Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-08-09

OtutT ] v hUNNs Nil NIul lhO .NNIlltIl DHOnlD are
patient, long suffering, and very slow to angcr: but
IL these things go on the day will come when they
will think that fOrbcarance ceases to be II virtue.
II is doubtful whether their quiet is not a shame
to-day. What have the Free State settlers of
Kansas done to Justify the aggrcssions of those
who are attempting to propagate the institution Of
slaverpP
| ask my colleague, (Nlr. Pugh,) the advocate
OF slavery, who stands here turning his back coolly
upon thIec-fourths Of the Legislature Of his State
putting them az open defiance; who has never
breathed here the name of liberty: whose tongue
flas been employed since lac has had a seat ON this
Hoor in nothing but the advocacy oc abjcct slavery;
and who, with an industry worthy of q better
cause, has hunted up and perverted, | will say.
the musty records CT tho early history Of this Gov
'crnufent, III the vain hope that he could Gull there
something on which to hang an argument fUt ctcr
NAL slavery ask him prejudiccd as he must be-,
what have the Free State people of Kansas done
that deserves robbery and murder, and the burn
ing Of their towns2 What have the free cmigrants
of Ohio done that they should be hrntcd down
like wild beasts in the prairics of Kansas? Have
they raised their hands in ruthless violence against
the institutions Of their country? lie denounced
them as traitors. Who have they betrayed? What
law have they transgreSsed2 What injury have
they done? Echo answcrs-what? They have
gone thete and taken up their claims for the hon
est purpose of settlement. There is not a single
act Of violence, or blood, or illcgllity of which
they can be accused.
| am amazed at the facility with which some men
Follow in the wake of slavery. Sometimes it leads
me even to hesitate whether | am strictly correct
in the idea that all men are born to equal rights.
for their conduct seems to contraveno tins doctrine.
Sometimes | see in some men an ab;ectness, Il
want of that manly independence which enables a
man to rely ON himself and face the world on his
own principles, that ! do net know but that am
wrong in advocating universal liberty. | wish to
Heaven all such were Of the African race
| ask, again, why are these mon denounced as
traitors2 What have the immigrants from Ohio
done to demand the fate which has been visited on
them What had Brown done that he should be
.net in the prairies by five or six men, who, with a
barbarity worse than that Of the savage, hewed
him in pieces, and, whilst dying from his CHASTITY
wounds, threw him into the presence Of his wife
to distract Der, dethrono her reason, and turn her
out upon the world IL raving maniac ? What had
Barber done IA man who went from Preble coun.
ty, nearer my colleagues home than mine, who is
certified to by all his n~oighbors as one Of the most
inoffcnsive men in the world, who went into the
Territory in good faith to seek an industrious and
honest livelihood For no other reason than that
he hcla tire principles which ! hold-for not reason
'hble acts, but bGrely for TIE avowal that he loved
freedom better than slavcry-hc was hewed in
pieces by men who occupy important positions I'M
der this miserable administration who still retain
their places, and who, | have no doubt, commended
themselves to the powers that be by the most delib.
crate murders.
L NhOh; Ni' L lNoliClll, 'ldl Nblo 10 u Alli iT
dictment; but it can neither be doubted or denied.
Our country has come to II crisis which demands
all our wisdom to extricatc. | speak plainly of,
the evils which are existing, because we must I'M
dcrstand them before we can apply a remedy. !.
believe, before high Heaven, that, in the history of.
all men who were ever entrusted with the welfare
of mankind, the acts of none blacken the pages
rf history more than those of Franklin Pierce, the
present President. The accusations which | have
made here are beyond the reach Of denial. The re-
cord is made up,and by that record he shall be tried.
1t will not do now to deny it. | impeach him of
these crimes, and those who believe he is guilty of
them and still uphold him are accessories after the
fact.
Mr.. Wade concludes his review of the Kansas
soutrages
New, sir, what was the character OF tho legisla-
eion7 1t was of the same bastard description with
the Legislature itself. 1t was a disgrace to Amer
scan citizens n series of laws unknown to the
history of American legislation. | know that the
Senator from Tennessee, (Mr. JONES' in a speech
made by him at ear Fly period of the session, said
that the laws in Kansas, On the subject Of
slavery, were not half severe enough that where
they punished with the penitentiary he would
promptly punish with death. He proclaimed that
there was not a State in the Union which had not
just such laws. | do not think he has studied the
legislation Of the country out Of Tennessee, or
even in it. l 90 not know what are the laws Of
Tennessee, and | do not know but that such legis-
lation prevails in the Southern States generally,
for | have not looked to ascertain; but | will not
believe, until | am compelled by the inspection Of
abe records to believe, that American citizens any
where succumb to such miserable legislation as
that. One law Furnishes IA man with long impris-
'onmeRts for taking into the Territory any book,
document, writing, or paper containing any state
lRept, Tact, or argument calculated to stir up the
slaves to instruction. My colleague thought that
was a pretty good kind of legislation; or, mt all
events tlIot If IA chat kind Ubicl, tbnv warn pI1i-
ged to make use of in the slave States, and would
be good enough for that reason. AS he is an advo-
cate for making Kansas a slave State, he is an ad-
vocate for this kind Of law. The Senator from
Tennessee supposes that such law exists in the
State OF Ohio Why, good Heavens there is not
n boy in the streets who would not contrayene such
~ provision, and ONE whiting the penalties thirty
times a day. In Ohio the speech and the press
are as free rs the winds that blow across our fields.
No man stands there to measure his words. If he
were to 20 to Kansas he would find this trap set
To catch him in its tolls. What book could he take
there? lie must inspect his library very closely;
he must remember every word in his books he
must leave out the best literature in the English
language, or he will be cOndemA ned to five years
imprisonment at least in the penitentiary. This
is necessary, says my colleague, in slave countries.
That necessity shows one thing which, under the
providence Of God, is true, that either all must be
slaves or none. | grant you that, if you have an
institution so odious to human reason, 50 tyranni.
cal, that it will not bear the light Of day, you must
guard it by a cautious siience-the silence Of the
grave must surround it. All despotisms have been
very scdulous N guarding the press and in guard
dng the words of their subjects. Why ? Because
at is known their absurd doctrines will not bear the
light fov a moment.
For this reason | have proclaimed that there is
no more freedom in the Southern States for the
white man than for the slave. lie cannot say
what he wishes to say, he cannot preach what he
would, or be must be liable to these penalties.-
What institution did the Senator from Tennessee
suppose we had in Ohio that we must guard it with
this flaming sword? lie must be utterly Obvious
of the institutions of my noble State. If we had.
such an evil, that would not bear the light, instead
of admitting this kind Pf guardianship, it would
be assailad by every tongue in the State, and de-
moiished at once. We raise no gods like these for
our worship, nor expose to penalties those who
will not f,h down on their knees before them. No,
sir; we have no sach laws and the man who