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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
consequences which follow from this construction
Of the rule referred to he thus acts forth

consequences which follow from this construction
of the rule referred to he thus acts forth
"The more we examine the practical application
of the fundamental principle. to particular i'm
moralities,' the more strange and eccentric does II
appear. The American Tract Society has, It seems
fall liberty to rebuke Evangelical Christians:
Fol sending children to dancing-schcol-bu'
not for sending them to auction.
For reading nove}s-but not for preventing
multitudes from reading the Bible.
For coyetousness in ~goneral-but not for com
polling others to labor for them without wages.
"FOr trading in intoxicating liquors-but not
for trading in the bodies and souls of their fellow
men, or even of their fellow Christians.
"For attending horse-races-but not for driving
men and women under the lash to the cotton and
sugar fields. =.
'For drinking wino-but not for robbing mil
lions of all civil and religious freedom.
For wearing costly apparel-but not for rem
dcring a vast population legally incapable of own
ing a single garment. 80,
For visiting the circus-but not for annihila-
ting, by law, the marriage relation.
"For smoking and chewing tobacco-but not for
unfolding, indicating and extending n system OF
compulsory ignorance and degrad alton, and Of un-
paralleled injustice and cruelty"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26
DEVICES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS.

When the Bill. for the organization of a Terrific
rial Government for New Mexico was tackled to
the Texan Debt and Boundary bill in the House of
Representatives in 1850, some stakeholder or Ser
vile succeeded IN ENGRAVING on the former bill an
amendment in these words:
Sand BIO it further enacted, That no citizen Of
the United States shall be deprived of his life, lib
erty or property, in said territory, except by judg-
ment of his peers, and the laws Of the land"
1t was designed as a recognition of Slavery in
the Territory; and was devised upon the theory
universally asserted by the Slaveholders, and al
most universally admitted by their allies in the free
States, that Slaves are property, and remain suci
when taken into Territories.
When the amendments came up in the Senate
Governor then Senator) Chase, who seldom fail
ed to observe the devices Of the Shareholders
moved to amend the amendment by inserting thu
word "person' instead of the word "citizen." anC
the words without due process of law" instead
of the words Except by judgment of his peer
and the laws Of the land"
This" said he, 'wil conform the amendmen
to the language of the Constitution"
And so it would; but this was precisely what tn
Shareholders did not want. The amendment il
that form would be a prohibition of Slavery in tn,
Territory, ms they saw very clearly. Hence tn,
language of the Constitution would by no mean
suit them.
Foote, of Mississippi, therefore made haste t.
say,
81 hope there will be no debate on this question
We will vote down the amendment" &c.
To which Mr.. Chase replied,
'Nor do I wish to debate this motion. 1t j
nothing more nor less thai a proposition to substi
tute the language of the Constitution for the Ian
guage of the House. If we are wiser than our ia
theirs, let it be voted down."
And The slavery-ridden Senate did vote it down
and voted the House amendment in, thus going a
far as they dare towards a direct recognition 0
Slavery in New Mexico.
What makes this matter the more remarkable is
that the amendment in the terms actually adopte,
was the same provision which the first Congress,
under the Constitution refused to propose as al
amendment to the Constitution of theUnited States
while the terms proposed by Mr.. Chase were til
very terms which that Congress sanctioned and til
whole People approved by adopting them into tn
Constitution.
But 1850 was not 1887. Looking over the Cor
gressional Globe Of l849-50 for another purpose
we found this matter at page 1874, and thought
might interest our readers as it Interested u.s.
Columbian.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26

blots upon her escutcheon, and rear her head
proudly among the States Of the Union as a free,
independent, sovereign State When shall we re-
cover our reputation for magnanimity, and once
more retrieve our lost generosity, nobleness, and
cbivalry7
We an'wer; When slavery shall have been abol.
ished; when the image of God is no longer Scared
by the plated thong, or sold at the block as prop.
erty; when women and childred shall not again be
separated from their sires and husbands, by the
ruthless hands of masters" when men, although
black, are taught that their souls are their own,
and it is acknowledged, that they have certain in.
alienable rights, among which, are life, liberty,
till then, may we again boast of our State; Their
only, will we be able to confront the world, and
with the glow Of warm-Aeurted philanthropy light
ing up our countenances, q consciousness of hay
ing assisted the benighted, the down-trodden ant
pride, say without a blush--"we are Kent1cki
ans"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26
COLONEL FREMONT.

