Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-02-14

of Mr.. Palm) said II am n Free Soiler and
don't deny IL. No word or vote of mine shall ov
err inure to the benefit Of such n monstrous doc
trine as the extension Of Slavery over the patri
mony Of the free white laborers Of the country.
am for the creates: good Of the greatest number
and against the system which monOpolizes the Tree
and fertile territory Of our country for a few slave
holders, to the exclusion of thousands upon thou
sands Of the sinewy sons Of toll. The time viii
come, and perhaps very soon, when the people
will rule for their own benefit, and not for that ol
a class which, numerically speaking, is insignit
cant. ! stand here il the midst of the assembled
Legislature Of Missouri to avow myself q Free
Soilcr. Let those who are scared at names SHRINK
from the position il they will. l shall take my
stand in favor of the white man. Here in Nilsson
ri | shall support the rights, the dignity and the
welfare Of the 100000 nor. Shareholders in prefer
ence to upholding and perpetuating the dominan'
CIV of the 10000 Shareholders who iuhahit ouI
State" Mr.. Brown went ON to say that bis sym
pathies were with the tOiling masses, and not win
the privileged few; that while he was far from de-
signing any violation of the rights OF labor. h'
conceived the labor Of the white man to DO as
much his property as the slave is the property OF
his holder; that he earnestly looked forward TO the
time when. by a wise and ~salutary system Of eman'
cipation, Missouri might rid herself of the evil
and incubus of Slavery, and open wide her rlcf
harvest fields and unbosom her mineral wealth Ia
tit I Cuts " htl z INV IohNN
Mr.. Glover of ST Louis avowcd himself an Emaa'
cipationist. and said "he should hail the election
of Mr.. Palm, and it would BIO hailed by thousands
throughout the State as the first nurOrnl glimmei
of the dawning Of day, when a political party hav
ing this great purpose for its end will initiate Q
policy which is necessary for the development o.
all the resources of this mighty State. for securing
its rightiul position in the Union, and for multi
plying the prosperity, worth and greatness OF it,
people"
The 81. Lonis Democrat of the 28th ult, II
noticing this debate, declares that the question o
emancipation ~ now an open one in Missouri
that the National Democratic party have voted fol
nm ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS knowing him to be such, anc
that the Benton Democrats and Americans bad, b,
their declarations, placed themselves in n simila1
category, 1t pronounces the question the grand
est ever propounded to the people," "lf," it adds
"it we're affirmed in n Constitutional Convention
and thoroughly carried out, without violation o
vested rights, Missouri, in q few years subsequen
to its consummation, would be the foremost Stat
on the American continent. Population woul'
flow in on all sides were tho barrier of negrt
Slavery once removed, and in place SO,O00 slaves
We should have SOC, 900 white men, which in ad
dition to the population we should have OF tina
time. would give US Of once an aggregate OF tw'
millions"
The Democrat goes into statistics to prove it
scheme of emancipation possible. 1t says:
The opponents OF the movement will urge twt
objections to 1.-THE debt which the purchase o
the slaves would entail on the State, and the agits
ton which may cneue. BY the last census ther
were in round numbers $4,000 slaves in Missouri
valued at $50, 000, 900, Our railroads, when CON
ple;ed, will have cost that sum, aud the State, s
far from being impoverished 10y the expenditure
will be much richer than 1t was when those grea
works were commenced. A few years hence th
State will be better able to loan $50, 100000 tina
it is now to bear the burden of the $40. 000,O
given to the railroads, and no one can say tina
this burden is onerous. England, with n nationa
debt Of 81, 900, 000, 900, gave 500. 600, 900 to th
Jamaica planters rs compensation for enamel
pating their slaves. Even as a financial question
there is nothing startling in it, especially when /
is remembered that land pouid double in udiue sim
ultaneously witt, the passage of the constitutions
amendment authorizing its enactment"
The Democrat thus ~disposes of a certain "stal
cant" which is very rife in the slaveholding States
The stale cant Of loyalty to the institutions 0
the State is preached daily and weekly by the mig
ger organs. Was Virginia loyal to her institution
when she abolished primogeniture? Was Pensy
vania Loyal to hers when she abolished Slavery ?
Were the Colonies loyal to theirs when they aSo
ished royalty! This is the cry with which bigo
intimidate fools loyalty to existing institution
shuts out all reform. There is one institution
which all democrats should be over loyny, and OF
ly one-the sovereignty of the people. All oth'
institutions must conform to that or cease to exist.