Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-08
Ibc Auti- 5lourrp Buole.
THE RELIGIOUS DISINTERESTEDNESS
- OF SLAVE HOLDERS.

The following is part of the speech of Eli
Thayer, delivered in the House of Representatives
March 25tb 1858.
1t may be expected, Mr. Chnrman, tnat at TINS
time [ should SAY something defence of the
Pilgrims aud ot the state vi Massachusetts tor
thew have been repeatedly nssHIled on this hruI
WITHIN the last two weeks. Bat | stall make uu
defence There are some thiGgs which uc,cr
ATTEMPT to defend. Among these th" Falls
of Niagara, the White MOnuG.ins OF New lamp
shire the Atlntic Ocean, ri ymOuth K ck Bunker
Hill and the history OF Mass ,chusetts, Any
man may assail either or all of them with perfect
IMMUNITY 50 far as am concerned. Any words
of disparagement OF vituperation durected against
either of these objects, 10y any asSa'ant, excite
in me feelings very different from those ot indiG
nation whether the as,aIlant comes with II hIW
as long as shal of the bold Robin lloud, o- with
bow Of shorter range, like that Of the gentle
III in from Alabama. Mr.. Shnrter) (Langhter !
But deprec lte the dis Ispositlnn that impels thes
shnfts against the sister States of this Confedera
cy ieprccate this sectional anmnsty whehev.
er and wherever see 1t evlmccd. have heard
too much of the aggres>i"ns of the North and q"
the aGgres Sions of the Snuth, in the p',s' 10 10
very much IN love wijh either of these ideas
have never boen accu> toned to speak OF ths ny
rr.ssiuns Of the Slave power | have no pnrpost
Of dong it nav hereafter. |: the one h"t
dreth part ut the people "t th'S country can makr
dangerous aggres,l"nS on the ilghtr aitd lh'rftS
either bv the free Of s:lem.t, or 10y fh" att "i
diplumicy assure you that | Will he 'ha la
man to com plain ui It, tnnk that thus Slavery
question is altogether TO small Il q"rStio" t. di'
turl 80 great people aS inhabit The United Siaes
of America.
For mv.ej, I uas always in favor of pupu'n
soverel.rtr r,ghtl, So called r't' ready 70
one {, agree to-day. thn tn T"ugtorr"s h"longlra
To tais GovrrnIneut ShtN he +yen to ss;t.emeHt At
anv tna yI,n C,uSrs-- m!niS H. - ~ open
them and that The pcrmr Of all parts Of the
country shall - info th"m with the assurance "'
absolute ant cpH,Jtete H0H iHferrentiO" with the
assurance that whenever any chief Executive
official or non.re,ldent, shall interfere by fraud
or violence in their affairs, he shall either be in
peached or hanged; with the assurance tha
when the people shall have the ratio OF represen
tat,on required by law, and, shall come T."
Congress with /, Constitution republican III form,
they shall be admitted into the Union as State.
This, sir, is popular Sovereignty. and it Is what
was pracced in this country two centuries ago.
The ueople of the Plymouth colony had the
privilege Of choosing their own Governor. and OF
making their own laws The same was true Of
the NewIIlven Colony. and OF the colony OF the
Providence Plantations. They always did it.
believe the Grown of England never appointed a
Governor for these colonies certainly not for the
last two But were those people, without ever
having exercised the right of self government,
better prepared to govern themselves than are our
who 20 into our Territories Why, then, should
we continue TO have an "Ahab TO trouble Isra'
ell" while he lays the blame of his own miscon-
duct upon the emigrant aid societies ? Why not
cut off these, Territories from all connection with
the General Government, Legislative or executive
Then we shall have no more agitation in Congress.
and no more contention in the Territories. But
so long as this connection continues, SO long as we
have President trying to bias by his appoint.
ments, and perhaps by the United States troops,
the will of the people, so long shall We have agta
ton, and we shall have enough of it.
Wei, sir have nothino to fnd fault about
I am very well pleased with the present tendency
of events But, sir there are those who are dis
satisfied and who inclined to invoke certain
deity-I think false deity which presdss over
q portion of this Union deity which has been
invoked by great men great occasions. and 10y
little men on little occasions, for long time past
"a deity in whose expected presence both the peo
ple and the pulitclans have sometimes STOOD
aghast-"when he" in prospect only, IRON hiS
borrid hair shook pestilence and war;" THIS sui
phurous god is Disuniun. This Capitol Hill has
been a yeritabe Mount Carmel for the last quar-
ter Of a century. upon which experiments have
been tried with this Sogus deity One day upon
Mount Carmel was sufficient to determine the des'
tiny of Baal and his prophets. But here, we, the
most patient people in the world, witness these
invocations year after year, with exemplary en-.
durance, expecting that the great Is.to.be will
some time come, And you and l. Mr.. Chnirman
even during the present session of Congress- have
witnessed attempts 70 kinde hero he fires upon the
altar OF Southern rights. Hut the sacrifice the
altar and the spectators were as o0ld aiabaster.
Tne prophets only were warm; but they were
warm not from the presence of the God hut
from his absence. lie does not make als appear
anee. The great Is-tobe does not come. ho has
sither gone very long journey, or else he is in
o very deep sleep.