The Chicago Tribune, edited by Vaughan and
Medill, formerly of the Cleveland Leader, is out
for Col. Fremont for President. 1t will be a cute
move to secure votes, to get q candidate who has
never done anything to provoke the good or i'll
will of either pro-slavery or anti-slavery men. 1t
gives so large a margin for hope, and that is the
controlling faculty in anti-slavery mems heads be-
fore an election. They can "hope against hope
vote and hope against facts and reason and past
experience. But, however good such imam, with.
out character, may be for a candidate, who but pol.
iticians who are willing to be befooled, can expect
any thing from such q man MS President, in the
face of the positive slavery propagandists of the
South.
Colonel Fremont has written a letter to General
Robinson of Kansas, making a bid for the Presi
dency. and it seems to take well with some of the
Republicans. They had better take General Rob
inson. lie has a more sonorous title, and has
vastly more moral courage.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26
THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL IMPRIS
ONED FOR CONTEMPT.

The United States Marshal, Robinson, of the
Southern District of Ohio, Immediately after COM
plotting his late job og slave catching in Cincinnati,
repaired to Washington to secure his pay, but il
seems, has come back without it. On the 18th
inst, after his return, however, he was called up
on to appear before Judge Burgoyne, of the Pro-
bate Court, and show cause why he should not be
attached for contempt, in refusing to bring the
children of Margaret Garner before him, as direc-
led by a writ of habeas corpus.
In answer to the specifications filed against him,
the Marshal put in his plea, 'that he was at the
time of doing and emitting to do the various acts
complained Of in said specifications, and still is.
Marshal Of the United States for the Southern dis
trict Of Ohio, and that said acts were all of them
done and committed in the discharge of the duties
Of his said Office, and in pursuance of the laws Of
the United States, under which he claims protec-
tion. And he denies the jurisdiction of the Court
to call him to account for thus performing the du-
ties Of his Office
Judge Burgoyne said he was not aware Of any
law which required the Marshal to treat the pro-
cess of Court with contempt, and as he deemed
the reasons assigned insufficient, he directed that
the Marshal be fined in the sum of $500 dollars
and stand committed until he obeys the order of
the Court.
Immediately after his return to prison a writ of
habeas corpus was issued by judge Leavitt of the
U. S. District Court, before whom he was immedi-
ately brought.
Says the Cincinnati Gazette;
Mr.. Jolife then moved the Court to quash the
writ of Habeas Corpus, on the ground that it was
improperly obtained, and proceeded to show that
the United States Courts had no power to interfere
in such cases, with the State Courts.
The ground taken by Mr.. Jollife was almost
precisely the same taken by the Judges of the U.
S. Courts in Pennsylvania, when asked to interfere
for the release of Passmore William son.
lie cited the opinion of Judge Mclean in s
Mclean 90 in the case of Norris agaipst Newton.
lie would say, in justice to Mr.. Robinson, that
he believed, in this whole proceeding, he had ae-
ted under the belief that he was right, and that he
was obeying the laws of tho United States; but he
must say, at the same time, that he had committed
a great outrage on the State of Ohio, and trampled
under foot her Constitution and her laws.
Mr.. Hcddington replied to Mr.. Jollife, in a clear
and able argument, and Joseph Cox, Esq, the
Prosecuting Attorney, closed.
Mr.. Cox's speech was listened TO with interest.
and was a very fine forensic effort.
Judge Lenvitt then stated that it would be i'm
possible to conclude tho case that day, and asked
if no arrangement could be made by which Mr..
Robinson could he saved the necessity Of lodging
in the Jail.
Mr.. Robinson said he presumed the parties
would not consent to any arrangement.
The Court NAen adjourned to Q O'Clock this morn
ing, aud Mr.. Robinson was .akon back to jail in
charge of Deputy Sheriff Buckingham
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26
THE COST OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
TRIALS IN CINCINNATI.

