Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-07
A NkW UNION PROPOSED.

The Richmond Wing is in favor Of defeating
the Democracy at all hazards. 1t seems to pre-.
fer Republication to the domination of the present
party in power. 1t also seems to think Republic
ans will do them less harm now than hereafter,
and less than the continued rule of the Democrats.
1t is quite confident the union between the oppo.
sition north and South can be effected. 1t says
"Wo arc tired of Democracy and Democratic
misrule. We are disguised with its vices. its cor
ruptions, its ambitions. We want q new order of
things. And almost any change. in our judge
ment, would be for the better, We have fought
against the hideous thing you call Democracy,
long and zealously, until we have Lecome some
what exhausted and we now desire the repose and
security of good Government. In n word, we
long TO lie down in peace by the still waters, and
to feed securely in the green pastures And to
this end we are willing to be reasonably complais,
ant and conciliatory towards those of the Opposi.
ton to the North, who differ from us on what the
South tells us is an Obsolete ISSUE
Like the Southern Democracy. we are disposed
to let "bygones be bygones, "and t. take the chan.
ces in the SAINT boat with n. the elements of OPP
position in the North and the South, in the East
and in the West. The South and its party at the
South are willing to unite with the Anti. Lecomp-
ton Freesoil Democrats Of the North in support of
the sam candidate for the Presidency. Follow,
ing their example, we are no less willing to unite
with the Anti-Lecompton Wings and Americans
Of the North, in the support of conservative, Ma
tional candidates for the next Presidency. Nor
will there be the least difficulty, we think, 10 franz
ing q ticket which shall command the undivided
support Of all the elements Of Opposition, from
Maine to California. The prospect for such q
%consumation Is bright enough at present, and we
trust nothing will occur to mar It,"
Besides, we are not of tho.e who deprecate the
election even of a regular Black Republican in
the year I860-and for the reason that such an
event must happen, and we prefer Its happening
now, when the South is better able to withstanden,
croachments upon her rights than she will be five,
ten, or twenty years hence. The North already
has the power. and will have much greater power
every year. She is bound to elect a President of
her own, sooner OF later. That being so, we
would prefer her electing him now, as we are
anxious to see developed the policy of a Northern,
sectional President toward the South. In a word,
the North and the South have wrangled long
enough. We want the issue brought on. W.
want to meet it nou. And we caa only do this,
by allowing the Northern Sectionalists to take
possession of the Government and see what they
mean to do as regards the South. They are nee.
essarily bound to obtain control of the Govern.
ment, any way, within a few years. Let them
have it now, and if aggression ensue, let the
South meet it with united hearts and arms, and
in the spirit of free men, who know their rights,
and who mean to maintain them, at whatever
hazard"