Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-01-26
TIE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

ever cursed tho %footstool of Cod concluding hi,
speech in the following noticeable language:
Il repeat, that / embrace this Opportunity o
speaking frankly my own views, and | trust the
views Of Republicans and Christians general,
in consequence of the unrcstrained Recommendation,
iterated and reiterated against us ny the advocate,
Of oppression. | could not ark n new member Il
perform this duty. Indeed ! have been led to il
discharge principally for the benefit of our new
members. ! desire TO hear them speak botil,
when they speak; to give utterance to their honest
emotions; to speak their sentiments, and avov
their doctrines with disguise, and | would say q
them, they need not fear a dissolution of the Unior
of which we have heard so many intimaiions thi,
morning.
/ feel that this threat Of dissolving the Union
should he met promptly at the very threshold o
our session. 1t has long been held up as ;hC
'scarecrow,' the Iu9Lear' to Brighten doughfaces
These threats come from the slave States. They
are Lot heard among the public men of the free
States. They never have been uttered by the friends
Of Liberty.
ANoice. Did not Mr.. Sumner threaten to dis
Mr.. Giddings. Never, sir, never. While from
the slave States, from the slayeholding portion OF
the Union; they have been almost constantly pro-
claimed for the last quarter of q century. Even
now, the leading Democratic paper of the slave
States, the Richmond Enquirer, almost daily puts
iOIth hltlCleS talllHB jill u IcOIlc vi fhemlu W
prepare for a dissolution of the Union. While the
public press and he politicians of that portion OF
The Union are thus proclaiming their intention to
dissolve it, they tuin round and charge us Of the
Nur.h with efforts to effect that object,
The freeStatel have ever been loyal to the Union
they will remain SO. They will not only refrain
from dissolving it, but they will not permit it to
be dissolved by the people Of the slave States. 1t
was founded by our fathers; it was cemented by
their blood; and by all the hallowed recollections
which cluster around their memories, we are called
on to maintain it. To those who threaten its dis
solution, we present an unbroken phalanx. With
unwavering determination we say to those traitors
you shall not diSsolrc ii. They should bear in mind
that we have now the majority in this body: next
year, with Gods blessing, We will have the Senate.
And with the executive and legislative branches of
Government in our hands, l think We shall be able
to maintain the Union, and perpetuatc the i%nstitu-
tons of freedom in our land. until Christianity
and Civilization, now so rapidly advancing, shall
make not only out whole country free, but other
nations shall he led to initiate our example, and
man shall become elevated, and liberty shall ti.
umph throughout the world
Mr.. Giddings says truly, that the dissolution Of
the Union has long been held up as a scare-crow
10y the South, but when he adds TINT the friends
of liberty had never demanded it, his statement
is untrue, unless he means to confine it TO his no.
litical associates, who are but compromisers at the
NS' Io'lihS VI u u'SSOiNtiOU,
absolute and Immediate. The Union which was
founded by our fathers was cemented with the
blood of the slave, and effected through his imno-
lation. This Mr.. Giddings will not venture to de-
ny. To talk of maintaining it, therefore, and per.
p%etuating the institutions Of freedom in our land,
and leading other %nati,ns to follow our example,
is a moral non S~equitur,' and positive inc0hercncy
of speech. To charge those who seek to dissolve
1t, whether to destroy or to protect slavery, as
traitors is n misuse Of terms. 1t is both the
natural and constitutional right Of every citizen
to advocate, if he choose to do so, the Reputation
of the present governmental arrangements, and
the formation of another confederacy. Treason is
an overt act, and too we'll defined by the C~onstitu-
ton to be COMPOUNDED with the fullest utterance
on any subject. It's really amusing to see what
an enthusiastic attachment our friend Mr.. Gid
dings has for a Union, in one half of which his
life would be in jeopardy the moment he should at.
tempt to advocate the right of the slaves to imme
date and unconditional emancipation. Such a
Union Isl %mockery; and instead of upholding it,
he should exert himself for its overthrow, by every
consideration of justice, humanity and freedom.
What concord hath Christ with Belial."