Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-26

~ 49, N-Nhht ~ ~ hNl u hliHh Ill HE
now admit that the policy adopted has enabled the
democratic party TO add another year to tho hangs
OF its political death.
The proposed amendment denied in the most
unmistakable language that Kansas was a slave
State MS tho President had officially asserted; il
placed him on the records Of our country. a falsif.
er of truth, and constituted an unqualified ropu
diation Of his avowod policy. Nor could we dis
guise the conviction that the friends of the Presi.
dent in tho Senate would never agree to the bill
when thus amended. They could only accept it
by an abandonment Of the President. and Of his
long cherished policy. All were conscious that
both the Executive and Democratic party were
under tho control of the slave power. that, tina,
power demanded the unconditional admission of
Kansas as n Slave State, and that several States
and many politicians were pledged to dissolve the
Union unless Kansas were Internationally admit
ted with her LccOmpton Constitution. 1t was
therefore morally certain that adherence to the
amended bill by the House, would constitute n de
feat of tho Executive and his party, and would
p,crent tie enactment Of Tic Lecompton Consultation
into a taO.
All clearly foresaw that every friend of the
President in the House and in the Senate would
vote against the amended bill and rs we supposed
all who voted for the bill were s~olemuly pledged
to adhere to it. We all saw that to make Kan.
sas a free state we must first defeat the Presidents
efforts to make it q SidUe state. His project was
before us, was forced upon us for decision, and
must be met and disposed Of before we could take
the first step towards making Kansas free. And
| speak not for myself, butt think for nearly
the entire Republican party in the house of Rep
resentatives, when | say that our object and de-
sign in voting for the amendment WAS TO DEFEAT
THE SENATE BILL; to defeat the Executive, and
slave power in their efforts to make Kansas d
Stare state. TO avoid that defeat every follower
of the President both in the House and in the
Senate voted against the amendment. The result
for which we contcnded was attained. The Sen.
alto bill WAS DEFEATED. Kansas is not a sldUt
State, and the President stands upon the record,
of the nation convicted Of official falsehood.
The bill which afterwards became a law is mos
essentially different from that which originally
passed the Senate. 1t could not have passed
had all who voted With US for the amendment, ant
for a time voted to adhere, continued to vote il
conformity to their express agreement. as under
stood bv republicans. OF that bill and of those
who voted for il, ! do not propose to speak. The,
as well as those who voted against it, will be judg
cd by the present and coming generations.
But the establishment of slavery in Kansas con
stituted merely an incident in the programme o
the administration. As before stated, the nc
QUESTION Of territory in Mexico and Central Amer
lea, the restoration of the foreign slave trade t
furnish victims to cultivate the territory thus oh
tanned, the annexation of Cuba, the conquest o
Hayti and subjectiug its people to slavery wer
some of the more important objects for which the.
were striving. But preparatory to carrying Gu
these objects, the standing army must be increas
ed, for even despo;ism is harmless, without tn
physical power tv euf0rce its DEGREES.
As an excuse for this increase of the army,
{ war upon the Mormons, on account OF their polig
r amy, was suggested. although the right of Con
gress to prohibit "that relic Of barbarism" by la'
$ was denied by the democratic party, whose vauni
ed maxim had been that the people of n territor
'have the supreme right to establish their ow
domestic institutions in their OWN way"
The defeat of this bill for increasing the arm
!, constituted the first step towards the overthrow
| the slave power. Rejecting men then believe
S that the Mormon war would be bloodless. A
c knew that there had been no necessity for it, an
[ presume peace has already been or soon wi
e be concluded. The Admission of Kansas hsde
the ~Lecompton Constitution has been thus sar d,
o feated, and if the people of that territory pro,
9 true to themselves, it never will succeed.
The attempts made in the Senate to I'D
u our naval force from Africa, in order that a IRA
teal commerce in human flesh may DO there ca
I ried on, has met with signal defeat: tue III sal
+ of the President which had been prepared, a
0 proved by the Cabinet, and ready to be transmit
Y ted to Congress, recommending the acquisition
territory and annexation ofCuba, now rests quie
), ly in the Executive port folio. The mad career
Me stare poleT has been Stayed. Our cause hi
l. reached its eliminating pniut. The enemies co
u umns are broken and retiring from the feel
II Those States and statesmen who in autumn la
Is declared their intention of diSsoiriRg The Union u
y less Kansas were Immediately admitted, under Il
~Lecompton Constitution, NOW roar you gentle
sucking doves" That mock thunder, so long t!
manufacture OF southern politicians, no long
A shakes the political hca- ems, and many a norther
political driveler has lost his entire stock in trade
Upon the Republican party now devolves Il
: responsibility of guiding the future administratit
and government. If it continue to act upon 3
doctrines enunciatcd at its formation; if it co
tinue to act in harmony with those great cent?
truths, a glorious destiny awaits it Its succe
y will be as certain as Gods attribute of Justice
inJalJlc. But if it pande- to fossilizcd error.
it yields to stupid prejudice, or seeks power
modifying its doctrines, i, will retard the progre
of human liberty: it may like other parties, ca
sent to be shorn of its moral power by the st
" hand of conservatism, and leave the glorious CO
y summation of our enterprise to other hands, al
- another organization. Of such results, howev,
~ have no apprehcnsions, The intelligence &C
-, corning the administration of government acquir
,"' by the people cannot he eradicated from the p0y
10 10 lar mind. The patriotic sentiments already ava
~ ened aud called into active service cannot be sta
y" ed until our country shall be regencrated and ma
free.
his The great religious, moral and political revol
he ton now IN progress will constitute an interesti
chapter in the history Of our nation.
1t is an enterprise eminently worthy of a Chr
b. tan people, and appropriate to the aye in viii
lat we live. 1t is too important in its consequence
for too vast in its results to be c%onsummated in o
IN. generation MANY of you have entered upon |
eG since the commencement Of this reformation, n
,rs those who were there ut the noontide of tn,
on earthly existence and now watching tho descer
vii ing sun as it draws near the horizon of time. a
ny others who toiled in the heat. and bore the burt
De- ems Of the day, have passed to their reward.
you who survive | tender cheerful and hcartf
rot congratulations upon the progress of Our eau
in. its present state and glorious prospects for the
no ture. To have participated in this patriotic m
i' sion of peace and justice On earth, and liberty
he all men, must be Tar mOle satisfactory to YOU, th
ms the conquest of armies or the destruction of c
IN pires. 1 can myself no longer participate in thu
ed exciting conflicts, SO common in bygone days: I
Ids is it i'm portant that | should live 20 see the CO
of summation Of this great work. HriU 90 on,
ate | witness its progress my heart swells with grs
no. tude to Him who assigned my existence at this
Ich Rod of the world, and to my fellow citizens "
se have 50 often commissioned me to represent tn
he in this work Of redeewing our country from II
lat despotism which has long controlled its cove
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