Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-26
A SUFFICIENT, BUT UNsp0KEN REASON.

eve are asked to solicit and receive contribu-
tions in aid Of the re-estatlishmens of Mr.. VIM.
;. Bailey's Free SOufh," of which the printing
materials were destroyed by a mob at Newport,
Ky. 1t does not seem to us right to make the ap-
peal required. The earnest Anti-Siavery man
who could be- expected to give anything for such
an object are generally poor, and they have been
taxed for such objects repeatedly. We appreheud
that the money already expended on Mr.. Bailey's
paper might have been used to better purposes"
I-Neto York Tribune. rar
Subscribing for the Tribune and papers like un-
to it, would doubtless be considered by the writer
of the above, a much better expenditure Of means
than sustaining such q paper as was the Free
South, in such a location as Newport, Ky. The
Tribune will hardly ceny that the Free South was
an anti-slavery paper, or that it was ably edited,
or that it was doing a good work in Kentucky,
or that such a paper was needed there, or that
where the freedom of the press is struck down 10
the place to practically defend and MAINTAIN IL.
The curious will perhaps be able to discover tho
7ribune's u%nspoken reason for turning q cold
shoulder to the Free South, in the character Of
the sentiments contained liz the following extract
from a recent editorial in that paper. They are
certainly anything but complimentary to the nom
extension course Of the Tribune, and those papers,
which carefully abstain from attacking slavery
where it is.
"Confnipg the war upon slavery to a mere op-
position to it's further spread, is like attempting
to cure a cancer by applying the corrosive subli-
mate to parts where its roots might be supposed
would extend. instead Of applying il, to the cancer
itself; the result Of which would be, that the sound
flesh would become irritated, and the cancer, un-
touched, rage with encouraged malignity and
spread its destructive fapgs throughout the whole
system. So it is in the attempt to con6ne slavery;
the outside opposition only gives it more life and
energy, and really tends to increase the effects il
seeks to overcome, .sf
Shareholders bluster about the opposition to
the introduction of slavery into the territories ;
but they have no fears on that account. On the
contrary, they are at heart rather pleased with il,
as it serves to divert the attention of the psople
in the fires States from slavery itself, and affords
food for the malecontents in the south who might
otherwise stir up a discussion at home on the
question of the policy of sustaining the ~'institu-
ton" They are content to argue the question Of
the ~propriety of extending slavery where it does
not now exist, so long as no Interference is at
3 tempted with their 'slave property" nor no en-
8 enlargement given to free labor. tU BOA
0 "But touch thai property-attempt in ever %
q slight a degree, and ever SO mildly, to restore that
:. property to its original rights Of manhood and
! freedom, and you touch the apple OF the slavehol-
!, der's eye; you infls me not merely his avarioe, but
u W "'Oboo tbS hofNost uuo u hOot pheolOuo VI sn0
human soul. lie fails to find language in which
to portray the enormity of your crime, or with
which to define the terrible punishment that should
|. fall on your devoted head.
I 'This shows distinctly what and where the tres
n is, at the foot of which the axe should be laid.
The tree is Chattel Slavery. which grows and
fourishes in the Slave States. The axe must not
, be struck at the branches or at the trunk. but at
l. the root. The root is the holding of man as prop.
j. erty. That is the thing-tbe principle and must
6 be preached out, talked out. written out. legisla-
;, ted out of existence. All efforts against slavery
j that have not this for their primary and final Oh
/ ject. are as vain and useless as to thow up hand.
!, fuls Of sand against a strong wind to return upon
and sully the garments Of their projectors.
There will be two Democratic nominees fer tho
Mayorality of New York. Fernando Wood il
0 named by one branch of the party, while the TAM
many men have nominated ere this VIM. z,