Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-02

South and enjoying her means and hospitality
Of course, jackson little too hot place for
| nim, and he at once abscnted himself We hope
'ur brethren Of the press will pass him around
lie is described as man about 20 years of age
tall, with fair complexion and black whiskers."
And 50 he is to be identified somewhere if pos
siblc in the South; and it found, he is to be lynch
ed. What becomes Of our star-spangled banner
i I(Applausc) What is the valus of tho American
Constitution Where, rsk, in the name Of God,
10 the American Union, and what is it? To this
compile xiOn it has come ut last, that n man may
not put on paper single word Of rcprubntiDn OF
the conduct of no'hern men going to the South
and becoming Shareholders, without being com
Ipellcd if detected, to flee for his life out Of the
southern portion Of cur country. This is tue Spir-
it of the South.
said began this enterprise with the design
exclusively of cmancipating black people, not
dreaming that white people were held in bondage,
or that any of them would be liable to he made
slaves Of snd yet at this very time, there is
on trial in New Orleans in which white female
is claimed as slave The suit is yet pending,
and the New Orleans Delta Of the l2th inst. says:
"A suit was yesterday Gled in the Sixth Dis rict
Court behalf of Josephine Smith, alias Barrett,
in which the allegations are as follows, That she
is wrongfully and illegally claimed slave. by
Lionel Z. Levy, whose residence is III the city UI
New Orleans, and by Joseph Cohen, who resides
at Charleston, South Carolina"
What does she say for hersclf2
"She alleges that when she lived in the house of
said Barrett, she lived there as free white mem
Der of his family, and that said Barrett then, and
ut all other times, treated her and presented her to
the world AS his own daughter, and as being both
free and white. Petitioner further alleges that
she has always associated with white persons, and
has been considered free white person; that she
was educated us free white person ut both Eng
liSh and French schOols, where none but white
; children were knowingly admitted; that the said
B urett recognised her IN vaiiou~ ways and ut all
times from her childhood to his death free and
, wnte and used to take her the public theatres
and seat her with himself in the dress circle
where none but white persons were knowingly al
m,tted."
This is the person claimed to-day as a slave il
The State of Louisiana. l need not say to any u
you in tins audience who are familiar with tIa
complexion ut the slave system, though I'll bleach
Img process ut the present time, that the day has
gone by for any distinction VA the ground Uf col
our, and that persons Of fair complexion can
be found in the wOrlu are now groanng in the
prsun-hUuse ut the South, and all the more
valuable Uu account Ot their white complexion, il
they are ltmalcs, becatsc they be sold for bru
tai purposes, You see, therefore, that we are ali
interested in this matter; that no person can sAy'l
I'm safe, my wIio is sale, my mother or MY child
is safe; that complexion settles the question III
America, that none bat black people can be en-
shaved. Slavery cares not tor anybody ) complex
&. IN; no person is safe
Little DID think when | went to Baltimore that
| went there to rcscue Christianity from the !ouIeSt
-uGtua ever ca: upon IL, lur ut tnat time 1t was
nut the fashion run to the Bible vindlcate >ia
very us Divine institution. Now, all over tit
south, and, indeed, all over the country, with eX
lueptiuus, they whu claim to he the authorized cN
JunierS of the Word of God undertake to prov,
tlut slavery L. i'll accnrdaucc with the Old aud New
Testament is consistent with natural anI rev cale,
religion and, consequently, as logical deduction
that the Anti-Slavery movement, Is an iuttui move
ment, conflicting with tile will and word OF God
We have tn vindicate the Christianity of Jesui
Christ. We declare for ourselves that there is n,
stain of blood upon it; that there Is no oppression
whatever which 1t salLrtVnS that 1t recognises th'
brotherhu uod Of the human race; that every hunAi
. being is dear child ot God, and that all are ak
i precious in his estimation: and we affirm that vino
i says that jesus Christ winked at slavery, con
\, uivcd ut it sanctioned it, is one who casts th
tuulest imputatiou upon the character OF Jesu
Christ; and if he s;ys that Christianity as reveal
y ed, eXempted and vindlcated III the person o
y Jesus Christ, sustnnS and sanctions that system
" he is Il liar and the truth is not in him applause
" | did not suppose that slavery would at last fin,
So much of support, on tie part OF the nation, a
TO dare to throw off the mask and avow its pur
= pose of eternizing itself the American SOIL
, But the hour has come for it to throw away the
!, mask. 1t has done sU it is against all mitigation
Examiner, 1t says:
;, ut is all an hauncination to suppose that w
:, are ever going get rid Of slavery, that it viii
u ever be desirable to do so. 1t is thing that W
+, cannot do withOut-that is righteous, prolitabl
II and permanent, and that belongs to Southern suc
$ ETY. inherently, intrinsically and duraby til
r wnite race itself. Southern men should act MS
p the canopy of heaven were inscribed with con
venant, III letters of lire, that the negro iS here
q and here tOrever-is our property and ours lureN
y er--is never to be cmancipatud-s TO be kept har
st at work and in rigid subJection all his days"
l, This is now the attitude of the whole body {
- shareholders II our cOuntry-tnut slavery is Il par
OF national existence; that they more dreal
~ Of getting rid OF it than they do Of commitun
suicide; that it is Indispensable to the safety an
u the prosperity of the republic. They are hosti.
~ TO every form! of mitigation.
20 There are those whu say they cannot go wit
~ the Abolitlonlsts III denUnncnS slavery, sue
~ as intrinsicaly evl. 1t is system, they tell VI
u u which has many abuses, and they are in favor
" having the abuses all removed. What are til
~ abuses of the slave system? l never knew an
!, such person to define thuse abuses, or attempt I
=; remove them, if he himself could understand whi
80 they ARE: 1t seems to me, that, human being
,o rs fathers and mothers. as brothers and sister
- husbands and wives, might easily come to the col
-, cuslun that the putting oi father, II mother,
= husband, u wife, II child on the auction block,
-, be sold to the highest bidder, was Il
10 abuse an outrageous abuse OF slavery, it yo
,r please, something that ought to be put away 10
I, ever. Well, few months since, the Governor
= Alabama seemed to think 81 too and so in h
~ message to the Legislature Of that State, he su
!. mltted II recommendation that law should
:, passed by which children under certain age, ii,
years, should not be allowed to be taken from the
parents and sold away. The Richmond Enquire
"A an oIacular paper on this subject caule down u
- On the Governor Of Alabama with much inlign
- -, ton, and said:
Mt Tins recommendation strikes US as being mo
e- unwise and imp"lic. Ii slaves are property tn,
IL should they be Mt the absolute disposal Of tho una
IL ter or be subjected only to such legal provision
all as designed for the protection Of lite and inl
OF If the relation Of master and slave be inirng,
yn for one purpose, it would be difficult to ix AZ
limit to tie encroachment. If the STAKEHOLDER yie
an one point to tho demands of Abolition fanatiosl