Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-09-22
SOUND ~SENTIMENTs.

Salmon P. Chase says a Republican exchange
closed one Of his effective speeches in behalf Of
Lincoln, with the following splendid peroration.
And when we succeed-what then Shall we
return evil for the injustice aud calumny to which
Republicans have been so continually subjected ?
No, gentlemen. no we will try to prove that the
success of a party may be the success of a party
may be he success Of the whole people; that the
triumph Of our cinse is compatible with the best
interests of tho whole country; our triumph will
prove Us just to every portion Of it, apd generous
to every person who bears the name of an Amer
lean citizen. Shall we invade, in the spirit of sec
tionalism, the rights Of any State? No Ropubli-
can dreams of it. We shall stay the extension of
slavery certainly, but we shall respec. the
CInstitution and every constitutional OBJ
legation. And when this intent shall be.
come apparent when the bugbear of Federal in
reference with the internal concerns of she States
shall be expelled from the public mind by an hon.
est nni patriotic Republican Administration-who
can Doubt certainly do not doubt-that the
days of our old concord and mutual good will will
return, AID that under the Constitution we shall
find Tranquility, Liberty and Union ? In bringing
about such happy result, you may rest assured Of
my earnest cooperation. In such a noble work |
am ready to &c with sou as far as the farthest.'
IL the assurance contained in the above, that
the Republican party will 'respect'he Constitution
and every constitutional Obligation is designed
for anything more than q rhetorical flourish, its
meaning should be carefully sought out. It Ger,
tainly cannot mean that the constitutional oblign-
tons it's members will respect are to he interpre-
ted by Gerrit Smith. FOR that would result ia pro.
claiming liberty Throughout. all the land, unto all
the Inhabitants thereof Does it mean that they
will respect those which Charles Sumner consid.
ers bindiug2 Probably not, for his views in
regard 10 the manner in which fugitive slaves are
to be returned, differ from those Of the party gen.
orally. If tho phrase has any definite meaning,
that meaning can probably be found in the Chica-
go platform, and in the avowed sentiments Of the
FIRST candidate on it, whose views will inevitably
give character to his administration, and be the
performance of the pledge which Senator Chase
makes on behalf Of the party.
One Of these obligations as described in the
platform is to shoot, stab, aud hang every John
Brown, who, in the name Of Justice and of Right,
strikes a blow for freedom upon slave soil. An
other obligation is-as avowed by Abraham Lin.
coln-to give the South a Congressional Fugitive
Slave Law, to which he asserts they have a right.
Whatever other Constitutions obligations the Re.
publican party stand ready to assume as an
administrative party, these are of themselves
enough to sink it with infLmy.
Io, ye anti slavery men who are ready to
slaughter every John Brown hero Ho, ye
aboli,ionists who are willing to become Constitu:
tioual slave hounds, como and Iatify the pledge
which Senator Chase has made for the Republican
party ! Come, and for the sake of party success,
learn to conquer your prejudicos' in favor of lib.
and perform with aIacrity the disagreeable
duty Of fulfilling your Constitutional obligations,
so that the South may look with approval upon
your deeds, and exclaim Well done, good and
faithful ~serVantP
PRESERVE THE UNIoN.-The Lihcolnites and
Bellies of the City of Brotherly Love, have had
several serious quarrels growing out of their poll
teal demonstrations Would it not be we'll for
these boosted couserVatOrs of the Federal Union,