Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-05-10

Fancy yourselves going into Kansas, and flint
that your steps are watched by spies, your word
caught after, and that you are supected. Suspect
ed Of whatH Suspected of freedom, of being
freeman, (applauso) and subject ut any moment t
be brought up before pro-slavery judge. i
such condition there is no man in New Jerse
who would not commit twenty pententiary offence
/ in day. Take bool; there, and if there is an
thing in it that they may choose to say that tend
to excite slaves to rebellion, you may be thrus
into prison for five years and suppose you take
good old Declaration of Independence l know q
nothing so well qualified to excite slaves to rebel
ion (Great applause.)
Slaves by law! They have no right to take
single slave into Kansas. l say it here and
would say it at the peril Of my neck. (Cheors)
The laborers from the South are in favor o
freedom as much as the Northern men, because
they know how slave-abor has degraded then
and their families, and when they get out of it
clutches once they will be sure to keep out
But there is law thero that man is not {
voter unless he will swear to execute the degrding
slave-law, Vol, / ask how is it with you, for
know there are thousands of good men there whC
would have their right arms cut Off before they
would do it. (Great cheers, and quite an excite
ment caused by a voice from near the door--somt
cry"Put him out :" others, Let him come forward
to the stand if he has got anything to say.')
AS | said, the speaker continued, this is the Law
for the northern men, while from the South all c
and he receives certificate that makes Kim
voter. Thus thousand dollars would change
great election. Not one half of the northern mer
can take the oath, and therefore have votes, while
all the southerners will swallow the oath like al
old hen her corn there is the danger sir. Give
the people fair chance ard have no fear, not
withstandlng they h}v1 been oppressed, give
them any chance aud freedom will como out trium
phant There, S,r. Is murder at their hands, o
one OF the most enterprslng and intelligent mer
we had in the State of Ohio. lie took his family
in TO that territory, he lived few miles from Law
renco.
When the 7eople of Lawrence found they had
to fortify thsr town for selfdefence, though they
had done nothing wrong the government has ac
knowledged it. | had nephew there. lie worked
hard upon those defences lie had u rifle, to
and if he would not have used it in case of an
attack would have disowned him, (Applause.
Well Clark shot Barber dead upon .he spot-and
his poor wife is mariac now-sLot him for nc
other reason than that he had been down to Law.
renee to help them fortify the town. Now, there
is the murderer Clark not only residing in peace in
Kansas but learned the other day the Governor
has taken up his residence with him.
Now Kansas has organized a government and
asks admission into the Union. yet Douglas says ii
is treason for men to meet togerher and form them
selves into a Union. The bill for the admission OF
Kansas into the Union as Free State, is now be-
fore the House. 1t was precisely by the same
means, the people meeting together, electing Off
GERS, forming Constitution and asking admission
into the Union, that Florida, Arkansas, Iowa, and
Ohio entered the Union. Tho Senate will not dare
to put themselves in position hostile to this priu-
ciple and application. If they do, we will appeal
to just people, and they who refuse will be strck-
en- down. (Appausc.)
Gentlemen, must go together, shoulder to
shoulder, to sustain the principles which we wore
admonished by our forefathers to maintain. The
speaker then left the stand amid loud and long
applause.