Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-02-23


was pleaded in that slave case was either LOYALTY t.
the law, or the Constitution. IF they possess tho
foresight necessary to men who desire end arc com.
pe'eht to achieve political prolormont, they will sec
III 'hl ana n thousand other signs Of the times.
'ne mutations of a rising public sentiment which
VIII not much longer tolerate the continuance
OF The people Of Ohio in that vassaloee to the
slave power, which loyalty to the Constitution of
the United States necessarily compels. The man.
ncr in which they have lodged the issue presented
them inspires a doubt Of their moral integrity, as
well as their political sagacity, inasmuch rs it
argues their willingness 80 perform what they sup
pose to be the popular will, whether in itself right
or wrong, and also their mistrust that popular sen
hment is not exactly what they represent it
to be.
1t would he interesting to some Of the eonstit-
nenIs Of these gentlemen, if they would e~nlighten
US as to the character Of those rights Of parts Of
the eonledcracy' a due regard for which does not
permit the extension of the privileges wo enjoy, TO
the whole human family. What right" has any
portion Of the coniederacy to debar human beings
from enjoying all the privileges which are ours ?
DO the Republicans in the Senate of Ohio by this
ambiguous language, intend to endorse the claim
OF night in Kentucky to hold 4 portion Of her peo-
pie as chattel slaves and urge that a due regard for
tins right, iorbids the granting Of the prayer Of
the petitioners +? This is the only legitimate con
%strucIon which it allows, and let anti-slaverv peo-
pie mark it. What more does tue slave power
desire than this, and what more has the Democrat.
&c party, and had the old Wing, to offer them than
this recognition Of the rightfulness Of Slavery?
They assume to condemn in the "most decided
and emphatic manner" the objects of the memo
%rialists, as reasonable" Treason against whom,
or what ? Does the Senate, and its committee.
deny those principles quoted in the Memorial from
the Declaration of Independence, and the Ohio
Bill Of Rights, which declare the right of the peo-
pie for good cause, to alter, reform, or abolish the
government under which they live If they do
not, from whence do they derive the authority to
pronounce a movement reasonable, which is per-
ieetly constitutional, in accordance with the spirit
OF our institutions, and based upon inherent and
inalienaIle rights? Ii they do hold these prin-
ciples to be false, why in the name of consistency
do they term themselves Republicans ? Would
these gentlemen condescend to the article of mis-.
representing, and maliguing, the oction Of a por-
ton OF their constituents, as the easiest mode of
being rid ofarguments which they cannot answer?
Treason, is it, to ask in q respectful manner of our
own Representatives, to take peaceful measures for
governmental reform, and for reasons assigned
which are left untouched, and uncontradicted
Fellow-citizons,I cannot characterize the assurance
with which the Senate, and its committee. have
passed judgement upon the memorialists, and their
objects, without the employment Of ~epithets, which,
for the present., may perhaps as well be withheld
from men who have acted upon an important sub
ject with a haste too indecent to justify any an
~ticipation Of benefit to the cause of f eelom in the
future from their wisdom, or integrity. Our only
remedy is to hold them to a stern accountability
hereafter. A. BROOKE.
MARLBORO, O., Feb. 10.