Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31

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! IL 1877
I
/ The pras;da,t,s Animal Ncssoon Leinr undcr
consideration on n r,otinn N rsfer and nrint
= Mr. R,xcu.y soid
i Mr. Srp,rr,. 'rLo pros;3or.,s Noss,,o ro,x
under consideration ohounds in sentiments sub
vors;vc of tho Consti,ntiar ond sonctions and
defends n rol,cy dootr,,ctivo oC tho nulli, rnacc
and iniurinus ~ tho nnhTc intorasts And vet the
President comnloins nG agitation His friend and
advocate tho gentleman from Georgia. MIR
Sterhensl y roncots tbn con,nIoint and cries
"Agitation y; S,,;,o,;"u ~ Tbere has Leon o,rit,
t,on renoral and rn;rersoI onong the neoole, IT
still continues o,d not ,r;tbont consa Tho Pres
ident in NV indcpmont has G5Uso1 the birh
trusts committed to him. hence the agiidtion, and
the "crv of alarm, omonc tbo neonle Of which he
:, comnln;ns Itis r;rht Sir that thn neonle raise
the 'crv of alarm . II is right that they d0ii1te
! for the correction or abuses committed Nv their
I agents and renrescrtotives Ibelieve with Burke @
"Ssbere there Is oI1,s+ there oncht 70 be ciqmoy
becouso II il hetor m havc opr slun hers broken by
the fre.bell than to perish amid the flames"
i The President in his message. under cover Of a
cunninc device of words advances the ,nonstrous
propostion that tbe several states of this Union
as States have constitutional and iDnrescyiDtiLIe
rig2r to traffic in slaves not only within their re-
snective limits but throughout the National Ter.
> ritoros Ucv;no iror,nr, tod This nolicv in Kan.
COS hy ,h;ol tha, IN f33od Torrtory has Icon snh
oc,oJ ~ ,,n alsnir,o tranr bv which its soil
has hcen cnrsed 1y;tb tho ,nonaclod foot Of the
bondmon. and stained with the blood of m,y,leJ
! ond oosoa.;,;, tLo pros;1ont with an oud,c;tv
! ,n roroIioII Jue".. w ,;l,,;,,, and demands
"o,'';osn ,Lo tsst NJ fIeiity IN
49, III C.;,t; ,n' 5 ,t T. - NJ onr,rco ;l;s
\ ,,;ns,ra ~ 49,. .l, pnos;ja,t rplor,oLos
. daCansa of ,ha na.!ooi or ,rbot he tcrms "the
totnto tr;t;n,, ,,a tho ;rstitntion of Sfotos
ond nm oxrosition Of tbo Cnns,itntion and If the
- e r. S.. ". ,mo 49, - ne tLo ,onal nr
~ ", ,r0 Yt,'se2 t lnsns NnLrnska
I ot of IeEI 10 s,, -
~ s,Can,.a, ~ S"y ,,, .lo srbioot !, e,ob
torms o9 ,rero trst soort win the nrincine of
i -. ;, I'LL l;os na,,r GIrorr
i r.pt I, oai1 - Ia I,;slntoJ othor,yiea
iti,t d;,. -, to. go o,lt5or ,,ro,t nrincirle
Of onr inst;t,.;nns ,Lo ;,nroscr;TtiEie right of
o,,ni;., " 81 80 ea,so.oI W. c.ota,
~ .l'o .,.;, .l ;t;.to, or
now Sto4os vIcb ,ros ronpoIod ,he prasident
tolis nv wos v;nint,o nf tbe imnyescrintible ,ght
i of aorol;tv of ,La oerar1 Statos IL - not thn
" t ~ ", .HS ,o .l,;s roetr;c,;n
;sIi T. tI - at y; La;,,, Lrt thn i'm
sn;.;Li -, - nolit, nF tho scrorol
} S,sfo. e"'
WI, --,s tt;s t,,,,t, rostr;ct;or ,he rarool Of
,.t ~, ,.o, 20 dofonJ and
- ~, :; or;n;,nil nTootoa9 II wos tho re.
.n;5,; I"5 "s' ;rnsod 49, tho Exto,s;or Of slavery
pfI ,oc, ~ ,S.nt Of $500 common
Iv colIod 1ho Nisoour Con,nrorisa ond which for
ever excluded slavery (otherwise than in punish.
ment of crimel from ali that mart of the Louisiana
Torr;torv ly;n, VAST of The wostorn boundary Ct
the State Of Missouri and north of Sc deg 80 min
north Iot;tudo This nroblition was in its terms
nernetuol Tho natives which prounted its en-
actment are onnarent. The Congress which en-
acted il doubtless felt and knew that Slavery was
subyersive of the ends of all free government a
violation of ;ustca and of the RIGHTS of the enslay-
Cd and contrary 70 rho snrit Of our free Consttu-
ton they also knew that in the wrong in which
this institution has its inception there was no law
TO restrain the ensavement of all classes and races
of men that the brute force by which the inhe-
} rent rirhts of the black race had for centuries
bepn cInyen down was not likely to be restrained
from inlictinc like cructies and oppressions upon
: the white race-tbat the violence in which this
svstem lives and has its benr is deaf alike to the
voice of iustice and the cry of tAe oppressed.
,bcther tbat crv bursts from the crushed heart OF
9 an African or an American. Hence the origin
t or that enactment. 1t was humane polite ana
g inst
Rnt Sir II wos ronealed VIC nre told in order tt
maintain ;nvinlotc the imprescriptibe right oi
0 ronaltv of the several States" An imprescrpti
lbIe rgbt of eoaalitv in what? In the bones and
einews and sauIs of men? And this rgh
tho President tells us is simrrescriptibe-nott to be
G"rta;tcd hv non.nscr nor 70 be restrained by Con
oss;onoI onoot,ont and cnextensive with the ma
5ionol Territores The Presidcnt further tells u.
TINT tbs right ..is rrcnt nriuciple of our insttu
;. a,o oI;t,t;o,,I -; rbt or each and all of the
> States If rho Jrnion ms States. which the teople
Inv their recent election. have sanctioned and an
n3rn .o1 );
If all This h, true what 4 mockerv for Presi
dant tn teii ns os he does tell us in the very mex,
Iino of his mrssare that the neope have thus pro
nia;mod tba;r n1aiteroLin and devoted attach
mcnt m tha Constitution MS the safeguard of the
rirLts Of al and ,s the shirt of the liberty OF
tEo RonrII;, y The snirit of tho liberty of
the Repnblicl To eslave men throughout the
rational inrisdiction m east a fetter upon the
=. human sonl 70 internose the dark shadow OF op-
nression hatveen man and his Maker! Sir, this
is not the snirit Of that liberty which God gave
+. to man when JIo hrcothed into him the breath of
: EGe This Is not Ee shirt of that liberty one
honr If which .,is worth n whole eternity of bond
aga y This is not the spirit of that liberty for
,rIioh JIonnndo, and sidney died and for defend
Z ;r, ,rbicb Milton wos bnSted and persecuted in
lis Irndnoss This is NOT the spirit of that lib.
.as Gu Sioh ,ha LAT onostIes af our rocemen
. N.J 49, '' '" - L,,,,