Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-30
AMERICAN NATIONALITY

AMERICAN NATIONALITY.
why do you so obstinately refuse to ioin the
American movement" asked friend Of an
ether.
" because am an American" was lie cur.
''Do you mean to say that asserting our nation,
olity is anti-AmericnnS' S' demanded the other
again
To assert it, no 10 narrow or circumstribo.
it, yes"
/ Nobody wants to narrow or circumscribe Amer
lean nationality"
" Yet you and your friends 10 so %
GLOW ?"
Listen, and will prove it. You start our ma,
tionaty from an obscure European tribe,
/ the Anglo-Saxon. There is narrOwness nun
Der one. You give us for forefathers only the
British. There is narrowness number two. And
you would make our developcment English only
There is is narrowness number three. In Europe
nationality means religion, one race, one LAM
guage, eating alike and dressing alike. There
they have nationalities bounded by hills, rivers
lakes and mountain ranges.
Such nationalites used to exist in our country
too, among the Indians but to confnc q people
living between the Pacific and tie Atlantc, tEs
lakes and the Gulf of AIexico-a people whom
neither the Alleghanies nor the Rocky mountains,
nor the Mississippi could divide stop--a people
among whom almost all known languages ara
Spoken-to Conihe such people within the ma
tonal raight jacket of your Know Nothing lodges.
lis falsiying every historical record, and is bet.
Ting the American people Such nationality
may suit an Indian tribe it may be Matched in the
brain of men with narrow Europern yiews-but to
an American, true American, it is revolving
y. y, Post.
4 CURIOUS CAsE-NINErEEN SLAVES GoSE-Ws
o'sergsd sd good deal of excitement on Monday, af.
ternoon, on the wharf near the steamer Caledonia,
and soon number of colored people, male
AM cf.rr n pf hnn
of the steamer to the wharf. On inquiry wa
learned that an old gentleman on board wSs Tar
king nineteen slaves, male ana female By F1Gy Of
this city, from Culpepper Virginia, he alleged
for the purpose of freeing them in Ohio, and buy.
ing land for them. The slaves, however, from
some cause, became suspicious that he really in.
tended taking them to some slave State, and hold.
ing them Is slaves. Six men Of the uibsr. there
fore, broke away from the party, and concealed
themselves, The old as one of the slaves
told us, assured the others that they might also
leave if they pleased, and finally all put their bag
gage ashore quite deliberately, procured Wagon,
and took it off into the city. -. =
The old gentleman, meanwhile, sat on the boiler
deck of the steamer, apparently most indifferent
spectator, though evdeatly considerably intoxca-
ted, and growing more from frequent visits To.
the Lar of the boat We ascertaiued from tbs
slaves that he called Capt. Henry. lie was y
large, sna booking man, and of prepossessing man.
ner. . No.
We ask him what the difficulty sas between
him and the slaves. lie merely answered, II DONE
know myself--wo don't understand each other"
Another Southern gentleman, however who oseem~
ed to be very intimate with Capt. Henry, said IL
us, quietly "It's all CANNON about misunder
standing-he didn't mean to set them free and they
had sense enough TO 20 while they could
We are still puzzled to understand the matter,
however, and think it not unlikely that the slaves
were themselves mistaken as to the designs. II
they were, and even forfeited handsome landed
property they at least free 1t is iuot 70 say
that tiey had excellent clothiHg very large stocks
of baggage trunks, &C., and have evidently Ind
kind and liberal treatment from Capt. Henry, who.
looked like n wemeaning old gentleman, antt
must feel deeply y7our1lod il his il'tettions were-
euck as he NEesen.s.-Fhstur3h D'spatch,'
An OLD SLAVE N DisTREss.-An old coorei'
man, named johnson, has been Accommodated witE
lodgings, the two past nights, at the Second Dis
trct Station House. lie stated that he is "a years
of age and y7ps or1r asave in Montgomery county
NIaryland that his first masters name ,%,.$
Barnes; that he lived with him until he was IL
years of age, when be was given to Barns son-in-
law whose name was Johnson and lived, with him
for upwards of36 years. lie was III sn stitoa psrl
son named Fee in Wilcox coihty Geergfa whom
he represents as extremely cruel and yipAiotiya
F. He was frequently whipped for the Most frivol-
Gus offence. lie lived for upwards Of 20 yearo
with Fee, when he made his escape and asd- To
jackson county in the State Of, Ohio There L.
8,tye T.
He subsequently, went to Canada, and finally rt
turned to this State in Niagara county, where he.
with much difficulty, procured living, and e
nally betook himself to the AlmshoGse, Rs Tns
not suffered to remain there long, however. Gnd has
been passed from one amshouse to ahatheY, until
he reached this city. The poor old fellows mind
is somewhat affected by his misfortunes, and tiai
morning he saiA s hah bean loO&ng fog the G5s
ernor to see if he could not order hin hanged an
thus put an end to his troubles.--Albany Alias
MARRIAGES III CoNYEcrlcUr.-A bill has passed
the Senate Of Connecticut Eegalzing the rssfnrS
ance of marriages in that State by clsrgy man cut
the State. The bill refers to the past well as y
the future forit appears that the laws of that cJ
monwealth such that all such marriages hither
to performed by clergymon out Of the State hav
7 been lnrdld
If A eorTexpondant Of the Urbdna Cfixen writing
II from Oregon expresses belief that il ia
i. ton of Inc dominant party intbe Territory toiS
W tfoducs slavery therein.
Of AN pMBhleEoUs OAK.-lThere is en- aak tIss
b near Raleigh, N. c., which at the suhs nerldlsn
r. covers with shade space.of 5000 feet N'wot.e
3 afford shelter for 900 men.