Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-05


gle. "HSular 1mcricd!" The phase is new,a and
lof alarming and dangerous porcnt The idea of
which it is the expression must be met, and resis t.
cd and denounced at the threshold. OF our Con.
tinenal possessions, we have not even explored
the one half With the possible exception of an
occasional rcsting-placo for our commerce in the
vast Pacific, we want no islands "hSaiar 1merjcd''
may exist in geography, but should never be al
lowed to form part Of our politics.
The cause of Gen. Qutmans alarm in his be-
lief, reiterated in n great variety of forms, that
Great Britain is infexibly intent uIo deyoting
this "HiSuIdr 1mericd." so near and so menacing
to the Southern States to the possession and dom
ination Of the hated race of Africans. Gen. Quit
man says:
"She has been pertinaciously engaged in pro-
tecting Spanish tyranny, lin Cuba) and in the un-
natural and anti-Chrstinn attempt to establish,
throughout the whole of insu!ar America, barba-
rous black empire. The germ of her plot was ex-
hibied in laying waste Jamaica, by destroying the
proper relations between the white and black races
there. Her plot is further exposed by
her intrigues in San Domingo, Pursu-
ing her schemes with intense cunning and ndelat-
igable ZEAL she has used her strong influence with
Spain to bring about the abolition of Slavery in
Cuba. Her intent is plain. 4 + She de-
sires to devote the American Archipelago, the
great islands OF the Caribbean sea, to the negro
race Could this scheme be effected the
object of England would be attained; our progress
in that quarter would be forever stopped The
protectorate OF the black Empire, or States thus
! in Great Britnin, = : = She will bovc Tho
power to disturb at her pleasure, the r57"rpose Of
tic contiguous StdteS@EsU and to stimulate through
out our entire country the agitation of that Slave
ry question, which, even now, is so pregnant with
mischief 70 the harmony of onr institutions : !; y
None bnt tbe norvorsoly Hind con fail f., norcoivo
ber earnent lilo nol;cy X Tbn noror
slnmLnring vigiIonca of our oroot cop,p,orco1 iri
! is at work weaving intricate meshes and nlon-
ming dangerous combinations to entnngle and 6c-
stroy ms 3
Observing that Spain, under English influence
has invested the Captain General of Cuba with
the power, as one extreme means of defence, of
| "emancipating tie slace population" Gen. Quitman
exclams: "Theye before as, PREGNANT WITH
RUIN, bGngs tie dirk and terrific cloud!"
Observing that he had "not time to present the
many and concluSice pro?ts HatMc policy # Eng
fdnd IS such as a'b'duted 10 her." Gen. Quitman
quotes the following, from instructions given by
LG:n FRlmerston 10 the BRUSH Minister at Mad.
rid, in 1881:
az have n instruct vopr Iordsbin 70 cav 70 tho
Spanish Minister, that the slaves form lorge nor
tion. and bv no means an unimnortont ono of the
neopIe Of Cuba: and TINT stems taken to nrovide
for fheir euancipafjon would therefore as far os
the black nonuaon is concerned he o,jte IN ,,njeou
with the Recommendation made bv her Majesty.
/ Government. that measures should be aoopted for
contentinq tho peoole of Cuba"
m -
che poiicy VI Ensl""u may oc Uehouhceu as
to consult the interests of the governed and when
thew do so without invading the rights OF others
they deserve prasc, and not censure. England
ne ID not be ashamed TO avow the motives which
control her. She can make a cioan breast of it.
without iucurring the condemnation of an impar.
tal world. In the competitions of production and
commerce. whoever makes use OIL ensiGVed inoor
Is the haturai enemy vi an 'hc rest VI hHhAile'
ana a must not complain II ne Is Teateu as snGh' u
lie aVallS hinsell oi an unfair advantage Inc
coooery oi tue SiaVe becomes tne roooery VI lne
ireeHul' Win "hose iaoor Tue siaFo Is pEou8ht IN
" rNHlty' lno "oINInS "en Vi IIie iree Htltes oi
!is ohloh 40 not, an Oh the' as YET Sec that tlS
- so' nu' .'oS are l"9' ieainnh ~ anu "heh tIe
lesson Is once learned IL Will never be uhlearned
lne Government OF ri, EnS'ano perceiVes IT, ana Is
"ctius upon IT. ana VIII continue 10 acV upon IT,
So long as the Union Of these States subssts
Slavery, ms domestic institution of portion of.
the Confcdcracy, is entitled to that protection from
the natonal power, of which it stands SO greatly
in need. If the Union is dissolved, the southern
States must protect it as best they may. England
is under obligation to protect it, but is perfectly
justified in preventing its extension by any fair
means, if she believes it to be antagonistic to her
own policy. While we governed by our own.
interests, let US not childishly complain because
England also is governed 10y her own interests. In
oIn I'" t w o'r omm tho "nu Gur y"
pthor soora;rn t;ors '''' 'i'"' u
In his letter of 18Th, to our Minister to France
Mr., Calhoun shows an extreme anxiety to estab
lsh distinction between the interests of France
and those OF England, in reference to the uunexa
tion of Texas to the United States, and in reference
to the whole question Of Slavery connected there
with lie says:
np.or;ous on,rn,o.;o,, was ooIo,la4ol :, ,,ot
tht thO rast was ~ 20
orod ,ro 80 ,;o ,1V it HGront Troi IN
W ui,b w "r,n IS Toua
H." pr"Siiant ;s | bannu ~ ;nfor fro,, o,r dos
lue iolluenI n'Ppy y? iNiol iioN 9uut u1S
m vn"i rhn%;i;t %; 20 Foundati"
Vs. 20 - ~. j.; tn Ji.,t;n
lou mcro r's't' limits r n'lh'nS t'ig J aesfen,t'Gm ~
ef oes"een ',io 'eoie'' mo " "hu h,I !"
n, T " auHno u.s. To 4o mov O,S
Iias france ch nave ho interest IN tno
s,oh u Vi thiS 3r"nu scnentc' ltho "poi''io" VI