Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-10-13
WHOLE NO. t83.

that slavery shall not be extended to heU UcttmSF
No; for they consent that il may be extended to
all the natural increase of the existing slaves unr
I'll at least the $50 600 square miles, occupied
by slavery, shall be filled with slaves to its utmost
capacity, ..,,
What, then, is the extension to which they are
so violently opposed Why, Il is only this: II
slave is carried by his owner from place to au-
other, Mdt is an ezisnsion Of slarery! -s
To continue man and his posterty iu slavery
through all time, in one locality is no extension
Of slavery, within the Republican meaning Of she
term. But to remove him from that locality to
other, s "exteusion OF slavery" too horrible for
these deSotces Of liberty to think Of .
But these Republicans either fooishly or fraud
uently, encourage the idea that il slavery can but
be confined within the space it nuw occupies, it
will soon die out whereas, in truth, go far
mere space is concerned it probably has enough
already for il to live and flourish in for two three
or five hundred years.
"Dolcn pitA lie Stare OiiglrcIy." would, to tho
minds Of most men, convey the idea Of an inten-
ton to overthrow the rower of the saVeholders
by annihilating their right Of property in their
slaves. But 10 toe creed of the Republicans
'Doten lch The Stare Oljga,chY' mean no such
thing. 1t only that the slaye holders shall
not have much influence in the ADMINISTRATION
Of the national government, and especially that
they shall not hase SO large share of the nation
al Offices as they have hitherto had the address to
secure Aud these wise Republicans imagine
they overthrow the slave oligarchy and des.
troy their influence in the government, at the same
time that they (tbe RepublicNns) maintain the ir-
violabiliy of the three or four thousand millions
# dollars Of property in men, on which the slave
oligarchy est, and whence all their influence is
derived. r;r
But suppose the slave oliga-chy be over
thrown, alter this plan of the Republicans, what
right have the latter as consistent men, acting
der the constitutions and pledged to its support, to
attempt to overthrow the slave olgarchy, long
as they (tho Repubcans) coucede that the dig
arcty are not viOlatng The constitution by holding
their ielow-men as property According TO the
Republican Interpretation Of the constitution, the
slave oligarchy just good citizens of the
United States exercising only their constitutional
\ rights, as are the Republicans themselves In-
deed, there would be nothing inconsistent in the
entire slave oligarch being members OF the Repub.
lican faction, in full communion. There is nothing
in the political creed of the latter that really need
stick at all in the throats of the former and the
ReUuDcaDS u
tion of them, would no doubt, be very much de-
ehted 10y such accession 10 their numbers.
'The Suppression Of the Slare zrdde" appears to
be becoming Of their party watcb-words.-
But if southern iuries will neither indict, nor con-
vicr, how is the slave trade to be suppressed and
how can the Republicans ask expect southern
jures to indict, or convict, for bringing slaves
from Africa, 50 long as they (thc Republicans)
cuncede the right of property in four millions OF
native Americans There is plainly no consis-
tent way whatever, Of suppressing the slave trade,
except 10y giving freedom to the slaves already in
the country, and all that mCy be brought in, and
thus putting an end to the slave market. And
there is, probably, no other possible way OK sep
pressing it. Certainly, there is no other possible
way of supprossing il. unless by such an enormous
expenditure as the nation will never be likely to
incur. "The Suppression ofhe Sace Trade" may,
therefore, fairly be set down as another of tho
fraudulent watchw Ords Of the Republican faction.
Still another specimen Of the hypocrisy of this
faction, is to be found in its name. Is has taken
to itself the name of Republican. TheyIare great
stcklers for the constitution, and many or most,
of them strict coaStruc!ioHists that. The word,
| RepuGlicQn is found but once in the constitution,
aud we are bound to presume that this constitu-
tonal party have chosen their name with reference
10 the sgniGoatou Of that word in the constitution
Bu. do they propose TO guaranty to every State in
this Union republican form Of government'-a
government that shall secure to ell the citizens Of
the United States With the States, the protection
of the laws? And do they propose that the United
States government shall ascertain for itself, nde-
penden,ly of the State governments, who its own
citizens are, within the States that it may fulfil
a this guaranty to them? Notat all. So far from il,
they hold, in the language Of the Chicago platform,
> that
The maintenance inviolate Of the rights OF the
. Statsa, and especially the right of each State TO
! order and control its domestic institutions
according to its own judgment exclusively, is es-
sential .hat balance of power, on which the per-
lection and endurance of our political faith depend
and we denounce the lawless invasion, by armed
force, Of any State or Territory, no matter under
what pre,ezl, among the graVcst of crimes
This means if it means any thing, that the
Slave Oligarchg,' or any other body of men.
however small, who may chance to get the power
Of a State into their hands, may reduce anybody
and everybody black and white, to slavery, with-
out Interference from The general government; aud
that for private persons to go to the rescue OF their
fellow-men, from these robbers, ravishers, and
I Eidnappers, would be among the gravest Of
l crimes
This is giving slavery more than il ever asked
Even the Drcd Scott judgeo themselves set up NO
such claim Tor i, as this. Their opinion admits
that cAeq are citizens Of the United States. aid,
because .hey are such, cannot be enslaved by the
States Those judges, ore, in fact hon-estepsion-
lists, and have a much better claim TO that title
than the Republicans; for thoy conceded, that sla
1 very could not be extended beyond the limits Of
. single race whereas the Republicans acknowledg,
II no such, or any other, limit 10 slavery in th