Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-18
From the Libgrator.
ELUNKEYISM,

II From the Lbutaior.
FLUNKEYIsM.
ii We have spoken with special emphasis OF con,
uemnation respecting the attention Of the church
anu the clergy, OF the Tract Society aud the Bible
ooeety, IN regard to the liberation and support of
slavery, 1t is not that they favor slavery than
Eu'hers, but that such favor shows deeper deprav-
ny IN men who enjoy such light and make such
pretenslons OF wishing to be guiGed by it. The
representations OF literature and commerce, OF the
\ press and the market, also tolerate and uphold
slavery, ana plainly cuudemed, in doing so by
an appeal to their own standard of action. 1t they
make no prutensi0n to re gOus principle, they in
slst strongly on the preicrabeness of republic to
a aespotsm. Ii they do not pray occording t. the
bloe. they swear by the Declaration of Indepence.
bveh allegiance to those compromises of the Com
stltuton which support slavery is base treachery
10 the declaration OF that same Instrument that it
was intended to establish justice, = * .
and secure the blessing OF liberty TO themselves
ana their posterty. Who're an Ustrumont is in.
consistent with itself, and (howcver the whole
may be adopted IN theory) n choice must be made
between two opposite rules in practice, to choose
/ the worse and disregard the better shows
| "a 1epraved heart in She ch0oser, Though all this
| 9e true, and though every merchant and mechanic,
IeNefy editor and author who upholds slavery is
Iconuemned out OF his own mouth Yet we feel Pc
seen to co exist with high pretensions of pety and
morality Satan in the church looks even blacker
and ug!ier than in the market
NeVertheiess, slavery is supported in the mar
kut and by the periodical press not less than 6v
'he church and the Tract Society. Even in the
pfe'ehce OF protest against It, even in the asump
tion that 1t is ofra character too evil to be admit
teu into new States, side by side with the
CAIN OF maintaining an attitude OF freedom and
manly Independence u regard to it, slavery is sup
ported by the Northern press. Read the following
from the Boston journal of the 18th ult.:
II our Southern friends cannot buy our wares
unlesss we subscribe to their opinions or suppress
l'nf own then we say let them get their supplies
elsewhere But we have II better opinion OF them.
| they have more wisdom, shrcwdness and hberality
han Northern Democrats z We them credit for. II
wo choose to assume the position of, slaves and
Deg iOr their custom, they will treat slaves,
and sturdy begars deserve to be treated but if
we maintain the attitude of freedom and manly
independence, we shall be infinitely mora likely to
secure their friendship and respect. Our readers
are perfectly well aware that are neither abo
liiionists nor agitators we are not disposed to
n.aGi!o with slayerylet those who have it and who
ike 1t keep II. We have nothing to say to it or
ol lt, while its owners keep it chained up within
their own bounds. But when they attempt to carry
1t into free territory, feel bound express our
opinion of it freely, and to resist its encroachnents
to the end. We say with Mr.. Webster, not one
foot further with our consent. Within the bord
ers OF the slave States, we look upon The institu
lion as sacred but when it steps those borders
II becomes an open question, and we shall meet it as
such"
Plain it was that this rt of talk is feeble fool
sh and self.contradctory it con times to pass cur
rent as sound in politics and ight in Why
ioes the journal declare that thing SO sacred"
shall 90 "not one foot further? Why, having al,
ready volunteered the declaration that slavery is !
sacred III the States does the editor Of the journal
declare that if it is carried into the Territories he
shall feel bound to express hiS opinion Of freely
lie has already expressed hi. opinion of it freely,
10 the effect that slavery is sacred. Does he |
mean, when It's benefits shall have been extended
TO new region to express different OF inirn con
;erning 1t? And is it not a strange way OF speak |
ng, when the extension Of Il "saCred" thinS Is in
question, to say that he will "resst is encroach-
nents, and resist them TO the cnd"? Having
volunteered the statement, as if it implied some
lrue or excellence, tha! he is neither an abolition
st nor an agtatur, does the editor propose hereai
er to become an aeitator, and on proyccaIion so
mai. as the extension OF g sacred" Thing into a
WIDER sphere Of operation?
The only use of this promise, or threat, Of an
'gtation hereafter TO be made is tthis that or the
'ther thing shall come to pass is convict those
'bo use 1t, out of their own mouths OF nconSis
ency, pusilanimity, and treachery to freedom.
The successive aggressiOns of the Slave Power for
he past twenty years have excited the same show
II resistance, the same bragadoco pretence, on {
he part OF one set OF men or another, that they
Eould no longer submit to such tyranny,
md the nert aggression should be the signal for
hem to rise.n opposition Alas tie next always
,ronsht another postponemeut Of their good inten
ions. What brave protestations dl the Wing
'arty make, of what they would do in ease that
veil nigh impossible event las they esteem it, the
nnexatiOn of Texas, should be realized! How
inely did Massachusetts talk of her rights, and her
determination to maintain them after one OF her
nvOys had been kicked out of South Carolina, and
mother had decamped, before the intended kick
ould reach him, from Louisiana! Those promises
,ore no fruit, Those threats fell harmless to the
ground. And no: only was redress for the past
md no preparation for the future attempted, but as
oon as each new outrage was perpetrued and fla
shed, the wronged party forthwith accepted it as a
'Grt of the law under which they lived, and boast
ID of allegiance to what really their disgrace |,
nd ruin. so the popular cry stl is-Slavery 10
he States is sacred Keep it there as long as you
,ease! Tyrannize as much as you please over
he four millions of uniortunates already in your
ower Deign to be pleased wish our assiduity in
apturing and surendering your fugitives KID
zap such of the citzen Of our border States a,
ou wish to enslave Break down, by the decs-
ORs OF your Supreme Court the definitions of cit
5enship made by Constitutions aud laws =
,onhscate such of our ships as have been made
eiuge from your scourges rifles aud bloodhOunds Il
mprison the few of our shipmasters who have hu.
lanlty enough to grant such an asylum to the fu
ihve who asks it Assassnate those OF our Sen
tors sho Interfere with your purposes But il, Il
OF satisfied with this amount of degradation on
ar part, you insist on extending the sncrcdness OF
lavery into new Territories, beware For in that
ase we are determined rrevocably and pertinnci
usly determined, to begin to talk about agitation
G. X. w. lc
MoNTPRLrER, Sept S.--The returns of the elec, I
on, as FAR as received, show that the majority Of
Hand Ilill the Republican candidate for Gov I
rnor will exceed l6 900. In l3l towns, the Re Ii
ublicans have carried Ill members Of the 10