Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-11-10
From the Mo. Democrat, Oct, 25th.
DISQUIETUDE OF THE SLAVES.
THE TRUE CAUSE OF TEE DlsrEhPEH

L: is not surprising thattb political storms, rag
ing on the high plain Of the citizen, should id some
degree disturb the atmosphere of the lower one
occupied by the slave. When the live thunder
leaps from the high places of the land it is heard
in the most secluded vale and the deepest ravine.
The recent rumors of negro plots here and there
are just what might be expected at this time
They are the first fruits of that studied misrepre-
ser taton Of the Republican cause in which the
Southern press and Southern orators have reck-
lessly INDUCED for years. and especially since the
opening of this Presidential campaign. We do
not doubt that in localities the slaves are dis
quieted The following which is going the rounds
of tho papers; may he taken as some evidence Of
the facts
That the negroes are posted as to what is going
on in the country, and have been told that the
success of Lincoln will result in licehse TO them
is evidenced in the following extract from letter
from Camargo county, Kentucky.
"On Saturday night week last, some thirteen
negroes concluded to make Lincoln demonstra-
lion, by arminy themselves toM tceap5ns of UariOus
kinds, and paradng the streets. yelling for Lin
coin, and defying any white man to molest them
and threatening death to those who ttade the at
tempt Writs were obtainedi and the next day
tho entire party were arrested and severely pun
ished for their impudence and presump ption."
We may add, that large STAKEHOLDER in this
county informed us some time ago, that his slaUes
beliered that Lincoln, t6hen elected iUould SET them
free. 1t is highly probable that slaves in various
places have given credence to absurd notions that
their captivity will cease simultaneously with the
accession Of the Republican party to power The
tragic c0mmotion among the negroes employed in
the Cumberland Iron Works, and elsewhere 10
Tennessee, mmediat!y after the last Presidential
electioui was attributed, we believe, to the same
cause.
We deliberately assert that the Southern assail-
suts of the Republican party are the authors of
this grievous delusion, and the overt acts which
have followed or may follow in its train. The
slave has heard strange noises in the air whenever
he has heard the Republican party spoken of by
it's opponents. lie has heard the white man, bis
owner, declare at public meetings that the sole
object of that party is the abolition of slavery. 1t
has been dinned into his cara SO often, the press
aud the stump have so rung with is, that he be-
lieVes it at last. To confirm him 10 his error the
inceudiary speeches Of the AbOlitonists are re-
pu 5iished in the papers which his master reads
the authorized expression of Northern sentiment.
No wonder that he believes the prophetic day of
universal emancipation is at hand. Such is the
meaning of the declarations be has heard from the
lips Of those to whom he. looks for instruction and
Information! If pious he chants the more popular
Of the hymn book nelotfes with q new emphasis,
imagining that he is already transported to Ca
naan, Happy Land, and if he is otherwise dispos.
ID, he probably sets about connecting plots to ac-
,elerate the great event. That disturbances should
esult from the bitter disappointment lie is doomed
% suffer- compOrtS with the very nature of things.
rhe toll and agony in his case must be as great
rs that experienced by the God-forsaken MlleEite.
whom no chariot of fire or cloud bears away from
he hOtrsetop to the happy realms of light.
The nrst duty of the STAKEHOLDER at this time, is
o disaSuse his slaves OF the gross errors and de-
usions they have imbibed from the language they
rave heard him and his Oracles use so often. We
10 not say this because We ara apprehensvs that
,oRro insurrections or contpiracies may prove