Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-05
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SALEM, ono, arm :, 1856.
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Albanian, had proposed 20 send a large company
of Southern emigrants to Kansas. Mr.. Burford,
we suppose from the manner in which he figures,
is a man Of means, and while he serves southern
interests. purposes to make q handsome specala-
ton out of the movement. lie bears .he expenses
of the poor emigrants, and in return they are ex-
pected each to precmpt 800 acres of land, and so
soon as they secure their title, to transfer one half
to Mr.. Il. for his transportation Of them to the
land Of promise. The company was expected to
commence its movements about the LIST inst, and
is to be composed principally Of e~migrants from
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
We have before US a copy of the Edgfeld, (S.C.)
Advertiser, which contains an address from Mr..
Burford Ito Kansas oniigrants and 10 all friends
Of the South" From this we learn that he is not
anxious for the success Of his magnificent specula-
ton only but that he is moved to it by patriotism,
humanity and a most comendable care for the tie
ology and morality of the Southern emigrants.
lie appeals to the patriotism of his fellow citi-
zens of the South to aid in the enterprise.
lie says:
''Those gentlemen in Carolina and other States
forming companies to Join me, can very easily OBJ
tain free transportation for their companies, by
proper nyplicationssto the directors of the railroads
over which they must pass. They give free pas
sage to cattle and agricultural productions TO lars,
and why not to volunteers perilling all in their de-
fence? Without Kansas and slavery, free negro
dom will soon crush out cattle, cotton, colleges,
property and progress-drones will eat up the hive
railroads disappear, and wild beasts, briers and
brambles overrun the land. 1t is q question not
Of property, but of the supremacy Of the white
race, in which rich and poor have equal interest
Kansas lost, and all west, nay! all east, of the
Mississippi must soon follow. Kansas is the great
out post and stand point in the contest; q people
who will not defend thcir outposts have already
succumbed to the invader. Do we fear to send
one man, lest tie North may send two? then we
have already ingloriously surrendered without a
struggle.
Is not Kansas now in our hands and if we on
ly encourage the Missourians, will they not retain
itP Did not the South send TO Mexico double the
volunteers sent by the North? and when was it
discovered that they were more patriotic or more
enthusiastic in defending their country and their
institutions than we? The way to quell the fury
of the fanatic and wild beast, is not to crouch and
fee, but to turn and look him in the eye, or else
he will spling upon and rend you in pieces; and
DEPEND on it, when once the North catches the
steady firm gaze of Southern treason, her com
mercial and conservative instinct will awaken and
save us, our institutions and the Union, from her
~madmen.
Thus much for tAe patriotism of this slavery
propagandist. Now hear his theology.
And who is perilling the Union, but the %impious
Intermediates, who fain would make us accounta-
Die to them rather than God, for the trust which
he has committed to our keeping? And is not
slavery a trust given US of providence for the ben
eft Of both races? Can republican equality, as
vet, be perpetuated without sugar, cotton and
cheap clothing, can civilization maintain its prog
ress and these be supplied to the world without
slavery? Nay! slavery is the only school in
which the debased son Of Ham, by a~ttrition with
a superior race, can be elevated. Slavery is not OF
chance nor IF man, but of God, and has not yet
worked out its mission; and will not have done so
till the two races are fit for selfgoverGment. Dare
we, before God, c~owardly sneak off, and like I'M
profitable servants, baseiy surrender this guardian
ship, because vain, selfrighteous intermeddJers,
have made it troublesome to maintain What
4 good, what valuable thing, was ever brought forth
without labor and travail? and what was ever pre-
served without toll and danger?
Next follows {, moving personal appeal for aid.
Mr.. Burford eloqucntly asks:
care we prepared to become the serfs of foreign
intermeddlers and masters? Are we prepared tC
sink to the level of the Ethiopian, and clasp him
in the fond embrace of political and social equali
ty and fraternity? For to this Abolition unstayed
must come. Fanaticism must defend its beneii
Charles; first, by sending the federal army to pro
tect them, and ultimately by giving them the right
to bear arms, to vote, testify, make and administer
; Id u "a OOdi pbboNHhNNt " la'A W NO"h
to their level, to faint the blood of your posterity
: and bring it to a degradation from which millions
S of ages cannot redeem it. This is a question oil
s races. Am [ mad for p%eriIling my estate in the
= attempt-eall it hopeless attempt-to transmit con
e sentative institutions to my children But rath-
err are you mad who eagerly gather wealth, not for
your pOsterity, but that free negro drones may
have boarded il? Are not you mad who construct
railroads, not for travel and ommerce, but thatth
rank forests may choke them up-you who build
cities aad palaces, not for a high civilization, bur
that grass may grow in the streets, and foxes look
out of the windows?
Let every one awake to the terrible issues now
upon US. Let us cease fddling and dancing while
Rome is i burning; let every one man the engines,
let all contribute according to his means. Let us
awaken the prayers of the church, the enthusiasm
Of our beautiful daughters; let them hold fairs and
) put in use their many pretty devices to raise mate
rial aid.
T.. Look not to the slow, inadequate action of polit
4 ical leaders, p~aralyzed by the shackles OF party
we fear they can only amuse you with vain scru
, pies and "%strifes of words,' or only "cry peace
n peace when there is no peace" And yet, wha
politician so demented, that he would renew oil
!, strifes to dissuade State action and organized dc
fence, under the vain hope that disconnected ind
1. ( yidual effort could meet the emergency And We
for this let not individuals despair, but rather lie
ne them increase their contributions and redoubl
NJ their energies. Let chivalrous and hopeful seel
ID ers Of fair chimes come on and join our exped
ton.
a Mr.. Burfords pious care eff the emigrants con
mitted to his charge, is manifest from the follow
ing declaration of his Expectations" of thel
while on their way and after their arrival.
/ am asked, "what military and other service q
require ?"-nonc except that when he gets
Kansas. the e~migrant shall begin some hone
e. employment for a living-if it be working on h
claim-that will give him credit to buy bread O.
IN On his way there he is expected to be orderly al
temperate, to attend the reading Of the Scriptu
a and prayer highland morning, learn 10 be charitab
m to our enemies-gentle with females and those
* our powor-merciful to slaves and beasts, and ju
to all men.
4. What effect Mr.. Burford's Scripture reading
land prayers may have on these poor igEora
nj sandhlners, cannot be tid. IL is certainly to