Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-03-29

power bold complete sway of this UallP As I
nave SAID betore, every other constitutional pro.
vision has received the careful and continued
attention ct the law-making power. Theft, rob.
'pery' anu murder have haG.laws passed for their
punishment; but slavery, (which embraces them ALL
Snnd each in its most horrid form, has never vel
found n Legislature with sufficient nerve to pun.
lsh its untold enormities. | have proposed to pu,
tbe chattleization of men man in Ohio upon the
same footing with the lesser crimes of stealing and
piurder. This proposition, seemingly so mild, has
reused the latent fogyism Of this body.
a stranger to look in upon us now, would sup.
posing that something awful was impending. Grave
members seem frightened from their ~propriety
The hatituai Union savers are in motion. The
slave Democracy and tho remnants of fossilized
Whiggery are Ggonizing together. The cotton.
camp il all alive with conmotion. Now, gentle
men allow me in all sincerity to advise you not to dc
anything particularly desperate. will, lefore | sit
down. give you all the consolation in my power.
If, perchance. | should happen to say anything
not OF this character, | trust you will attri-
butte it rather to the necessity of the case, than to
a'desirc to wound. | am told by the member
from Union (Mi. I|Iimilt0n) that there is no
demand for this law at this time. | think other
wise, and, thus thinking, shall give briefly my
reasons for the faith that is in me. The slavehold-
er Of the South may bring his slave into, Ohio, and
the only hazard lie .asstne s is the loss of his chat.
tel. The act of 50 doing is not only a violation
and an outrage upon the provisions Of our Consti-
tGtifn, but most grossly shocks the moral sense of
almost every citizen Of our State. Shareholders
have done this very thing for years past with i'm
punity. Some have been more adlcious than 9TH
ers. Within two years past a Reverend rObber
has dJgged his victim through the streets Of this
city. He had not even time to lay Of his saccrdo-
tai robes, but went into the chase with them on.
1t IS said by those who witnessed his exploits. that
de even outstripped the Robinsons and the Pen
deryS OF our blood hound kennel in the race
Again, those who travel On our thorough-fares
often meet the manacled slave and his lOrdly mas
ter or queenly mistress. "A short time since, at
ShleO an this State, "A tyraat was found upon the
cars With a human chattel. The big hearts ana
strong hands Of that glorious community Instantly
formed II vail around that chattel over which t-
ranny could not leap, and through which despo-
tisms could not penetrate. A moment after, an
other Of Gods children shouted the life giving
words; IL am free, | am free!" Yes, then and
there the Bible was opened to another immortal
being, The recent case in Cincinnati has demon
stratcd the fact that, on business as well as pleas
ure, the master has hitherto brought bis slaves to
Ohio, and after they had for a season breathed our
free air, taken them back to bondage. With these
an a multitude Of sim liar facts Transporting in our
midst, are we to lie told that there IS no necessity
for this law? | grant that there is not if we do
not intend to punish the worst crime of which men
or devils were ever guilty. We had better repeal
at once our statute against sheep stealing, if we
have not nerve enough to put on oar'statute book a
law against man stealing. For we had better no
longer appear to the world as regarding the aSduc-
ton Of u horse or Il sheep as a more heinous offence
than the stealing of a human being. | am accus-
ed with designing with this bill to destroy the
rights Of slaveholders. | did not suppose that, with
the number of s~choolmasters we have abroad in
our State. any one could be found so stupidity igno.
rant or ignorantly stupid as to conjure up such a
''bare head and bloody bones as this. | am, sir,
now, more than ever, satisfied that our much wan
ted common school system is in some important
matters a failure.
Mr.. Brazee Of Fairfield here occupied the floor
for Il short time.
Mr.. brown resumed;
Ma. SPEAKER: l feel rejoiced that | neither fear
the irOwus or court the smiles OF those who bow
themselves at the bloody altar OF slavery. | know
that | do not live for their pleasure, and l am
equally sure that unless | change my mind, shall
not die for their convenience. /, sir, have learned,
since l came to this city. q fact that has afforded
me infinite satisfaction, and that is that l have
found in the distinguished Senator from Fairfield
q man more eminently conservative than i am
Thls fact to me is quite refreshing. Last Fall, in
my own town there were several aIti-slavery men
WHO thought my views on this subject too mild to
entitle me to their votes, and of course | am glad
to learn that there is at least one man in the State
who can sympathize with me-. l am, however,
compelled to say that | cannot reciprocate. The
distinguished Senator has drawn two cases where
this law may take effect, either one of which he
''h hiN'ShS HNA'S o'o eh'A" /
Now, sir, the occurrence of either of those cases,
and particularly the latter, would afford me
more real qualification than any other conceiva-
BILE earthly event. The gentleman's first case is
that of a woman with her slave passing through
Ohio to some fashionable watering place East. He
says this woman under this law would have to go
to our Penitentiary. To be sure she would; and;
pray, why not? 1t would be only doing by her
Tor twenty or, at most, thirty years what she was
doing by her victim for every year Of that vic
flm : Info SGufhaPr laHiaS huVa M nSinasS uprp
our th0rough-farcs or in our hotels with their
slaves ito fan them when they sleep and tremble
when they. wake" If they insist, however
on coming among US with their ebony retinue. we
will give them a thirty years draught at the pois-
oned chalice which they so remorsely press to the
lips Of others. The second one to some minds
might be absolutely appalling. Its possible reali-
cation, however, affords me JOY that no words can
express. The Senator says; Suppose that next
Fall we should elect a slaveho!ding President of
the United States" (hardly a supposahle CASEY
'and he proposes to take a few of his body slaves
with him to Washington. and with them seeks to
pass through Ohio, then we may under this law
arrest him and send him to our Penitentiary for
twenty or thirty years" Yes, sir, if this bill be-
comes Il law we might, and the verdict of univer-
sal Christendom would be, "Served him right
Did the gentleman think, when he drew so vivid
ly this sketch, how startled the Autocrat Of all the
Russias would be, if he were present, to hear the
Senator talk of the President of a protested republic,
elected by so called Democratic votes, going on to
take his official position surrounded with q body
guard Of human chattels? think | hear the ty-
rant saying: "fhis man has, in the name of Dem
oers;y, reduced un5ridled power and absolute des
poti,m to a greater degree of perfection than |
ever hope to attain" In the first place, l do not
thiak any such creature can be elected, and if
he could, | think the vote in Ohio next Fall
will remove any desire he might have to pass
through our State. No. sin; the man to be elected
will either be = freeman, standing sauarely upon
sEa rviDntpias ,f tho ~ va. Nrfal Daatnratsop &c In
dependence, or some Northern spawn Of the
Slave Oligarchy. The Senator over the way
seems to be amazed at the manner in which l
handle dignitlries. ! must confess that my bump
If yeneration for great bad men, little mean ones,
or honest ignorant fellows, is not very well devel-
oped.