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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-29
Tbe Anti 9Iaperp Bualc
SALEM, ONO, SEPTEMBER 90, 1855.
THE CINCINNATI BAZAAR.

Those friends who design contributing to the
Cincinnati Bazaar, should be sure to send in their
in good season. Those sending d.
rect to Cincinnati should send to Sarah Otis Ernst,
care of Luke Kent, Main ST., between Fifth and
Sixth, East Side.
Contributors in the north part of The State may
II more convenient, send to James Barnaby, Salem,
who will forward all committed to his care. If in
tho different Anti-Slavery neighborhoods, some
friend would take the responsibility of receiving
the collections and forwarding them, they would
all more surely reach their destination in season.
Messrs. Hoover, of Alliance, will receive and for
ward from all friends in that region. Lewis Nor
gan will do the same for Marlboro and vicinity.
And we hope others will volunteer in other Local
tiles. Let contributions be forwarded with Liber-
ality and promptness.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-29
From the Radical Abolitionist.
A DEFINITE STANDARD.

"lf the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who
shall prepare himself for the battle 2"
Nothing wears out, discourages, and perplcxes
an army so much, as a vague, indefinite, scatter
ing, dcsultory, heller skeLer warfare against an
enemy, conducted without any plan, and directed
to no particular point.
Especially is this true of every moral and po-
litical warfare-like that against American Sla-
very.
A skirmish here--a skirmish tbere-some-
times to keep out Texas-sometimes to bring
in Ca lifornia-at one time against the Missouri
Compromise-afterwards against its reputation.
So it was in the Temperance struggle-nany
years ago. Everything was conducted in a dis
jointed manner. One little band. in one place,
pledged themselves against drinking at militia
trainings. Another, in another place, went against
drinking in harvest time. Others, elsewhere, re-
solved to abstain on election days. Very much
Ike this, in the present struggle, some go for free
dom in Kansas-some for freedom in the District
Of Columbia-some for a repeal of the Fugitive
Slave BILL very few are prepared 10 80 for free
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curse to The master and the community IL not b.
tbo slave: that our country is unsuited to ~, ana
tina. we will devote our energies as q party 10 eA-
clude the institution and to secure for Kansas tho
Constitution Of n Free state.
Resolved, That in so doing We WIN consent 10
any fair and reasonable provision III regard to the
slaves already in the Territory, which shafl. protsct
the masters against injustice and total loss:
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Cam ven
ton that the admission of free negroes, or muiat-
toes into the Territory or future State Of Kansas.
will be productive of evil among the people OF
Kansas, and dangerous to the institutions OF our
sister State and that we will oppose their admis-
sion into the Territory or future State of Kansas
now and forever. 49,.
of abolitionism, so industriously imputed to tho
Free State party, and pertinaciously adhered to-
in spite Of all the evidence to the contrary is with
out o shadow Of truth to support 1t and that it
is not more apparent to ourselves than IT IS to our
opponents, who use it as a term OF reproaci to bring
odium upon us, pretending to believe in its truth,
and hoping to Brighten from our ranks the weak
and timid, who are more willing to desert their
principles than they are to stand up under perse--
cution and abuse with n consciousness of right.
Resolved, That We will discountennnce and do
nounce any attempt to encroach. upon the consti-.
tutional rights of the people of any State, or to-
interfere with their slaves, concediDg to their citi-
zens the right to regulate their own institutions,
and to hold and recover their slaves, without any
m0leStation or obstruction from tue people Of Nan
sas. s,ff
The report was received with three hearty cheers
and adopted by reclamation.
The New York Tribune too says that eff slavery
can be kept out by a compromise of that kind
viz. excluding free blacks from the TERRITORY, I'VE
shall not complain" So after all neither Kansas
men nor Northern Republicans have learned that
nothing is gained by compromise with Slavery.
~. IL ~ .H- L .M."
The Herald of Freedom, in publishing the pro.
