Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-07-24
tbe Anti 5laprrp Bnale.
SALEM, ONO, July 24. 1858.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Executive Com
mittee of the Western Anti-Slavery Society, will
meet a, tia house of Bejamin S. Jones, on the
Sh Of august, instead of the usual time. A full
is desired.
MORE LAND Piracy IN NTEMpIATIoN.-Re
cent letter writer's from Washington agree that the
government is laying the plot for another robbery
OF Mexico, thus increasing the territory of the
1t seems the Government Of Mexico
has imposed some sort Of a tax on the property Of
residents, which Americans residing in Mexico
are unwilling to pay. Mr.. Forsyth, tho American
Minister at Mexico, sustained them in their refusal
and protested against tho enforced collection of
the tax. 1t was however collected, the goods Of
the Americans being sold for its payment. Mr..
Forsyth has reported tho state Of affairs to the
Government at Washington, has received assurance
of the approval of bis course under advice of the
Attorney General. Dir. Forsyth las also been or.
dered home. thus placing the two governments in
hostile position. The Mexican Minister has not
received his sports, but doubtless they will be
ready for him rs soon as his own self respect or
that of his government shall prompt his departure.
Tho order for the recall of Mr.. Forsyth has been
forwarded to Mexico by a special dispatch.
The tax which is thus made the occasion Of assum.
ing a Y arlike attitude towards Mexico, is one regu-
Ilarly levied by the government upon all residents
of the country and one to which the representa-
tives of the English and French Governments made
no resistance. To render tho Mexicans odious,
our Minister and Attorney General stigmatize
this tax as a "forceiloan." The opinion is preva.
$50. -.D-- A. .zoul oazl.l n A. .o.o. .,a,,
tina. Mr.: Forsyth had really no warrantab!e grounds
of complaint and that our government will stand
before the world justly exposed to the suspicion
of being willing, and more than willing to get up
a controversy with a weak and defenceless neigh
Dor, to be settled by a war unless peace be pur'
chased by a cession of Territory. In this opinion
there can be no doubt they are correct. Mr.. Blu
chanan's L%ecompton plot having succeeded so poor
ly he must do something 10 reinstate himself in
the good graces of his slave.driving directors
Hence, this very safe fllibustering operation is
undertaken. In the weak and distracted condi,
ton Of Mexico, it is almost certain Of speedy sue.
cess. And probably very soon after the calling
out of volunteers. and giving out of fat contracts,
as in the case of Utah, we shall have peace com
missioners and peace negotiations, and shortly
thereafter SOnOIn, ClDeIOa anu perhaps OtueI
Mexican provinces will be ready to receive terito.
rial governments from the hand Of Congress. and
thus under the bred Scott Decision, be transformed
from free into slave territory. Thus ever onward,
is the march of our despotic destiny; and thus
does it seem likely ever to be, while the free la
borers of the North and West continue to pledge
their wealth and power and moral influence to n
political union with shareholders.
The Nationa! Intelligencer copies from the New
York Courier and Enquirer, the following repre-
sentation of the character of this tax which is
made the preteAt for fllibustering upon Mexico.
All propertr, whether real estate, money, or
merchandise, is subject to tax in even country, on
the principle of advantage accruing through Gov
eminent protection, and is always equitable, when
exacted impartinlly, pro rata. That is the true ma
ture OF the tax, enormously Genominated "a forced
loan in Mexico" and upon which is founded the
report Of Minister Forsyth having demanded his
passports Of the Mexican Government, The sta.
ted forced loan Is merely u TEN porary property
tax for the benefit of the Commercial the Banking
and the Governmental interests Of Mexico; and as
the property of foreigners in the United States is
not exempted from the State or Government tax,
(whatever it may be- a foreigners property in
Mexico is rightly believed subject to heGovernmen
tax in Mexico. If any foreigner has really been
ordered out of Mexico, it has arisen from the cir,
"umstance of his resisting the tax. because an
enemy to the G~uYernment, and on the Just safety
principle OF the law of the United States, which
in time CT war subjects the foreigner to the super.
vision Oh tue civil and military authority, (bond and
security gwen not TO correspond with the enemy.)
The Luioaga Government bases prestige of rule
not in the attack, but defence of property: and the
tax stated to have been objected 10 by Minister
Forsyth was decreed with the view to add to the
value OF all interests. and therefor to increase
the value OF the property taxed. Hence the lust
%ap2roval of the tax by the Ministers of France and
England.
CHANGED HIS MIND.-When Senator Douglass
started for the West, he evidently contemplated a
reconciliation with the Buchanan wing of his par
~. So we Judge from the tone and statements OF
the Buchanan papers in New York and Washing,
ton, then and since. Having got out from the
atmosphere Of Washington and among the people,
Douglass has altered his mind. lie finds the LIE.
compton villiany too great to be tolerated when un.
derstood, even by National Democrats, and like q
crafty demagogue as lie is, he is resolved TO stand
by his opposition as the only hope of his return to
the United States Senate, and this seems to be the
main feature of his contest with the Republican
candidate. The bred Scott plank in his platform
is not made SO prominent as is his profe ssed
regard for white men and their right of squatter
sovereignty, liasislaveholding.
AUGUST MISUNDERSTANDING elections take place
in August in the States Of Missouri, Kentucky,
North Carolina, Alabama; Texas, Arkansas and
Tennessee. Only Missouri elects Congressman.
And this state is the only one in which the election
assumes any Importance to the friends of freedom.
Ia all the other states it is only a struggle for of.
flee. In Missouri the issue joined is not what
could be desired, yet it is perhaps all that could
be expected in the beginning of a mere political
agitation. Is is even up to the standard of those
who profess to be the anti-slavery party of the
North.
The colored servant, alluded to in the Dudley
observatory controversy as having great influence
over Mrs Dudley, is William Dietz, a pure Afri.
can negro lie has the entire care of her proper
IT, valued at over a million dollars.
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