Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-11-29
Chr anti 5laperu Ensle.
SALEM, ONO, NOVEMBER 90, 1856
GROWING WISER.

Some of our Republican friends seem to be
gathering wisdom from their late defeat, as we
judge by the article from the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, published in another column, and from some
other sources. They seem to be finding ont that
Il pa,t y which has not sufficient respect for its own
principles to prevent its attempting a compromise
with its enemies, cannot hope to have the respect
of Others, nor can it expect success. Men who
will compromise moral principle are not sufficient
" imbued with the Importance of truth, to main
tain themselves successfully in the midst of oppo-
Sition, even on a good foundation. We have no
doubt the Commercial is right; and that the defeat
of the Republicans in Indiana and Pennsylvania is
due to the compromising spirit of the party, rsth-
err than tt the lack Of sympathy with tho anti-sla-
very views and purposes of the Republicans. Very
many members of the old Democratic party, whose
sympathies with free principles held long conflict
with their party attachments, finally decided to
vote with their party, because they saw SO much
of compromise with and concession to slavery in the
now, that, blinded by party associations, they hon
estly concluded there was little to choose between
the two on nDti-slavery grounds. Nothing caused
theRepublicans so much expenditure of perplexity.
OK UldildtlUHi anu IdlSC ioStN, a. piiO NOiL ~ iiiioi
vote of the Republican Congressman, on Dunn's
Bill, and it lost them very many voters from the
best men of the Democratic party; who, if they
changed their position. chose to do it to some pur-
pose. A manly, straight forward, independent
course would have won more of success RS it would
also Of honorable character and selfapproval. Po-
litical leaders have not yet learned that compro-
mise with wrong is the author of all our trouble.
The Shareholders are doing their best to educate
them into this truth, but their stolid moral organi-
cations do not yet comprehend it. Until they do,
we expect to see them labor as in the past, to de-
stroy slavery by granting it that on which it feeds
and thrives-to see them labor to put down sla-
very by swearing allegiance to a constitution pledg-
ed to it's support-to see them vainly attempt to
divorce slavery from the government by granting
Shareholders more than an equal power in its ad'
ministration. But while We wait with as much
not;ence as we can command for these dull schol
lars TO learn this first moral lesson, that slavery
and freedom can never harmonic, that Christ anc
Belinl will never enter into partnership, as abo
lit:onists we must continue to aid by the admonl
tons of truth, the bloody and despotic lessons o
the Shareholders, and the humiliating instructions
of their own defeat and disaster, In the NEAR
time it is cheering TO meet any signs of improve
ment in these experimenters and learners. May i
be so fixed before another campaign as to find witt
them a practical embodiment in political platforms
and then we shall have made a valuable progress
towards the establishment Of freedom for ourselves
and others.