Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-02-14
For the Dugle.
THE REPUBLICAN PRESS.

For the Dugle.
THE REPUBLICAN PRESS,
As the Anti Slavery Bugle numbers among its
readers many who sympathiEe and vote with the
Republicans, it may not be improbable to direct
attention to the low moral standard by which the
press devoted to the interests of that party is gov
erned. Whatever portion of truth there may have
been in the allegations made by their political OPP
%ponents, that The facts in relation to tho disturban-
ces in Kansas were constantly and grossly falsi.
fed. it is impossible for us ut this distance to de-
termine, and the source from which they sprung
do not entitle these charges to very much credit.
Enough is known however by what is passing I'M
der our own observation, to show that among the
most respectable and influential of these journals.
the truths Of history wherever they are supposed
to initiate against the interests of the party are
habitually concealed, and the public mind as efec
tually misled as it could be by the PRONUNCIATION
of direct verbal falsehoods. A memorable exam.
pie of this was afforded in what was omitted, as
well as in what was printed, by them, upon the oc-
casion of the passage of Dunn's Bill through the
House of Representatives, and C%ollamer's amend
ment to the Kansas bill in the Senate. And q
similar policy prevails in respect to the proceed
ings of the Legislature at Columbus. In instance
of it, on the 22d Of January a petition was present
ed in the House, ty Mr.. Jewett, asking for prelim'
mary measures for the secession of Ohio from the
Union. This fact appeared in the Statesman's
record Of the proceedings Of the day, but not in
the columns of the Weekly State Journal and Tri
Weekly Leader of Cleveland, unless it escaped no
tice after a careful search. A similar petition
from citizens of Stark, and Portage counties, was
presented by Mr.. Brown in the Senate, on Februa-
ry 81, and referred to q com mittee Of one. A rec
ord OF this may bs found in the Daily Journal Of
that date, and announced also in the following
dignJfed editorial, the inaccuracy of which is its
least Objectionable feature. Senator Brown pre-
scented this morning, n petition signed by several
men and women of Salem, for dissolution of the
Union, and moved its reference to a select commit
tee of one. A motion was made to lay the petit
ton on the table, but it was lost. IL WAS then re.
ferred. We understand that the Union still hangs
together Notwithstanding the weak minded men
and the strong minded women of Salem"
The dissolution of this Confederacy is sought
by q portion Of its inhabitants, who are among the
most elevated in point of intellect and moral char
acter of any in the nation, or in the world, anG
who have had more influence than any others in
procuring the present position of parties, and shap.
ing tho future destinies Of the country. They re-
pudiate all voluntary connection with the govern.
ment as a personal dishonor 20 themselves, and a
henious crime against Humanity. They demand
it's overthrow as the first step towards thu recogni'
tim of the equal rights Of men, and the establish
ing of, and securing impartial liberty for any.
Their arguments are before the people, as widely
spread as they have the means of disseminating
them, and if slowly, are steadily winning theiI
way to universal acceptance by the wise and good
However insignificant may now be tho number Of
those who advocate them, a venal priesthood and t
still more venal press, instinctively acknowledge
their truth, and show tais by passing by in silence
or in such low attempts at ridicule as the quota
ton from tho Journal, the facts and the logic
which they dare not venture the .sattempt to re
flute.
One of the s%illiest boasts of the American PEG
ple is of the freedom of the press here enjoyed
No Emperor Napoleon restraints it's issues it it
true. bat King Dollar rules it with a despotisn
quite rs arbitrary, and almost as universal. A
the Pulpit deals out weekly, to its bearers, that
gospel which pays best, proving Slavery to be a
Divine Institution throughout oil the South, and
much of the North, and IN the remainder, that il
is the spawn CT He'll when carried into Kansas,
though somehow justified and sanctifed in the
States, through the merits of the Constitution, Sc
also does the Press. 1t would be useless to Grill.
icise it were it not thar among its supporters may
lie found large numbers Of those who give ~frequen,
evidence they love truth and virtue, and have re
gard for the advancement of human interests in
general and anti-slavery in particular. Whilst
such use no effort to rebuke the falsificationJ, and
various short comings of the press which they sup
port, they LecOme in n measure responsible for the
wrong, and the debasing influence it exercises up
on their own moral character is the penalty they
pay for thus tacitly consenting thereto. We com
mend this view of the subject to the careful con.
sideration of your readers, and they are many who
expend several dollars upon journals upon whose
fairdealing with the facts of history they know
they cannot rely, when party is at stake, to where
they do one for an impartial paper.
A. B.
Fer the Bugls.