Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-07-18
From the Bellevie Q) Advocate
AGGRESSION AND SOUTHERN
FORBEARANCE.

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The Independence of the United States was
acknowledged by Great Britain in 1888. Thearea
of the country at that day, in square miles, wns
800 ESQ In the year 1903, Louisiana was pur-
chased Of France, for which fifteen millions OF dol
lars were paid. The area of this purchase was
S09579 miles Three slave States, Louisiana, Mis-
souri, and Arkansas, have been formed out of this
Territory, and admitted into the Union. All of
the Louisiana purchase north of the parallel o6'
30| was consecrated to freedom by the Missouri
Compromise Bogus Democracy has discovered
that this Compromise was unconstitutional, and
now there is no hope that single free State will
be added to the Union formed out of the Territory
purchased OF France. In 1919, Spain ceded Flor
ida to the United States. BY this cessiou, the
area of Slavery was enlarged G6,9O0 square miles.
The Texas grab game is now understood by all
While the North was busy making money the
South sent colonies into Texas The colonsts got
up war with Mexico, and, after some lighting, de-
clarod their Independence, soon alter applied Tor
admission into the Union, and the area OF Slavery
was still further enlarged by $4,000 square miles.
Next followed the Oregon treaty, by which we ac-
auired 30S, 052 square miles. The passage of the
Kansas Nebraska bill virtually opened all the ter
rtory of the United States to Slavery. Oregon
has been principally settled by emigrants from
Western Missouri. Their ability to force Slavery
into any Territory has been pretty clearly demon
strated by the history of Kansas. The chances
are now in favor of Oregon's being admitted as a
slave State. Next in order comes the treaty with
Mexico. by which we gained 522, 955 square miles
of Territory. The accidental discovery of gold in
California caused such rush of emigration from
the free States and Europe that Slavery was Tor
the first and only time driven to the wall. Since
the peace of 1888, by purchase. cession, hlibuser-
ing, and war, we have added to the national do
main 2 Is 1856 square mile sat cost of SS3OOOO,
1000 What have the free States gained from the
territory thus gained? The admission of one free
State, California, with two Senators and two Rep-
Iresentatives What have tho slave States gained?
louisiana Missouri, Arkansas, Florlda,and Texas,
and eight Senators and fourteen Representatives.
This is a remarkable instance Of Northern ag-
gression
The census Of 1850 gives the number of whites
in the free States at l3 $50, while the number
of whites in the slave States is placed at 6222 AIS
giving the free States little more than twice the
slave States. The United States Treasury reports
show that little more than three-fourths OF the
cash paid into the Treasury is drawn from the
free States. The free States, then, have paid
1922 SOC, 900 for the territory acquired since the
peace of 1883, and their show for the outlay OF
this vast capital, is the State OF Calliornla, with
two Senators and two Representatives! 10 sum
up We the people of the free States, furnish more
than three-ourhs Of the money to foot the bills for
territory which is prosttutGd to Slavery. we pay
our own postage bills, and one,half of the postage
bills of the South Every man, woman, or chll0,
living north of Mason and Dixon's line, pays tour
iS'NS''
cverv letter mailed south Of thus line pays one
cent and cne-half. We pay for the support of the
Younger sons of the Southern aristocracy in num-
bcrs that would he hard to estimate. Whenever Il
Southern gentleman has more sons at home than
his negroes are able to support, by some means or
other they are enabled to thrust their hands into
the national Treasuryby appointment IN the Army
and Navy. The California appointments made by
tho present Administration are in point. Ten
youn sprgs, every one of them from the South
have Just been appointed to comfortable places IN
the free State Of California! We can, at mo
mcnt's warning, furnish any number Of highlyre
spectacle citizens, lovers of "the Union, the Con
stituton, and the Bible" willing to capture anc
return all fugihves from the South. After doing
all this, and uuch more, how very reasonable is
all the cutlery which We hear about Northorn ag
gression upon the South! How forbearng, how
long. suffering. how meek, patient and Christian
like, is the South in the endurance Of all this fear
ful oppression from the North