Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-05-20
wR ARE IN THE MIDST ORA REyoLU.
TI0N

Said Mr.. Clay on n memorable occasion ",
are in the midst of a revolution. i, omr resnons,
70 ,ne proceedings at Washington on the Nebrask,
Din' Inc attempted passage of this measure |,
the nrst great effort Of Slavery to take American
freedom directly by the throat Hitherto il ha,
pu' askeu 10 2e allowed tn grow and expand sid,
's SUE WIN that freedom, until now, at what !,
believed favorable moment. il snrincs from il,
nr and clutches at the life of its political assocat,
III INC tovrrnmcnt. II engages in n coyp d'elog
and by the aid Of northern traitors to liberty, at
'enlpts the most intolGrable Gsurpation.
should success attend the movement, ii is tanta
iaouns 20 a ciVil Revolution, and an open Dcclara
ton OF War between Freedom and Slavery on tho
North American Continent, to be ceaselcssly waget
WI ono or the other party finally and absolutely
triumphs. III Nebraska passes the two parte,
must Immediately marshal themselves in hostile
array The North will 90 on, as it has begun, tc
oppose every step toward making the Norlh-Wcs
pasture ground Tor African Slavery. twill oppose
Tho introduction Of Slavery into Nebraska ant
hansas rs much after the passage Of the bill n,
before, aud should It gain ioothold there, it will
MAKE open and direct war upon the institution
within their limits now and hcnccforth IL will
light against the admission into the Union of either
as Slave State and in doing this, it will neccs
sarily be compelled in scfdefence to carry the wal
into Africa, and will fight against the admission
ni new slave States from any quarter whatever
ooundness upon this question will be made tcs
IN the election Of every northern rcpresentatiyc
The popular branch Of the Government must be
speedily purified, and no elected thereto from
the North who is not firmly committed against
the admission OF more slave States. A President
must be elected by the free States who will cordial
" support aud earnestly respond to these vicws
There will be no other course but this open to the
free States excepting one of abject, slayish sub.
mission to the iron rod Of the southern lunkeyism
The passage of the Nebraska bill will arouse and
consolidate tho most gigantic, determined and
overwhelming party for freedom that the world
every saw. We may already see in the future its
gathering groups, on every hillside in every val
ley, aud on every prairie in the free States. We
hear the deep and ominous murmur Of the earnest
voices of its myriad slowiy-moving masses. We
behold in their faces the serious and unalterable
determination Of their purposes in behalf of free
DOM We see the gigantic array gradually ap-
prOach, closing its thick ranks, and moving onward
with force that no merely human power or hu.
man institution can resist. IL sweeps along with
the force Of the tempest and the tornado. The
spirit Of liberty animatcs, the spirit Of progress
impcls, and spirit Of solemn religious duty in
spires aud leayens the whole mass This nyinci-
bic army bears aloft the motto "GoD WITH US !"
Its immediate duties are plain. We have indica-
ted them in the gross. Details will adjust them
selves. What ulterior duties may be in store for
this great Party of Liberty time only can disclose
The decisive events Of history come but slowly.
They have their source as the great rivers have
theirs in the little rills that trickle in the hidden
recess Of the plain and the mountain. But we
cannot hide from vision the vital fact that this
party, once aroused and consolidated on platform
sufficiently wide and substantial to afford sure
basis for its operation such the passage Of the
Nebraska Kansas bill will furnish, will not hes
tate in its course, fail in its duties, however rad
cal and sweeping those duties may become in the
natural progress of events.
For the mole-eycd squad Of little northern men
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political force Of the Government at this juncture
Of public affairs, lighting the torches of civil
discord and yainly dreaming that no conhagraton
is to ensue--we have but pity for their blndnes
and fatuity. They are under the lead Of men Of
gross aud grovelng purposes, base instincts and
narrow vision. They are but blind followers of
the blind.
TO avert the throes and convulsions which must
inevitably follow this infamous act We have labor
cd and shall labor, and ms n last resort TO this
end, if there shall prove to be n majority of the
House in favor Of the final consumation of this
scheme, we advocate tie determined resistance Of
the minority 10 that consumation. This bold and
astounding assault upon the cause Of liberty and
Of progress, should be met ny northern representa-
tives in Congress in the spirit with which freedom
in its most lofty mood has ever resisted oppression
II is solemn duty which deyolYes upon them
without agency Of theirs to bring about the crisis
that enjoins their action. We know that it is
easier 10 shirk it than to discharge IL. But in so
clear case, it culpabio 20 refuse to engage
in'the only procedure which gives any hope Of ar
Eesting the infamous measure. For whatever that
result shall be, uRhesitatingly say, Let it come
There arc greater evils than conflict between two
parties in the Legislative branch of the Government
greater evils than temporarily blocking the
wheels Of public affairs, or than producing shock
which shall precptately send the members Of Con-
Grcss home to their constituents. And clearly
among them, in our estimation, are the fatal and
far.reaching consequences Of the passage of the
Nebraska bill We urge, therefore, unbending
determination on the part Of the northern members,
hostile to this intolerablc outrage, and demand
of them in behalf of Peace, in behalf of Free
dom, in behalf of Justice and Humanity, re-
sistance to the last. Better that confusion should
ensue-better that disoord should reign in the Ma
tional Councils-better that Congress should break
up in wild disorder--nay, better that the Capitol
itself should blaze by the torch Of the incendiary
or fall and bury all its inmates beneath its crumb-
ling ruins-than that this perfdy and wrong should
be finally accomplished. We feel that these con-
yictons are shared by northern millions, and that
wherever the northern mind has unrestrained ac-
tion and utcrance, it will declare them. In pur-
suing the course we indicate, the friends of free
dom in the House will be sustained 10y the Press
and as we believe, in whatever form support shall
be demanded. We devoutly urge them to be faith
fui to their trust in this great emergency, and to
confidently rely upon popular sympathy that will
treasure their deeds as the acts OF martyrs. Such
course will secure the support of men who will
held their lives cheap 10 the maintenance Of the
righteous cause which that minority is called to
demand.-1rbuRe.
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