Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-16


of the Legislature has been jcercd at ridculcd
misreprcscntcd, cnricatured, anathcmauzed, t.
the total disregard ur all that belongs to fairness
leccncy, and honorable dealing no matter what
may have been the question under consideration.
| md wholly irrespective oc its merits. Such con.
luct is nothing better thar unmitigated scoundrei-
ism. The conductors Of the papers alluded to
lhabtualy reveal themselves Ms without principle
or selfrespcct traitors 70 the cause OF liberty,
more dangerous to tie commonwealth than all the
pick pockets and burglars therein. They Systemat
icaly and dcsgnedly poison the life blood OF the
community. There : not u particle Of manhood
among them all. They are tie svcophants OF
MammOn--the sponicls Of Cottonocracy-thc ser
vile tools of the Slave Power. In whatever else
they may differ, they are always agreed in resist
ing human Advancement the overthrow OF long
established wrong, unpopular TRUTH the claims
of outraged humanity. They arc morally inca
! pnLe of uttering an independent thought or q
nobc sentiment In short-TllEY ARE TO
RIES.
In consequence Of the Illegal, procptatc AM
mercilcss conduct Of Judge Lorin; in the case Of
Anthony Burns,--a Probate Judge eager to play
the part of two-lcgsed bloodhound ns Slave Com
missioner under n Congressional enactment truly
described as Internal, the Legislature, by an over
whelming vote in both houses, in accordance with
the humane. moral and religious feelings Of the
people of Massachusetts, without distinction Of
party. too powerfully expressed 10 be safely dis
regarded requested his removal from Office at tn
hands of the Executive. While his case was pend
ing, every effort was made Ivy the journals W
have designated to intmlate and brow-Scat til
Senate and the House, aud to shield that iniamou
Judge Of Probate from all condemnation, by pre-
tended concern for the purity and Independence q
the judiciary But in.vain did they rave an
foam at the mouth the Legislature was comDo,
cd Of men who could neither be bsibcl nor over
iawed, and it proceeded to the performance Of
high duty without icar or favor. Then came
fresh howl from those journals as from the regions
Of the lost! Still, there tic Executive to tak'
/ fiual action upon the subject and so they useo
every artifce to induce Gov. Gardner to keep the
saye-catcher in his polluted Office, and TO override
/ the unmistakably demand Of the people To his
shame and lasting in.amy, he yclled to their min
! g'ed clam1r and fattery and then, what shouts
of eXultaton they raised, joined in by harmonious
yes of the whole body Of Southern men -stealcrs
and cradle-plundcrers
/ The Personal Liberty Bill was passed by both
branches Of the Legislature with great unaninlity
| Immediately there arose from the proslavcry Jour
mails of Boston Il terrible outcry Of 'Nullifcatian =
treason Sc. &C.. in which all the Southern news
papers joined in full chorus, assisted by Bennctt's
! Herdld the New York JoHradi Of Commerce. the
! Albany 1rguS, and other satanic presses. Again
| they invoked Gov Gardner to veto the action OF
the Legislature; again he responded to their ap'
peal; and again they made the welkn ring with
their shouts of cxhultaton.
But the cause of freedom is stronger than the
purchased presses Of the city and country and
will 20 on 'conquering and to conquer Boston
I no longer rules the commonwealth with a rod o.
iron. The people of Massachusetts have made NJ
/ their minds to have ho more slave hunts in their
borbcrs and they will not only cordially endorse,
but firmly sustain the action Of the legislature for
the protection of their rights and libcrties.'