Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-12-04
Prom the Illinois State Journal.
AMALGAMATION-A NUT FOR JUDGE
DOUGLAS.

Mr.. Douglas seldom makes a speech now adays
tha, be does not insult the people Of Illinois, by
charging them with being in favor Of amalgama
lion, lie seems to labor under the terrible hallu'
cination that because Illinoissns do not want the
negroes for slaves, that therefore they are seeking
10 mako wives of them. lie sets up himself and
the Democratic party as the only persons in the
Union who arc opposed to the horrors Of such sex.
ual commerce; and lie goes from stump to stump
bawling out to his hearers, that II the Democratic
party Is defeated. a~mulGaua,ion will forthwith
stalk uver the State in its most hideous form.
WHY does Judge Douglas thus Insult tho ears
OF his hearers? Why does he thus fonlly and
tillainously SANDER the men and women of Hi
nois-who are every inch his peers, and who have
In no respect the opportunities, much less the de-
sires, for any such schemes as he has, with bis
Southern plantation Of negroes and mulattOes 7
lie knows the charge Of amalgamation lies at his
own door, and at the door Of that Southern Dem
ocrncy with whom he is in close communion. 1t
IL not to the people of the North, but to those Of
the Sonth, to whom Judge Doug as should address
himself. We have before US now n book issued
from the press in 1854, entitled The life of Mrs.
hhTgaTet puuBihs, u fhSiuhu 'Oh"" o'N
err" in which the subject of Southern Ama'gama'
ton is pointedly referred to. AT pages 62 and Is
OF the Life" the author says
81 now approach a subject vitality connected with
the interests of the South, and the welfare OF hu-
manity. In doing 80. l have no rancor or malice
TO serve, but boldly speak my mind, and tell my
Southern sisters a truth, which, however they
have learned it by sad experience. has probably
never been thus presented to them before. " y
"This suffice, demands the attention not only OF
the religious population. but Of the statesmen and
lawmakers. 1t is the one great evil hanging over
the Slave States, destroying tho domestic peace
aud happiness Of thousands. 1t is summed up in
the single word. amalgamation.
This, and this only, causes the vast %extentot
ignorance, degradation and crime that lie like q
black cloud over the whole South. And the prac'
,ice is more general than even Southerners ar will
ling to allow, While even the Northern hbcrtine
usually reyolts from the intimate society OF those
in whose veins courses a drop of black blood, thu
Southern gentleman takes them to his very bosom
and reyels in their fanciad charms until safety
diseusts him, when he deliberately sells them into
lower DEGRADATION, as he would a disabled horse
It /. impossible to deny that this unnatural custom
prevails to q fearful extent through the South
Thetessimony is Of too positive and personal a char
acter to be overcome. Neither is it to be found
only in the lower order OF the white population,
II persades the entire society.
sit. followers are to be found among all ranks,
occupations and professions. The white mothers
and daughters have suffered under it for years
have seen their dearest affections ~trampled upon
their hopeS Of domestic happiness destroyed and
their future lives imLittered even to agony by
those who should be all il all to them, as hus
bands. sons and brothers. l cannot use too strong
language in reference to this subject, for know
it will NEE. with a hearty response by every
southern woman. l would deal d~elicately will
them il could, but they know the fact, and thei
hearts bls ed under it's knowledge, however the!
NAV have attempted to conceal their discoveries
Sou,hern wives know that their husbands come t
them reaking with pollution from the arms Of thei
tawny mis,resses. Father and son seek the sam
sources of excitement, and alike crafty their in
human propensities, scarcely b~lushiDg when de
tscted, and recklessly dsfying every command o
q ID and every tie Of morality and human affection
They have not even the paltry excuse that ordina
~ l~ibertines sometimes make that their love is re
nj though illicit the whole practice is plainl
uneouivocally shamelessly beastly. Is there an,
wonder then that people addicted to these habit
are RAPIDLY returning to a state Of semi .barbar
ism % Personal Narrative Of Margaret Doug
las.
The United States census, by its figures, full
eonfrms. in pl! its hideousness, the truth of tn
above ouo,ation. In the Southern States Their
are 348 S74 mulattoes while in the North Their
are but 5S,s77; and the greater part of these ha"
been freed and sent North by their white father
IN the South. In Virginia, alone, there are 6S,
IT'S mulat,oes. a larger number than In all tn
Northern States put together.
Here is o picture not overdrawn or exaggerated
In the least. II Judge Douglas is honestly anc
conscientiously frightened and alarmed en- thu
subject Of amalgsmation, why does he not 60 dowr
among the Democratic party Of the South ant
preach his doctrines2 Why does he, for mer'
POLITICAL effect. howl against amalgamation her
10 Illinois, where there 10 none, and yet have nj
word to say against his own Southern friends
who are the chief agents in this henious and re
voting evil? Why docs he bring such men a
.Jimmy Jones' all the way up from Tennessee. Il
insult the 5eople Of Illinois by the charge tha
thew are 10 favor of amalgamsion. when the ma
iAttoes ana euadroons on his own plantation ar
each living text against the evil which exists a
bis own doorf
We ask tho people of Illinais. Republicans
Amerieaa.. Wings and hsnest Democrats. 1t the,
will longer endure the insaits and ISLANDERS o
Judge Dougiss upon their fair nszs witaoss prop
or resentment at the baRot box
EtooEH-PsISsps the Border Runsan has az
tsrm in bis fist Of ruIgarisms more disgusting tssr