The Cincinnati Columbian states that the whole
expense to the Government, of the trials for the
enslavement Of the Gamer family, for the benefit
of Mossrs. Gaines and Marshal and for the saliva
ton and glory Of the Union, amounts to from $40
to $40, 600. OF this sum there is to be paid to 30l
deputy ,narshals employed for the whole time Of
the trial, $50 each, amounting to SIG, $50 in all.
Besides these there were from two to three hun.
dred other deputies who have received certificates
in payment for from five to eighteen days service,
the sum total of which the Columbian computes
at s. 1000, making a draft on the US. Treasury for
Deputy Marshals alone, Of S2l, 45G. All this to
guard seven poor fugitives, two of them men, two
women and three young children. Speaking Of
the employment of these deputies, who were
composed oE Kentuckians, l%oafers, rowdies and
bullies picked up from the purlieus of the city the
Gazette says:
OF the number of deputies employed, We will
say only this-they were too many too guard
the slaves, and too few to overawe the city. Ter
would have been enough for the formor, and ter
thousand to little for the latter-any number be
tween these was simple foolishness, or more, sim
lie fraud.
mot q dollar has yet been paid on these certif
Gates, but they have been bought up by specula
tors at from forty to seventy per cent Of their face
1t is not proved that the Marshal was in any way
concerned in the purchase Of them, but it is said
that soma of the deputies were in partnership with
these who bought them.''
Of the character of the men WHO do this kind
of work we find the Marshal himself testifying
1t seems there is some delay in tho payment Of
these DULLES and the marshal is indirectly threat
ching not to catch any more negroes, unless Presi
dent Pierce pays up in this case. The marsha
mood have no apprehension. General Pierce il
coming to Cincinnati to get a nomination for tn;
Presidency, from the negro catthers, their deputy
nlarshals and other %abcttors, and he will not ap
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26

appeared in the BHgle. Politicians ought to take
abolition Newspapers. They will thus learn q
great deal of truth about themselves and when the
papers fall into error, they will have the opportu.
nifty of correcting them, and not have to lie, as in
this case, under 50 gross an imputation for years
without correction. 1t would have been and yet
would be most for the Judges reputation south that
this should still remain uncontradicted, though il
might not advance a Republican nomination for
the Presidency.
Mr.. Harlan, does justice to Judge M'Leon in
another particular. We presume our readers were
not aware that Judge M'Lean had the virtue to
refuse the $1,000 or $500 lie might have received
for his valuable Dining-room Servant" Certain.
y that was an unusual exhibition of virtue after he
had incurred the guiltand perpetrated the meanness
of enslaving him. 1t seems he has been n slave
holder. We wish his judicial acts would permit
us to think him a repentant one. But we cannot,
Notwithstanding his emancipation of these eight
or nine slaves to whom Mr.. Hlrlan refers.
The Judge has an admirable facility of accom-
%modating himself to circumstances 1t is "a slam
der' to charge him with being a stakeholder in Ohio
even when circumstances look suspiciously against
him. lie is a Stakeholder SO acknowledge d by
his friend while he lives in Washington City. He
extends Slavery and kentucky Slave-laws over
Ohio Soycreignty-afirms the supremacy of the elave
rendition and the slave catching law over the law
and Constitution Of the State; and for the support
of Slavery on Ohio soil, puts slave COMMISSIONS
Pendery above Judge Parker and the whole State
Judiciary, aud yet he is opposed to the extension
of Slavery into Kansas, aspires to the leadership
Of the host Of on-Extensionists ltperhaps can.
not be settled satisfactorily whether or not, Judge
MLean intended to return the woman to Kentucky
when he found her worthless for his service. lie
afirms he did not so intend. The woman repre-
sents he did. But his whole judicial life prove:
him practically one Of the most cool and cruel
enemies of the Slave. From this his acts Of indi
vidual emancipation in previous years cannot re
deem his character. We hope he was not always
SO bad q man as that proves him now to be-.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26