~ceedings, makes the following comments
"There was a contrariety Of opinion in that as
sembly. They differed on an important question.
The people from New-York, New-England, and
some from Pennsylvania and Ohio were in favor of
a State Constitution which should be silent upon
the subject of a black law while those from the
Western States very generally were in favor of in
grating the exclusion policy into the State Consti-
tntion. The committee, who labored long and ar
duously upon the question, finally agreed with one
dissenting voice, and made their report. The
Convention adopted the recommendation fthe COM
mittee with but little apparent dissatisfaction, and
yet dissatisfaction deep and lasting existed. We
have no doubt a large majority of that Convention,
indeed of the Free State voters of the Territory,
were decidedly in favor of this new feature, and We
shall not complain.
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again rung. | opened the door, and received from
the hand OF Deputy Marshal Miller the original
writ Of babcas corpus issued against PASSWORD
Williamson, rcturIable ut 3 o'clock p. NJ. of the
same day, l9dr Julyl which | subsequently han
ded to IL. Hopper, Esq, and requested That he
would attend at the place and hour designated for
the purpose of man!tcstiag proper respect to Me
Court dp1Ws process, by giving the necessary ex-
PLANTATION MS to PASSWORDS absence from home
and his consequent want of knowledge of any
suVh process having issued. The evening Of the
same day Il copy of an alias writ of habeas corpus,
issued against Passmore, was handed to me at my
door by Deputy Marshal Miller, the original Of
which was lett by some person, | know not who,
ut PASSWORDS house ON Buttonwood st. The writ
was rcturhablc next morning at 10 o'clock,
On the morning of the Goth, about 50 o'clock,
PassmOre made his appearance at our Office with
the alias writ in his hand. lie then Informed Inc
he had arrived at home from Ilarrislurgh between
| and = O'Clock OF that morning, and that he had
in no way heard of the writ having been issued
until Informed of it by his wife after his arrival.
! informed him that Edward Hopper, Esq, the
day before had at my instance appeared at Court
and explained the circumstance of his absence
from the city, and proposed that he should avail
himself oil his aid as counsel in preparing his re-
turn 20 the writ. Passmore assented, and | ar
companicd him to Il %TIopper's Office. The return
was therefore Endorsed upon the writ, Passmore
himself writing it in tho usual form, according to
the dictation of his counsel; aud having thus pro
cceded therein to the proper point, Requested a
pause, and proposed adding the words cor at any
.oMeT ~Hme"-which being approved by both Pass
more and his counsel, they were accordingly in
serted; then believing, as l now do, that those
words asserted truth and only truth, in the denial
OF any custody, power or possession by him of the
parties commanded by the writ to be produced.
Such are the facts of the case within my own
knowledge; and do not and cannot doubt but
that | am in possession Of full and precise infOr-
nation, from himself and from others, of every
part of Iassmore's agency, actings, and doings in
any way relating to or having connection with the
release Of Jane johnson and her two children
from the custody, possession and control of John
ii Wheeler, her and their assumed master, on
board the teamboa Washington; ut Walnut-st.
wharf; and ] have now no hesitation in saying and
averring-as ] have repeatedly heretofore said
and declared to ndividuals-tha I fully and hear
tly approve of every act, matter, and thing which
either of my own knowledge or from information
derived from himself or othors, | knolo or Jeliece
was by Passmore done and performed, or caused
or procured to be done, performed and acted in
connection with that case.
TIIOS. WILLIAMSON.
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On Monday evening, Mr.. Wood, ol,the Kansas
Tribune, had a meeting in the same place. After
some general remarks on the prospects Of Kansas,
(which, by tho way, Mr.. Wood is very sanguine
will become a free State, if the right kind, of Nor
tlierncrs are not deferred from omigrating thither
by exaggerated reports of the difficulties to be ell
countered,) Mr.. w. proceeded to a defence of the
Republican party, for whose success, particularly
in this State, he feels a warm interest. This de-
fence was a striking instance Of the failure which
must always attend every attempt to make the
worse appear the better reason, even when that
attempt is made byia man of good abilities and
excellent heart.
