Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-07-28
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

this city. Last night, even in the house, there
was not an entire exemption from Interruption
Louisville Democrat
Even in England, where there is a perfect union
of church and state, aud where Catholics and Dis
senters still labor under humiliating disabilities,
freedom of speech is not only tolerated, but it is
encouraged from the very spirit Of its institutions.
But Know-N othingism, from its organic character
is as much opposed to the light Of truth as it ic
TO the light Of day and holding the rights of
conscience and freedom of speech in equal and
utter disregard, it answers arguments with out
RACES, and attempts to stiflc free discussion with
rufian violence. Conceived in fraud and sustained
by falsehood-inculcating a system of mean,
wrotched, c~owardly lying, for initiation to full
communion-no wonder that Know-Nothingism
should be found in open, uudisguised opposition
to light and truth, against freedom of speech and
freedom of action, and against any and every prin-
ciple upon which the free institutions of our land
have rested SO long and rested SO securely"
The doctrine of freedom of speech is here laid
down with tho most edilying li6erality-and there
is no imitation whatever. If in any country in
the Old World or the Ncw-in England or the Uni
ted States-at the North or the South-you find
anything wrong in the institutions, if you find any
fault which legislation can amend, you are to be
encouraged to speak. Disburden your mind freely
says the Union, and agitatc. IF any body attempts
to prevent you by any other means than pcrsua-
sion, tho Union tells you that he is n rufian, al
omemy Of rights Of conscience, who answers ar
gumonts by outrage, and seeks to stile discussion
by violence. They who are against freedom OIL
speech are against light-they who would check
discussion, would cheak tho spread Of truth. Such
arc the views which the mouthpioco of the admin.
~istratiop, holds respecting the freedom of speech
views most liberal, orthodox and unexcoptional
our own views exactly.
The other day when a set of rufians in Mis-
souri, destroyed the press of the Parkville Lumi
.,, E., aan,I., Cronlo IF tla annI,ot ,c Al,,,
who committed the late outragcs in Kansas, we Dc
not recollect that the Union used any of these
phrases in condemnation Of the act. But that
was several weeks since, and the doctrine of liber
ty of discussion had not then been recognized by
the government organ. Now that this liberty il
to be encouraged" VIC shall expect to sec Mr.
Park Of the Parkvillc Luminary promoted to some
government Office in Kansas or elsewhere. liz
who stands up for the liberty of speech dc
serves well Of his country, and shall have q for
eign mission or a place in one of the custom
houses-the place of clerk or tide.waiter Calcl
Cushing's edict commanding that abolitionism il
Massachusetts be crushed out, is to be revoked.
In Kansas. they knock down and offer to shoe
the officers appointed by the Federal government
for speaking plainly yet decorously of public au
thoritics in the territory. This is not to happier
again freedom of speech is to be Encouraged
and to be encouraged it must be protected. il
Kansas they have a spurious Legislature now sit
ting, which designs to enact laws e~xpclling from
the territory all who express themselves favora
BILE to making Kansas q free state. These law
are to have the veto of the Governor appointed n
Washington, and if any attempt be mado by Atch
ison and his crew to supply the defect of law b,
violence, the government is to step in and protcc
the genuine residents of the territory and en-
force order-for the freedom Of speech is to b.
encouraged"
In short, that golden time which political dream
es have sometimes seen in vision, but never il
reality, when not only is nobody to be turned GU
Of Office for speaking his honest thoughts on
political question, and nobody to be mOlested il
any part OF the country Tor belonging to an un
!, rewarded the Executive is to look about for me,
f of frank and blunt honesty in the expression o
opinion rs the most proper persons to fill the Office
in his gift, and any attempt to interfere with thu
right of free discussion will be sure to awakel
his special displeasure, and to be counteracted b.
all the means which his high station and the law
lof the land place within his reach.