Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-03-11

essa person than the Duke of Clarence Of the royal
family, in what was called his maiden speech, on
May I'd, l192, and preserved in the Parliamentary
Debates. The negroes" he said, "werc not
treated in the manner which had 80 much ngitated
the public mind. lie had been an attentive oh
server Of their state, and had no doubt that he
could bring forward proofs to convince their lord
ships that thoir state far from being miserable;
on the contrary, that when the various ranks of
society were considered, they were comparatively
in state CT humble happiness" And only the
next year this royal prince. in debate in the
House Of Lords asserted that the promoters of the
abolition of the slave trade we're "either fanatics
or hypocrtcs,' and in one of these classes he de-
clared that he ranked Wilberforce. Mark now
the end. After years Of weary effort, the slave
trade was finally abolished and at last, in 1888,
the early vindicator Of even this enormity, the
maligner Of name halloved among men, was
brought to give his royal assent as William w.,
king of Great Britain, to the immortal act of
Parliament, greater far than any victory Of war,
| by which Slavery was abolished throughout the
British dominions. Sir, time and the universal
conscience have vindicated the labors of Wilber-
force. The movement against American Slavery,
Iauspiciated by the august names Of Washington,
Franklin, and Jefferson, can camly await similar
judgement.
But il is suggested that in this movement, there
is danger to the Union In this solicitude can,
not share AS lover of concord and a jealous
partisan Of all things that make for peace / am
always glad TO express my attachment to the
Union but believe that this bond will be most
truly preserved and most bene6cently extended
ltor l shrink from no expansion where Freedom
leads the way) by firmly upholding those princi-
Piles of Liberty and justice which were made its
early corner-stones. The true danger to this
Union proceeds, not from any abandonment of the
peculiar institutions" of the South, but from the
abandonment Of the spirit in which the Union was
formedi not from any warfare, within the limits
Of thQ one tNtN,a -
fare, like that waged by this very BILL upon Free
DOM The Union is most precious but more pre-
elous FAR are that general welfare" domestic
tranquility" and those blessings Of Liberty"
which it was established to secure all which are
now wantonly endangered Not that love the
Union less, but Freedom more do now, in plead
ing this great cause, insist that Freedom, at all
hazards, shall be preserved.
One word more, and have DONE The great
master, Shakespeare, who with all-seeing mortal
eye, observed mankind, and with immortal pen
depicted the manners as they rise, has presented
scene which may be read with advantage by all
who would plunge the South into tempestuous
quarrel with the North / refer to the well-known
dialogue between Brutus and Cassius. Reading
this remarkable passage, tit difficult not to see
in Brutus our own North, and in Cassus the
South:
Cas-. Urge me 10 more, shall forget myself;
Have mind upon your health, tempt me no further
BW. Hear me, for | will speak.
Must give way and room to your rash choler?
Cas- 2 ye gods!yc gods i Must endure all
BrW. All this ? oy, more: Fret, till your proud
cart break
Go, show your slaves how choleric you are,
And make your bonimen tremble. Must bulge?
Must observe you? Must stand and crouch
Under your testy humor?
Cas-. Do not presume too much upon my love,
may do that shall be sorry for
BrH. You have done that you should he sorry for,
There is no terror, Cassius in your threats;
For am arm'd so strong in honesty,
That they pass by me, as the idle wind,
Which respect not.
Cas-. A friend should bear his friends infirmties,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Bru- | do not, TILL YOU PRACTICE THEM
on ME.
Gas. You love me not,
Bru. do not like your faults.
julius Cesar, Act 4, scene 3.
And the colloquy proceeding, each finally comes
to understand the other, appreciates his character
and attitude, and the mpctnous gallant Cassius
exclaims, Give mo your hand !" to which Brutus
replies, "And my heart too." Afterwards, with
hand and heart united, the field of Phlipp
they together upheld the liberties of Rome.
4 The North and the South, sir, MS | fondly trust
amidst all differences Of opinion, will ever have
hand and heart for each other; and, believing il
the sure prevalence Of Almighty Truth, / conf
IDENTIFY look forward TO the good time, when botl
will unite according to the sentiments ef the fa
theirs and the true spirit of the Constitution in de
claring Freedom and not Slavery NATIONAL while
Slavery and not Freedom shall be sectional. Ther
will be achieved that Union, contemplated at tho
beginning, against which the storms of factor
and the assaults of foreign power will beat in vain
as upon the Rock Of Ages and LIBERTY, seek
ing firm foothold, WILL HAVE AT LAST wnEREoN TC
STAND AND MOVE THE WORLD.