Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-15
THE "sQUATTER SOVEREIGN" ON THE
UNION.

The Kansas " Squatter Sovereign" says there is
no intention on the part Of tho Missouri and Kan
sas and Missouri slavery propagandlsts to annex
Platte County to Kansas. The attompt, it fears,
would breed n quarrel. Speaking Of it, tho Soy.
ereign" says:
Well do they know tho consequences that would
necessarily follow such a result. Kansas, deprived
Of The aid hitherto receiued from her Southern allies,
,oould prOre an easy prey 10 these rdpacious riiains Of
Me North. l,howeycr, tho North fattcr themselves
that this can ever DO done, wo most humbly beg
leave to nndccoive tbom. We can toll tho il perti-
nent scoundrels Of The Tribune that they may ex-
hnust an ocean Of ink, their Emigrant Aid Sooi-
ct!es spend their millions and billione, their Rop-
resentativcs in Congress spout their h%erotioal
theories till doomsday, and his Excollency Frank
lin Pierce appoint Abolitionist after FREQ Soiler as
Governor pet zee piH continue 10 tar and feather,
drOOa, lynch and hang, erery chiteiirered 1Jolitioa
ist ,oho daes 10 poHue or sol.
And though our fair Territory may be refused
admittance into the Union MS n slaveholding State
by tho political dcmagogues of the North, wo care
as little for their decision as for the continued and
futile attacks which have been mado upon our
rights by the indecisive Cabinet who now admin
lster the affairs of our nation. For ice confidently
hope Mdt Tie last national Congress may meet in
Washington on Me first Monday IN December merit;
and we prophecy, with the firm conviction that
time will verify our words, that never again will
tho Southern States Of the Republic suffer dicta.
,ion Mt the haDds of n set of negro stealers and
rascals who stand pledged 10 war upon their rights
until liberation ceases to be 4 virtue.
We ask tho slayeholding community what object
they had in view when, us free, Independent and
sovereign States, they consented to band themselves
together under the Federal Constitution? Was II
not for the purpose of securing sympathy an as
sistance from each and all, while they themselves
should be protected from aggression on the part of
friends or foes at home or abroad at tho Same
time preserving their identity as sovereign and in
dependent members Of the confederation?
Now if this Federal compact should Mt any time
prove insufficient for protection, and Il portion of
the States should sock for their own aggrandize-
ment to force or impose measures upon the remain
der. in direct opposition to their interests and
wishes what interest have those whose rights ara
~trampled upon in the further Observance of a
compact which daily lessons their strength, and
serves to strip them Of their few remaining means
Of defense?
For what are laws enacted, if not for the pro-
lection Of person and property This SANE Con-
hsitution recognizes our slaves as property, and if
II is to be observed by us, must protect the rights
Of the stakeholder, in whatever portion of tho
Union he may be. But tohen an individual STATE.
such as Massachusetts, or Ohio, sees fill 10 annul her
Federal obligation, and refuses 10 respect the riohts
Of our citizens, are not lie States iohose rights are
! jeopardized thereby freed from their compact as
clearly as u IL oere a mere ciUa contract betceen in
dipiduais ?
If this be truo--and we scarcely thiuk IT can be
denied even by the most prejudioed-then has tho
South had sufficient cause 10 secede during ererv
t,octee months for The past ten years. Her inalien.
able right to do so, individually or collectively, we
do not intend to argue, for we consider il as q clear
mathematical axiom. which none but fools or ia
natics will attempt TO dispute. If the Southern
States have it not, what claim have they to their
proud and boosted right Of independence and SOW
e~reignty?
If II be not guaranteed by the Constitution, then
they possess it by right of revolution, and let /" tha
right make the mightp be their motto. !