7 for Savior ms any body. They cruciiied
/ Christ simply because he woud not save
Jerusalem In their ray. How could Oberlin,
or Pestalozzi, or Howard, or Mrs. Fry, or
Miss Dix, attend to all pliilnpthropies, Mt oilce,
md how unjust to accuse them of indlifer-
ence 10 nDy other good, because their heavenly
zeal 10 one absorbed them from others? The
Mention OF this last lady's name reminds me
of Mr.. Phillips defence that he must accuse
even the noblest men, pursuing tue noblest
objects in order to be impartial. The clain
is un!ounded. / understand TINT Miss Din,
IN her holy mission among the insane OF the
Southern States, has pursued the same course
that lather Mathew did on his errand OF lem
perance. Yet Mr. Phillips has never dared
to rebuke her. Among the mad men she
has quglled, he, as yet is one of her trophies.
On the topic of tnx-paying, Mr.. Phillips
in defending himself advances fair aud Just
priuciple,-O which would he but give
others the benefit of II, ns well as clnim u
for himself, would have precuded all he has
ever said against kossuth, Father Mathew,
or,-to place n small man by the side of great
ones,--against me. Speaking of resistance
to the thx. x.gatherer. lac says, Each man VIII
Judge how far aud in whit wny he VIII resist
aud protest against such things What, hut
this principle, and the concession OF II gen
eraly, instead Of Mr.. Phillips personal mo-
n0poly, does the voter or oilice-hOlder need
] showed, in my last, that am under con
straint aud aud duress, ten thousand times
more Imperative aud rigorous, than nny war
rant the tax-cOllcctor can show. Yet he de-
ionds himself on one principle, and condemns
me on its opposite.
MIR. Phillips next column and n half nre
30 vague aud coulnsrd MS to bewider logic
itsclf,-mere sand without lime. II they
contain n single legal or ethical proposition,
stated with its natural limitations and qunlti-
cations, hive been unable To find it. Were
a fog-bell TO be rung in the middle Of them.
il could not he heard at either cud. Instead
therefore, OF attempting an answer in detail,
will set down few principles which, MS il
seems TO Inc, embrace the whole range OF
their topics. ] begin with one which Mr.,
Phillips laid down when defending limselfs
namely,
Government is a necessary OWL To
obtain as much good, and to avoid as much
harm, as is possible, there are two principal
ways of reforming or improving the govern
ment under which men are born IL Rev
oulions by violence, as in despolisnls; and,
=. Reform by voting, as in republics. In
my opinion, unjust as our government is, IN
one respect, il is still the best ever devised
10y man and u men cannot rote under his
government, innoceniiy, hom could they ercr hare
uoied under any Of he inferior forms Of goU-
ernmeni, out Of tchich, qfler thousands Of years
Of struggle, they hGUe al last GriVed al our
more perfect, or less imperfect system? TuAT
is, now COULD NATIONS EVER HAVE EMERGED
FROM DEsPOTisM, WITHOUT GETTING AS MUCH
POWER TO VOTE AS TREY COULD, AND THEN
USING WHAT THEY HAD GOT? If MAN
CANNOT VOTE UNDER OUR Constitution
BECAUSE, IN ONE PARTICULAR, IT VIOLATES
THE 'liIGmER LAW THEN THERE HAS NEVER
BEES HUMAN GOVERNMENT, UNDER WHICH
HE COULD VOTE; AND, WITHOUT VOTING,
uow CAN THE WORLD EVER EXPECT TO on
TAIN ONE?
In the three coordinate branches of our
general Legislative, Judicial
and eXeculive,-ench member swcars 10
and maintain il, in all the duties that come
within lis official sphere. Any supposition
that he swears TO perform another mans
duties, or is guilty because another man vio-
lates duly either by omission or commission,
is absurd on the face of il. Each member
of these coordinate branches is to act within
his sphere, according TO his own opinion and
conscience. States aud individuals may he
constrained to act against their opinions
But the Supreme Court cannot issue mnndd-
mus or quo iUnrrdnto, against Senate or House,
nor can the President coerce the Supreme
Court by army or navy? But il is objected,
that If earh member of these coordinate
bodies governs himself by his own opinion
and conscience, there will be anarchy. How
so? Noihing can be recorded aud become
! authoritative hut hy the will of a maiority,-
sometimes of more. But let us Look at the
alternative. Suppose the members of these
three branches discard their 'own opinion
aud couscience,' and go on bludly, Higher
Law or lower law, will my opponent tell
me whether that would he better?
! But Senators confirm judges and mnrshnls,
aud both Senators aud members of the
! House pnss appropriation bills. Yes. hut
| no Free Soil Senator votes TO confirm Judge
or marshal, who, in his belief, will ever exc
cute the Fugitive Slave Law; bd he UofJ
against him aud, let specific bill be pre-.
sented for paying Judge or marshal the foul
wnges of sending a mon into bondnge under
that law, aud no Free Soiler will vote for II;
or, if he does, will take turns With tho
Gurrisonians in alternate scourgings and
expostululions, until the sinner repents.--
Aud whom do the appropriation nils pay!
II has been said there Rre hundred thou
sand recipients of the United States ireasu-
ry,-pensioners, postmasters, judges, custom
house officers, &c. &c. Not one in thou
sand of these has ever had any more con-
nection with the Fugitive Slave Law, than
they have with Pharaoh's pursuit after Mo.
ses aud the children of Israel; and should
they ever volunteer for such purpose, they