Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-03-25

the Declaration of Independence, that all men are
created free and equal, and having planted that as
right, we let all the many and beautiful branches
of Democratic Institutions come up from it in all
their directions, The moment however, the Gle
ment Of color enters into the question, the compass
is all adrft-it never points to the North Pole
D (cheers and laughtcr). Iou can trust Ameri-
, can anywhere except in question where there IL
G color Ills logic is perfect. lie will hcw 10 the
Q line remorseessly. lie docs not care whether he
8 cuts down bishops or thrones. lie does not care
n whe her he makes fdbuia rdsd-c!can ground OF
; all human institutions His original plan is ",fdt
institid 'Uat cem," let justice be done though the
Heavens fall. lie is for right and impartial JUS
c ticc to every man. Every man is to enjoy his
rights; and If Government cannot exist with these
rights, let Government 90 to the wall, and not the
man. lie says there isnotlling sacred under heay
en- but man. God made him, but everything else
man made and everything must go to the wall
before the rights Of man. This is'thc noble aud
t sublime attribute Of the American people. 1t is
! the idol of our institutions, provided the man be
white (applause). But or fathers made great
mistake when they omitted the adjective. They
should have said, "All white men created free
! and equal (applause). Here is Mr.. Petit, Of
T Indiana, Senator who scorns the idea that all
men are free and equal, and who thinks that there
is not black man in the United States who is his
equal, hope, for the credit OF the colored race,
that there is not daughter and cheers. That is
the condition to which we have come.
produced it; because the moment we get upon the
question of Slavery an American cannot bear to
hear 1t mentioned | should not be making an
ant-slayery speech tonight if these three millions
OF blacks were wlite-not bit ofi( (cheers.) Your
whole and hearts would ourun all my fan
atheism, and you would consider me decidedly cool
If they were only white Why, here is black
child, born in South Carolina and some John G.
Calhoun looks into the cradle puts his hand upon
us brow which Gods hand has just left, and says.
This is mime" And he takes it when he pleases
from its mother, and disposes of it rs he pleases.
"No tie, however close, between those hearts, is
anything TO me- 1t is mine" Nobody thinks this
atroctous, because the babe is black. But let
somebody 60 to the Green Mountains and put II
hand upon the cradle Of a bluccycd habc and take
1t and sell 1t at the auction block in New Orleans,
and how soon would those hills tear themselves
from their foundations and pour themselves upon
the CHrolinas, to redeem those blue eyes and sunny
locks tl'oud cheers.) How soon would the pull
PIT find out that it was not blue-eyed Onesimus
that Paul sent back to his master! How soon
would the pastors Of Presbyterian pulpits lift up
both hands to merciful God, and pray that he
would restore that bale to the agonized bosom of
the mother! But she has blnc eyes and sunny
hair, and the other is black That is the difference
loud eheersl: Why, at the time Lord Byron pre-
sented bill for the benefit Of the Spitalsheld
Weaycrs, and no attention was paid to it, he said
=" would to God that the weavers were black, and
ten you would hear me-" If all these clients OF
mnc were white, you would know that resistance
to tyrnnts is obedience to Gods law But Won nre
not OF the same color; you do not let the black
man resist the white tyrant; If you do, the whole
New Testament is against you. 1t is the spirit of
; COMPROMISE which has given slavery the adyan-
tnges it now possesses. The principle of Freedom
was compromised in the Observation-Disclosures |
thank God that GOverneur Morris did protest
against the admission 0: South Carolina and Geor.
ga without an Anti-Slayery Constitution But no
man seconded his motion to that effect That was
dark hour in our history. Men thought they
stood between poverty, bondage and British mis-
rule, and they thought they would at least save
themselves from these, if they compromised with
the institution Of slavery They did it, but under
the most delicate phraseology Slavery is like the
! Swiss avalanchc-when men 20 abroad they speak
of 1t in whisper One by one have we given up
20 slavery the different parts of our soil till now
they demand that nearly all of the American soil
shall be given up. Sentiment has indeed changed.
What asked for it in the early history of the
Republic in delicate phraseology, is now demanded
for the whole of Nebraska. Now, DR.. Spring and
! DR.. Sharpe tell us lhat the Fugitive Slave Law
should be obeyed. plausible argument is that
of the politicians, who say to Northern men that
they have sworn to support the Constitution, which
uph0ds slavery. Northern Representatives have
been justly checked in Congress, who said that the
Fugitive Slave Law was not looked upon with favor
; in the Northern States. When, in times past the
subject Of slavery has been agitated Northern men
have argued that it is cheaper to raise products by
free than by slave labor. Tho matter has been
discussed rs question Of expedicncy and not of
I right We have let ourselves down from the sub
lime height of the absolute rectitude of Gods law
! to the lower level Of arguments of expediency.
How foolish it looks in the North to say nothing Of
slavery in South Carolina, and to admit it MS an ex
pedient. and to oppose it in Nebraska. What con-
! ssteney is there in Truman Smith being Mortified
at the incorporation of Mormon Polygamy into our
institutions, and thus eilectng the annhlation of
our marriage institution, while three millions OF
Americans are denied the marriage rite. We have
compromised away free Speech and it is absurd to
talk about the retail sin Of Mormon Polygamy
when u Wholesale sin exists in fifteen sovereign
States. Haynau, who whipped n wonlanin Hun
gary, was chastised and chased by London Brew
ers; yet there are over q hundred thousand
3 lIaynaus who are legally entitled by the laws Of
0 our country to whip 100000 American women
! Mr.. Choae thought it was right to interfere will
D slavery in Cuba, and not in Carolina and 400(
0 merchants applauded hisremarks. George Thomp-
! son, from England, attempted to interfere with
! slavery in this country. The Press condemned
him for it; but he had the same right to interfere
|, with slavery here Mr.. ChOate had to interfer,
I with it in Cuba. Mr.. Webster in addressing tn,
j Farmers at Rochester, desired to show the differ
! ence between free labor and slave labor. II,
e painted beautiful picture Of the former; anC
u when he attempted to make q contrast he skipped
over Virginia and went TO Brazil. lie desired /,
c make his allusion at distance Slavery, too, ha
taken possession OF our literature. Years since
s George Bancroft wrote history Of the UniteC
n States-an excellent history. In it he spoke o.
, slavery in just terms, and his language you car
Il read ii you purchase Of the first edition. Blu
d he was raised to high position, and since then
o in the later editions of his history, his ideas
$ slavery present different aspect. Slavery car
d buy up our great men faster than nature can ai
| ford to make them for us Then the llarpers--
: mon who could afford to keep their consciences--
. they, too, have fallen under the Slave Power
n When they published, some years ago, an edition
# of Mary IIowitt's works, they published an anti
: slavery tale among others. The South indignantly
b sent the book back, and the firm published letter
1 in which they apologized for the iuadvertancy Of
: publishing noble English woman's protest against
! slavery. The edition, | believe was withdrawn
The Pulpit, too is pro-slaverynot because It loves
, slavery but because IL loves sect and popularity