Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-21
ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
VI THB Liberty PARTY STATE CoSvrx1,ox

IiNUr1c,Jyo TL,o,,;,J,
4he 4teeHy Party Of Ner York TO lie Psople of n
STATE Of Nep lwk; :"
There arc many who wonder that we who max
up 50 small II number, should pcrseyere from We,
to year. IN maintaining our political organization
IN ioreSolhS al political pretermeut; and in sri
JectnS ourselves to ridicule ana contempt On
answer to them is, that will gladly abandon ON
poiitical organization. as soon as they will pou
out any other to which we can honestly betnke ON
selves. But where is there any other which rer
resents our essential views Of civil government
Where Is there any other which holds as we Il,
shat civil government is equally of ALL and eouall
tor ali That blacks aud whites, males and (,
males have all an equal right tu take part in tl
choice Ot its rulers aud O share in its prote,tiun
Where IS there any other 'litual party than ou
own, which holds that the Federal C,nstitutin
does nut aud cannot recognize slavery; and tina
the greatest Of all crimes against the riyhts mn
interests, and nature Of man cannot bv nnv noss
bility, come under the shelter and sanctity of law
Wnerc is there any other. which claims that th
SOIL belongs Of natural right, to all; and that tn
right tO buy and sell freely. whenever and ,vbor
ever they pleases also right natural .MnnifcstIv
our own is the only party Of this character; an,
therefore, as we would be honest, We must CON
tnua to cling to it.
We would not undervaluc the fresh cxctemen
nganst slavery. And yet, we cannot hone fo
god from 1t, any farther than it is sustained b,
eoH''StiOu tlht sIaNeTy mas, anu have ne
constitutional protection; and by the convictiu,
that all, instead Of acknowledging slavery to be
law, are bound to regard the enormous crime n
necessarily an outlaw. They who are busy in OK
Guiding slavery from Kansas and Nebraska. an,
who yet admit its Constitutional existence in Other
parts OF the country. are d1ing far more for sln
very on the one hand, than they are duiny a,ainst
on the other The grossness and mischief of sucl
inconsistency, in regard To any other crime he i
murder or forgery, or perjury or what not coul
not fail to strike them. But to the grossness auc
mischief Of it in the case of slavery Il f,Iso edr
cation has entirely blinded them. We rejoice in
We participate in the endeavOI to save Nebrnsk,
md Kansas from the curse of slavery; and w,
would have all rejoice aud participate in il. ho,
ever inconsistent with such enleivor and witt
such serVl;e To the cause of free I'm they m ~ he
Ia other respects. Our regret for their inconsi +
ahly iles n)t argue thl we insen sible to the
good which they are doing, nor that we woul,
have them discontinue to do it,
IL is objected to the Liberty Party that it under
takes the simultaneous success of all p,litirn
truths. But such undertaking, instead of being ,
valid objection to the party, is its highest as wei
IA its most distinctive merit. The time of its roy
citation to us is the very best time to esp,use and
TO translate INTO practice any truth in the moral o,
political world. We nave no right to expe.t th,
the rero!u ion will he repeated, if we lruve So un
Ia thnl to 1t as to fail to honor it, and to identf,
ourselves with it, Indeed, the natural and oftci
observed punishment in such case is to leave him
who has thus rejected and inSulted Il truth. to l.,
evermore blind to it. IT, then, several truths are
present to solicit our interest we are not ut liberty
to ignore or resist any of them.
There is no more alacious idea than that A mo-
litcal party would hinder the success of one truth
by allowing itself to lie interested in anuther.-
Truths are mutual hel pers; aud the more of them
that are faithfully served in the present the more
Is each one OF them d,anced. Political parties
shouid not excuse themselves for turning away
iFom g re;otn, on the Ell that they are en-
gagged with anrtner. Instead of waiting for the
sue es' of the anti->avery cause, ere they enter
upon the land reform cause, they should believe
that each will help the other if they work for them
both at the time. Again, to vote for the
slave, irrespective of the claims Of the andless or
tor the landess. irrespective of the claims of the
slave, Is to be guilty OF gross injustice Civil guy-
crnmeht should be administered every wear. and
every day, for the protection and benefit of all
classes OF its subj ects What therefore can be Il
palmer or deeper wrong than to select men To
administer 1t, who, though they may be willing to
deliver the slave, would nevertheless leave land
mnnOpoly to continue its expressions, or would
leave the dramShop pour out its foods of wretch
cdness anu ruin? We are here suppusing that
they do but neglect these other wrongs. 1t is not
enough--it Is not all that is due from then-that
they do not aim to uphold these wrongs. 1t is not
enough-it is not all that is due from them--that
they do not aim to subvert any of the rights of any
OF the people They must positively suppress ali
those wrongs. They must positively sustain all
these rights. Hence is it, that the Free Demu-
cratic party and every other party which does not
make its aims comprehensive as the duties Of
civil government Is unworthy Of support. We
add, IN this connection, that he AID he unlv is to
be relied ON for fidelity to any class Of men, who
acknowledges his obligatiOns-hiS present oblira-
tions-to all classes of men-tu the landiess for
instance rs well us to the Slayes-to the suyes as
we'll as to the landess. Your candidate for Office
nd IN Ia q
Maine Law. But what right have you to be GER
tain that he will stand by the Maine law to the
end, il he Is SO unprinclpled as to tolerate. and
even TO Justify RDd encourage saye-catching?-
y 3u must know that there is moral principle in
,7onr ar.dldate, ere you can have an authorized
assurance that he will fulfill any Of his profess
'sions? so too, ght we argue against the candi-
date who, though he may furDear to cast his in flu
ence expressly on the side of slaye-catching, is
nevertheless, guilty of turning his back on the
cause of Temperance.
Let us not be understood as holding that the
candidate who is entitled to our votes, must agree
wit gs ~ all specific duties ne"ertheIess he must
subscribe the fundamental principles OF the lib
erty party-and this no cannut do il, for instance,
he admits the legality Of slavery, or denies the
right OF duty of Government to prohibit the traffic
Misunderstanding drinks.
We need say no more. Our custom hitherto Of
republishing our doctrines at great length, makes
il unnecessary to say more, at the present Tune,
Few have embraced these doctrines, and large
share, even Of the few, who have embraced them,
or, rather. who have seemed to embrace them,
have not adhered to them As it has been in this
respect so for time longer. it will probably
tinue to be. Our party, 81 much smaller than II
once was, may not, improbably become still
smaller. The day is doubtless distant, when men
shall have such improved conceptions OF religion
and of the duty of identifying politics with IT, aS
shall lead them in large numDerS to join themselves
TO such party as the Liberty Party, and enable
them to abide in it. Nevertheless, that day will
surely come. Its coming is as certain as the pro-
gress of rel gous TRUTH and of manly intelligence
and integrity. The repeating of our testimonies
and the maintenance Of our organization will has
ten that good daV