pear until after this little claim Of twenty odd
thousand dollars is liquidated.
In the Gazette Of the 10th we find the following
paragraph:
MA~RsnALRoBINsoN oNCArcHINo FUGITIvR SLAVES
-GRATls.-We understand that Mr.. Robinson in
conversation yesterday remarked, that il the Y.
5. did not pay the Deputies for their services in
the late Fugitive Slave case, there was an end to
Niger. catching in this city. We can't get, said
he, merchants and gentlemen to engage in the bu-
siness, but W. have to employ river men, &C.,
and if those whom we employed in the late case
don't get their pay, neither they nor their friends
will ever have anything to do with it.
The danger the Union will suffer from having
no slave hounds here, will doubtless weigh 80
heavily with the Treasury department as to induce
it to settle that little bill"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26
POSITION OF THE TRACT SOCIETY.

An able writer in the Tribune has effectually ex.
posed the absurdity and dishonesty of the plea set
up by the managers of the American Tract Socie-
ty, viz: that while they are constantly issuing
tracts against intemperance, tobacco, dancing,
sleeping in church, the theatre, &C., they are pro-
hibited from publishing anything against slavery
by the general rule which requires them to issue
only such works as are calculated to receive the
appreciation Of all Evangelical Christians" The
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26

Tng AsHTAnuLA AID New LIsBoS RAIL ROAD
Our New Lisbon friends were in a high state Of
exhileration last week, caused by the decision of
he Directors Of the Ashtabula and New Lisbon
Rail Road to put the southern end Of the work
under contract. 1t will be doLe as soon as the
final survey is effected, which the Lisbon papers
say will he some tine in June.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26
HOME TRUTHS.

The News, published at Newport, KY, reads a
chapter to Kentuckians, which contains some
home truths. The editor, IN referring to the ining
in Covington, of a colored man from Cincinnati,
who crossed over without his free papers, says;
II, throughout this whole Republic, there is any
institution, which more .haa another deserves the
hatred, the contempt Of all good citizens, that in
stitutiou is-slavery. There is not a week, not a
day, but come new atrocity is brought to light,
some new yillany perpetrated or some new out
rage exposed, each more diaboIical than its prede
cessor, and either directly or indirectly arising
from this worst of all evils; an evil morally, soci-
ally, and pecuniarlly. We cannot suppress our
Indignation at its effects, apparent as they must
be to all; and our feelings, when called upon to
record such acts as the following, are such as may
be felt, but not described. Let it be read and re
membered by all who have consciousness which will
allow them to boas! over our "ciyil and religious
liberty"
Slavery, in Kentucky and Missouri, has now
been proven to be the same. The same spirit of
intolerance which sent men from Missouri into
Kansas for the purpose of destroying ballot boxes
and controlling elections, causes these outrages
here. Everywhere it is the same uncharitable,
overbearing, demoniacal institution, and every
where are its effects alike. And yet we, as a free
people, uphold, defend, ard perpetuate the damn,
ing curse. When and where will be the end p
Why should outrages be more common now than
formerly +? What would the people of Kentucky
have, that they must ever, thus trample upon the
rights of free citizens? And why should the laws
at this particular time be so strilgently enforced
Is it because Ohio has calmly submitted to an ad-
Indication in which her State rights were outraged
and the respect due to her criminal laws basely
trampled under foot by q. S, officers; and is it be-
cause the slaves of Gaines have been returned to
their master, without having been dealt with as
the law and the Constitution 9emanded? And be-
cause Ohioans have submitted in this one instance
10 what Kentuckians claimed as their rights, is it
to be supposed that they will now bear patiently
all the insult and eontumely that may be heaped
upon them? Might we not rather expect them Ia
resist the encroachments that slavery has made,
and is now making, upon their rights, and the
rights Of the State?
But, luckily for Kentucky there is too much dig
nifty, too much of the do-as-y ou-would-be-don by
spirit in Ohio, to revenge themselves by the same
eowardiy, despicable meanness. They submit to
these insults, because we, bearing the weight Of
slavery. do not thrive as they do, and are inferior
in point of wealth, intelligence, refinement, and,
in fact, in all things which pertain to greatness
and renown. We are enslaved, are crushed, our
energies ~cramped by the accursed institution, and
deserve their sympathy, rather than their VEN
gelnce. When will Kentucky wipe of these foul
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26

