Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-04-29

very among them, and insisting upon the legitimate
extension of 1t into all territory let the cOnse
quences be what they may. The our
Northern brethren know this fact, the better for
both parties"
The Times replies to this:
We are not little surprised at such sentiments
rs the above from the Richmond IPhig Every
sentence of it is unsound and unpatriotc. 1t mat
ters not to us, nor to any man, who copies or APP
proves our articles. The question is, are they
right? The stamp Is put upon them, not by the
one who copies them and approves or disapprove-
them Jut by the spirit they contain. If northern
abolitionists copy them .he fact makes them nei-
ther worse nor better; does the fact that they
may seize upon them as means for Strengthening
themselves, make any difference in the matter.
The only question is are the questions and views
coTecfF Even the Wig does not deny that; hut
gust at this time, at this crisis nothing could be
said" The So"ther States had laid plan to steal
Nebraska. and settle it with negroes in about fifty
years instead of inviting the whites in to settle Il
IN ten years, and because the North resents the
croachment we must not say n word, must present
an undivided frOnt-there is crisis in our affairs.
SO exclaims the thief when he is caught with his
hands in your pocket. AT this particular iuncture
there is n crisis in my affairs" says he, beg you
will not say n word " Such Is the cry too when
the people demand their rights Of the ftu who
have held and would retain them. They cry out
there Is crisis in our affairs, and at his tlmc
nothing should be said 1t was the cry of Roman
tyrnns, and so down to the passage of the English
heiorm bIl when the representatives Of the rotten
boroughs thought there vns crisis in their affairs
SO II always has BEEN even in our cities and towns
when the heart Of the masses rose up to remove
incompetent officers, or 20 abolish old and worm
eaten customs and iniquities from the path of
progress. Now. every honest man knows that there
IS no honest course, purpose or principle which
does not bear discussion and where friends of an
principle refuse to discuss il upon principle you
may know there is rottennCss. The catholic faith
and practice is one Of this kind They will not
they dare not, discuss the church and its history
They know it to be rotten. But the Win saws
II change has gone on in public opinion upon the
subject Of slavery, within the State of Virginia
We think there has; bu' the public mind il has
been against it. The change that tho UhigI
would insnunte in in its favor, is only with those
who. having power through its Influence fear to
lose it.
In the convention Of 1887 tho vote of Virginia
was against slavery and on the question of pcrpet.
uatng the slave trade, her vote was unanimous
against II. Randolph, Madison and all the leading |
men Of the State of Virginia and Maryland, spoke
warmly against it. Col. Mason, one OF Virginia's
brightest stars, spoke MS follows.
g This Internal traffic originated in the nvarcc of
British merchants. The British Government con.
stantly checked the attempt of Virginia to put
stop To IT. Slavery discoumgcs arts and
manufactures. The poor despisc labor when per-
formed by slaves They prevent the immgrntion
f whites, who really enrich and strengthen coun-
try, They produce the most pernicious effect on
manners. Every mnstcr Of slaves is bofn a potty
tyrant. They bring the judgements of Heaven
on n country" "IIe lamentod that some
of our Eastern brethren had, from lust Of gain.
emblrked in THIS neiarous traffic." q He |
hcld 1t essential in every point Of view, that the
general government should have power TO prevent
the increase of slavery"
Virginia then the first State in population
aud wealth. In 1911 she had sunk down To the
third State in the Union, and then some Of her !
most brilliant and gifted declared it an evil
that was embarrassing and mpoycrishinr the State
and that it must be removed. Il sunk to the fourth
state IN population nj the census of 1850, and at
this day probably stands the sixth it having then
3ut 5000 more than Massachusetts and IlOOO
more tlnn Indiana. Now, Virginia is the largest
OF the old States, has the best climate best soil, /
most mineral and manufacturing wealth Of any
State in the Union There is not one reason ex- |
ccpt tho fact Of having slavery, which can DC as
signed for her falling back in the list Of States and
yet wo arc told by the Wings that because of the
abolition at the North. we must abandon positions
taken IN former years. and stick to slavery at all
times.
VIII, or can. Virginia afford to have her policy
controlled by Northern obulitionists? viii the
large majority Of her people who ARE not slave
holders, but men Of industry, consent that tho few
who arc. shall rule the State to its own iniurv aud
gradually depopulatc it, until it becomes ono of the
poorest and weakest States in tho Union? VIII
Western Virginia, which has the largest population.
and comparatively no interest in slavery, consent
to be forever impoverished to aid and encourage
the spitetul feelings Of the few at the east against
the abolitonistsI We should hope not 1t is
truly biting of the nssc to spite the face.
The true course for all who love Virginia, and
would see her progress, is to inquire whether we
cannot, in just and expedient manner get rid of
the slaves and bring forward the State again to its
old position of prosperity Nothing else will do it
that we can see.