Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-02-17
CRITICISM

tho nosiions and measures Of those who differ
with us while prosecuting our great common OBJ
iect. AM! VIC also very gladly give our readers
the benefit Of any fair criticism, OF the views
and tbc measures Of those with whom We
agree. OF this character is the following re-
port of Arson Burlincame's recent lecture in Bos'
ton, which we conv from the Liberator.
Mr.. Burlingame commenced his lecture by re,
marking that In speaking for freedom, he should
not be choice in the selection of terms by whleh 10
characterize slavery. Slavery had betrayed US,
and the time had come for an outraged people 10
express their sentiments in language not 10 pe HIS
understood.
Mr. B. ascribcd the origin of slavery to Pope
Martin v, who issued u bill sanctioning African
Slavery. 1t was also sanctioned by several of his
successors. Truth demanded, however, that he
should say that several Popes (among them the
present pope, Plus NINTH had issued their edicts
against it.
The speaker described slavery in the language
Of John Wesley, as the sum of all villainies.' 1t
had been a blight and a curse to the nation, NOR
ally, intellectually, and materially. The country
would have been immensely more populous and
wealthy had it not been for this institution. He
spoke of the South as continu ally laboring to
thwart the best interests of the North, and to IS
mould the policy of the Government that it shouid
hinder, and not advance, our prosperity. In
illustration of this point, among other things, he
Salu, lou nave desired ANA desire nOW, tue fecOR-
milton of the independence of Hayti-that island,
where slavery first sets its black foot in this West
ern world, and which, by a kind Of poetic justice,
is the first place where the black man has vindica-
ted, through his own valor, his right to liberty.
CHEERS Your trade is large with that island.
Mr.. Clark, the noble champion Of the Haytien's
humanity. has told you, in his excellent lecture,
that our commerce with lIayti is worth more than
the commerce with all the planting States put
together. But, yet her independence cannot DO
] rppOpnlZp1. hnponSp pn hnVn to pOur1iintn- tn
pay regard to, the refined tastes, the exquisite
sensibillities, of tobacco-chewing swearing. ig-
norant, l%icentious, drunken shareholders. loud
cheers.)
The South had been able to maintain its domi-
nant influence in the Government, and sway it to
its own purposes, by making politics q study
Here at the North, it was considered discreditable
in a man to be devoted to politics. He thought
this a mistake, and urged it upon Northern men as
an important duty, that they should fit themselves
to meet the South on their own ground, and van.
quish them in the field of politics.
Mr.. B. said he would say a word or two respec-
t ting the two plans for abolishing slavery which
5 had been advanced there during the present course.
And first said he, in regard to Mr.. Phillips.
And here let me say, that for him, | have the high
> est regard. ] am more indebted, probably, to that
= man, for my Anti-Slavery convictions, than to any
3 body else, Long ago, l came from the Law School
to hiss him, and went away loving and a~dmiring
: him. | appreciate his devotion to liberty, / ap-
: preciate all his sacrifices for it; l honor any man
who is true to his own convictions, and such a
{ man is Mr.. Phillips. loud and reiterated cheers)
I | differ from him widely. His practical plan is,
: in his own words, used here, to tear the Constitu-
{ ton in %tatters.' Wherefore? Because, he says,
e it is q pro-slavery Constitution. deny it! ] say
it is an Anti-Slavcry Constitution, from t~itle-page
> to c~olophon. (Cheers.) There is Anti Slavery
Z enough in it to put this Government actively and
. perpetually on the side of freedom; and when you
have done that, the letters of the slave must fall.
| do mot lilo aithor big ,1,o 60, b,;,u;,u 1orII. II.
= end. 1t is, not to vote: in other words, to abdi-
: cate his right as an American citizen. Now, the
u practical r.sult of this proposition is, that he will
have to convert ereyy man in this Government, and
that, | think, will take about ten thousand years.
]. (Laughter.) Therefore, | reject his plan but
again, let me say, thatI have the greatest regard
d for him, and allow me to express my grief that he
does not put himself into relations with some
party, so that the voters of some district may
" place him where his golden eloquence might
n thrill, not through the hearts of his little band of
devoted followers only, but though the pulsating
/ heart of the whole nation. Great applause.)
He could not endorse Mr.. Emerson's plan for
emancipating, by buying the slaves, because he
did not regard it as feasible, nor, if feasible, as
either right or expedient.
If asked to state specifically what he would do,
he would answer-lst, repeal the Nebraska bill
II ID, repeal the Fugitive Slave Law Sd, abolish
slavery in the District of Columbia; 4th, abolish
the Interstate slave trade next, he would declare
lIldt eiaNery SnOulu not spread 10 one men OF the
n territory Of the Union and he would then put
our government actively and perpetually on the
side of freedom. Having thus denationalized sla-
very, he would not menace it in the States where
t exists, but would say to those States, 1t is your
T. local institution Hug it to your'bosoms, if you
will, until it destroys you. But, while he said this,
y. he would also say, You must let our freedom alone.
(Applause) If you but touch the hem of the gar
ne ment of freedom, we will tramplc you to the earth
Loud applause.)
ne Scan anything be more contradictory than to
k affirm, in one breath, that the U. S. Constitution ia
a thoroughly anti-slayery instrument with no faint
n of slavery about it-and in the next, to acknowl.
of edge that three and a half million of slaves are
ut beyond the reach of the Constitution in fifteen
rs States Of the Union ED. Lib.
ILLINoIs.-A resolution has passed the House of
of Representatives of the Illinois Legislature, in
"a structing Senators in CongIess to advocate the re-
storation of the Missouri Compromise.
it Judge Trumbull, the newly elected Senator, wa.
to n member of the Democratic party up to the pas
no sage Of the Nebraska bill when he bolted. lie
oJ was elected to Congress last fall, on that issue, by
rs a majority of 2,l22. The Chicago Tribune says d
IL him and his election:
h "As a man and q statesman, no one whom We
ms could have elected would have done us more honor
rs than Judge Trumbull. lie is perfect gentleman
IN n finished scholar, an able jurist, and n profound
,es statesman. He is a man of more real talent anc
III power than Abram Lincoln. He has been fol-
il many years in public life in our State, and ha,
won the esteem and confidence of our people b,
ISL his faithfulness, ability, and watchfulness for tn,
he interests Of the State. We shall be proud to hav,
kim take his seat beside our Little Douglas and il
,pn the place Of Gen. Shields, compared with both o
whom he is a most refreshing contrast. Illinoi
of has done well. She has responded to the cal