Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-10-25

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tiles of their fathers. And they would NOT have
known my own predictions in the present con.
test hadnot ono Of their number asked me which
of the Candidates | preferred.
I But, II "Aumnus" would understand the state
of affairs here correctly he had better make Wis
1t to the University. lie would find each member
Of the faculty busily teaching in his own depart
ment whether Of science or literature; and that
party politics is one Of the branches which we
leave thp student to study at some other time and
place. jif "Alumrus" does conclude to visit US
there isanother matter to which might direct ms
attention The two societies here, to the one or
the other Of which all the students belong, have
each II 1ery good library, and in those libraries
are to be found the complete works" OF many OF
our great Statesmen. Now, for fear that the minds
Of the Students may be poisoned" by reading
some Of these staunch old patriots would 1t not
/ be well tor' Almunus"to exert himself through the
legisatlre or otherwise, to drive" them out Oi
the libraries? 1t is true the works of Calhoun
are in the same with those of jefferson; but
from appearances, the NirSinian seems to be read
pretty often, whilst the South Caronun main
tans posture of "masterly inactivity" When !
was n student in college n few years ago the
young politicians used to debate in the "halls" Of
the societies the same question which the old
politicians were debating in the halls of Congress.
The side which generally opposed slavery IN the
abttraet, generally had the books in their favor,
and as the records Of the society will show, they
nRu QClte OFTEN tne pest OF Tue argument, 90
that when Col. Fremont said lie opposed to
slavery in the abstract, and upon principle, sus
tnined and made habiual by long settled coneic-
tons he but uttered the sentiments Of four ftths of
tho best Southern patriots, from the revolution
down to the present day, and may add OF the
majority Of the people among whom | was born
/, and educated OF my ncighbors, friends and kin
dred, nearly one half have left the State since |
was old enough to remember, Many is the time
: have stood By tie loaded emigrants wagon, and
given the parting hand to those whose face was
, never to look upon again. They were going to
seek homes in the far West, knowing as they did,
that free and slave labor could not live and pros
per in the same community. If any one thinks
that speak without knowledge, let him refer to
the last census. He will there find that in 1850
there were ftty-eEht thousand native North Caro-
linians living in the free States OF the Vest
Thirty-thice thousand in Alabama alone. There
were at the same time, one hundred and eighty
thousand Nirginians living in the free States
Now, ii these people much in love with
the "usti,uton." why did they not remain where
they could enjoy its blessings2
Il 1t is not however, my object to attack the lnst
tuition of slavery. But even the most Jealous de-
fender Of the ratrarchal institution cannot shut
his eyes against a few prominent facts One is
that in nearly ull the slave States there is def
cheney of labor Since the abolition of the Air-
can slave trade there is no source for obtaining a
supply except from the natural increase. For
this reason, among Others Il gentleman of South
Carolina, in an article published in DeBows Re
view for August, 1886, advocates dissolution of
the L ZION, in order that the African slave trade
may c revived. From North Carolina and Nir-
fgnia nearly the entire increase of the slave pop
ulNon during the last twenty years, has been sent
off to the new States of tie Southwest. In my
boyhood lived on one of the great thorou, ,,hares
of travel, (near Locks Bridge, the Gadkn riv-
erl and have seen as many as two thousand in a
single day going South, mostly in the hands of
+ s,c L
did the State greater injury than would the ship
ping off of million of dollars. | think | may
ask any sensible man how are to grow rich
and prosper, while driving out" million col
, lars per day? | am glad, however to say that
the runous policy is not now carried on to such
an extent as it has been. BuS there is still
too much of it. | have very little doubt that
II the slaves Which scattered thinly
over Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri, were
f back in Virginia and North Carolina, it would
DO better for all concerned. These old States
q could then 20 and dovelOpe the immonse
wealth which must remain locked up for many
Yeas to como. Whilrt the new States, free from
4 system which degrades white labor, would be,
4 come land Of common schools, thrift and indus
try, equal, if not superior, to any in the Union.-
= But letting that te os it may, still no one can
T. deny that here in North Carolina we need more
f men, rather than more land. Then why go to war
to make more slave States, when we have too much
territory already, for the force we have to work it?
= Our fathers fought for freedom, and one of the
1 tyrannlcal acts which they threw in the teeth OF
c Great Britain was, that she forced slavery upon
b the colonies against their will. Now the secessi0n
, lists are trying to dissolve the Union because they
are not permitted to establish slavery in the Terri
j. toryof Kansas. If the institution of slavery is q
thing good and desirable in itself it is the eases
] thing in the world for the people to vote for its in
y PRODUCTION at any time after they have formed
J constitution and been'admited State. fit i;
: not thing good and desirable it would be an ac
!. Of great oppression to force it upon them. For
: however any one may lament the evils of slavery
j. it is almost impossible to get rid Of the system
+ when once introduced. Nuilify it by law If you
| WILL still the evil remains, perhaps aggravated
4 Butin n new State few words in the constitution
: may prevent the entire evil from entering
= From my knowledge of the people of North
: Carolina believe that the maj oritv of them who
t will 20 to Kansas during the next five years would
5 prefer that it should be free State. am sure
a that if | were to 90 there ! should vote to exclude
= slavery In doing so | believe that | should ad-
vance the best interest Of Kansas, and at the same
I time benefit North Carolina and Virginia, by pre-
a venting the carrying away of slaves who may be
t more proGtably employed at home.
Born in the good old North State cherish a
love for her and hor people that bear to other
State or people. 1t will ever be my sincere wish
to advance her interests. love also the Union of
the States, secured as it by the blood and toll
Of my ancestors and whatever influence possess
though small it may be, shall be oxerted for its
preservation. ! do not claim nfalibility for my
opinions. Wiser and better men have been misa.
ken. But holding, as do the doctrine once advo.
Gated by Washington and Jefferson, l think
should be met by argument and not by denuncia
ton. AT any rate, those who prefer to denounce
me should at least support their charges by their
own name.
II. S. HEDRlCK.
Chapel Hill, Oct. l, 1856.