Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-07-31
SHAM DEMOCRACY.

ohhm DEmVOhhOA'.
The real spirit Of American democracy is ex'
.hibited in tho following cJntemrtuous and brutal,
remark in the Washington IRiJm--rhc negro
empire Of liayti frequently reminds us Of the way
in which Il flock OF monkeys will sa,arize the EN-
Payments Of human beings. 1t proceeds to copy
what il calls "A 'pompous account Of u great iesti,
val held at Port'au Prince a short time since, and
adds-'We should think our royal cousins in Eu
rope must feel very kcenly how absurdly their
state ceremonia!s are burlesqued by the sable En-.
peror' The 'pompcus account here referred TO is
slinply the usual programme OF a public celehration
lin this instance. II was in honor of labor, and for
agricultural improvement, and grand illumination,
Whatever else our royal cousins in Europe' may
be, they ATE neither 50 conceited and insolent on
the one hand, nor so vulgar on the other, as to
make omplexional differences a subject Of ridicule
or reproach. 1t takes a patent American demo
cratic do that. If the editor Of the Washington
Union chooses to write himself down a blackguard
he can do 50; but it is extremely humiliating to
think Of one SO domoralized editing the official or.
gan Of the national government. 1t is still more
humiliating to know that he is a very faithful rep
resentetive of the governnent.-LiGerdtor
BEPRIsALs.-We find in the Charleston Mercury
the following recorded as the 18th regular toast at
the 9th of July celebration at Watebroro,' S. c.;
The Free States."-They have violated the fed
eral compact in manumitting our slaves within
their borders; why should We not retaliate by con
hscating the property of their citizens when found
within our borders.
A Coon MovE.-Several important am cndments
to the Constitution Of Connecticut were pro posed
by the last Legislature of that State. One amend
ment, in effect. simply grasses the word "chite'
from the list Of qualifications of electors-thus
placing persons of African descent" and Indians
upon the same footing with whites. SO far as citi.
~henship is concerned. The following is another
amendment proposed;
No persons Daturali1ed under the laws of the
United States shall be admitted to the privileges
ct an elector in this State, unless he shall have re-
sided in this State for the term OF one year continu-
ously alter being 50 haturaliLei, and shall also
have the other qualifications re quired for electors
Before these proposed amendments can become
a part of the Constitution, they must pass the
next Legislature by a two thirds vote, and then
be approved by the people Fl. DOugiaS' Paper.
"TnE INTERIOR ~RAcE."--The Scientific Ameri
can some time since contained IN interesting &C
count and an engraved illustration of n 'magnif.
cont project, by Mr.. William Dletz, o. Albany
of a new railroad for Broadway. 1t turns 1nt. ac'
%cording to Douglass paper, that Mr.. VIM. Diatz.
OF Albany. is o oolOred man. Suppose his inven.
ton should get patented, or DO sold to our city cor.
poration, or Mr.. Dietz should be employed to con.
struct a railroad on the model would it be held
luut lit CItItl y iHNcHtOT hub no TlpnlS WulCu
white men are bound to respect?"- Radical A6o'
liiOnist.
PEARLS OF GREAT PRIcE.-Peaches about rs
large as walnuts, sold in the market yesterday at
eight dollars per bushel They retailed at the corr
ner stands, two for five cents. The market price
of a look at them, we did not venture to inquire.
Gin. Gazette July 24h.
A METHODIST MINISTER SENTENCED To STATE
PRIsoN.-T. Lean, formerly Deputy Postmaster at
Worth, Tuscola county, Michigan, has been con.
vieted, in the United States District Court, of rob-
bling he Post Office, and sentenced to fifteen years
in State Prison. Lean was q Methodist minister,
and had borne an irreprcachab BILE character up to
this transaction.
The report of Mr.. John L. Sibley, the Librarian
of Harvard University, shows there have been ad
ded to the public library during the past year 2.
GA volumes and 8:OsS pamphlets, besides various
duplicates, periodicals., newspapers aud cata'
logues. OF the volumes | .563, and of the pamph
lets 2.94S, were gifts. The additions to tho librai
ry during the year make the total number OF vol
umes in Gore Hall, Exclusive of pamphlets, about
1900 and in all the libraries connected with the
University about 100000.
The Presbytery of Pennsylvania Ky, have
adopted unanimously, a report from tho pen of
Rev. Stuart Robinson, declaring the in7alidity OF
Campbellite baptism.
Union prayer meetings are held every day at
Cape May, Atlantic city and Bedford Springs.
The startling statement has been made that it
will require more than six hundred years to sup
ply every heather in the world with Il copy of the
Scriptures, if Bible Societies have only their presi
ent income; and that i might be done in a single
year with the sum annually spent in Great Britain
for strong drink.
DECISION AZ TO EMANCIPATIoN.-The Macon
Telegraph Of Tuesday lays:-On yesterday morn
ing Judge Lumkin delivered an opinion Involving
!, an emancipation clause in the will in a case OF
this kind. A., the %testator, made q will in which
he bequeathed certain negroes for life to d. After
the death Of b.. the negroes were to be free, and
=, carried to a free State or to Liberia, The Court
decided that this clause in the will was void under
! our emancipation acts that the negroes were
free 60 Instant the termination of the life es
tate in Georgia, and as n matter OF course, con-
trary to the spirit and policy of our laws in rela,
ton to emancipating slaves"
A monument is to be erected to the Pilgram
Fathers atPlymouthj to cost from $500 900 to $780,
900. 1t will be built of granite, 1913 feet high,
80 feet at the base, with sitting figures from SO tc
10 feet high. 1t is to he completed in twelve
years from August, 1856. Thirth-six Thousand
: dollars has been subscribed, principally in Massa'
chusetts. The society for building the monument
, have purchased all tne eStateS lmineClately arOuHu
the veritable rock, and also a site for the monu
ment, embracing ten acres of land, commanding
a fine view of the harbor aud the locality of thu
rock.
A novel application of artillery to road making
has taken place in Department de PArriege neal
the Pyrenees. The contractor found the process o
blasting an overhanging rock rather difficult, anC
a battery of mortars of the 10th regiment passing
along, he ielegraphed to Paris for leave to oper
fire on a crag 60 metres above the road over which
it impended. A few rounds of 10 inch shell
brought down the whole mass in fragments
twas an affair of ten minutes.
The OLD Loo CABIN" BURNED TO THE GROUND
The "old Log Cabin" so famous in politics
history, has gone at last 1t was the residence O
Gen. Harrison at North Bend, about fifteen mile
below the city, when he was nominated for Presi
dent; and was made famous by a thousand song
in the campaign of 1910.