Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-02-19

Equally silly and presumptuous is the boast that
q Southern Republican would annex Mexico and
Cuba. Separated for the North, the Shareholders
would never for q moment indulge such dreams ;
and we will venture the prediction, that should
such a Republic ever be formed, it will be charac.
terized by nothing so much as by a cautious re.
spect for international laws and treaties. The on
ly safety of a slaveholding Republic in this north.
ern hemisphere would be found in a strict observ.
ance Of intern ational obligations. 1t would be an
easy preay to the fret rude and strong hand that
should assail it and it would probably seek for
safety and support in a return to colonial vassa.
lage to Great Britain.
I'm expressing these views Of the necessary weak.
ness of a slayeholding Republic, we have no wish
or purpose to cast q slur upon the character of the
Southern people. We by no means regard them
as cowardly, or wanting in spirit. On the contra
ry, we give them credit for the full Anglo-Saxon
proportion of those virtues. But brave men must
submit to circumstances and no amount of cour,
age will compensate for the inherent weakness and
peril of Slavery. Slavery was regarded, during
the Revolution, as a matter of course. 1t had not
been denounced by the civilized world as inhuman
ard barbsrous, and its victims had not been indulg.
ing for a whole generation the hope of Freedom,
founded upon whit they were told of a sympathiz'
ing world yet such was the weakness of South
Carolina, that her patriotic citizens were able to
rendtr no aid to the common cause, and had to be
protected against their own disaffected slaves
The same drawback was felt throughout the South;
and the public records attest that the South was
far from supplying its proportion of troops to the
common cause"
As a commentary and as the only just and wise
suggestion Of measures to be adopted in view Of
this state of things, we copy the preamble and one
of the resolutions of the late anti'slavery conven.
ton at Albany, New York:
Whereas, Ito quote the language Of John Quin'
cy Adams) 'the bargain between freedom and sla-
very contained in the Constitution Of the United
States is morally and politically vicious inconsis.
tent with the principles on which alono our Revo-
luton can be justified cruel and oppressive, by
r%iveting the chains of slavery and grossly une.
quail and i~mpolitic, by admitting that slaves are at
once enemies to be kept in Subsection, property to
be secured and returned to their owners, and per.
sons not to be represented themselves, but for
whom their masters are privileged with nearly a
double share of representation; and
Whereas, Ito quote the language of VIM. Ellery
Channing) 1--WE in the Free States cannot fly from
the shame or guilt of the institution of slavery,
while there are provisions of the Constitution bind
ing us to give it support. On this subject, our
fathers, in framing the Constitution, swerved from
the right. We, their children, see the path of du.
ty more clearly than they and must walk in it,
No blessings of the Union can be a compensation
for taking part in the enslaving of our fellow crea.
tures"; and
Whereas, Ito quote the language of Josiah Quin.
cy, Sem ''the arm of the Union is the very sinew
of tho subsection of the slaves it is the slavehol'
der's main strength its continuance is his forlorn
hope"; and '7t'
Whereas, Ito quote the language of Mr.. Under
wood of Kentucky, as uttered on the floor of Con
gress) 'the dissolution of the Union. making tn,
J Ohio river and Mason and Dixon's line tho boun
Diary line, is the dissolution Of slavery. 1t ha
been the common practice for Southern men to &c
upon this floor, and say Touch this subject ant
: we will dissolve the Union as n remedy Tbei
remedy was the destruction of the thing which the,
wished to save, and any sensible man could SCI
it,; and
Whereas, Ito quote the language of Mr.. ARNOLD
Of Tennessee, on the same occasion) "the Soutl
has nothing to rely on, if the Union be dissolved
for, supposing that dissolution to be effected,
million of slaves are ready to rise and strike 70
freedom at the first tap of the drum: therefore,
u Resolved. That in advocating the dissolution
y Of the Union, the Abolitionists are justified by ey
cry 2recept of the gospel, by every principle G
morality, by every claim OF humanity that sue
o Union is a covenant with DEATH" which ougt
to be snnulled, and San agreement with hell,
which a just God cannot permit to stand and thu
J il is the imperative and paramount duty of all VIII
would keep their souls from blood. outlines,
y deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the spoi
err, and usher in the day of jubilee to seek i
d immediate overthrow, by all righteous instrumel
~talities.