Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-10-18
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accorlapcc rjh tic spirit and letter IF tie Consti-
tution! Hence, they disun.Onists."
We suppose that the editor of the Era Tor who's
is his ocun tcneS. for the article refer to
is sigr ell though leader with an initial consid-
crs himself both n Christian and gentleman, and
in the ordinary. private intercourse of life is care
iul to abstain from slandering his neighbors by
uttcring deliberate and hareiaced falsehOuds. We,
suppuse that he would lie hoth shocked and out
ragged, if in n circle of his friends. an accusation
that he was guilty Of such acts was made to his
race and, for aught we know to the contrary, they
wuull be surprised if his fortified the ac-
cusation by unquestiUnahle proof, And yet us an
editor he, in these three lines quote. does that
which would brand, in private lie, the professor
of Christianity as hynucrite. and ensure the pre-.
tender tn ordinary good breeding rigid exclusion
from all decent society. For he deliberately, and Of
malice afurethuught" bears false witness against
his neighbour and is guilty Of falsehood uttered
without hesitation without apology and without q
blush.
We mean to designate THE act Of the Era's in
decorous and unexccptionabe terms, but wish,
ut the same time that its character should be clear
ly understood. The editor Of paper knows per-
terly well-knows from long and familiar inter-
course with some of the class of men referred to-
knows from his long experience Of nearly twenty
years as n protesting anti slavery editor-knows
from his necessary familiarity with the history of
the Anti-Slhvery cause (Hnd whoever IL trusted
WIFI MS paper OuBnt ti KNOW j. tnh from tne
moment ol the issue ut the Liberator 10 this pl
| eMt moment. that cause as represented by Garric
son and Phillips aud their friends has been the
stern and rncumpTon,iSing opponent Of the Cal
hUun ductrine-that indeed it is uOiC, always has
been, and always will be, an ddislavery cause pre-
cisely because it has opposed 'the aims Efforts and
successful aburs Of the prupagandsts of sav cry"
Garrison, and Phillips. and all who work With
| them, agree with the Shareholders in this and this
ony-that the Constitution Of the United States
is prU-siavery iHasmuch in certain cases it re-
qures certain service Tor slavery, and gives TO sla
very certain recognition and privilege; and they
are III unity with them in nothing else, either in
word. or in deed or in spirit. And so far the Era
agrees with them also. Indeed, the very article
from which we quote is to show, in opposition to
the doctrine of Mr.. GOode and his party. that the
"nly consistent, common-sense, and honest inter-
pietatiun of the Constitution is that which ac-
knowledges Its recognition of slavery and the SER
vice which it eSacts.
Up to this point then. there is no difference in
the relation which the Era and ourselves sustain
to the Shareholders; but from this point we depart
widely We are not willing to support prosla-
very Constitution: the Era is. We are not willing
IL make II specific promise to do certain thing
which we do not inend to do; the Era is. We are
not willing tn bind ourselves by a solemn oath to-
adhere to Il compact which we intend.tp break the,
! Era is. And finally, do not believe that tho.
way 10 kill thing is TO cherish it; that the way to
he virtuous, to commit vice; the way To stabsh
tight. is to uphold wrong; the way to be truthful,
ls t1 lie; the way tn lie honest, is to cheat; but
against all such radical and fanatical notions the
Era must be understood protesting. lt will not
adopt on the one hand the unpopular notion that
the Constitution is anti slavery for that involves
rs a legitimate deduction. the advocacy Of imme-
late measure on the part Of the Federal Govern
ment for the abolition of slavery; and it will not
advocate such measures because it believes the
Constitution to lie pro slavery; ut it nevertheless
can act rs freely under the Constitution as if MIR.
G00dell's doctrine had come to it rs q Gospel.
| Its premises and cUncusio.s indisputable
enough by themselves, or in their proper cnnnec-
tion. the difficulty is that they made do this
sort of interchangeable service.
I The Era is at liberty loil the rentential peas
with which its shoes flied but because it there
by secures easy travelling for itself, it is not there
nre, justified in indusgng in sneers and reproach-
eS at thuse who have such soft and comfortable
iootir g. Easy as lying Is proverb, and it is
just sn easy to henp abuse and misrepresentation
upon the Abulitinnists. But is it not about time
that we should insist upon it that such papers
the Era and the Tribune, if they speak OF at all
, SHOULD speak tie truh2