Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-11-24
WHOLE NO. 500.

uitimatumP 1t can only be done BY an unfincl
ing adherence to the position which the State ba.
taken' She IS the center of the column of ker
southern confederaes they will rnlly around and
sustain her. If she falters all is lost The deter
mination to resist is settled--the manner is not,
Inc convention failed to specify in this particl.
! lar. IL being tho province Of tho sovereignty the
Legislature cannot supply the omission. / thore-
lore recommend you to provide by law for the call
mR OF State convention, in the event of the reiec
ton ot Kansas because Of the existence of slavery
therein, TO deliberate upon md determine tba
t,me anu mode OF the resistance contemplated by
the lourth resolutions Of the convention Of 1850
The benefits of such action 10y the Legislatures
arc apparent. Should the contingency arise nftct'
your ad djournment, it would make the coll of an .
extra session absolutely necessary. BY providing
/ Tor 1t now yon save heavy expense to the treas
ury.' t''"~
Another advantage will lie the conviction uron
the minds Of the people Of tho non-slayeholdng
States that Georgia is in earnest. This is impor.
tnnt, for they do not believe it, Their Free Soil
presses and speakers ridicue the idea that we nre
tho least serious in ayowei determination To
resist We feel and know that we arc and as a
matter OF nero good lalth,We should undeceve them
ere iher 1clusion bctray them to extremes from,
which thore i3 no retreat.
such action, moreover. will furnish the sound
constitutional men Of the North with the most po-
tent argument by which to appeal to the patriot I'M
OF their ieOwcitzens. 1t will arrest the attention
OF all thinking minds, aud rouse to the highest de-
gree that devotion 10 the Union which animates
the Dosoms of the masses in every section IL will
strengthen the knees and hold up the hands" If
that intrepid band of Northern patriots who, both
IN and out OF Congress willing to stand by the
South in this perous struggle. If We fail to main.
tam our position, they fall, strike from them
the prop that supports them: thoy will lie over.
whemed for their folly if they attempt to yindicate
our rights after we have failed to battle for them
Nor should such action by the Legislature be
regarded in the light Of threat to the non-saye-
holding States That would be as derogarory to
the dignity Of Georgia as it would be wounding to
their pride. But in the words of the convention
OF 1850, remonstrance, rather than defiance or
merace. We would recall them to the faithful dis
charge Of their duty as coniedera,es, 10y appeal
to tLeir reason ana their moral sense If after
all, the appeal in the form suggested should prove
unavailins, we should have proud satisfaction Of
having placed our State trum phantly in the right.
and Of casting upon them the fearful responsibility
of driving her to her fearful ultimatum
Let me not be understood as counselling rash
and precipitate aecton. The coll of such a con.
venhUn, ehou! ID it become necessary, migh not "a
Il matter OF course lead to disunion. 1t might be
within the scope of human wisdom to devise other
means of redress. 1t would certainly be tleir
duty, as it would their desire, if possible, to do
so. Disruption should indeed be The last re-.
sort
Still, however, if they should after mature de.-
liberation become satisfied that dissolution would
be the only remedy it could not in the very natu-,
require several months, and during that time, the
reaction in the nonslaveholdng States might be
so decided and salutary, MS to evince q returning
Justice and renewed fealty to the Constitution.
Indeed we already see the indication Of favorable
reaction, which encourages the hope that the pat.
riotism Of the North will save US from the neces-
sity Of resorting to the ultimatum Of the Georgia
Platform 1t is evinced by the recent elections.
and has been brought about by the noble and self.
sacrificing efforts Of the sound men Of the non.
State. At all events the convention
would not act hastily. While they would proceed
with the frmness Of unateroble purpose, they
would also act with well-cOnsidered prudence and
caution. They would not adopt an ordinance for,
immediate and unconditional disruption; but to
take effect at day future, sufficiently remote to.
admit Of this reaction. In the mean time TIE popu-
lar elections will have ranspired in the non-save--
holding Staes another Congress may have assem-
bed, who, upon reconsideration, and seeing the
position of Georgia and the peril Of the union NAV
admit Kansas as q slavehOlding State Let the.
ordinance Of resistance, therefore, be framed SO as
to allow time for reaction, if need be, and to ba
null and void upon the admission of Kansas by
specified day future but to take effect, ipso actol
upon its final rejection. This would present the
most powerful appeal thp nonslaveholding States.
in favor Of the rights of the SoEta tad tAe Union.
Above all it would make them responsible for
sequences, and vindicate the position Of Georgia.
in the estimation Of mankind. / conscientiopslw
believe this to be the best way to preserve the
Union. is as the lover Of the Union that re-
commend it, Georgia has solemnly declared that
American Union is secondary in Importance only
to the rights and principles it was designed to per-
petuate; and in accordance with this she has SOL
emnly announced, that she will resist (ercn as a
last reson) to disruption of every tie that binds
her to theUnion the acts os Congressional epcronch-
ment enumerated in the fourth resolution of tho
Of 1850. These two announcements
taken together, if they mean anything, express
her determination to maintain her rights in the
Union if she mrst. Tho people OF Georgia en-
lorse tn, vow; Let their representatives prove
themselves equal 10 the emergency.
This communication is necessarily suggestive
not argumentative otherwise its length instead
If being tiresOme as it is, would be intolerabe. I
nave already glanced at the most important SUBJ
ecs which claim your consideration. 1tremans
'or you in your wisdom, inspired by enlarged and
devoted patriotism, TO dispose Of them may APP
pear most conducive to the interest and prosperity
Of the State
"HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON"
Watch and see how many Of our Northern
champions of the Union will reproye this Hotspur
for threatening dissolve it unless the North shall
succumb to the Slavery Exten siCnists. See if they
don't blame u.s. who do not threaten disuniop, and
screen those who boldly do.- tribune
ELIJAH P. LoVEJOY-FATE OF HIS MUIR
DERERS.
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