Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-04-18

his stead, at the Music Hall, on Sunday morning
last. The gathering, was a splendid tribute 10 the
eloquence, character and ~reformatory spirit OF the
speaker-every scat in that immense hall beng
filled. the platform crowded, numbers compelled to
stand, and many obliged TO turn away for lack OF
accommodation Probably not less than three
thousand persons were present-represenung eV-
cry phase in society, from the highly conservative
to the most radical, and embodying an amount %
Intellectual strength and moral worth rarely
brought together under any circumstances. ouch
a multitudenous assemblage was the more remark
able inasmuch as no one knew on what topic Mr.
Phillips would speak, and there is no popular ex.
element to account for it. He occupied about an
tour and a half in the delivery Of his discourse,
which was listened to throughout with unbroken
attention and intense interest. OF course, 1T was
Of q very practical character, discriminating be.
tween a living and q dead Christianity, enforcing
individual freedom and responsibility and relating
more particularly to the treatment OF the criminal
and perishing class in society. 1t evidently made
a very deep impression. -LtJerator, Sd.
The CITIZENSHIP OF CoLoRED PERsoNs.--The
Senate Of Maine having requested the opinion OF
Supreme court of that State upon the citizenship
of colored persons, az affected by the decision OF
the Supreme Court Of the United States, Judge
Goodenow, the oldest and most experienced mem
Der of the Bench has responded by giving his opinion
that colored persons having three months'residehce
are voters, under the provisions of the Constitu-
ton of that State.-AHti- Slavery Standard.
TIN FUTURE o. ViRGINIA."-The Charleston
Mercury follows up its recent article on the
slavery prospects. of the border States in this
wise
We intended to cast no reflection upon the
Ancient Commonwealth, (Virginia) but merely
to indicate that the proper position OF the cotton
States in this controversy should be in the fore part
of the hatiln We hold that. for fine sake of peace
and quiet, unless an end is put to the harrassinS
agi' alton of the slavery question in our midst, tue
institution must give way wherever it can be dis
pensed with that in all the border states, includ-
ing Virginia, the institution is not Indispensable,
but n matter Of expediency only; that in the cot
ton States, however, it is q vital concern; that we
have to fight this battle and decide it, sooner or
later, and should fight it through and settle 1t be-
fore the institution is shaken in the border States,
and while they have the interest and inclination
to take a telling hand in the game. AS 1t vas
formerly ungenerous and unwise for the South to
turn over her rights and interests to our Northern
friends to uphold sor us, so, we argue, 1t Is unfair,
ungenerous and unwise in the cotton States now
to Look to the border States to take the initiative
and incur the chief hazards of maintaiHing our
rights and interests.
CorroN PRo,SLAvERY PAPER IN LoNDoN.-A
Washington correspondent of the Charleston (S,C.)
News, writes as follows:
A p%rojecti is now on foot to start o State Rights
Pro-Slavery Journal in London. Mr.. Slocuui, of
Mississippi, has initiated this singular enterprise.
The editor-to DE is Professor Alexander Dimitry,
IL. present the translator in the State Department,
"a native of Louisiana. II man Of rare accomplish
ments, and an unsurpassed linguist. The friends
Of the movement are s%anguine Of its success, and
allege that it has already received sufficient en-
enlargement to justify its commencement. They
propose that it shall be a true representative Of
Southern sentiment at the English Metropolis, and
a defender of Southern rights, de voted to the idea
of direct trade with tho South, and appreciative
Of the cotton interes. generally.
EMIGRATION TO LlBERIA.-By a statement recent.
ly published, it appears that the whole number of
emigrants sent from the United States to Liberia
from 1920 to 1886, inclusive, was $500. OF this
number, 3676 were born free; 326 purchased their
freedom, and 800 were. en,anciputed. Mssacbu-
sets furnished "a; Rhode Island 50; Connecticut
DC; Virginia 3,3l5; North Carolina l,l5S, and
Georgia, l,03o.
A Practical APPLICATION OF THE DRIED ScoTT
DECIsIoN.-The Democratic canvassers in the town
of Gloucester, r. L., struck the names of the colored
voters in that town from the list before the recent
election, alleging that they we're justified in this
action 10y the decision in the case of bred Scott.
The Providence Journal intimates that legal pro
ceeding will be commenced against them.
New PHASE OF POPULAR SovEREIGNTY."- The
MexiCans manifestly are people of color, and
therefor e., according to Judge fancy and the slave
drivers, incapable nf citizenship and unfit for free,
dom. The popular sovereigns of Mississippi
recently took by inspiration this legal view of their
case, and, to get their hand 10" bought and sold
ainorg themseiTe some eight or ten times young
Mexican named Severa Lugo. He with difficulty
recovered his freedom under habeas corpus, In
the live stock market lie proved as brisk of sale
us a let African. Popular Sovereignty" Of the
Kansas Buchanan stripe will one of these days
demand the slavery of the whole ''colored race" of
Mexico. How many Mexicans will that leave free ?
-4Uany Ecehing Journal.
EMANcIrATIoN OF SLAvEs.-The Baton Rouge
Adrocate Of the 2Sth says -.9> t~5.+.4
The Senate yesterday passed the Bill recently
introduced by Senator Hyams, of New Orleans,
prohibiting the future emancipation of slaves in
this State, except such as are specified in the End
section of the Act, VIZ:
That the prohibition contained in the foregoing
section shall not apply to the slave who may
have saved the life of his or her owner, or his or
her owners spouse, or the life of the child of
either of them
Gen. Munday, of East Feliciana, offered Oh
amendment to this section, which was adopted, in
GLIDING likewise any slave that renders service to
the state, ny giving Information that would ieau
to the detection OF any instruction or conspiracy,
snd in this shape the bill passed. The amend
ment is very well conceived, and renders the bill
every way acceptable, 1t could be improved in
the House by further amending it so as to require
all emancipated slaves to be removed from the
State at the expense of their former owners, i'm
mediately on becoming free. No effort should
he spared to prevent the further increase, unless
by natural means, Of free negroes among US.
CAss, H~ULsEMAN, AND A NEGRO GIRL.-Our new
and venerable Secretary of State has commenced
his diplomatic difficulties with a correspondence
with the Chevalier Hulsemann. The Chevalier
had some dispute with the master of a negro
woman that he had hired as a sery ant, and the
master meeting her in the street, told her to go
home to his house. The woman did so, and the
Cheyalier has invoked the interposition Of the
State Department to defend his right as Minister
Plenipotentiary of Austria against interference
with his servants. In the correspondence with
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