Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-17
SLAVE STATES AND FREE STATES.

SLAVE STATES AND STATES.
eco Wherever guhiess slave exists be no Cau-
sy' cssisu. American. Malay, African, he is the
90 subject of two distinct aud opposite ideas-one
:. that he is wrongly the other that he is rightly
an slave. The balance Of numbers either side
-t.l however great, never completely extnguish this
ID. difference Of opinion, Tor there are always some
defender, # Slavery outside even if there are
none inside a Free State, while, also. there are
ESQ always outside, il there inside of every
20 Slave State, many who 'sert with Milton, that
'''' mo man who knows aught can be stupid to
'F deny that all men naturally born free, being
% the image and resemblance Of God himself aud
were by privilege aboye all the creatures born to
command and not To obey 1t often, perhaps
- generally happens. however, that in considering
the subject Lt Slavery, society seems to overlook
the natural right or personal interest Of the slave
Il himself and . exclusively Tor the welfare ul
the ciuzeu But this fact does materially al
feet ultimate results, for the elementary question
of the rghtiulness wrOngfuness ot Slavery in
heres in every form that discussion cuBcernng it
. assumes What is just to clats of men can
never b. injurious to any other aud what IL un-
juss 10 any condition of persons in State, is
essarily Injurious in some degree the whole COM
a., munity. An economical question early arises
o. Of the sui ject of Savery-ubUr either Oi treemeu
or Of slaves is the Cardinal necessity OF society
Some States choose the one kind, sOme the other
Hence two municipal systems widely ddrrent
srise The Slave State strikes down and affects
EstO extinguish the personality OF the iaborer.
e. only A. member VI the political body, but nsu
szas pateut husband, enid. reIghGor friend
lie thus in political view, mere proper
". Without moral cnpacty, and without domestic,
m,TaI, aud sccal relut us. duties, rights nud
b.remedes-a chatte, au object Of bnr.aiu, sale
gift inheritance, theft. HIS eai uings are cun
pensated and his wrongs atoned, IL himseli
Gut to his The State protects the slave
as a man, but the caIithl of another man. which
he represents On she other hnnd ,ihe which
rejects Slavery encourages and animhtes and ml-
vigorates the lahorer, by maiutauing and devel-
oping his natural personality in all the rsLt-
aud faculties of manhood. and generally with the
priselege Of cit!zenship Ia the one case, CAP
''ital invested in slaves becomes great political
force while in The other labor thus elevated anG
enfra;chised. becomes the dominating political
power 1t thus happens that may, Tor cunve.
snence sake. and naccurately ,caii Slave States
Capital States, and Free States Labor States
So State feels he impulses Of COM
merce enterprise AMBITION its ciuzers be-
gin to study the effects of these systems Of caYi
tai and labor pectively its intelligence, it,
virtue, its tranquility, its integrity unity, its
defence. it's prosperity, its liberty its happiness.
its apgrand zements, aud its fame. IN other words,
the great question arises, whether Slavery is
moral. social. and political good, moral,
cial AMI political evil This is the Slavery ques-
tion al home. But there Is mutual bond OF
amity aud brotherhood between and man
throughout the world. Nations examine Irco)
the political systems ~ each other, ard OF all
preceding time and accordingly they approve
or disappruve d. the systems Of capital anG
labor respectively. they sanction and prosecute,
condemn and prohibit commerce in Thus
in one way another. the Slavery qles,ion which
so muny among us. who more willing to rule
than patient in udying the conditions of suciery,
thinkis Il merely accidental unnecessary qnes-
ton that might and ought to be settled and dis
missed as once, is, ". the contrary world wide
and enduring ject o. political consideration
and civil administrator. Men, States, aud Ma
tons entertain it, voluntarily, but because the
progress of society continually brings it into their
way. They divide upon it, not pervGrsely but
because, owing to differences of constitutions con
diiion or circumstances they canRlt agree.
- WHAT FATHERS DID.
The fathers Of the Republic encountered it
They even adjusted il SO that il might have given
usn'uch less thnn our present i-quiet. had
circumstances atterward occurred which they,
wise as trey were had not clearly loreseen. Al
though they had inherited yet they generally con
demned The practice Ut slavery. and hoped TOR It's
discontinuance. They expressed this when they
asserted in the Declaration Of Independence as a
fundamental principle of American society that
all men are created equal, and have inalienahe
rights to fe liberty aud the pursuit of happiness
Each State. however, reserved to Itself cxclu-
siye political power the subject OF Slavery,
within its borders Nevertheless. il una soid-
ably presented itself in their Consultations on
bond Of Federal Union. The new Government
was 20 be a representative one. Slaves were cap
tel in come States in others capital had no in
vestmen, in labor. Shonld those slaves he repre-
sented as capital or persons, shunld they not
be represented or taxed at all ? The Fathers dis
agreed, debated long, and compromised at last.
Each State, they determined shall have two Sena-
tors in Congress. Three fhhs Of the slave. shall
be elsewhere Represented, and be taxed as per.
sons. What should be done il slave should ca
cape into labor state 7 Should that State con.
or might it regard him man They eompro.
mised again. and decided that no person held to
labor service in State by the llw5 thereof.
escaping into another, shall by any law regu!a-
ton OF that State, he discharged from such labor
or service, bot shall be delivered up claim TO
ths person to whom such labor service shall be
due