Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-09-27

OF color and thus deliver Ohio from THIS deep
disgrace.
Samuel May, jr, spoke Of the necessity Of con.
slant labor on tho part Of abolitionists. We must
not trust to politicians. We must create moral
power-must exalt the sense of right in the hearts
Of the people. And when this is done Political
parties will be compelled to act for freedom. What
party in Massachusetts proposed to give equal
school rights to the colored pe.plef No Wing
Democratic OF Free Soil Convention had favored
the movem emit. The reform was carried without
their aid. The work was done among the people
without party interference, md now it is eaectually
done. Had il bcen carried rs the measure Of n 20
litical party, the next winters legislation might
have undone it all. And it is thus we are to work.
The public virtue must be strengthened, and pc.
liticians Of all parties will obey its bidding.
PARKER PlLLsBuRY. read from the business com.
'mit,ee a resolution (No. 10. of the series) condem-
'natory of Dunn's bill recently before Congress-, and
of the conduct of those who had voted for its pas
sage.
NJ. r. ROBINSON spoke Of Dunn's bill showing
the infamous character Of it's provisions. The bill
extends theFugitive slave law over Kansas and Ne.
braska and authorizes the holding Of slaves in the
Territory till 1858. The object of Mr.. Dunn in
Offering this bill was professedly to make peace.-
to establish quiet in Kansas lie read from the bill
fully establishing its base character. lie rejuiced,
no said, in tho fact that Mr.. Letter of Ohio had not
stopped so low as to vote for the bill, but had
given his vote against it, and he was the only ex-
ception among the Republicans in the House Of
Representatives. The others all voted for it or
did not vote at all. 1, had been said in the meet
ing held last evening in the Town Hall that the
Tribune and National Era had published the bill.
This was not so. Neither of these papers had laid
the bill before its readers and 50 of the Re.
publican press generally. None Of them had
published it 80 far rs he knew, except some ofthose
in Mr.. Letters District. Djubtless these papers
had a reason for thus keeping out of sight thi dis.
graceful bill. They feared it might be hard to
satisfy tho people with the conduct of those who.
protesting to be the true friends of freedom in
Kansas. had by their votes upon the bill given the
lie to all their professions.
Further remarks were made by Messrs. Parker,
May and others, after which the session closed.
LAST ~sEssIoN-NoSDAY AFTERNOON.
PARKER PiLLsDURY addressed the meeting. One
thing he said which struck him this morning, shile
the exposition of tho conduct Of those Republicans
in Congress who voted for Dunn's bill was being
made, was that so few of the Republicans them.
selves seemed to know anything about it, and whai
appeared more strange still WIS that SO many Of
them seemed to wish to know nothing about it. |
think it was we'll said eighteen centuries ago that
'he that doeth evil hateth the light Then again,the
reason why those men were in ignorance is d
striking one. 1t is not that they do not take the
New York Tribune, for that deScends, thick ns
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Nor is it because they don't take the National Era:
that too circulates everywhere amongst them. and
Republican parers are published in every county
in the North; yet nobody knows about Dumas bill!
Then there was another thing struck me last eve.
ming in the meeting n the Town Hall, where this
matter was referred to, and that was the assurance
with which some persons intimated that they knew
all about the bill. declaring point blink that our
statements concerning it and the ACTON upon it,
were false.
Now where do we stand? Here we have had II
scene in Congress that would shake down an,
government in the world but our own-nn exhiii
ton Of t~reachery to freedom, such that. we're
the people not like Babylon drunk with the blood
of the slave, nothing Of our government would
have survived it. Yet we have had no manifesto,
ton Of feeling on the part of the Republicans
whom we have made acquainted with The facts il
the case, that indicates any deer al horrence o: the
act. Something We had like IL disposition to blunt
tho edge Of truth, but nothing like the excl ,mation
God be merciful to me n sinner" And yet there
never was a guilty man in all this world Of short
coming and Of sin to whom t hese words could have
have been more becoming than TO the members OF
the Republican party in view of this deep degra.
datiou. And what was the confession of these
meni They made no confession in words. But
then their unwillingness to believe. and their de
termination not to believe. was certainly ms good
as q confession that, if Dunn's bill were a reality
then they ought TO abnrdon their party forever:
for l am sure they never left the Wing party for
so good n cause MS that. | do not believe when
you take into consideration the time and circum
stances Of this event, that any man ever abandon
ed any political party for better reasons tnan these
persons have for abandoning tho Republican
party.
But We see no signs Of any such abandonment
of the party. On the contrary there seems n
determination neither to admit the truth nor be
Influenced by it. Now what are we to think Of
such men? What of the party at largef For /
suppose those who were present last night were
the moro anti-slavery members of the party. d"
not expect to see at our meetings half converted
Wings or disa Democrats. who bava left
their parties through bankrur toy of principle and
gone into the Republican party as a debtor goes
into chancery. On the contrary ] look for the best
members of the ~party-those to some extent Anti.
Slsvery-ato our meetings. Now if those we have
met are the best members of the party. what are
we 10 expect from the mass Of them?
1t is clear. after the evidence We have had pre-
sontsd this morning. that there must be some truth
in what We say. You know now what are the
facts, and you know too Mho tells the truth. and you
.o.ght 10 know by this this time. who does not tell
the truth. Add here are the Republicans of Sa
lem indebted to the Anti.Siavery Bugle. for a
knowledge of transactions in congress, second in
imnortance and wiokadoess Ia notbin0 that has IN.