Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-07-21

hatred burning IN our hearts? Does it not proys
much of our anmosty against Slavery to he i
lrothy aud eyanescent sentiment, nurspd into life
by our politicians, and thrown to the surface by
temporary swell Of population
Nor can regard the late Anti Nebraska excite.
mont cs proceeding from any more radical and
healthy conviction. II seems TO be prudently fol-
lowing in the line Of its prccedeas. The thore
sanguinc among us, am aware, have regarded ths
repeal of the Missouri Compromise az a Gods send
They have argued that northern endurance, already
taxed TO the utmost, would sink under such
weight; that the Slave Power would thts dig its
own grave and that wicked institutions must al
ways grow to their full stature, and display all
their inherent emormity before men will earnestly
engage in their overthrow. | confess | cannot
feel encouraged by this line of argument. II
has favored our AntiSavery dishes oil other oc,
casions when the Slave INTEREST has trainpled
down our rights. 1t has just application to
the contest between the free and the slave States
for, if it be true that our acquiescence in ore
scheme Of aggression eirboldens the South to
concoct another still more fragrant and alarming,
it is likewise trte that it prepares the North 10
submit to it. The enormty OF Slavery is lost upon
us, when displayed by such process. Not SUBJ
mission to despotsm, but resistance. is the true
method of deliverance from IT. We need have nc
fears that the devilish attributes of Slavery will
not be exhibited, without any guilty help from us
The Nebraska and Kansas act of 1854 is natural
fruit Of the Compromise measures of 1880 and
is in no respect more fagitous in principle 1t is
only a sprout from Daniel Webster's grave. The
Anti-Slavery sentimcr. that eubniito1 q The for,
mer, VIII acquesce in the latter Indeed, tho
very ground on which this new outrage has been
generally opposed, proves our repugnance to Sla-
very to be shallow aud insincere. The popular
argument against it has been ''ts breach of al
ancient and solemn compact made for the security
of Freedom north of the parallel of 3Go 30 of
rorth latitude" Sir, thoroughly baptized Anti
Slavery people would have lost sight of any bar
gain with Slavery, in its unhallowed conspiracy to
blast an empire by its whitening power. | oppose
Slavery upon principle. l hold 1t to lie wrong;
az pfiacipte, for one man to be the owner Of an
other, to deny him fair days wages for fair
days work, TO rob him of the holiest ties of
life and sell him on the auction .block q chat
tel, to take from him lis Bbe, and close against
him the avenues of knowledge, to annihiiate
the institution of marriage, and spread licen-
tiousness and crime the land. This l regard
rs unutterably wicked, independent Of any COM
pact, or compromise, by which Slavery and Free
dom may have assumed to dispose of their posses
sions according to certain geographical lines
llence hate Slavery wherever | can find 1t, from
the North Pole down TO thirty-six degrees, and
thirtyminutes north latitude; ard when get
there, go right on hating it all around the globe,
whereyerIi can trace its Shiny footsteps. confess
| have not yet mastered the slippery philosophy
by which some men loathe and execrhts It on tho
north side of perpendicular line, and then trans
! figure it into all blessedne5s and beauty By tho
magic of a mere parallel of latitude. This cheap
and popular method of hating Slavery geosraphi-
cally may do for an fltnti-N Nebraska man, hut it
will not do for an Anti-SiaUery man. 1t may ac-
cord with the frigd temper and technical ethics
OF the mere politician, or the doughface, but it
Will not satisfy the Deep fervert uncompremising'
spirit of the Abolitonist. Opposition 20 Slavery,
rs an outrage upon man and crime against
God, as an evil essentially Internal in its very ma
ture-this alone will avil us of any bona fde en-
counter with our Southern masters and this, I
regret to say has not been the controlling element
in the 10 e popular demonstrations in Northern
States
To provo that the Anti-N ebraska excitement T6s
the product of political rather than moral causes,
OF transient influences rather than deep-rooted
convictions, might refer to n kindred fact Tho
stereotyped watchword OF the people vas "tho
restoration Of the Missouri Compromise" It is
that in several States the AntiSlavery demand
went beyond this, but this tho effective rally
ing-cry in marshalling the different wings OF the
movement under common bGnncr. VI was de-
ceptive, and therefore q false Issue. certainly
do not repine at the victories that were achieved
upon it, most cordially welcome whatever bless.
ings they may bring in thsir train. rcio,cS thoI
the Administration has been rebuked, and rebukeG
with emphasis; and that although no intelligent.
man could have believed the restoration of the
broken compromise practical thing there wss get
manifested an unmistakable purpose 10 brand With
public reprobation the perfdy that had destroyed
| IT. The malady OF the party in power demanded
the physic thus administered But the issue,:
insist, unworthy OF the crisis. 1t vas al in
strumont on which very different tunes could be
played. 1t had a face looking both North and
South. The policy of restoring the Compromise;
in of its aspects, antslavery. since it would
prevent the cause from spreading over soil that
was free but in others it TaS incurably proslave-
ry. To restore this Compromise would be tc rjro
pitiatc the spirit of compromise, which has been
the great curse -four cause. 1t would be to re-
affirm the binding obligation Of compact that
should mover have been made, and from wh5t 10
should seek the first favorable cprortppily of
deliyemncc. 1t should be to recognise the
Slave Power as an aqual and honorable contracting
party waving its violated faith and thus procluding
us from pleading its.perfdy in discharge Of ali
compromises from the beginning It would DC to
go by the shortest and cheapest route, 10 the com
promise measures Of 1850, and the Baltimore plat.
form Of 1852, instead of forward to the Platform
of Free Democracy. 1t would be to degrade err
to the level Of those who studioGsly wash their
hands of all taint of Abolitionism, and only wage
war against the Administration becaase y trote
up the blessed reign Of peace which decended up
on the country in the year 1850 Sir hea we in
the North teon animated by spirit equal to the
crisis, we would have said to our Southern friendsf
"We do not ask you TO restore the Missouri Com
promise. The breach you have made is one We do
not desire TO heal in that method, but &c are re-
solved to march through It to the fullest assertion
of our constitutional rights. We do not meci, TO
play into your hands under hypocritcal mask, OF
attempt Che folly Of firing double battery against
Freedom and Slavery at the same time, fst -
mean to avail ourselves Of your tfeachery,ln build
ing up the very cause you have sought to destroy
You have trampled upon your plighted faith % deL
that Kansas and Nebraska shall be free bJ ruth
lessly breaking down the wall whicli guarded
them ; and now, by way Of redressng the wrong
YOU have done us. ana as some atonement for IT,;
not only demand that these Territories ehali BE.
thus preserved free by law, but that all territory
shall be thus preserved, whether at present owned
| or hereafter 10 be acquired by the Government
that no other slave State shall ever be added TO-
| this Union, either from Utah, New Mexico, fhe
State of Texas, or elsewhere; that the Fugitive
Slave Act shall Internationally repealed; that
Slavery in National District shall be abolished