Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-06-03
Gbt Anti Slaptrp Buele.
salem, ohio, June Q, 1854.
WHAT is TO BE DoNEi

utsieHs' Ahc Dlll mas paSseds IL rs law. what |
now can we do, cry the despairng and the indoent.
What GAN we do, also say the earncs.mindcd, Our
answer is ready Dissolve partnership with the
faithlcss traitors who trpudiatc their bonds--wih
tho shameless dcspots, who covet the whole earth,
that they may strcw it with chains DO not trouble
yourselves about the wilds and praries Of Nebraska
but close in doath-lock with slavery. Let the
North thunder in tho ears Of the South, the only
proposition she can honorablv or honestly nuke
DISSOLUTION or ABOLITION. ABOLITION, i'm
mediate aud eaiirc. Our unions shall be only with
froemen. We shall scorn the alliance Of tyrnnts,
rs wc 10 be slaves. If the South insists upon
our bond OF union--thc Cohstituticn--a bond which
exae,s OF us slaveholding and slavc-caching and
which they stretch into slayeeSteudng. Let US
repudiato It, Let us trampc il under foot, for It's
gross immortality, for its mean uninanliness. Not
to do 30, is 70 lose all sclrcspect, and to morit the
acorn and contempt Of the worlds good and true.
Ics, would quietly take up our line Of march
nut Of the Union. We would take Kansas and
Nebraska with heritage for the young, free
laborcrs Of our land. God gave it TO freedom and
free labor. We would there and here uufurl free
dom's flag. and stand by it, and Shareholders may
lcgisite in Congress till doomsday if they please.
They and their bought traitors from the North
would be powcrlcss We are ready for all the conse,
qucnces Of our selfomancipation, and Of their
useless resistance. We are ready for dsunion-
whatever consequences may be threatened, and ac-
tually follow. Liberty s more precious than life.
and freedom than human blood. Let it how il J.,
must, but let us not dishonor humanity by combu
ing with dcspots, to he rewarded with slavery. But
the idea Of any bloody resistance is supremely lu.
dicrous. A mcrccnary spirit, spirit of sect and
party and compromise has made towards Of our
people, brave though they are by nature, and made
TO be moral heroes. The bules may rant and rave
but il in good earnest We desert them, for their
lives they dare not strike. Let us pitch upon some
thorough measure like dissolution, and their sub
mission is ut hand.
But we fear such radical measure will b,
adopted. Conservative opponents Of the measur,
will content themselves with uniting with tricky
politicians in the cry Of "repedi," with voting fo
somebody to go to Congress, who says he is opposed
90 this measure.
We select from the Pittsburgh Gazette its answer
to the question we have put at the head of thi
article;
Tho deed is done The astonishing perfdy t,
the Free States of this Union has been consummat
ed, by the aid of torty:tom traitors to the right
interests and honor Of the North. The Missouri
Compromise, that sacred compact which has beer
considered binding the Constitution for thirty
four years. has been repealed Slavery is now free
to take up its march to oil tho territory west OF
Missouri Iowa, and Minnesota, extending TO the
Rocky Mountains. The black flag Of oppression
Is uDturled in triumph territory as large as
all tho Free States put together which has hitherto
been considered as sacred 20 freedom as pennsyl
vania or Massachusetts. The act has come upoi
the country suddenly, so unexpectedly, that W
scarcely realize the extent of the enormity.
ia scarcely five months since the internal proicc
was broached, by that Arch Traitor Douglas ant
now the deed is donel This is said 10 be govern
ment Of the people, and yet here is deed Of extra
ordinary pcridy and injustice enacted, without th'
'vis Of the people, and in face Of their most solemn
protest. Not petition has been offered in it's ia
vor, while thousands have been sent in against it
The Infamous has been forced upon the countr,
by an olgarchy, in despite of its protest, and ii
defiance Of its express will. Was over such ty
ranny enacted BY the representatives Of free
pcoplel
But are the people powcrless! Have they nc
remedy? Thank God, they have the means OF re-
dress in their own hands All that is wanting il
the spirit and patriotism to use the power they
possess Let the cry Of repeal be sounded. Lee
frcemen flock to Nebraska and Kansas and swear
the altar Of freedom that it never shall be cursed
with slavery. Let the North como TO the unalter
able resolve that man shall be sent to Congress
who will not pledge himself to vote against the ad
mission Of another slave State. Let proclaim
to the South that its falhless conduct has relieved
us from all obligation to Compromises; that w
scout and spurn them, as the shallow arthcc G
petty tyrants, who only observe them so long a
may suit their own pleasure and designs, an
that from hencoforth we declare unflinchinl
irrcconcilable with slavery, in all its condition
and aspects, as the sole cause of the injustice an
humiliations we are called upon 10 suffer
Lot us do this, and Southern Shareholders wi
live to curse the day that they stopped to use sue
plant tools Pierce, Douglas & Co."
we differ with the Gazette in regard to Il
'-ssereduess' Of the Missouri Compromise. So f
the South pledged itself TO maintain liberty Il
pledge was sacred because Of its nature. But
far as the 'compromse" went, it was dabolical,
because ii was a surrender Of freedom. Neverth
less, the statement Of the wrong done by our Co
grcssmen is well made. But the answer TO Il
question, "What shall we do ?" lacks the spirit n
eessary to success. IT is repetition ofthc old
dy which has always aggravated the disease. Repe
was to be the watchword in the contest on the {
gtiye slave law; but what has it done? Votii
for good and pledged men under Tho Constituto
was to be the cureall, but it has resulted in 4
complete success of tho Kansas-Ne ebraska consp
-acy.
But the Gazette is right when II proposes
scout ana tIuih hli NtHPIehiiees, 10 'Hc snailI
arti6ce OF petty tyrants," (not quite so shallC
eithcr.) But then it nullifes this rightful proT
sition, when it proposes to go into Congress und
the pro-slavcry Constitution, tho most master
Fucccssful Of all tyrannical devices. 1t shows, n
30 say shallowness but an infatuated attachme
% dis parent Of compromises, which would see
10 be foolish, as it cannot fail 10 be uDfortunat
Compromises all ior evil, which the Gazet
describes them to be, and the Constitution is |
exception, and should be treated accordingly.
Bat the Gazette is good representative Of Il
feeling and purpose Of thc politicians Of all sort
and such will be the probable character of Il
mass Of the opposition which will be made again
It. This opposition will result, as such opposite
has hefore In an eventual aeouieseenee and M