Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-01-20
WHAT THE GOVERNORS SAY.

ture. Below we give extracts from three OF lOur
them.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Mr.. Gardner the new Governor Of Massachu-
sets, suits his message mainly to tho benefit Of
KNOWN othingism. This was probably to be ex-
pected as he owed his election to that party. He
recommends the alteration Of the Constitution,
among other things, so as to prevent all persons
from voting, who cannot read and write. What
the Governor desires on the subject Of foreigners
is very clearly Stated as follows 4
To dispel from popular use every foreign Ian
guagc, so great u preserver OF u"nassimilating
elements of characterize print all public docu-
meuts in the English tongue alone-to ordain that
all schools aided by the State shall use the same
language-to disband military companies founded
on and developing exclusive foreign sympathies-
to discourage imported political demagogues,
the broken down leaders of insular agrarianism
or continental red rcpublicanism, whose trade
here is to put themselves at the head of their
deluded countryman, to organize prejudice, to
vitalize foreign feeling and morbid passion, and
then sell themselves to the highest partizan bid
der-to purify and cnnoble the elective franchise
to adopt a carefully guarded checklist through
out the nation-to cultivate n living and energetic
nationality-to develop a high and vital patriotism
to Americanize Amcrica-to retain the Bible in
our common schools-to keep entire the sepera-
ton of church and state-to nationalize before we
naturalizc' and to educate before either-to guard
against citizenship becoming cheap,-all these
con stitute n work trnnscen3ing the ordinary plat
form of party. and ranking with the great move
ments that originally found nations.
The means by which he proposes to effect this is
announced in the the following paragraph
I'VE wish our army Americanized our navy Ma
tionalized. We wish the restriction as to birth
now applied to the Office of President, extended
to members of the Cabinet and of Congress, to the
Judges Of the Supreme Court, and to all our diplo-
matte representatives abroad. We desire a vital
of the naturalization laws, and an uni
form requirement of twenty-one years residence
in tho United States before the elective franchise
is conferred upon aliens. We wish stringent ma
tional laws regarding immigration, the imposition
of an uniform and sufficient capitation tax, and
the universal deportation of criminals and paupers
shipped to our shores. These and other reforms
can only be consumated through an American Pre-
sident and an American Congress-"
Here is what he has to say regarding the ques-
tons of Slavery and protection of personal liberty.
1t is brief.
In defiance Of the PRINCIPLES asserted by the
dominant national party in their last Presidential
Convention. in disregard too'of thespledges of the
President in his Inaugural Address, sectional is.
SutS huNC Dttu lt-ODtutu ny lIC bIibp OhhNl
of plighteG national faith on the part of the Con
gress and the Executive, ia the repeal of the Mis-.
souri, Compromise, which fixed a northern limit tn
the extension of slavery. The first result of this
pernicious action was to shock the moral senti
ment of the community, and to excite fe IRIS that all
constitutional and legal barriers against the difu-
sion of this acknowledged evil would from to time
be swept away. 1t has moved mems minds at the
North to an extent no other political occurrence
has done within the memory OF the present gener
alton. Its ultimate effect will and should be, tc
determine us, by the consideration of every sacred
and holy duty, to ~manfully demand the restoration
of this broken compact, and to jealousy guarG
each and every right that belongs to Massachu
sets.
While we acknowledged our fealty to the Con
sutton and the Laws, the oft-repeated cry of dis
union heralds no real danger to our ears. While
honestly conceding the common duties evoked by
the articles of confederation, VIC will preserve invio
late the State Rights retained for each sovereign
member Of that confederacy. With fraternal feel
ings to all her sister States, and flial devotion &c
their common parent, yet with acknowledged
rights and determination that they may be main
tanned, there stands, Massachusetts.
OF those rights, the two cardinal ones are, thu
Habeas Corpus and the Trial by Jury. 1t is sub
mitted to your deliberations, whether additiona
legislation is required to secure either of these t.
our fellow citizens. ScrupulOusly avoid sucl
action as asserts or looks to the maintenance o
any rights not clearly and constitutionally ours
but weave every safeguard you Justly may rounC
those primal birthrights, older than our nationa,
birthday, and dear as its continued existence.
DELAWARE.
Gov. Ross, of Delaware, rejoices most complac
emily in the unperturbed hunkerism of his littl
State. He says:
"The mysteries of the Transcendentalist tn
discrganizing fallacy of socialism, the astoundin,
manifestations of spiritualism. and the treasOnabl
fanaticism of the abolitionist, have found no foot
hold within our limits; we are a simple, fruga
and honest people, preserving an undiminishe,
reverence for pure religion, regardful of c%Onstitu
tional obligations, and obedient to the laws" Thi
Gov. Ross attributes in part to the nature of tn
employments of the people: But more, perhaps
to the hereditary character of the greater portion
of our population-of almost unmixed deseen
from the original settlers upon our sOil-engage,
well-nigh universally in the contented labors anC
tranquilizing pursuits of agriculture-free fror
the pernicions influences of over-crowded cities
induced with a keen intelligence-;.nd partici q in
very generally in the active discharge of some off
cial functions Of free government-Our citizens ar
e eminently conservative in their views, sedate an,
fixed in their habits, &c.
l NORTH CAROLINA.
Governor Bragg, of North Carolina, quite in tn
spirit which his name indicates, announces tina
" Rip Van Wrinkle has thrown off his lethargy
: and that time will show that North Carolina ha
, the means, the ability, to run the race set befor
E her." His apprehensions of the difficulties an
dangers of the future are thus expressed:
Hitherto, notwithstanding the occasional ia,
ring of some discordant elements, the Union Ina
: proved eminently successful. But it is believed tina
e it can only continue to lie so, by strictly confirm
the action of our National Government to its lin
tied constitutional sphere, leaving to the States tn
i free and Uninterrupted exercise Of all the power
reserved to them or to the pcople--by the obseI,
4 ance of a spirit of justice, moderation and forbea
ance towards each other by the different States {
the Union and their people, and by a faithful con
i pliance with all their obligations, constitutions
< and legal"
''If, on the contrary. the powers of the genert
government, instituted by equals, aud made for tn
benefit of us all, are so perverted and welded a
to make war upon one particular section-if tn
{ peculiar institutions of the States of that sectio
n are to be INCREASINGLY assailed by those who hay