Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-12-19
From the Ashtabula Sentinel.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

The Jauesville Standard makes the serious
charge against theRepublcan party tha it is ab,
clifton party, seeking the abolition of slavery all
over the country. The charge is not true we
wish it was, nor as 1t ought to DO, when con-
slider that the democracy devoted to
spreading slavery all the country. without
regard To the lines Of latitude longitude or le-
gal Constitutional prUhibitions.-Tru 4mep
icdH.
We clip this paragraph text, from which to
make a snort sermon the mission of the Repub-
lcan party. Why should it be u serious charge
agaius she Repu bcan party, that it is seeking the
abolition of Slavery? And why should we say the
charge is not trueH II il be true, it time that
it was, as the True American justly says. Thus
TAR the Republican, party has occupied position
altogether too nearly negative and this is the
reason and the SOLE reason. that it has not been
more successful. To any rejecting man who is
posted in the politics of the day, it is plain that the
interest of slavery Is aggressive The institution
itself is aggressive and its policy positive 1t Is
in direct active and deadly conflict with the free
idea OF Repubiicanism. Between the presence of
the restitution of Slavery and the existence of Re
publican freedom, there is no compromise. Slavery
demands that Liberty shall cease to exist; and lib-
erty can only exist where Slavery is abolished
When the friends of Slavery made an onslaught
upon Freedom, in the Nebraska Bill, the friends
ot Liberty had to meet the shOck and resist it,
But when they had stayed the tide, they were not
to stop thGre they were to follow up their blows
to final triumph. The Republican party was or
ganized to meet this attack of Slavery. This was
its mission for the moment but il was not its final
mission. If those whU believed in the Republican
idea set forth in the Declaration of Independence
rallied to sustain it then, they were not TO stand
merely on the defensive and wait for some more
attacks before they should strike moro blows. As
wise generals 1t was their policy to carry the war
into Africa, and stop nowhere short of final VIC
tory 1t is the true mission of the Republicans to
seek and labor for the utter extinction of Slarery
from the Countrywide whOle country. No half way
no defensive position to the last vesge of the in
stituton, is our work. 1t Of no use to set our
mark any lower or any nearer. To that point we
must aim, however high, however distant. The Ru-
blcon has long since been passed ; and we have no
alternative but to carry on the war to a victory
which will consist of leaving not a single slave up
on American soil. But this is ighty work says
one, and will require age for it's accomplish
ment. SO il Is mighty work but mighty or fee
BILE it is the work that we have before u.s. if we pre-
serve our Republican institutions and our Repub-
lican party, 1t may be divided up into series of
spasmodic efforts to resist the slavery aggressions
but if liberty survives, it must be done.
As to the policy of this positive position, there
is scarcely question 1t is the only prom:s
ing success aud it s the sole avenue to the control
of theGovernment; for it is almost established fact
that parties never attain quite to the object in view
and if that object be the attainment of power
merely, 1.-THE end being rarely if ever reached) the
party just reaches the verge of power-no more
The object of the party must be Interior to the
power of government then the cotrolling power
will come as an incident and be powerful
means to the end. But says timd friend, you
do not pretend that we can abolish Slavery in the
States' You certainly do not claim the power, DO