CINCINNATI BAzAAR.-Our readers will find the
Report OF the Cincinnati Bazaar Committee, in
another column. From it they will learn what
success has crowned the faithful labors of the
few friends engaged in the enterprise. The pros
pect at the outset was discouraging, but strong
self reliance, long-continued and exhausting labor
and most faithful devotion to truth and liberty f.
nally trinmphed most signally. As will be seen,
they propose to hold another Bazaar this season
and we trust they may be able to find many new
friends who will share with them the labor, respon.
sibility and JOY of the work.
Will the Anti-Slavery Standard, Liberator and
other papers, friendly to the object of the Bazaar
please copy the report.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-26
A TWO EDGED SWORD.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the Pass
more Williamson case, when appealed to for re-
dress against, Judge Kane's illegal imprisonment
decided that in cases Of contempt each individual
court was independent of every other. Tint the
Supreme Court had no authority to reverse, set
aside or disregard the judgment of even a suLor-
dinate court. In tho language Of Judge Black,
however clearly we may perceive it to be erron-
eous and however ii may be that we ought to re-
verse it on appeal or writ of error. y \ All
Courts have this power, Ito punish for contempt)
and must necessarily have it. Without it they
would be utterly powcrless. The authority to deal
with an offender Of this class belongs exclusively
to the Courts in which the offense is committed;
and no other Court, not even the highest, can
interfere with its exercise, either by writ of error,
mandamus or habeas corpus. + \ II we fully
believed the petitioner to be innoeent-if we were
sure that the Court which convicted him misun-
derstood the facts, or misapplied the law-still
we could not re-examine the evidence or rejudge
the Justice OF the cuSe.
Such is the law of contempt according to Judge
Kane and his pro-slavery sympathisers of the Su-
preme Court of Pennsylvania when slavery is to
be served. This view of the law, if taken by
Judge Leavitt will prove but poor encouragement
to Marshal Robinson's zeal in future slave-catching
in defiance of an express mandate of our Ohio
Courts. In a legal point of view the cases are
identical. Both Williamson and the marshal fail,
ed to obey the writ of habeas corpus, and both
denied the authority of the court in the premises.
Judge Leavit. is taking n long time to decide the
question. Perhaps he is trying to devise some
way Of relieving the marshal without denying the
law Of Judge Kane and the Supreme Court OF
Pennsylvania, which was urged upon him us au
thority by the lawyers in the case.
This case we may remark is different from that
decided by Judge M'Lean in the Rosetta case
That was an effort 80 take the case out Of the
hands of the Commissioner while it was still pend
ing-and ia fact asserted the Commissioners su
, premacy over the State Courts. In this case the
Commissioner is out of the question. 1t goes &
step further and proposes to set up the Marshal:
authority as above the whole Ohio judiciary.