Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-03-14

ItUtf Nv ~ w FINNAfk |,
in Congress, TO abolish Sidpery in the Stare =
olding States. The venerable Senator from Mich J
rnn lMr. Cass1 mistakes in the idea that many I
voted under the conviction that they were D
citing for The abolition Of se'citude IN Me 6
SdfeS.'
So, then, il tho Republican party had como into 3
power, it would only restrict slavery in the terri
| think him a little mistaken in his opin.
on. certainly have heard Republicans, and
ute prominent Republicans, too, claim the Con
tressionul right to abolish slavery in the slave
States.
But Mr., Wilson not only declares that the Re.
party does not noe intend to abolish
in the slave States, but he says-
When the Constitution was framed, the men
framed il did not intend to give Congress the
mower TO abolish Slavery in tho slaveholding
States. Opening the Constitution Of our country,
lind no power specifically granted to Congress
to abolish Slavery in these States
Yet ne says elsewhere-
when the Constitution was framed, there was
not n man in America who believed that the idea
of property in man, to use the words Of Mr.. Madi-
son. was embodied in that Constitution
But Mr.. Wilson goes much further. Hc defends
the Union MS on End which is to be secured at all
hazrr ds, not simply as a Means for the attainment
of nobler ends. Thus he says
When the Republican party was organized. the
avowal was made that the Unioh must be main
tanned. The declaration Of Mr.. Webster Liberty
and Union now and forever,one and in.eparsble;'
tho declaration of Andrew Jackson, The Union
must be preserved" were borne throughout the
canvass on all our banners
Here the Union is the Purpose. not the %1nstru-
ment, for the security of Liberty. but at least AZ
important as Liberty itself. Now, l venture to
state n public secret, that some leading Repub'
licans did not value the Union much for itselt
nay, some thought it was a bindrance to both the
immediate Welfare and the future Progress Of the
People, and did not much care how soon 1t should
end but they knew it was popular cry, and IN
tended to Guido the Democrats themselves in shout
ing that watchword |! The Democrats wanted
Union for the support Of Slavery. The Repnb-
licans shouted tie old cry, Union Union But
the old faith in Union, for it's own sake, is gone
by at least, ii seems 50 20 me.
lie goes further yet -
"In the public press, and before the people every
where, the doctrine was maintained that We were
for the Union and if any men, North or South.
laid their hands upon it, they should die, 1t We
had the power. traitor deaths. and leave traitor
names in the history Of the Republic
This passage, it seems to me, has been con-
demned more harshly than is necessary. lie would
hang men as traitors who should lay hands on the
Union to destroy it'll Exactly so but the Constr
tuition declares what treason is--levying war; "
course, is is to DO supposed he would say this.
Looked Mt carefully, it means only the same as
his oath to support the Constitution and laws. But
| confess | zee no reason for the words.
Here is another passage -
we rindicate The rights Of the States-ther right
of the Southern StateS, if they choose, TO hold men
IN Slorery, and the right of Massachusetts,, Yer
mont, Michigan and Wisconsin,to protect,by their
own legislation, the liberty of every man that
treads their soil, until his liberty has been forfeit
ed by due process OF law.
think this the worst sentence Mr.. Wilson ever
uttered. No word spoken in this Congress has
given me such pain. lie pledges the Republican
Party to vindicate the right of the Southern States
to hold men in slare'y! Mr.. Webster, Mr.. Doug
las, has said few things worse than that. ! repu'
diate the doctrine. The Republican Party 'iH no,
vindica,e the right Of the Southern States to hold
men in slavery. If it does. then the People OF TIT
North will tread the Republican Party IN the dust
where the Know Nothing s and the Wings are al
ready gone.
The Republican Convention declared that thu
rights Of the States must he preserved. Did 1t ad
nit that any State had a right 10 do 'crong' ant
that right must be preserved? Has any State
constitutions privilege to prevent the attainment
81 the Purpose of the Constitution, to annul thu
unalienable ri ,1ht to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit.
of Hnppiness? Whence does such n State doriv,
:. the privilege? From the Constitution? Does TIT
. Constitutions, in its provision "f means, confer thu
J right TO defeat its ends? From the moral nature
of man ? Does that moral nature authorize slavery
=. which is an atrocious d%obasement OF human no
ture'? Shame on the base, unworthy Thought
= A shoemaker Of Massachusetts vindicate the right
y Of South Carolina to hold men in slavery! la
= Massachusetts come to this?
We talk a great deal about the compromises o
the Constitution we forget it's guarantees. Loci
= at this, from the Constitution itself TART. A. sec. ~
!" the United States shall guarantee to every Stat'
I, in the Union a Republican form Of government
" The Nation has not fulfilled that guaranty TO thu
+, ~bondmen. / think tie Supreme Court has no
determined what Republican form O. Govern
nlent il. But there is a Supreme Court of Poster
. ity, which will one day rule that to answer tina
question, an American is not to go to the histori'
.. past of Greece, Rome, Venice, Holland, but to thu
American Programme Of Political Principles il
- the Dcclar ition of independence; TO our Program
: me of Political Purposes in the Preamble to thu
Constitution We. the People of the United
. States, in order to form q more perfect Union, es
!. tablish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, pro
~ mote the general welfare, and secure the blessing
~ of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordail
y and establish this Constitution for the United
States of America';-aye, to the Ideal Justice
which is dear to the human race, and gets fore
~ Swallowed in the Golden Rule of Jesus and th,
% Prayers of noble men. | say. shame on the Sens
tor who vindicates the right of the Southern
q States to hold men in slavery All the more sham
that he was a shoemaker before he was a Senator
for his continual contact with the daily life o.
" common men should have kept his moral instinct,
"a fresh and pure. If s~hoemakers forget the instinc
of humanity, what will ordinary Senator's dol
But | do not give up a man for one i'll thing
nay, though so i'll as this. Henry Wilson has don
10 many noble things; ] trust he will do many more
ID | have always held him to be a brave, nm upright
n Just, and an honorable man. He has endure
temptation before now. =. In lS4S, when the Wing
nominated Gen. Taylor. Mr.. Wilson refused to SUI
ge tain him. lie was poor; not very thriving or thri
70. ty, with a family dependent upon him. lie wa
70. ambitious of the respect Of worthy and respecte
es. men. Some Wings told him they would max
nd him agent in their factory, with a salary of $3.50
be. or $4,000 to begin with, and more in prospect,
he he would not oppose Gen. Taylor! W don't as
you said they, to say u word, only to hold you
tn. tongue, and let your %victuals stop your MOUTH
Henry Wilson would not hold his tongue; he spol
;, ~manfully against the continuous encroacbments
Ia. the Slave Power, against the corruption of ii
mt Wing party.
Last spring, you know what honorable servic
lat he performed after his generous colleague ha