Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-20

ing to. the Papal Church. My own humble efforts
in behalf OF our common brotherhood, caused
my name 10 becoms known to its directors, WHO
placed it ON the roll vt its honorary menbers. |
take this occasion to thank them tor this honor.
a Protestant 10y education. by feeling. | greet
those Catholic Christians must cordially as good
aud worthy labUrers IN this holy WORK. Heartily
do l thank them for all that they have done, anu
are doing, Tor the dO Sn.trUdden VI our race.
Gould I hope that my remarks would meet the
eye VI British ministers, | would ia an especial
manner invoke ,heir official influence against this
inhdelity. | would beseach them no more to sane
tion, by their action, tlat biasphcmy which seeks
10 transform the image vt God into property.
acknowledge That our Government WAS dis
honUred IN the eyes OF all Christians, wnen It's
ExecutiSe became the agent and solicitor OF those
pirates who cinimed ~ own the fathers, the
m others, aud children on board certain slave
ships wrecked un BRUSH islands, where, thanks
TO Christian civihztuuu, no slavery exists. The
President, espUusInS the cause vi men who de-
served the haitor aud tue gailUHs, demanded com
pensation from The British Government for their
loss Of human flesh. Our representative nj the
court of 81. James appears TO have misled and
deceived the BRUSH ministry. la one of his Off
oial communications he declared that, our Gov.
ernneut had determined more than once, in the
most sulemu manner, that slaves killed Ia the pub.
lie service ct the United States, even IN II state vi
war, were to be regarded as property, and not as
persons, aud the Government head responsible for
their value"
When re.erring 10 this assertion OF our minister
fifteen years since. | pronounced it unlOunded aud
anirue. | said tnIs in the presence of the deIega-
tion from virginia, the State Ut which our minis
ter Mr.. Stevenson, was ii citizen, aud l called on
chem, as his TRENDS, to sustain his assertion by
showing some one instance in which this Govern
meht haO paid for slaves killed in the public SER.
vice. | declared the whole history OF Congress
showed that we had in every instance refused such
payment, and | detsd them to show an exception
10 such practice. No man met the challenge.
/ now repeat the assertion. ! pronounce the state.
ment Of Mr.. Stevenson untrue, u lbe! upon our
Government, aud u sluuder upon the American
people. | not only declare his assertion untrue,
but / declare the DEPOSITS to be true. The British
ministry, by complying with this demand, tacitly
admitted that phase Of American inidelity which
seeks to degrade The human soul to the level Of
swine. More recently they paid the slave dealers
the estimated value o. the fathers, mothers, and
children, on board the Creole, who obtained their
own liberty by calamity taking possession Of the
vessel and landing on British soil.
The money-the dollars and ceuts-arc of no
Importance; but concessions to this inhdelity. at
the present time, are important. Il was an object
with the slave power to obtain from the British
ministry the admission that men are property. |
would entreat the British Government, and all
other Governments, to maintain the dignity Of
our common nature. In the language OF one Of
the most eloquent Of England's orators, l would
say, "lle who gave us the forms commands Us
to maintain the rights of men" The Christians
of the United States and of other nations would
rejoice to learn that the British ministry now. as
in 1920, refuse even to correspond with our Ex
ecutive On the subject OF property in human
fss3.
would also warn the Spanish Crown and other
continental Powers, that our present Executive Is
seeking, by all the various means and arts of di-
plomacy. to deta h Cuba from ITS allegiance, to
annex it to the United States in order to increase
she influence OF the slave puwer, and add strength
to this American infdelity.
| hope and trust that this conspiracy may be
defeated; that all Christian Governments may
exert their power against the further extension
of this sGourge of our race. | would most earn
estly invoke the Christians, philanthropists. and
patriots OF this and of every nation and kindred
aud language, to exert their moral influence, theit
legitimate powers. for the overthrow, the ina
eradication of this ~intdelity from the earth, 70
upholdi-g the natural. aforementioned rights o
man, for the progress. the moral elevation of on
race. sntii all shall understand the will and ohe,
the laws of our common Father, and attain tina
happiness which constitutes the ultimate objec
Of human existence.