Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-01-07
Prom tho ElcLmond Examiner of Dcccml,
THE PARAMOUNT QUESTION.

There Is no intelligent man Of any part or section
|oT the United States who docs not know aud feel
that the question Of slavery the vital question Of
this rcpublic--morc important in It's bearings upon
the destiny of the American people than all other
questions, moral, political and religious combined.
Politicians may cry pcace-pCacc; but there is no
peace for the stakeholder. Partisan inrgucrs may
counsel silence aud submission, in the face Of uces-
sant Vaccinations against the institution, ut home
and abroad but eternal vigilance is the only word
Of safety for the friends of the Union and the people
of the South, Upon tho final settlement of this
question in cur own national counsels and organ
izations, depend the commercial prosperity Of the
United Statcs-thc pcrmaneucy of the CniOG-and
all the hopes and dcstinics Of mankind that arc
stakcd upon the success of free gov rnment
! To casual observers, the odds against slavery
would seem overwhelming Great Britain is openly
secretly, politically and commercially its implacablC
and indeiatigable foe. Her commercial interests
which ramify every channel Of commerce--Yhicl
effect every payment of money in the world, from
the negotiation Of loans for carrying the Of
Europe to the purchase Of pclhy in the SHOWS OF
the Rocky Mountains-which enter into and mix
up with the whole monetary affairs of the world, as
oxygen with the universal atmosphere-thesc are
all antagonistic to slavery. They are for good
cause. If slavery and the prosperity ii fosters and
maintains continue, the sceptre of commerce will
be transferred from II monarchy to n republic, and
its palace removed across the Atlantic from London
to New York.
European governments are all deadly inmcal to
slavery. They aristocratic and tyrlnnical, and
mplacably hostile to the institutions Of this country
that of slavery especially as the foundation Of
the whole fabric. TO destroy slavery--whch they
know well to he the talisman of our amazing pros
pcritya well rs the balance wheel of conservatism
in the union-is the dearest object Of their hearts
Our government is living reproach to their rotten
cruel tyranncal system; it is far too brilliant and
well established to be super,iliousy ignored any
longer.
The Pharisaical roligionists OF the dav, Of ou'
own and of foreign countries now, as at all former
periods, are all deadly hostile to slavery The fan
atheism Of religious and socialist drcamcrs is all
loYcllod against slayery-and all the conIcd ..,
gang Of the followers of Circc, who delight in
tialiy and foster in malice and ignorance. are
pressed into their service to swell the the throng
and augment the clamor. The slavcholding States
are bcgirt with n circle Of fire; and who amongst
us does not understand and feel the necessity Of
presenting to our fees front, devoted, fierce and
courageous; and Ike the Pyrrhc phalanx, not only
impenetrabo, but Irresistible? The stake we fight
for is our peace and our property, our lntes and
our hcarth-stoncs, our wives and duugh crs.
There never was, At any period Of the general
onset against slavery greater necessity for yigi-
lance and union, for .Oritude and determination,
than now. All that talent money, ingenuity and
subtlcy can do to overthrow slavery is actively
rractised Mt this very hour. Anti-slavcry has
changed its tactics but not its purpose zeal or ma
lignity. Tho plan is now to lull the South into A
false security, by preaching Il cessation of the
slavery agitation Open force has been tried through
political organization, and has failed the Buffalo
platiormists with the Van Burens and Weeds led
the assault in 1913, and were overwhelmed with
defeat and disgrace. Their confedorated allies.
Seward, Greely, Abby Kelly and Fred. Douglass.
with their motley legons, could not change the
fortune Of the day. either then or in 1862. 1t be-
came evident, from experiment, that open warfare
would not do a quiet period Of decctlul amnesty
"A moro rigid subtle, active System of propagaud-
ism-becamc necessary to be resorted to before
another political demonstration should DO made.
with any hope Of success. Their leaders accord
ingly, rccantcd with apparent pcnitcnce, and even
made bold to get upon platforms with Southern
people
But lie is indeed shallow observer If not a
hopeless fool who believes that'the slavery agta-
ton is ended. The embatilcd cgions Of He'll
driven out Of Heaven by the pure archangels into
lakes OF eternal fire, were not actuated with fcrc
er or more malignant spirit Of hate towards the
God OF Heaven, than the abolitOuists aud their
sympathscrs against slavery and the South. And,
like the Devil, having tried force and failed, they
now resort to subtlety and fraud. They express a
wish that agitation may cease. Seward counses
quiet-Greely counsels peace--the whole free soil
array inyokes the South 10 amnesty. Those lel-
lows who deridod the Baltimore platiorm-spit
upon it and spurned its princpcs-yet voted the
democratic ticket IN lS02-they raise their voice
in favor of abstaining from further political agia-
of free soil principles which tboy esteea 'of more
value" than anything hut gold and the spoils Of
ONCE. In the meantime, however, tho fountains
and channels Of public opinion nro poisoned against
slavery and the savehoder A million of copies
of Uncle Toms Cabin" meet with greedy nur-
chasers The fiction is dramatised and represented
in tho theatres of New York. for months in success
sion, to packed audiences, with greater profit to
managers thaA the book itself was 10 It's authoress
aud publishers. The foul lie eciis patronage to an
extent unprecedented in the history OF the drama
This wholesale libel on the South and malignant
'lander npon her people has been played one hun,