Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-10-13

respectable either for numbers, or as representa-
tives Of southern sentiment, have ever attempted
TO carry this doctrine Of State Rights to such
lengths, in behalf Of slavery, as it is here conced-
co to them by the pretended friends Of liberty.
IL fact, these men have been attempting, for years,
10 rival, at least, il not to Guido, even southern
men, in their advocacy Of this trum perry doctrine
Of "Statc Rights" And they have at length sue
ceeded in absolstely outdoiug them. And their
motive has been, that they might gain the rcPuti'
tioH of being champions Of liberty at the north,
aud at the same time avoid the necessity Of pet
forming any service for liberty at the south, where
alone any real service was needed.
1t is of no avail, AS a defence for the Republi-
cans, to say, that, in another resolution, at Chica-
60, they declared
THAT the maintenance Of the principles pro-
nulgqted in the Declaration Of Independence, and
embodied ia the federal constitution, is essen
tial to The preservation OF our Republican lnstitu
tions that the federal constitution, the rights Of
the States, and the union Of the States, must and
shall be preserved and that wo re-asscrs these
trui tbs to be selCsvideut,-that all men he Great
ed equal that thcy are endowed by their Creator
with certain iualieuable rights; that among these
are life, liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness.-
That to secure these rights, governments are it,
stituted among men, deriving their just powers
from the consent Of the governed"
1t is Of no avail that they declare these princi-
pies, in one breath. when, in the next, they declare
the unlimited right of the States to reduce men to
bondage. That they should assert such opposite
principles, only proves what unblushing hypocrites
and liars they are and that they are ready to as
sert any principles whatever, from the extreme Of
liberty, to the extreme Of slavery, if they can
thereby couciiate or deceive the two opposite
wings of their faction, aud keep them together On
til their object of gaining possession of the gov
eminent of the country shall be attained.
W have recently been told, on high Ropubli-
can authority, that slavery is a '.JfCe-heaaed enor-
may." Well, be it so. How do the Republicans
propose to combat this 'fve-beaded enormity ? "
We think we have shown that they propose to
combat it only by an imposture, that is at least
tWelve-headed. This twelve-headed imposture
consists Of these twelve separate impostures, to
witt
/. The imposture of "Freedom National, and
Slarery Sectional" That is to say, national free
dom outside of the nation, and sectional slavery
all over the nation itself, if the separate sections
lStates) shall SO choose.
Q. The imposture Of " Free Labor and Free
Men" That is to say, seeking the interests alone
of he labor and the men, that are already free
and leaving the labor and the men, that are not
free, to their fate.
5. The imposture Of Non Extension Of Slauery."
That is to say, extending slavery Though all time,
and to as many new victims Os the States respect
lively may choose and "Ron-ertendiRg'' it only by
not removing the slaves from one place to anoth
er, but confirming them within the narrow pre-
eincts OF 100000 square miles, where it is to b.
presumed, they will soon die 80 rom eompres
sion, snfOcalon, or some o,lsr equally probabl
cause.
4. The imposture Of "Down Nth The SEaue OIig
archy," That is to say, maintaining the slave
holders right Of property in their slaves, but de
priviag them of the political influence which tina
property naturally gives them.
5. The imposture Of "7He Suppression Of III
Stare Trade" That is to say, the suppression 0
the slave trade by statutes, which slave-holdin,
juries arc expected to execute the suppression o
the slave trade in native Africans, while main,
tanning the slavery of native Americans.
6. The imposture of a party, calling itself IRE
publican" and protesting to be a strictly %constitu-
'NH"' b"'J , N"N ~ NANS'hS ~ Sh''AH wv NbIl
duty which the constitution e%njoins under the spe-
cifc namo of "RepuJiicaa."
7. The imposture of declaring that the eonstitu-
tion of the United States can be 'the supreme lev
Of the land, and yos have no effect in fixing the
political status of the people.
8. The mposture Of State Rights" That is to
say, the imposture of declaring that tho States can
reduce anybody,or everybody, to slavery and thus
deprive them of all rights under the national gov
erument and yet the national government have
no right to interfere for their protection,
Q. The impossure of assuming that a govern
ment, which 2urports to be distin tly the govern
ment Of the United States, and Of no other coun
try or people on earth, should have las the Repu6
licans claiml so mach more political power ovel
countries and peoples outside of the United States
that it has over those within the United States.
10. The imposture of assuming that the Repub
licans or anybody else can make great conquest,
for liberty, and at the same time do nothing at al
to the injury of slavery.
IL. The consummate impostuTe Of ~supposins
that rhetoric, and lustain, and bombast, are th
only weapons necessary to rid The earth of tyrants
II. The lranscendeut imposture Of ~supposiu,
that the Republican party itself is, Or evcr Aa
been, any thing else Than an imposture,
We could probably find still other heads" o
this Republican imposture, if we had leisure anC
inclination to search for them. But, however
many we might find, we should undoubtedly find
them all filled with the anne kind of emptiness
as those we have enumerated.
But inGdelity to their own convictions Of The
true character of the constitution of the United
States, in its relation to slavery, is the browning
Inconsistency, hypocrisy, and crime, Of large num-
bers, at least, Of the Republican faction.
There is no reason TO doubt that very large
numbers Of that wiog of the party, which is sin
cerely favorable to liberty, including a due pro-
portion Of their pubic men, believe that the CON