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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27
EFFECT OF THE SLAVE TRADE UPON
AFRICA,

Rev. Mr. Bowen, who has resided several
years in Africa lately made an address before
the American Colonization Society, at its ami
yersary in Washington, from which We make brief
but very interesting extracts:
l.. oui journey of sixty miles | counted no less
than eighteen towns which had been reduced to
utter desulaton by the cruel wars which furnish
cargoes for the save.ships. Forty years ago the
Egba Kingdom contained more than a hundred
towns some of which were six or eight miles in
circuit In 1850 but one Of these towns was re-.
naming. All the rest had been swept away as II
crop for the slave trade. Such facts would be
incredible were they not auested by the evidence
of all the missionaries. merchants And travellers
who have visited that unhappy country. | sup
pose that foI every slave landed in the American
markets about three persons are cut on IN the wars
nnl the iamncs which follo~. and during the
middle passage from coast to coast. The present
system Of apprenticeship affords II safe passage to
America but the apprentices are collected by the
same system Of destructive wars which have
already depopulated some OF the finest districts OF
Africa. No sooner was it known that apprentices
would be bought than the chiefs IN different parts
began tu make war on their weaker neghDnrs.
My last advces from Africa told OF iamIshing
seges and bloody battles TO supply the French
ships with emigrants. Give us only the power TO
place a few thousand American Colonists ON any
uart of the coast and then you will see that the
slave catching wars will cease. There civilization
will presently begin to take hold on the natives,
AMI a lucrative commerce will spring up to reward
the enterprise of our honest traders.
The fertile region spoken of as having been de
populated by the slave trade extends from near
the sea to the banks of the Niger and affords
room for two hundred thousand colonists, who, ii
once established there, would soon command the
traHic OF several millions of people. lie
adds:
That great river, 1.-THE Niger )6owng for more
than three thousand miles, first through the heart
of the gold region, aud chen through one of the
finest agricultural regions in the world, must be-
come the highway for vast commerce, When
the wealth of Sudan foats on the Niger till it
reaches Raba, it is probably seven hundred miles
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27

Messrs. Editors The Richmond Enquirer pub
fishes without note comment, the VIM
item of news, just as it would give notice oil I
horse race or of the sale of negro:
SENTENCED. at the County Court in Madison,
Virginia. on Thursday last, a negro girl neeive
years Of age, was tried for burning the barn oi
Dc. Summers. She sentenced 10 have one
hundred lashes twenty five at time until all
were given"
In the Bill of Rights forming part Of the Con
stitution of Virginia, there is provision, That
no cruel or unusual punishment shall be nflictr
ed" and yet ~e find court Of justice in that
State, IN "a county not one hundred miles from
Washington City, county called after the amia-
bic Madison, deliberately ordering tho inhlction
Of one hundred ashes ION the bare back of course)
OF a child twelve years old. But this is not all !;
the simple intictiop of one hundred lashes on the
child is not enough, but the lashes must be divid-
ed to intensity the agony and prolong the
suffering Of the miserable little offender. Gen.
Wayne regarded Il very severe, some ler.
sons indeed thought him u cruel, disc pinarian,
and it was not unusual for Courts Martial in his
army to order fifty, sevedty five or even one hund-
red lashes upon soldiers, but this cruel division
ot the stripes, and the prUongation of the suffer
ing Ut the offender, was never resorted to except
in extreme cases of repeated offences.
The offence of the child was IA very serious one,
to be sure, and well merited punishment certain
ly but torture is not punishment, and the true
design Of all such nfctiUns is to reform the
offender, not to ugonize the sufferer.
The bill Of rights in Virginia appears clear
upon this subject, but it seems thore is excep-
tiun. not expressed but understood in relation to
this clause. As understood it reads as follows
No cruel or unusual punishment shall be infict-
ed, erceN upon "RiggerS" and their chitdren."
"Niggers and their children regarded as
mere chattelS, and their owners would be as much
surprised AT any consideration of their feelings,
as was respectable Guacho in South America. |
by the refusal Of DIR. Darwin to spur to death the
poor exhausted horse. 1t is my horse" exclaimed
the Guacho, never dreaming or conceiying that
any feeling Of humanity could exist in favor Of
mere chattel. III you do kill him, do not care
he is my horse; SO dig the spurs in;o him"
So the learned county justices of Madison seem
to reason. IF THE punishment SO ingeniously
divided. and the agony SO cunningly protracted
should kill the little niger, the county is able
pay the owner"
The names of these Virginia Guachos who pre-.
sided in Madison county should be procured, if
possible.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27
Ibe Anti- 5loucrp BuoIc.
Frpn the Lberator.
THE BOSTON MASSACRE, MARCH ITO.
COMMEMORATIVE Fx-TivAL IN FANEUIL HALL.


