Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-11-14

aud loss in such connection. No matter if eman.
c~ipation had sunk the West lndia Islands in the
sen nor does it matter If anti slavery sinks the
southern states to destruction. | have 1t from
God himself. that slavery is a mighty wrong and
this is,enough for me. ! will not look at c%onstitu-
tons, or even Bibles, if they stand in the way of
its destruction give us freedom, If poverty, ru in,
he'll itself follow in its train rather than slavery,
with all the shining sheets Of the New Jerusalem
flashing out before us
No. / will notentertain the question Of the evils
and inconvenience that may follow the overthrow
Of the American Union. There is nothing that
theorists at the North can say Of the importance
of the union, that can move me, so long as we
have it, from the nature Of things and from the
testimony Of Shareholders themselves, that "the
dissolution of the union is the dissolution of
slavery" When Senator Benton was delivering
that stupid address of his, on the constitution and
Union, in the Northern cities, he visited Worcester,
Massachusetts He spoke of the consequences
that would attend q dissolution of the union
The first was, that it would bring Canada down to
the borders Of The South. This declaration brought
down the house, in a burst of applause, which the
lecturer could hardly understand. The second
consequence, lie declared, would be that the hor.
iible scenes of St. Domingo would be, re.enacted
at tho South. This announcement was greeted
with q perfect storm of applause. Such is the
teaching Of Mr.. Benton, and any desired amount,
of proof from leading mon of the South, might be
brought to the same effect, but it is unneces.
sary.
l began by saying that the kingdom of God does
not come by observation. What has been done in
one State may be done in all the others; and then
the union is dissolved. Wisconsin has placed
herself, in effect, outside of the union. When the
Governor of that state released the prisoners OF
the General Government, he did what was equiva-
lent to dissolving the Union; and when asked again
what he would do If the United States au thori-
ties came and re.imprisoned these men, he answer
ed that he would again release them. and ~imprison
the United States authorities. Last year the Gov
ernor of Iowa wrote to the President, that il the
citizens of Iowa, in Kansas, were not protected by
the General Government, the case was one that
would demand state intervention. These are steps
in the right direction. Let the people take the
matter into their own hands and declare that nc
kidnapper shall be allowed to live in any northern
state. Let him be removed instantly dead or alive,
Let the Ohio river run red, as the waters of Egypt
rather than be the ferry to bear men from free
dom to slavery. Let Cincinnati and Cleveland be
laid in ashes rather than remain pen to the hun.
ters of fugitive slaves. Such a stand as this can
be taken, and will be, when the people wake up.
The struggle may come when least looked for
What were Lexington and Bunker Hill? Were
these events agreed upon beforehand ? No but
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American citizens were shot down in the streets Of
Boston, it reused the people, and they gathered
together without concert and without arms, oil
discipline, but with the earnest spirit of men de-
termined to be free.tAnd our, duties are the same as
were theirs. The business Of this convention
should be to rouse a spirit of resistance, that shall
crush the slave hunter, even though 1t be Salmon
P. Chase himself. l hope the day may soon come,
when it will be as dangerous for a slave-eatcher
to be seen at the North, as it is for now abcli
tionists to be seen at the South.
HENRY c. WRIGHT, addressed the convention
When speaking, some time ago, to a large audi
ence on the question, "ls the Union made for man
or man for the Union? | asked this question:
ought the Union to live an hour, if its continuance
necessarily involves the enslavement of a single
human being? l requested if there was any body
in the audience who thought it ought thus to exist
that he should speak. A man sat before me
two little girls sat by him, one at each side. III
said, Eyes there is one, | would have it continue
| said, those girls are your daughters would yor
t give them up to slavery to save the Union? HI
shuddered all over, and answered, II would SCI
! the Union in h-ll first" There is no man OF
q no 18th who uOn1d not 400 tho Upinn dop,pad bacor.
+ he would give up his daughter to slavery to say,
f it. | said to this mamie was q democrat-i
o sou would not give up your own daughter, WIZ
S will you give up your neighbours to slavery, to say,
!; the Union? He was dumb and could say moth
n ing.
The resolution before US says that the Union i
q crime and Is curse. l believe this 10 be true
believe the Union to be the greatest curse tn
world has ever seen. | do not cay that those VIII
formed it were conscious of the crime they com
mitted their characters arc not before us for in
vestigation let them rest. We have to grappl
T. with their work. The question for us to decid
is, is the Union a crime and a curse The frs
question is, will you form u compromise betw eel
u what you believe to be a lie, and the truth. Yo
cannot do so witho ut wrong TO your moral nature
Z in doing SO you lose the power Of distinguish
ing between falsehood and truth so OF all mora
x contradictions. Now the pes pie Of this natio
have tried to harmonic what they know to be- tw
" moral contradictions. God himself could no, ret
oncile them, You only destroy your own souls i
trying to harmonic them, and lose your powe
ne of distinguishing between good and evil. And
ne is the same with nations as with individuals.
H. For this reason this union has been a curse
e. has destroyed the conscience of tho nation, W
ne have come to that state, that we measure human
re ty, justice and truth by geographical lines. Fl
so an act done on the north bank of the Ohio rive
you would send a man to a dungeon. Let IL
lie same man do the the same act on the other side
the river, and you honor him and vote for him
to be your President. Again, here is a man feeir
to from slavery into Canada blood. hounds are u1t
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