Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-02-25
A PALPABLE HIT.

There is q rich vein Of satire in the following
document, which purports to be a translation from
the late Message Of President Juarez, of Mexico,
upon the relations of thas country with the United
States. We copy from the Sandusky Register 4
regret to inform you that there has been no
improvement in the affairs Of the United States
since my last message and | am again obliged
to ask the earnest attention of the Constituent As
sembly to the unhappy condition of that Repub-
lie.
That lately furnishing. though now afflicted
eonfederacy, at the adoption of its fundamental
Constitution, was so imprud emit and so far carried
away by an injudicious, if not superstitious, re.
gard for the principles of liberty, upon which
they had fought for and achieved their indepebd-
ence of their mother country, that they inserted
in their bill of rights some very '~gli,tcring gen.
eralities'--such as all men are created equal and
possessed of certain inaliena5ls rights" and
among these are enumerated the "righ: of life, lib
erty, and the pursuit Of happiness" and that
governments are possessed of no righttul force ex-
cept by consent Of the governed" These gener-
slitiss. although ignored from the beginning b5
the people. as they continued still to hold large
numbers of native born citizens in slavery, and
many, indeed, who had g~allautly fought aud bled
in the battles of tho Revolution, still these taking
rhetorical Aoarishes,' as they are now called
served for gala day and Fourth Of July oradons
and became popular in the Northern provinces
so much so. tina: the masses. who are not we'll in
formed in sts;esmauship. aud have few books ex
cept tina Wesmiuis.er catechism and New Eng
land Primer, have become quite fanatical in deVo
ton to those Aforesaid principles or fourishes
They have within q few years inaugurated a new
party by which they are ~plotsiog the downfall o
the Democratic OF slave party, and have issaec
their pronuRetameato to that effect. These boil,
attempts to oSerthrow the long established part,
in power, ani interfere with their proseriptiv
rights to the government and the labor Of the low
est classes. have aroused the Government to tn
eecessity Of enlarging the area Of slavery and thu
hold in cheek the Northern 6isorganixers or Lib
erals. This is unfortunate for us. as this il tn
oniy direction 10 which slavery can be made proI
liable. -
VIZ Ii is but lately that mobs OF armed thousand
from oae Of the PROVINCES Of that distracted Re
u public iaVated a weak and dsieaceless Terriior
q ksDsas--drove it's citizens from the ballot boxe
which they vainly boast to be the palladium O
their liberties -usurped the legislative powe
= and held possession by couateusnee and aid Of th
y central government and it's standing army. 70
q months. under 3 reign Of terror aud bsrbarit
horrid to ssnts plate. These mohs were ovel
d powered q. isst ~ the superior numbers and &C
b sisits OF the Liberals or ~faoatics, but not withou
Z the Destruction OF many liEss and vast aggregate
et kyepsrty.-ees aa4 Jo st st' i
a1lss szasEa % .1s.i 4iso-- -!sof siiss.l
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