MIR. Foster, through the permission of Mr..
Wood, (who, in this instance, initiated tho Adolf
tionists, and declared his platform freo,) replied,
by putting some very searching questions, and
reading, in support of his allegations against the
Republican party, the assertion Of the Ohio STATE
Journal, that a Republican" could not be an Abo-
M'on'st, and passages from a recent speech of Mr.,
Chase, showing that he, for one, acas not an 15oli-
ZIONIST, SO far as slavery in the States and the
compromises of the Constitution are concerned.
10 Mr.. Fosters most conclusive substantiation
vi MS assertions, no reply worthy OF the name
could have been made out of their own mouths
he condemned them; the Republicans" how
ever, saved their champion the necessity of making
one, by breaking up the meeting in n row, which
us moro forcibly Of the earlier stages Of
the anti-slavery enterprise. than anything we.hayc
for some time. The immediate cause Of
this grdnde finale was Mr.. Fosters declaration
that George Washington was the first, slarc-catcAey
nnder The. confederation Of these Sates,-a declara.
the moro disagreeable because it was true,
and which we here beg leave to remind our Repub.
iican friends, was first distinctly presented to the
people by one of their own party, Mr..
Charles Sumner.
We will only add what simple justice REQUIRES
that we most entirely exonerate Mr.. Wood from
all sympathy with the.lrowdy spirit which was
ON this occasion, and indeed we hnou
he heartily disapproved of it; and what we
have said of him we feel fully convinced is true Of
the majority of the members of the Republican
party present at the meeting, who, we doubt not,
a cordial detcstation of slavery and OF
its %abettors, whenever they feel them to be such.
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dom ece,g where, conceding the right to slavery no
where, just as there were very few, at one period,
in the Temperance ranks, who were prepared to
60 for total abstinence, and at all times. and every
where. Uncertainty, instability, inconsistency,
want of union, want of principle, characterize all
such efforts, and forbid success. There is no
In order to have n definite standard, reGormcrs
must have a comprehensive standard. And this
Is only saying, in other words, that they must
have a radical standard.
In order to bring our forces to bear upon any
particular point, and to keep them steadily and
unlted'y there, u is necessary to select a point of
attack sufficiently prominent and important to
make every body see, at first glance, that, if the
point Of attack be successfully carried, the victory
Is complete and the warfare ended. For want of
this prerequisite, it was never practicable to en-
list any great number of earnest men in tho Tenn
perance cause, and to keep them steadily and
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-29
THE NEWS.

Published at Newport makes q direct issue with
the shareholders and presents the following appeal
to Kentuckyians for support:
Let all who favor the abolishinc of Slavery in
kentucky, subscribe for the Kentucky Weekly
News Dy TINS course we shall see how many are in
.."'1r Oh freedom and know how near we can come
10 clcctlng n majority of State officers who will
carry out the will of LIBERTY MEN in the State
II mere are more men in the State in favor of
let us know il. '''' why
We see the Anti, Slavery men continue to pour
will be ~"legion." Why shall not our Stat, have
the proud name of freedom like Ohio, and other
iree states, and in like manner go on and prog-
per Men should no longer suffer thsir senti-
meh,s 70 be smothcred, but speak out in favor Of
freedom, IN favor Of education and in Opposition
to the great sin Of Slavery. Come on fellow ynrs
MEN, fear not--the Lord is on the side of ripht.ons
ness and we shall prevail.
That sounds well, especially well for Kentucky
And It ought to shame out of couutenanc. The
serVde concessions of Northern Republicans to
save masters-The unmolested constitutional
right OF holding slaves during their good will and
Pleasure II northern men who call themselves
aht-siaVery would take an abolition petition and
MAINTAIN 1t faithfully and consistently, they would
give a moral force to movements of the abolition
lists oil Kentucky, how few soever they NAV be.
which would rapidly hasten the overthrow of sla.
very IN that State. But when northern abolition
lists take the side of the master against the slave.
