Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-07-21
Ibe Anti- 5Iaprrp Bllolc.
SPEECHES OF MESSERS CHASE AND
WADE,

The Independent Press gives the following
sketches of the speeches of Messrs Chase and
Wade It tho late Ravcnna Convention
Mr. Chase followed Mr.. Briggs in the afternoon.
"No government" he said, "is worthy of the name
or worthy to be sustained that does not sustain
human rights. Our fathers were not selfish they
sought to establish and maintain freedom for ali.
Washington was an abolitonist. His Cabinet
were abolitionisS. The first Congress were abo-
litionsts. CT the eleven States that held slaves
at the time the Constitution was adopted, seven
soon became free States. The Ordinance of '97
was passed by this Congress-" Mr.. Chase then
specified by name Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
and other members of Washington's Cabinet, who
were all avowed and earnest abolitionists, as was
Washington himself. Yet he (Mr. C.) did not con-
slider our government consolidated government
he would not interfere with the prerogatiyc of
the State governmcnt-but let each State manage
it's internal affairs-whilo the generol govern
ment should wash its hands from the guilt of op-
preston wherever it had the power. His motto
was, "No more slavery outside the slave States; :"
some ono cried out, "ROr inside" cay" said Mr..
Z. "do your duty and there will be no slavery in
side the slave States in very short time, lie
repudiated all compromises in favor of slavery
depicted the schemes of the Missouri slavery pro-
pagandists red by Atchisons band of secret con-
spirators-and affirmed that Oho's every social
and political interest demanded that Kansas should
be free State. Mr.. G. concluded his remarks by
stating that the object of his speech had been
threefOld-to show the ant-slavery character of
Washington's administraton-notceo our present
prospects; and also the duty now pressing upon us
in the existing emergencies of the ant-slavery
cause. lie counsoled forbcarancc and unity among
the friends of the save-cxhored that selfinterest
be laid in the grave-and that our children be con-
secrated the altar of liberty, and the service of
God.
Mr.. Wade made the closing speech. He began
by affirming that all compromises were theta
robbery-yea, "a covenant with death and an agree
ment with hell''-by which, for pittance, bonus
truth and right were sold-the law of the eter-
nal God violated-and the result must ever be the
confusion and ruin of all that had any part in it.
lie thought the day of compromises was gone by
and with the light of past experience before us,
we had better not attempt any more. lie thought
it vain te attempt to thwart the "IIigher Law" as
there is Jldgc on the throne who will certainly
execute Justice in the end, although it may be long
delayed lie considered Justice as the highest cx-
pediency, since lie that judges all nations, will be
Judge of rulers-and no ration may practice in
justice with mpunity. He affirmed that the white
people of the south were themselves to great ex-
tent degraded and enslaved by that very slavery
which they tasten upon others, Let any one go
there and see. lie ridiculed the silly threats Of
dsunion often used to frighten the north-declar
ed that he wished and hoped to see the ship Of
State turned northward-for it had been sailing
straight south many years On this point Mr.. w.
was truly brilliant. lie closed by reminding the
vast audience that the nation was now looking to
Ohio to redeem herself from the slave -pOwer--as
pioneer to all the other States east and west-and
that Ohio herself looked to the Western Reserve
to lead the in this great work. Hence, he re-
minded us that the hopes of freedom in the whole
world seemed to be hinged upon right action here
and what an awful responsibility! We cannot
well deny the premises, nor the conclusion. Well
should we ponder these things