Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-01-01

facy OF greedy speoulators-but they must have
no voice 10 the disposal Of their allegiance, when
President Buchanan, like a Grand Seignor,
throws the handkerchief.
The acquisition Of Cuba, were Spain and the
Cuban people willing, means tho perpe,uation Of
slavery, that peculiar institution, the offspring OF
American liberty and it means, also, such o pre-.
pondefnnce Of tie slave power drought the Unit.
cd States AS will presently plant its chattles in the
western and southern States and Territories now
Tree from them, aud crack The whip for the negro
driver over the back Of the free suffers every.
where.
We confess ourselves a littlo astonished that the
PROPOSE ion to take possession Of the new gold re-.
nions Of Mexico, to seize the inter. oceanic passage
from Costa Rica, and TO 10y Cuba, was not &c.
eompanied by another fr the purchase OF Canada.
When 90 much is to be done for The South, some.
thing should he of, red as a counterpoise to the
North and East. The manifest destiny which
marches steadily to the Pacific and the Tropic, why
does it not progress towards the Pole 2 Is not
the ST. Lawrence necessary to the United States
for the commerce Of the vast territory drained by
the great lakes ? Il the area of freedom to he but
half q sphere, and that half a nigger.pen? Are
the blessings Of freedom to 20 confined to lands
suitable fui cotton, sugar and tobacco, whore the
slave can work with his back naked to the whip Of
Christian civilization in the hands of the free de-
n,ocracy
Naturally disappointed like the ancient virgins
Of Paris that the ravishing has no. begun in our
direction, on a future occasion our charms may
not be jisregarded. Let the principle be estab.
liShed that it is only necessary for the United
States to covet its neighbors' possessions to have
them, and it will not he long before some ambi.
tious President will attempt to realize by the abb
sorption of Canadian territory, the boast that
No pent up Utica confines our power,
But the whole boundless continent is ours
Fortunately for the United States, and for the
peace Of the world, the presidential party is weak
In the present Congress, and likely to become
weaker. The Free States feel that the extension
Of slavery is the greatest danger which assails
their power in the confederacy, and threatens tho
existence, as it has corrupted the virtue of the
Republic.
The lust of the President of the United States
after Cuba is like that of Ahab for the vineyard of
Naboth, and his argument the same.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give
me thy vineyard, that l may have it for a garden
Of herbs, because IL is nearer unto my house and
! will give thee for it a better vinej ard than it or
If it seems good to thee, | will give thee the worth
of it in money.
And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it
me that | should give the inheritance of my faith,
efs unto thee
The slave party is theJezebel to whom the Pres.
ident is wed, which is to aid him in the work of
spoliation. But though they may succeed as Ahab
and Jezebel did of gore, yet the word of the Lord
may come to them. crying, Hast thou killed and
also taken possession, \ \ the dogs shall
lick thy blood, and shall eat Jezebel, by the walls
Of Jezreel.'
The last commandment Of the decalogue is rs
binding to-day as when it Numbered over Sinai,
and to cove. the goods of ones neighbor is no more
lawful to a Christian people than to the folio wers
OF Moses. Even the wolf in the fable disguised
his desire for surreptitious lamb beneath the guise
of wrongs unavenged it was left to President
Buchanan to openly ~viadicate robbery and murder
on the ground Of appetite and Consciousness.