Kentucky freemen can make small progress. IN
abolishing slavery in their State. -,
we clip from the same paper the 1 GLOWING an.
peal to Kentuckyians: -
which SHALL RULE AMERICA f-Slavery and De.
mocracy are two distinct elements, directIv Ton
posite, and cannot possibly exist together Sary
ye then, which shall rule American Shall slassrv
be extended into our new Territories and 6nslis
INTO the Tree states and have Americans 70 bc AZ
only slave government in the world or shall
slavery be extended no farther upon the Amer.
can continent and finally have it abolished in The
slave States and let America be the pride Of
nations, the only really FREE GOVERN xksr ON The
lace oil the earthf Let the bone and sinue of Ken
lucky, on her part answer. y
Ihe time is coming when DEsporisx or rRrrpov
must rule, and this will be the q~uest;s.l before vhe
American people in the next Presidents, cam
pa,,gn. Say then will you be FREE prsocaArs, or
VIII you be p~aleIaced slaves subject TO tho money
cd power of the black mans mssterf STUDY we'll
the confict. T'FH''
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than the arbitrary and aphorrcd m3% gistralc who
violated truth and right by casting him into a dun
gcon ~. y. T,ituac.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-29
From the Syracuse Reformer.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA TIMES.

The article from the South Carolina Times will
fonnd in another cclnmn. i; II q curiosity in
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-29
THE CASE OF PAssMoRE WILLIAMSON
STATEMENT by ms FATHER.

70 tie Ehior Of de- No,M Amc,jcan and [. S.
GgeaAe.
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AN ACT for establishing religious freedom, passed
in the Assembly Of Virginia In the beginning Of
the year 1885;
Wen aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free; that all attempts to influence Il by tenn
poral punishments or burdens or by civil incapa-
citations, tend only 10 beget habits Of hypocrisy
and meanness, and are a departure from the plan
OF the Holy Author Of our religion, who, being Lord
both OF body and OF mind, yet chose not 10 prop
agate by coercons on either, a. was in his almighty
power TO do; that tho impious presumption ofleg-
isatures and rulers civil M well as ecclesiastical
who, being themselves but hllible and uninspired
men, have assumed dominion over the faith of
others, setting up their own opinions and modes of
thinking as the only true and infable and as such
endeavoring 10 impose them upon others, hath es-
tabIished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part Of the world, and through all time
that to compel a man 10 furnish contributions of
money for the propagation of opinions which he
disbelieves Ia sinful and tyrannica that even the
forcing him 10 support this or that teacher of his
own religious persuasion is depriving him Of the
comfortable liberty Of giving bis contributions
TO the particular pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasive torghteousness, and is Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro
coeding from an appreciation of their personal con-
duct, are an additional incitement to earnest and
unremtting labors for the instruction OF mankind;
that our civil rights have no dependence on our re-
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or geometry that, therefore, the prescribing of
any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by
laying upon him an incapacity Of being called TO
the Offices Of trust and emolument unless he pro
fess or renounce this or that religious opinion, IL
depriving him iniuriously OF those privileges and
advantages to which, In common with his fellow
citizens, he has natural right; that Il tends also
to corrupt the principles Of the very religion IL is
meant TO encourage, by bribing, with monopoly
Of worldly honors, those who win externally pro-
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are criminal who do not Withstand such tempta-
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bait in their way; that TO suffer the civil ma
gstrate TO intude his powers into the field of opin-
ion and to restrain the profession or propagation of
principles, on the suppositon of their III tsndency,
Is dangerous falacy, which at once destroys all
religious liberty, because, he being Of course Judge
Of that tendency, win make bis opinions the rule
Of Judgment and approve or condemn the seus-
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ossy Of ree people ought 70 be constantly awake;
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Auence is one Of the most baneful foes Of republican
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al hope we may find Some means, in future, OF
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