Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-03-15

cmTlVStu ioE Tue accomplishment or SO UeSltaDle
an Object, are nevertheless engaged, heart and
hand, and working might aud main." for the
oveithrow Of that fsul nafdo3,al wrong, American
Slavery" My residence IN this Place has enabled
me to make some observations, | could not have
made at amy point more remote fiom that great
thorouglfare, the Ohio river. ] can at any time.
lay my hand upon those public Journals, which,
net only adrocate, and boihy too, the doctrine that
the system Of slavery is of God, but also that o,
position to it, is, and of right ought to he consider
ed, ms "bigh treason;" aud that punishment, con
dign and speedy, ought to be visited upon those,
who, in conformity with the dictates of an odious
fanaticism have the temerity to iuterpose any OBJ.
stacle whatever to its farther extension" There
are tens Of thousands Of tho good people Of the
North, utterly ignorant Of the feelings Of tie
slaveocracy toward them. They yaiily imagine
that .hey arc looked upon IS brethren Of our great
national household, and that the feelings of rever-
ence they entertain for the Constitution Of the
United States, is, in kind, as well as degree, the
same MS that cherished by their brethren () OF the
South. Of all the political mistakes they may
make, this seems to bear che palm; for, how DEs-
roTs, can revere, CT love that which is either rea-
sonaLie or good, is a problem ia ethics, that Satan
himself can't solve. / used to think | hated sla
very as | hated the Devil; hot q change seems as it
were to have passed over the spirit of my DREAM"
and | am conscious probably Of a slight modiGca.
ton Of my views in that particular, for | verify
believe that ! hate slavery 'rorse than do the
Devil; although | have never been guilty of cAer,
fishing any special affection for his satanic majesty
There is no Devil-Tbere is no Hell that are ma
Einu supb friritf,l inroots uuou tho InppiuneE
and peace of mankind. as slavery.
That q .far, at least, Of the good people Of the
North, may if possible. be made more fully aware
Of the position they hold in the estimation of their
Southern brethren; | will Lere relate an incident,
that occurred on beard the Steamboat j. i. Carson
aud Of which was the subject. or rather, Object
| had taken passage for New Albany, and having
some Astronomical and Philosophical apparatus
along with me; the passengers desired a lecture on
these subjects. ] gave them q short one with
whi3h they seemed quite pleased; and rather
pressing!y invited me to renew the subject Gu the
next evening, proposing to make me up $500 by
way of remuneration. The money was raised,
but before The hour for the lecture arrived, some
thought that they could detect in my conversation
some rather glaring departures from Il correct po-
iiticai faith; especially where the peculiar institu-
ton was concerned, and they deemed it necessary
to hear farther from ME concerning the matter;
and IN iurtherance of so momentous n mission as
the one that lay nearest to their hearts, they depu.
ted one Of their number q committee, to wait
upon me in person, and learn more fully my senti-
ments touching so grave a question. 1t is unnoc-
essary here to give in detail, the interview that
took place between the committed ard myself; suf-
lice 1t to say, that it gave supreme offense to those
prosiayery worthless; and the money talready rails
ed was speedily refunded to those having con-
tributed the same; they, literally swearing in their
wrath, that they would Extend 10 patronage to
any person, hailing north Of Mason's and Dixon's
line"
This Is hut ore, Of the many Incidents falling
undermy own observation, revealing the settled
purpose OF the South, as a whole, to light the fires
of civil war, unless we bow down to the great
Molock OF Slavery, and accede to their every in
fernaf behest concerning it. l have convcrsed with
a number of men holding extreme southern views
who have declared empAaticaHy that The admission
of Kansas as a Free State, would herald the with
Idrawal of the South from the Union; and they
laugh in their sleeves at that silly in!a.uation Of
the North, that prompts the people to believe, for
a moment, that the South Chcrishes any regard
, for the Union, only SO far as it can be made sub
servient to their uuholy crusade upon human
rights. 1t nevertheless excitcs hage Indignation
in their cllivalrous breasts, and rouscs their women
whipping propensities to an alarming extent, to be
iquietly told, that they are welcome to step out of
the Union at any moment; and they bes.ow anthe-
mas without stint. upan those who like myself, re-
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where it can be rlaGe to subsotye the holy purpos-
es, of blessing, and e'evating .he human race.
Your readers are aware, that those libel5 upon
the human species, Douglass & Co.. whose pcrh
, dy secured the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
took the position that to the People of n Terrific
ry, belonged The right to say, whether slavery
should, OF should not, be introduced into it,
That they may be made aware of the estimation
iii which this doctrine is noW held, by the South;
apprehcnding as they do, that by the application
of this doctrine, Kansas will become free State;
| here suLjoin a few brief extracts from public
journals, mailing South Of Mason's and Dixon's
line.
i Prom the Nashville Union, April sth.
W will take occasion here to say, that for
auglt VIC know, the President may believe, the
people of the Territory have constitutionally the
right to pass a law prohibiting slavery in the Ter,
ritorieS. If he does, then he occupies tho ground
Of Gen. Cass, and Mr.. Douglas, and we differ with
him seriously"
when we deny that the Nebraska Kansas bill
recognizes the right of squatter sovereignty, we
mean, that it does not recognize that right on the
subject of slavery" ID.
From TIM Ionisv;lc Io,r,sf ID, RI N
The doctrine that the people of a territory
while in a %territoril condition, have the power tc
Prohibit Slavery, is of all doctrines the most obi
Gus to the South; for if recognized and established
it must strike an inevitable death blow at slavery
in every territory belonging to the United States