Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-08-09
WHOLE NO. 566.

this day and That when tho word "libcrty" was
loved 1T reminds me Of the speech of Cicero on
q certain occasion, when, in the degenerate days
Of old Rome, the sGm5 idea crossed his great mind.
lie spoke of liberty. how once rcvored and loved
by the Roman people, But now (said be) trampled
down. How is it here to day? now is it with
the great Democratic party, and their represents
tivos within my hearing? There is word n
the English language that is so proscrbcd by
them the word liberty" These Democrats
hate it as mal. dog hates water. Liberty Tho
MON cnt the word is suocn he that speaks il is at
once transformed into an Aboitionst. 'Libcrty"'
Freedom" Of all words in our language thcir ut
terance soonest puts man in Coventry. One Sem
ator believes that should he put in coventry
who makes use of these terms indiScrccty, Whv
| is it thus? Sir, liberty was tho polar star that
guided our fathers in the great struggle for indt,
pendencc. If that werd bad been stricken from
the calendar, not single man would have been
found to face the British b0yoncts for n moment.
1t is in vindication Of liberty that am here to,
day. 1t is not less in ieopardy now than it was
then. Aspirations for liberty stimulate them, and
enabled them 70 70 through the dreadful struggles
of the Revolution: hut now nj this era in the Sen,
ate Of the United States, | am supposed to-. 5c an
intcrmeddcr in ether mems hnsinoss not M own
for avowing my love for it. For maintaining this
principle am put beyond the pale of all promo
ton in the so called Democratic party The lead,
leaders arc now ,courted, trusted, and honorcd in
proportion to their scrSility and hatred Of free
DOM .. d.. 80. - ,,,..
All Senators know that there exists here mr. un-
cor stitutonal test of office. do not respect it,,
md told You in the beginning that never would.
Lest he who occupies the executive chnir sboulI
make some great blundcr, and not put into Office
the mere tool of the slave power, you ipqltrc into
what he has done; and if the smell Of liberty is on
his garment, be it ever so faint or remote, he is
prescribed. lie can no more receive an Office at
the hands of the Democratic party than if he came
from the penitcntiary. The love of liberty, oaerf
atpS n n yictiuO for prImp. lpnrivcS ni,, ~
the rights of an American citizen. lie can hold
no Office OF trust or profit under the United States
if he happens to believe that men arc created
equal, and have certain inalicnablc rights, among
which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi
ness. This is the degcneracy to wllich your Dem
ocratic party has come. | am humiliated by it; |
am put beyond the pale of Office. There is not enc
of the majority in the other House, calling them
selves Republicans, who wcro elected by an over;
whelming majority of the free people OF the Uni
ted States, whose Representatives they arc, who
is not under your Democratic rule, as effcctualy
prescribed from receiving an Office at the hands oil
the Democratic party as though nc was the inmate
of penitentiary. Why? Because he has under
taken to resist your attempt to mako slavery in
these United States universal and perpetual for.
ever. .t....,, asa
These are some of the reasonC.vhy I stand hero
to inveigh against your institution. 1t has cor
ruped public men; it has overturned the Govern
men. You have erected rules and principles utterly
WIN uuOhC O1 ldt0erS OF inc I.ca
public You know that preach no more than
the truth; nay, half the truth has not been told on
this subject. desire to reason with men, and ask
my Democratic friends of the South, do yon suppose
Tor one moment that proud people, jealous above
all things ofther rights whose fathers peried their
lives to obtain those guarantees Of liberty which
we are defending; ask you in sober reason,
dvcsted Of all acrimony is it roaaoriabI6 to sup
pose that it is entirely safe to drive that class OF
men to the wall? Do you expect that it will be
safe to deny forever those great principles of ber-
ty which are cherished by majority of tho
people of the United States the apple Of their
eye? If you do, tell you you viii wake up sorps
morning and find that you have gone a step too far
The patience of our people on this subject has
been moro severely tried than was that 81 theiE
fathers. If those yeneratrd sires could look down
on us to-day, they would :eproach us for our o
patient submission for so longa time. liz, HhQ
went through every battle, from Bunker Till to
Yorktown, would ask me, "Why is it that you have
not stood forth before the bold advocate of those
rights which were bestowed upon you bS NIX
labors, perils, and blood? ~ lie would rapro3cl.
me as an undutiful son. for having blentoq l2tlent
yea, infinitely more patient than The mem Of tho
Revolution under the aggressons Of Great Britain.
know that majority of the people of the Uni;
ted States feel that they have been delinquent in
not having risen before to assert their rights. VIII
you be lured by the recrcant men who happen to
slip ia here against the wishes of their constitu,
cnts, by such accidents frequently take place. to
believe that the people of the North, in whpas
veins flows the blood Of the Revolution, havb really
the spirit their ancestors? Win yQnta .turt8 "a
believe that it is perfectly safe to disregard their
rights? | ask you to pause. l tell you these men
are not safe counscllors. | know that you regard
me as Your enemy; and yet am really your best
friend, because stand here to advise you of the
danger Of being lured to destruction by men who
seek their own advancement caring nothing What
may bctall you. Like those Who in times gone by
have been the honest bearers of unwelcome ne!
ligcncc, know shall be treated as your enemy;
but still will not shrink from the path Of duty,
After discussing other topics and especially the
Kansas Nebraska bill Mr.. Wade proceeds
Mr. President, the passage Of that bi!r was an an
unfortunate hour for this Republic, felt it then;
and during that dark night rose here and told
you that feared that the kpcll Of our Republic
was rUng; that you had given it a wound under
which it would anguish and finally die. God
knows fear now that my prediction will be verfI
fed; for all the evils which then thought would
arise out Of this dangerous and unjust legislation
have como upon US. This Government has been
lcSiSlating for seventy years on matters connected
with the welfare Of the American people not al
ways, pGrhGps in tho wisost manner but still 50
as to make every one proud Of the American namo
eager to uphold the Integrity Of pur institutions;
but now they have received wound that makes
every patriot trenble and induces him to pause aa
he attempts to lift the curtain which conceals the
future of this Republic. ~
For more than seventy years the rights of the
American people have been secured, and wo have
beard Of no civil war; civil srjGc Or .conteniiop
during this period; We have not heard of American
blood shed by American hands ON American soil
for the purpose of propagating any species Of no
lltical principle or for defending or overthrowing
amy of her institution. Now, however, since ,he
spoilcr has come, and with him this nefarious leg
slation, strife or contention cmbitter one section
of the country against the, other, that tpaY re,
quires all the coolness of the patriot to withhold
his hand from rushing into the arena Of civil war.
Sir, civil war, in fact now exists in your Terri,
tory and it has been commenced for no other pur.
pose but to carry slavery into Kansas in the face
of your spccous legislation, which vas to leave
the people free to lcgislatc as they pleased on the
subject. .r,,
! wish to know whether there is any nartyor anY