Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-04

'u"s WI tNct 'ttC thot hhpb
have no rights which white men are bound to re-
speot".
But sir, these bolorcd men with their abused and
despised bodies yet stand erect in Gods own i'm
age, and one side stands the decree Of the Al
mighty God that they are men, and on the other
the decree of the poor, miserable, despicable JUS
tce fancy that they arc things. will the decision
of this imbecile old nan prevail against the otheri
1 tell you nay, it shall not be always as it is now.
IL there is anything l despise ON Gods earth more
than any other, it is he who would take to himself
rights and privileges which he denies to the mean
est Of Gods creatures.
Ohio to-day is not a free State. Her sovereignty
is hewn down, and che stands to-day under the d.
rectiop OF o corrupt administration You have
been under corrupt rule ever since the days Of
good old General Taylor, who died before he had
entirely conquered the proslavery tyrauts.
You have seen what has transpired around you.
I have counseled peace and order, for il we can
restrain our indignation long enough we shall yet
by reason of these things be enabled to take pos
session of all departments of Government. 1t but
adds to our power as as party. Iii Is known at
Washington, as here, that the people Of the Wcst+
ern Reserve are 10 advance of oil other parts Of
our country, in the love of the principles Of hui
man liberty, and these devices of low and cunning
prosecutions are simply to so aggravate yeu that
you may commit some hasty acts that may initiate
against you. But bide your time and in due
season you shall read your reward.
The administration party have showed their de-
termined purpose to combine all the power Of the
country in the President. by their bankrupt law,
the increase of the standing army, and thirty
millions bill. These tend to destroy State rights
and establish as complete a despotism as now pre-
walls in Russia. There is now only one release
and one barrier to this increasing usurpation.
That is the strong and manly arm of the Repub-
lican party. You have heard from the Court of
this district that when a process has issued from
the Federal Court of the State, no person hos q
right even to ask the simple question "why do
you take this citizen Of Ohio ?" The great writ
Of Habeas Corpus which from old time has been
a~lfpowerful, is now to be played with as a child
plays with q toy. Sir, my father went through
the Revolution to help secure this guardian, and
cursed may I be before 1 surrender it. Zap
%plause.
Under the old Sedition law I should be liable,
for what I have said, to be ~plastered all over with
hOhu W lOOb " oPOhhih5 Nio
spectfully of the President and the heads of the
departments, for tho greater the truth the greater
the libel. [Great laughter.
What is the remedy for these evils l invoke
the sovereign power of the State of Ohio to pro-
tect her citizens. invoke the remedy adopted
and advised by good old Thomas Jefferson and
other noble Statesmen. Let US b:de our time, but
let US be sure that We ~interposet the grand guar
dian of State rights between US and the aggrec-
sion of Federal Power.
I honor the State of Wisconsion for her bold
stand. and l trust the time has come when the no.
BILE State of Ohio will 60 on in the case now be-
gun, and stand unyielding upon the platform Of
State rights, until the infamous Fugitive Slave
Law shall be blotted out of the statute books.
Applause. have no fears of the people of this
State. They will not bow tamely to tho oppres-
sor.
hear, and you have heard, that q writ of Has
beas Corpus has been granted in the case Of Bush
nell and Langston. hope and expect that our
Republican Judges will boldly stand up for their
rights and boldly place the sovereignty of the
State as a protection to those who have been un.
Justly enslaved.
l have now but to say that I believe-yea,
know, that slavery must ultimately fall, and Lib
erty shall yet be vindicated though the heaven!
shall fall!