Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19
A TRICK OF THE SOUTH.

The slave power no more intends to be defeated
in the next Presidential election, than it intends
t. give up Kansas or abolish Slavery. 1t has di.
vers strings to its bow and all true and trusty.
First. they think they have d very fair prospect of
electing buchanan by the popular vote, who, as
most of the South Americans admit. is true to sla.
very. But failing in this, the shareholders calcu.
late with much certainty. that through the ngency
of Fillmore. they may throw the election into the
House of Representatives, where each State has
but one vote, which. says one of the South Ameri.
can papers. Does not imperil the rights of the
South" But we will let this paper, the Macon
Republican, make its own statement of the case.
1t says.
Throwing the election into the house Of repre-
sentatives does not imperil the rights Of the South,
Tut, on the contrary, makes, th'se rights safe lie.
yond "A perndventure, and renders the election of a
black republican impossible. For there are Is
slave States, and lG free States, but of these lG
free States, California has uniformly, ever since
her administration into the Union, gone with the
South. She has never varied from that ore hairs
breadth, and the two members who now represent
that State in the House, are as true as steel to the
South.
But let us suppose that one Of the members from
California should prove tIeaclerous to the South
we say one, for Of course there is no more dan,
ger OF Mr.. l%lerhert's voting for a black republican,
than there is of Mr.. Dodwell's or Percy Walkers
doing the same thing-still, that would only defeat
an election by the House. and would by no means
secure the election of Colonel Fremont. And hi-
! oloott,n ,r,n1l 1o ra,~1l l,,,:l ..lo -.
siderntion. In the present House of Representa-
tives. the Delegations from Iowa and Rhode Island
are equally divided between the friends Of Mr.
Buchanan and the black republicans, and thai
would prevent the election of Col. Fremont. ST.
that the election of a black republican President
by the present House of Representatives, is an ut
terly impossible hat is. if the northern de.
mocrncy, who, we are told, are such good friends
to the South, can be depended upon at ALL"
But n failure even here does not necessarily de.
feat the South. II they find Buchanan likely t,
fail in the House, they will next devote all thei,
energies to prevent an election by the House, and
thus throw the choice Of Vice President upln IT,,
Senate, according to the provision Of the Constitu
ton, and in such case, the Vice President would
be the acting President for the next four years.
As the Senate is constituted. this chuice would
fall upon Breckenridge. The only hore of the Re.
pu6licans, is therefore in the popular election
Failing in this, the South are sure of success. Blu
we will let the Macon Republican make its own
statement of this point also. 1t proceeds:
The question that next comes up. supposine
there should he no election Of President by thu
House Of Representatives, nor by tho people, is
Uhn iu thar nvnpt u;1 10 Dro.;lon,9 WI Al.
constitution has provided for that contingency
The twelfth amendment to the constitution pro
vides, that there is no election for vice Presiden
by the people, las under present circumstance
there would lie none if there was no election fol
President by the people then from the two high
est numbers on the list. the Senate shall chose tit
Vice President. And the person thus closer
would he the President for the next four years
surprising there was no choice for President either
10y the people or the House Of Representatives -
But in no event could that person be a black Re.
publican, because the black republicans cannot
command any thing like a majority of the Senate
He would he either Mr.. Breckenridge or Mr.. Don,
elsun-most likely the former-and either one oi
them would be safe for the South.
1--WE have thus shown, beyond all possibility Of
cavil, that throwing the election into the House Of
Representatives, SO far from inuriug to the benefit
of Col. Fremont, the black Republican, candidate
would he certain 10 give us for our next President
either Mr. Buchanan, Gr. Fillmore, Mr.. Brecken
ridge. or Mr.. DDnelson. Every body knows tina
all three of the latter are sound upon the southern
question. and the anti-Americans say, that Nj
Buchanan is, and if he is, the South is SAFE"
Thus the South is united for slavery. Ti.er
exists there, no party that is not for slavery
Whether the Democrats or Americans succeed sla
very is successful; and both the apparently riva
parties contribute TO this common result But at tb
North there is n purity for slavery as well as 70
freedom. And the party that is for freedom is on
ly partially and incidentally so. Well therefor
may the Shareholders he confident and overbear
ing as they are. Tie North will always DO in sui
lection, till her people unite on the d"eterminatio
G that no slave shall stane any foot of tho nation
4 soil.