Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-11-15
THE AURORA.

John Frost, who for near twenty-five years has
published the aurora in this county, gives notice
of its discontinuance in his last weeks issue. Mr..
Frost has kept up his paper for this long period,
only with the greatest labor, energy and selfsacri-
fee. From the beginning to its last number, the
Aurora has spoken without concealment and
without compromise" 1t commenced its existence
with a war upon secret Societies. 1t has ever been
a staunch friend of Temperance and Education,
and was nearly, if not quite the first paper IN Ohio
to advocate the doctrine of immediate emancipa-
ton for the slave. In these and all other reforms
it has held on its woy incorruptible- unterrifed
and unwavering; and tho AurOra goes down with
the motto over its editorial head, death to Sta.
rery, or Dissolution !"
Mr. Frost discontinues the aurora to associate
himself with Mr.. Pryne in the publication of the
Pef0rmcr, at Ravenna. We shall miss the little
sheet from Our Editorial table. We give some
of the last words of the Aurora. They are in the
spirit of its whole life.
WHAT OF Fusion Now ?-This paper has lived
to see the ~consummation of six presidential cleo
tons. The hopes, fears, prospects, disappoint.
ments Of the last are pretty much over; and now
come Civilizations, rewards, spoils-vengeance.-
Somebody il elected and others are not. But wha,
of fusion now. Many Of our anti. slavery friends,
not only such MS oceIe called FreesOilcrs, but those
known as disunionists, part Of them, also united
with fusion, just this once in order to help whip
the 'locofocos.' They compromised every definite
anti slavery principle, excepting the spread OF
slavery, and wha, have they gained? They did
not triumph over the 'locofocos,' for Buchanan is
elected. Now what has been gained for the slave?
As it looks to me ycu conceded nearly every posi-.
ton, left your anti-slavery organizations, and
fused with dead wings and knownothings, and got
beat at your own game. The democrats facctious.
ly so.called, (for there is precious little true do
mocracy in the party. J also fused with anybod y
dead wings, live knownothings, border rufians,
or anything else that could vote no matter what,
and thus they beat you. The biggest ialsehood-
and it was q whopper-the Buchaneers told about
your fusion was to call the Fremont the abolition
party. You were tremendously not guilty on that
score. Were you not warned again and again of
your erJor2 When you follow pro-slare'y leaders
and vote for pro-slavery candidates how can you
expect your pro-slayery opponents to have any re.
spect for your inconsistent course? Pro-slavery
people can see this as well as anybody; and you
will find that it will take a long, long time of a
true consistent anti.slavery life 30 live down this
great error which you have committed.
1t is Just as well to look at the best future as
the worst future, and labor to secure it. Now that
Kansas will be free l think there need be no doubts
entertained whatever. But fusionists told us all
along that if Buchanan was elected Kansas and
all the other Territories would be slave States,
that slavery would be introduced in Ohio, that
laws would be made here denying free speech, and
all that-but it certainly will not be so. The 80
cofocos' would not submit to that-they would want
free speech.
Is the agitation on the slavery question now put
down? Not by any means. Now that the whirl-
wind of excitement is over, it is time to convince
peoples judgment of the wronGfulness of slavery;
that they must begin right to destroy not only its
power to spread, but it's very existence. In such a
case people can see that there are sides to the ques.
ton SO plain as to be obvious to all. Emancipa-
ton to the millions in slavery must be the stand
ard under which to rally, without compromise,
without a fusion to secure numbers at the expense
of principle. Conviction Of the right, and un.
swerving integrity to the same must characterize
the successful party for Liberty.