Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-02
WILMOT ON DOUGLASTSM.

WILM0T ON D0UGLASTSM.
Hon. David Wilmot is now canvassing Northern :
Pennsylvania and the adjacent countries Of New
York in support Of the great principle, embodied
by Jefferson in 1884, Nathan Dane in 81, and by
Mr.. Wilmot himself in the proyiso lS47. The fol-
lowing letter will serve to exhibit the hcartiness
and unrescryc with which Mr.. W. throws himself
into the present struggle for Free Labor and Free
Soil:
From the Montrose Democrat.
Tonnwanda Pa, Thursday, June 2S,* 1854.
DEAR SIR Your favor of the 9th has Just come
to hand. would be much gratifcd to be with you
on the 9th prONino and to raise my feeble voice
in an earnest appeal to your citizens to united ac
ton in defense Of our free Institutions Of Govern
ment. am under IN engagement to address the
citizens OF Tioga County on the subject of the Ne
braska outrage on the 4th and shall go from there
70 Potter County.
rejoice that you Grc TO have with you so able
and jealous II champion CT lreclom as Mr. Gree
ley. In making the disputes Of party subordinate
to the interests of freedom and humanity, he has
nobly fitted himself to render the most eminent
service to his country in this crisis. The people
must come up to the like high and patriotic clcya-
ton Of purpose, or there is no hope for coun-
trys liberties. The policy of Slavery cannot be
mistakcn-indccd tits boldly proclaimed. The
recent hgh-handed outrage 10 but the precursor Of
series Of measures designed to g'c the Slave
olirarchy absolute domin0tiOu--to crush o'lt fuy-
ever the policy and principles of freedom in this
government, ard to establish on the American CON
tiucut the most powerful and mighty Slave empire
known in this history Of the world Submission
acqnesccnce III the policy Of Slavcrr; is fatal ;
and he who breaches it breaches treason to libcr-
Ity. Acquiesoncc in the legislation of 1850 embo
dencd Slavery to invade, in 1854, the guaranteed
rights of Freedom in Kansas and Nebraska and to
day, Slavery looks forward with exulting conf
lpurp tlp ncOuSitiOn al Cubo ihn ohSOr,tinn n
more Mexican States, the reestublishmcnt of Sla-
very in San Domingo, the revival Of the foreign
slave trade, and to an alliance offensive and deen-
svo with Brazil for the protection and aggraudize-
ment Of Slavery, and to enable it to defy the public
lopinion and power OF the world. In proof OF all
this, have but to point to the proceedings in Con
gross, aud to the leading public journals of the
South. In this vast programme of Slavery, where
do thc submissionsts of to-day prepare to make
Il stand? 1t must be made now-to day The
free men Of the republic thank Cod have still left
in their hands peaceful and constitutional rcmc-
dy, if they will use it wisely and frmlytle ballot
| box, The power and design of Slavery must be
checked, and the original policy of the Government
on this subject restored TO this end we must lay
asile--pOstpone for tiro-the strics of party
over minor points of controvercd policy, and unite
in tic great work of preserving our free nstittons
/ from impending destruction.
The first blow must be aimed for the overthrow
of the present National Admnstration-the mere
tool and puppet of the slave power. Through the
corrupting influence of its patronage upon the
peoples REPRESENTATIVES freedom has been betray-
ed 1t must be overwhelmed at every point with
ienon.inious defeat We cannot shorten its con
stitutiona term of Office but we must strike down
its allies in every State, district and county 1t
must have no props in the States upon which to
lean for the support of it's iniouitous policy No
imam should be elected to responsible offce-Goy-
ernor member of Congress- Representative-whosc
relations Of friendship and alliance with the M
tonal Administration are open to suspicion We
must accept of nothing in the candidates presented
for our suiragcs short of undisguiScd hostility to
the ultra ProSavery power at Washington. Any
thing short of this is folly idle trifing shly-shal-
ly nonsense and designed in the end to lead the
people step by step into acqucscence in the policy
and plans of Slavery. Let no candidate pretend
to condemn the recent legislation of Congress, and
yet hold himself in party alliance with the present
Administration. He cannot Je trusted and so stirt
as he is trusted sure cU tie people and their right
again be jeirayed. The man who will not face il
open and manly resistance the aggressions of tn,
slave power today cannot be relied upon to 10 so OF
the occasion of a future provocation He is hone
lessly rotten-unsound to the core and will sacri
flee his countrys highest interest and glory fo
some paltry partizan considerations.
Slavery is deaf to the voice of remonstrance. Ii
vain we point to the history of the country-n vain
we invoke the names of Washington Jefferson
Madison and their compatriots, in defence of tn,
early and settled maxims of the Government-iI
vain we appeal to the eternal principles of iustic
and right-all all are unheeded, unavailine. II
the absorbing selfshness of great interest SLAYER
pushes onward in its barbarous and destructiv,
policy sNvcrtne every principle that gave life vic
or and success t9 our Revolutionary struggle anC