Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-11-10

more than wealth; they need intelligence, vigor
and energy, among the people. You are,' said
he, to-day planted here, where, If as theyIappre.
bend, the slaves become Disconnected and the peo-
pic OF the Slave States are to be protected, YOU
are the very men upon whom they must RELY for
that protection; you are the men to defend them.
give men freedom, then every free man will give
you a return-an equivalent for it; d,ny them
'hat' ana eVefy man becomes on alien, an enemy,
under the Government. You remember how fec
bic and defenceless we Free State men were ten
years ago. You see now, that we are established
IN hansas;upou the Pacific ocean, in the centre Of
the continent, and we might almost say that
" are monaroh's Of all we survey"
and this success he sayp, has been obtained
amid reproach. i~nveotive, and By resisting force,
Fraud and the power of the Federal Government,
the flag of whose standard they are now to
raise The means to defend. And,as a compensation
tor the protection of a victory thus achieved, tho
Free State men, are the very men who srs 6kpec-
ted 10 defend Missouri slayehc,ders against theft.
discontinued slaves. That is the efac, policy IL
the Fathers. Massachusetts came into Tie 6niSn
by contracting with South Carolina to Surrender 4
portion OF nor natural rights, for certain acquired
nights or benefits to be derived by the Union.
samuel Adams the man Of the Revolution once
SAID, with individual JUNCTION rs he saw q slave
g'rI sitting by his FIRE, no slave crosses the
Threshold Of Sam Adams-she is free.' Bul
south Carolina bound him in the contract, in case
a fugitive slave should escape, to allow his master
to pursue, capture, and upon his hearth-stons,
bind, and carry him back to hopeless bondage.
kangaa fnupht har u,au int, tba IT,;op - IL
tending her right to the coil, and the labor on the
soil, against Missouri and the Governments; and
for protection TO that fight, is bound 10 protect
Missouri against her slaves, and raise the means
to protect the national flag ali over the continent.
The bred Scott decision could only establish Ella
very in Kansas. but the Free State men and the
Republican party will defend it, throughout the
Union; and thus while they 'allayed sectional par
ties and sectional slrifes,' the issue Of the Repub-
lican party accomplishes that which the DsmocrA-
ey despairs of doing, 'averts civil war;
That the Church, and the Government, would
sooner enslave four millions more, than abate the
power and profit derived from slavery by them, is
sufficiently demonstrate, and hence they are sat-
isfed with the contract. If the rights and con-
science of the people had no claim to respect. this
Gun W IL HuOoliOh WOulu pCIudpS OOhN y
than any other. But the test of individual life
and character which God is ever seeking to intro
duce, demands something higher in the grade Of
civilization. Political platforms may test the om-
bitiOn of the Government, but do they not falsify
the wishes, and the intentions Of the people In
northern Indiana, we find a Willingness and al
expressed determination among the masses, 10 Vio-
late and annul contracts and enactmentS, that de-
mand the surrender of manhood, labor, prop
erty or coil; to support slavery; and it will be an
objectionable oversight, if this manly clement 10
left ungoverned and unmarshalled. The effort Of
the masses Of Republicans in our anti slavery
meetings in this State and Ohio, is to pfofS rhsir
hatred Of slavery, and their intention 10 oppose II
wherever it exists-s fact worthy Of consideration;
showing clearly that freedom not Union, will .er
the wants of the people. The Intelligent opposi'
ton of the Republican party, as such.
ia pro-slavery; but the men Of the party, oppose
our affirmation of what they cannot see, the doubt
full character, and legal disabilities of their posi-
ton. Better take them at their word, and a.
they are ready to work, work should be given
thom to do. Let the line Of Canada be brought
down to Mason and Dixon's line, and slave prop
} erty deprecated in the free States, and let full
scope be given to the operative energies Of all
anti-slaSery agencies, both men and women.
Our meetings at Orland, Lexington, and Bfushy
Prairie, were Of a serious and Interesting chsrac'
ter. The minister Of the NJ. L. Church at Or.
land, refused to read q notice of the anti-slaVery
meeting to be held in the Baptist Church, and q
boy. greater in the Kingdom of Heaven than he
went into his place, and announced it in bis hear.
ing. In tho ages TO come such ministers will
doubtless be exhumed from the ruins Of buried
Churches, and exhibited as relics of heather an
! tiquisy. All things, have their use.
After our Convention in Michigan, the 18th and
18th Of November, we expect to move westward il
8 the prosecution Of our work, and hope to find th,
j people ready. Yours truly,
8 JOSEPHINE S. GRIFFING.