Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-10-18

From the Rochester Daily Democrat.
BURLINGHAME VERSUS SOUTHERN LIT
ERA1URE.

Mr.. EDIToR: In the course Of Mr.. Bnrlingnme' r
peech here ON the 5th inst, he ated that there
were more hf oks published in the li,tle district
which he had the honor to represent trum the Old
Buy State. and across which IL cannon hall might
ne fired, than in all the South together" :" and ask
ed the very pertinent queston-"Where are her
ni,turians; where are her poets" lie thought
ihe Muse could not stonp to string the Tyre in
praise of Human bondage. lie knew that the i'm.
periul intellect had often lent its mighteSt ener-
sieS to defend and dignity "the sum ct nil william
es." But the Muse, the immortal Muse, was too
ure, ton lright, to lend her inspiration for ,uch II
hemc! With scOrnful indignation, the orator ex.
;lamed-" -uok ut the slave, driven to his toll
with the TX and mule listen To the crack uf the
lrvers whip us he sweltcrs beneath the burning
sun; bark. 10 the deep huarse baying of the
mounds in some dismal swamp, rs they scent the
tack of his flying feet What subject for poe.
ry and song" Mr.. Burlingnmc has wrunged the
south The suppoSiriun is uniouuded Whether
the Muse Of Homer, Milton aud Shakespeare, Of our
,wl, Bryant and Whittier, does even pander to so
vile Il theme, may be n question. Personally your
correspondent is inclined to the opinion, that as
there are "bi.ck spirits and ,rhite," sn there are
rion.conred muses.. William A. Grayson Of
Charleston s. c.. has fairly won the SouJyi9uei-
Laureate of Negro Slavery" lie has written
aud published lnng POEM suhject-"The Hire
iug and the Slave" Thr argument is condensed
Ia good plain prose by the New York Times, thus:
itr, and owes his labor to his master, the mns,er
nwes sCpport, during life, to the slave, that
Il very permits id!enes>, allows no tramping or
-kulkinE, and knows 10 pauperIsm-that all cru
city is an abuse does belong to the institution
I'D NAV be in time prevented-that Slavery is AN
engagement not for days and weeks bu' tor life,
draws the relation closer between master ana
servant and that the sale of slaves Is sunstan.
fially only IL transfer of labor from one master tu
the other, and evil the to laborer that Slavery
is an evil only in tho same sense in which the
h!reling's hard labor is an evil that slaves and
masters equally satisfied; that the end Of
Slsvery is present g1nd To the slave himself and
he country in which he la5ors, and the world at
arge and future gnod to his race and. finally.
Iha, if the Abotinnists are in earnest they have
uuv to go into market and emancipate ali the
slaves by purchase
il is thus instead nf rising to tie height. he
siakS Ia the depth of this great argument. The
happy condition nf the slave" sprken of by Mr.
Fillmore, is invested with couteW de rose tint
with is charming, delightful
In sloth and error sunk for countless years
His race has lived, but HgM at last oppcars-
Ceesfiat i,ght religion mdCfied
Dlwns in the heart of CoNGos simple child,
Tier glorious truth he hears with glad surprise.
And lifts bis es with rapture to the skies
The noblest thoughts that errinS mortals know.
Walked ty her influence, in his bosom glowi
HIS natare otoaS the renOrGtiag scay
And the old barbarian mehs away.
The Negro wins, with we'll directed toll,
Its various treasures from the virgin soil,
Swept by his axe rhe forests pass away,