Aoreea5Iy to a notice heretofore published and
circulated, II meeting was held III taueui Hall,
OH Friday evening OF last week. III cominemora-
lion Of the S7th Anniversary OF the Boston Mas
sacre and especially in memory OF Crlspns At
tucks the earliest martyr ot American lhdepend.
ence who fell by the bullets Of British soldiers.
in King street, The night of March 5th. no
In front of tho platform we're displayed a large
pumter of interesting relies and menentues OF
the olden time among which may he mentioned
. coored engraving representing the scene III
King street at the time OF the massacre; a small
sup owned by Crispus Attacks q picture repre-
senting Washington crossing the Delaware, in
which Prince Whppe colored soldierl ls seen
pulling the stroke oar; Certificate in Gen. Wash
iugron's own hand writing. OF honorable discharge
Of Brister Baker colored soldier IN the Conn
scticut Regiment, June, 1888 Letter OF Cspt.
Perkins 10 Brigader General Green. on arresting
Lieut.. Whi,marsh for abusing a colured soldier
named Newport Rhode Island, in camp. dated
Long Island. July IL. l776 Power of Attorney
for the recovery OF PRIZE money earned by coz
ored seamen, i,usil Ggrre,son, on board the pri'
yate armed schooner Mammoth, of Baltimore, said
money being claimed Ivy his rel'ofed master, j. g.
peshong, Of B ,ltim"re--Jnn. 81, 1919; banner
orssented by John ii ,ncock to II colnred company
called The Bucks of Auierica a dag presented
tu an association Of cnlorcd men, called The Pro-
tectors' who guarded the property "f Boston
merchants during the Revolutionary war col
lection of documents illu.trariye Of slavery in
Boston between IT'S and l760
These relies attracted much attention, but the
mDst interesting mementues ot the past were
fouud in the persons of rnan and woman, whG
have come dawn 10 from ~ former genera'i"n.
Grapdmnrher Boston, aged l05, and Father Vas
ssll, aged SO. Very many of the comPary ex-
changed congratulations with these aged persons,
who seemed heartily to enjoy the occasion:
Mrs Brown daughter Of Cornelius Haskell,
whose father was killed and buried on Bunker
Hill, and Mrs. Kay. daughter Of the Ensign who
received the banner presented to The Bucks of
America. were also present.
Ats o'clock, the assembly called to order
hy William c. Nell, who delivered the following
addresa -
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27
ADDRESS OF WILLIAM c. NELL.

