Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-02-27
CENTRAL AMERICAN COLONIZATION

The tRichmond) South is terribly frightened at
the project of Eli Thaycr for colonizing Central
America with free Northern laborcrs, The CON
troversy," it says, sis nothing more nor less than
n struggle between Slavery and nbolitionism for
the possession of the unoccupied territory of the
American tropics Slavery, on the one side claim.
ing freedom and scope for the Development of its
power, and, Abolitionism, on the other, striving to
close up the only outlet left for the extension Of
Southern interests" The success Of Mr.. Thayer
as the originator and leader of the Massachusetts
Aid Society for colvnizing Kansas fills The South
with fearful apprehensions as to the consequences
OF mis- new scheme, since the Administration, by
breaking up the last expedition OF Walker and his
piratical crew, has left him q clear field. III we
may believe the statements of the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer
that scheme was no chimera -. S. Standard.
"The scheme Of colonization sketched by Hon
Eli Thayer, in his striking speech in the house, a
few days since, is not n dreamy speculation, but a
reality. Measures Of the most practical kind
have been already adopted for carrying it out. An
Association has been formed for cOlonizing Mica
ragua with Industrious Americans-not fighters
but workers. 1t is stated to me and | repeat the
statements without vouching for their correctness
any farther than they appear probable, that Hon.
L. Corning, of Albany, has consented to accept the
tie Chairmanship or Presidency OF the Association
that several thousand applications have been made
for passage to Central America under the auspic.
es of the company, and that the Minister from
Nicaragua, Gen. 1riSArTl, mas SlRhlueu ns up
proval Of the enterpripe. What Nicaragua wants
is men of the European race, who Will renovate
her civilization, and who will respect her national
ity. The lazy, whiskey.drinking followers of
Walker are not of the sort of colonists whom any
State of Central America will tolerate, and Mr..
Thayer's company will make 1t n condition OF the
settlement they propose To found that such charac'
tiers shall be kept out Of the country"
A SOUTHERN ViEw.-The New Orleans Bulletin.
one of the ablest and most dignifed papers OF the
South. and one that can hardly be said to have
identified itself with any political organization,
since the dissolution Of the Wing party, sayso Of the
Lecompton swindle:
"None knew better than those in Congress who
oppose the Lecom pton instrument, that the ques'
ton of slavery or no Slavery in Kansas is not IN
fact involved in the question: of its reception at all.
That question was settled long ago. Wise, String
fellow, and every other Southern man know tins as
we'll as the Black Republicans do. The rejection
of the Lecompton instrument, if rejected at all.
will be due to the failure of it's friends to submit II
10 the legal voters of the Territory, and they fool
isbly refused TO submit it because they undoubted'
" felt sure that it would be Indignantly rejected by
them And yet we are told if Kansas be not ad-
United into the Union under this extraordinary
and unprecedented state of things. IT will show a
settled purpose on the part Of the North to admit
no more Slave States and will he good ground up
on which to dissolve the Union! If the politicians
attempt this latter game, we imagine the people
will have n word to say in the matter.