Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-05


ces OF its people, upon q virgin State. How die
we come there /? How did we reach such an an
tagonism to the spirit Of tho century in which WI
live 1t seems to me that, in the broad sense
one might say, we reached it by the fact that Rus
sia means what she says She is O sincere DOW
er. She loves despotsm she represents it sh
does not shrink from avowing it she lives up t.
it. But in her internal necessities, or by law O
her outward growth, she sees the necessity brough
upon her to put an end to the weakness and dan
ger Of servitude. The reason why we have sunl
so indefinitely below her 10 because we are not
sincere power we do not mean what we say
Neither our Church nor our State means on
word that 1t uses We have played with words
like counters, SO lOng,.that they have no meaning
no effect upon the popular heart. A revival
of what Of words, of pasteboard forms, of su
perstitous observances, of something that no two
intelligent men meet. and look into each other
faces, and discuss, without laughing at each 9th
er. (Applause and hisses) Oh, the rank anC
fle the men who come here and make that noise
may believe, because it is possible, st. Paul ha,
told us, that at last man may be left to believe
lie. loud applause and hisses) / speak of the
intelligent guides of national sentiment l speak
of the sources of national action-of the men who
in the real and proper sense, are the nation, civ
lily and religiously. We DO not mean what we
say we love falsehood and hypocrisy. The con
sequence is, we have played with those counters
until they have lost all effect. We are oase-har.
oened 10 any moral influence. we are bought up
oy patronage. WY tne fresldent, the papers
say gives twenty-five dollars barrel for flour to
90 TO Ctah. lie Dnys IL cheap, II he buys vote
in each barrel (Laughter.) 1t is the organiza-
ton that underlies patronage to which | allude,
hardened by constant exposure to noble words
without meaning, until at last the heart refuses
to answer to any appeals.
Republicansm is the prominent representative
of civil resistance to slavery. Now. one great
error OF kepubhcanlsm-eve IN that noble pro-
test the letter OF MIR. Giddings-is, that it com
mits the capital mistake of letting the enemy
choose the point Of attack; it let's the enemy
choose the form OF the ssue-that is half the bat
ne. Ihe man that stays to be attacked. and lets
his Toe crltlcise him until he hnds bis weakest
pont' ana concentrates MS strengh upon IL Is sure
to be conquered: The greatest merits O., Napo
leon, said wellington, was, that he had 'an eye
IKE an eagle to see the weak points OF an enemy
and power, beyond oil known to history, to con-
centrate million OF men upon one point. The
slave rover is equally as sagaoious. IL sees eX'
acuy where Is the weak point IN .ne moral attitude
cI the opponents Vi Slavery anu IL oirec's Hs ei-
'orts tnere.
Take the Tribune. Years ago, the Tribune laid
down the doctrine against the extension OF slavery
Hard pressed by the anxious crisis of the Konsas
luestisn, the Tribune avowed its determ alton to
admit Kansas as slave State, if she wished to
,ome in as such. 1t deserted every one OF its own
chosen points, in order to meet the one suggested
shaped by the enemy-shaped, of course, with
he intention and the profoundest sagacity to con-
luer. @
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seens W ms 'n'' muen we etahu III SUN a
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,;ne t;mes onS 'I~s hroksn Of
Kansas leaders, promises of Republican parties
n Washington-all made, and doubt not in ma
~ cases honestly believed, end all broksn--l say,
Kansas under the heel of the Federal Government
md President Buchanan Is as strong, with forty
thousand post.masters and seventy million cf rev.
,nue as Napoleon, with five hundred thousand
lrmed men, in country where the sin of not be-
ng rich is only attoned for by the effort to be-
ZONE so. Qaughter.) Then what is before us !?
or what purposes does the President and his Cab
net clear the checker,board Why, in order to
bring Cuba, and Central America, and the revival
IF the slave trade, on the board. 1t will be n
dead horse trite subject, forgotten. The speak
,r will be slow who goes back 10 Kansas. 1t viii
be covered three feet deep with Cuba, Central
America, and a new slave trade. The ne&t Pres
dental election, who can say that the party
which carried Kansas, by stuffed ballot boxes
and border,rufianisn. may not carry Penneylva-
MIA as we'll Fifty thousand neave.oorn rem, en.
'ylvaniaDs who canno: READ or wEite; anu my
thousand more standing next to them %ho oenno, e
read or write to any purpose-Ihe nnc'eus h .; oie
1undIea thGusanc ignUran1 men " ~ bs,tor came
he he that Of Kansos Il ;s an easier tbinc to car
~ PsnnsyIvan;a or Indiana. The Prea,ass::;;;5,,,
election never will 90 by honest votes-msrk me
i will 60 as Kansas and Minnesota have gone,
~ reckIess cheating. Nv a Democracy that assumes
lsspotism without The name and means to control
his government, and make It what it pleases.
NJ. =. IT,, ;,
What are we providing against it Ideas
hat is the Republican party providing against
IL Party tactics the same that have been
used 80 often and defeated. 1t is too great cri-
,is to trust them any longer. 1t time 70 tear
aJmh Si 'ne iaTds % no wn hssp sspplt bsSnJ the
Sn;s Maois ase iongcr' ~ mny T. ;s nanao
aha ~ .ha s,ranr.h Of tbs Democrot, enter.
.nas ioan 'ne sHonssn y. ,i Re;0;on
Prise asainSs LipeiY. onIou oa,; .tat ohndu
umpire ra'rio'isn sTme'n,n 'Ss dns. 'Uus psC"rs
m"sI - touon; huss 10y n'J po of tho Innn ia
~. u1nieo az over WIN pfs.ss ~ 'h' Ion 10
every hepuoiiean speecn ~ s .ha Thno0a inom
temas me y. ;n0 .b bia ardsn S.rs ~ Of the Emns