Ladies' aud Gentlemen On tho 5th day OF
March 1888 William Cooper. Town Clerk, made
q motion emoraring the following clauses:
Whereas The annual celebration Of the Bos
ton Massacre IN the 9th of NJ .rch, l770, by the
institution uf a public oratnn, has been found t'
DO of eminent advantage t. the cause OF virtue
and patriotism among her cisizons, and
Whereas, The immediate motives which in
duced the commemuration Of that day do now no
longer exist in their primitive force,
Ii is therefore
Resolved. that the Celebration of the 9Th of
March, from heneeforth, shall cease, and that
instead thereof, the anniversary ct the fourth day
of July, l776
shall be constantly celebrated by the delivery of
public oratiun
in which the orator shall consider the feelings.
manners aud principles which led to this great
national event, az wei! as the important and happy
effects, whether generator domestic, which have
already, and will forever, continue to flow from
this auspicious epoch.
In accordance Herewith there has not been a
public celebration Of the 18th Of March since
f793.
In view Of the alarming spread of despotism in
these United States--the suppression Of Free
Speech in one half of the Union-the subjugaton
Of white citizens, and annhilation OF the citizen
sbip of Coored Americans by the Dred Scott De-
cision, il now seems timely and Significant hour
for the application of that sentiment IN the Com
atltutiun OF MAHsncnnspHH, Nnlcu uc'ih'ce Hfud
treouent recurrence 10 its Fundamental prtnctples
IS absolutely necessary 10 preserpe The ddcdndges o.
liberty, and to maintain a free gorernmem'
Eighty.eight years ago, this day, Ciispus At
tucks a colored man, led company ot patriots
from Dock square into State Street. and in resist
d ing the British forces, received two bals-one in
each breast-an6 fell he being the first to attack,
and himself the first martyr on that day which
history has selected as the dawn of the American
Revolution.
1t is appropriate, then, that this rommomoraton
should take place in this venerable Hall for the
record of times hands down TO us the following;--
g .Attucks ard Caldwell, nat being resi- ients of
Boston. were both buried from Faneul IL III on
Thursday, March 9th, ITO; The hsarses Of all
meeting in King Street. near the scene Of the
tragedy. attended by the largest collection of peo
ple that hat ever assembled on the American CON
tinent. They were borne to tho middle burial
ground, and all deposited in one vault. The
shops of the Town OF Boston were closed, and all
The bells were ordered to be tolled as we're those
t tbs rsghborng towns '
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27

from the sea by the meanderings of tho river. but
it is only two hundred miles direct through Yoru0a
Lagos, the best port on this part of the coast
Yoruba then must always be the key to the
wealth and the influence Of Sudan. The surfa !e
of the country. though rising with considerable
rapidity from the sea- is admirably adapted to the
construction of roads and the day mnst come
Niger at the Blight Of Benin.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27

SLAVE PROPERTY IN OREGuN.-It may not IL
generally known that there many negro slaves
IN Oregon but though the Wilmot prOviso was
applied in the organization Of thar Territory. and
the Ordinance OF 1857. declaring that there shall
neither be slavery nor Involuntary servtude n said
Territory, otherwise than in the punishment OF
climes whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted" was extended over it, yet many persons
emigratng to Oregon from the slave States brought
domestcs with them; and there are now in that
territory suine hundreds of slaves. The owners
brought them. however, with the understanding
that they could not or should not be held 10 inyol
untary serritude alter arriving there. Inns opn
ION obtained universally thrUt ghuut Oregon prior
to the passage Of the Kansas Nebraska act. After
that event, many interested persons concluded that
II repealed 50 much Of the organic act extended
the Ordinance of 1877 over Oregon. More recent
y, since the Dred Scott decision the idea prevails
that Congress has no power To prohibit the emigra.
ton ot slaves into OreGon--ip fact, did not do so
consututonally; and hence, slavery exists there
now. aud will until the State is admitted into the
Union with her Free state Constitution, the Terri.
tura Legislature must legisate for the protection
of property in slaves well any other property
We see, however. that ma jority of the members
OF ;he Territorial Legislature have sense Of com.
mon iairness and justice. They know the under.
standing with which these slaves were brought to
Oregon; that it that they should be free when
ever they chOse to avail themselves Of freedom;
and hence they refuse (Dred Scott decision no
ID ed Scott decsion) to be party to "a subterfuge
for keeping them in bondage. .-Sacramen!0 Union.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27

The UNION on SENATOR CRIrTENDENs SPERcR.
Mr.. Crittenden, of Kentucky, delivered long
aud elaborate speech in tbe Senate on yesterday in
opposition to the admission of Kansas under tho
Lecompton Constitution. This was just what
might have been expected Of Mr.. Crittenden. His
ud and long cherished anti democratic prejuGces
are too deeply rooted to be easily discarded. and
rs he must feel that his political career will end
with his present in the Senate, it is not eur
prsing that he should seize this opportunity--per.
haps the last he will ever haveto indulge his old
antipathivs the Democracy, and especially when,
IN doing So he is not under the necessity Of being
governed by anv Of that respect tor the opinions
and wishes Of his constituents, by which be would
otherwise have been influenced Washington
Union, March Is.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF THE INpIASs.-Sen-
atOr Houston, Of Texas in recent speech upon
the Army bill, uttered the following testimony in
favor Of the Indians
II was associated with the Indians, for they
were in the Army OF jackson in the Creek Nation.
Alter that. in 1917, when still subaltein in the
army. was appointed an ludian agent by the
Government-the first sub-agent that ever was
appointed; and for twelve month L was again
associated with them in the transaction of ousi-
ness, and renewed the old associations of boy
hood. After the duties OF my agency were over,
occasionally those associations were preserved,
and when, in after life, reverses came upon me,
and dark clouds fell upon my pathway, spent
in exile four years with the Indians with various
tribes. Tell me do not understand the Indian
Too well | understand his wrongs. Tell me that.
with all the advantages Of education, and all the
bright associations OF the world and IN all the
gales OF fashion you to learn the Indian char
acter and disposition and the history of his
wrongs! No, sir they are in tradition, they are
not in history. and have learned them. know
them, know his dispostion | know il we'll,
and better than any officer who is on the froa;iss
of the United Stptes. If had not the expert
ence which have cited, this might be considered
buast;ng; but feel that | only state the truth. !
know that their character is as l have stated,
for have not failed to conciliate them wherever
have tried. And how? BY even-handed justice.
Hold the scales of justice suspended with
steady hand between yourself and the lndian,
and you will have no danger from him;
il will not be necessary to suspend the sword
above his head, ike the sword OF Damocles.-
Why, sir. with one twentieth part OF the money
expended 30 support the army, or even less, you
could feed the Indians on ouT borders, and cIoths
them in comfortable garments and then you
would need no army except TO take care 1f your
fortresses, and keep your arms IN order. tor am
sure you never can rely on regular army unless
you make it like the European armies oi hundreds
of thousands Of men,"
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LoGsrowN. ETc.-The question respecting the
position OF Logstown, on the Ohio, would appear
10 us to be set at rest by the book from which we
made the quotation few days since, respecting
the Pittsburgh of 1910. The writer says
Eight miles below Middletown We passed
Logstown ON our left las we went down the river.l
This is scattering hamlet of four five log cab
ins in the neghburhood of which on the opposite
side of the river, a considerable tribe of Indians
resided until after the reduction OF Fort Du
Quesne, now Pittsburgh, by General Forbes. in
1853" We refer to this because among gentlemen
10 our city who delight In antiquarian research,
there has been considerable discussion as to the
position of Logstown. Our author is quaint and
his narrative bears the unmstakable marks OF
truth lie met at Crows Island. short distance
below Logstown. two large keel boats loaded with
cotton In bales from Nashville. in Tennessee.
bound to Pittsburgh. out trenty'sr days. They
had nine men each--ope STEERING six polling and
tpo resting" A little further on our author
says;
"On entering Beaver We refreshed ourselves
oith sir cents WOrth Of uohisky and rater at Gen.
Lacock's tavern. The General it appears was q
man Of much wit and at the time was repR
sentative in the Legislature. AT this time Beaver
had been laid out or town seven years"
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WHOLE NO. $50.

into Louisiana is, term it as you may, q traffic 10
slaves and one Of its features is that it is trafo
IN slaves from the coas: for making them free
negroes here. t.f.t
The policy Of all the laws Of the State for many
years has been to repress the growth Of tho num-
ber Of free negroes, to restrain the power Of emau,
cipation, and to demand the exodus from among
us of all OF the free emancipated class who have
not some special claim upon our good faith, or
some special merit to exempt them from the ope-
ration of rule OF established and necessary State
policy. How can this policy be reconciled with
the scheme for authorizing the entry into the State
in the assumed character of free" negroes, Of
the untamed and untaught pagan. clothed with
~ights Of which they cannot be divested but BY
new acts Of legislation which change bis character
md convert him directly intu slavef There 10
10 demand by the individual interests Of Louisiana
or the increase of her laboring population by such
means. of such d class, and with the inevitable
mischief that must follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-17
PERSONAL

80. Capt. White, L. s. ~, is At yi,I,,d.,
rI Miss IS, I1ilana May, strakosch, and Herr
tour % The West and North.
80. Rev. DIR. Bellows. Of Nev yo,L
Obliged to close his church on SUNDAY In conse.
quence Of illness
-; IL is said that the Duke Of Oporto, brother
- ~ h,g OF PORTUGAL, Is to marry the daug inter
MIR. TLalberg's concert tour in the wss,
has been abruptly terminated. owing 10 ci,cum'
stances which render his immed tate departpre n
Europe necessary. '0 ~
-Eilhu Burritt, the learned bl;c ksmith. com.
pidlhs OF personal embarrassment by the deh,. .,
The National Emancipation society VI
-. Lady + rankin has written besutifuI Latte,
20 the Name Lodge OF Free Masons of New York
DR. Kane. in nohot Oh
.,cc; II :, Right Ugh Rev. Pelamorgues, Bishop
as TIE frseniahS Journal declares. to psti,ion
tne rope 10 relieve him from the burden ~ tS.
EPiscopate. '1'ue" VI the
-. Col Greene, of the Boston Post /. n,s-
pairing for trip 10 Europe His be.Ith pre-
Impaired for some time past and he ooss ahoesi
Ia The nope OF restoring 1T, and for the nu,nos -
spending some weeks in Paris po'o VI
- The Netc BTynsricksr states tb., No.
H. Periey, OF the Fishery Commission had sc
turned To that city, Isl. Johns,) and awaits te.
ariioH of the United States Government i'm ,to
appointment OF q colleague.
Mr.. William Il. Aston. now in Paris, has
bought Powers Statue called "California ,, for
the SUM OF - ,sn. and the Hon Hamilton Fish
bds bong ht third duplicate Of the same arts, g
flSber-Boy" for the sum Of 81 $50
IA late London letter has the following ::
rbo"gh the " Household words'' stiIl continue
US weekly course; the household of Mr. and M RS
cLaflr- Dickens ~ al SKIES and sevens THERE'S
DIVISION Z" between my Lord and nv LADY - and
" msRSa ef tOro'' Is TO be the order Of the sen,
ration. - Ae S0Pe
lord Lyndhurst completed on the n st uit
his eighty-slxth year in excellent health. He is
Inc oldest member Of the House Of Peers with he
exception of Lord Sinclair who will com 49,, t'i
nin.iieth year II he lives TO the Bath JuIs uert
and the Marquis OF Bristol and viscount 81 vim
cent, who was born In 1863 and 1867 respectively.
time the g. Father Of the House of Peers u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-17
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

The Union reviews the mOdHS 0peTaRdt Of
the just-closed session, as indicating with many
brilliant exceptions ''that our Senate and House
of Representatives are the very heavens of me-
diOcrity' Considered with reference to party
politics." says the Union, "the session has
been an anomaly. The people of our own
country do not scruple to enter with alacrity
into all the partisan contests that arise in their
public affairs. In none have they ever entered
with more zeal than in the one which resulted
IN the election of handsome Democratic ma
jOrity to the present House of Representatives;
and in no victory have the majority of the
people of the Union felt livelier satisfaction
than in the one which produced a Democratic
majority to meet Mr.. Buchanan's Administra-
ton Unfortunately, however, there has been
ut no period of the session just expired, ma
jOrity devoted to the cordial support Of the
measures Of the Administration or Of the DEM
ocratic party. Many of the men who claim to
be leaders Of the party will be found to have
voted almost uniformly with the Republican
and Know Nothing opponents of the party to
which they profess allegiance; and it is a re-
markable fact, that every assault that has been
made upon the Administration by the present
Congress has been instigated, directed, and
stimulated by Democratic members We be-
ieve 1t is a fact that no measure of the Demo
cratic party or Administration has passed the
present Congress by majority Of Democratic
votes"
The Union also notices the Senate reSolu-
lions denOuncing the right of search, and the
new chapter in the code of honor, under which
Senator Wilson settled his difficulty with Sena-
tor Gwin; as also the stupOr that appears to
have overtaken the anti-slavery agitators.
The Union, further, shows the falsity Of the
rumOr of a split in the Democratic Convention
that has renOminated for Congress Hon. James
Hughes of Indiana