Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-04-28
WHOLE NO. 759.

move capable Of shaking despotic thrones than
lightning. vhirlwipd, or earthquake; and that is
the excited aud aroused indignation Of the whole
civilized world"
"The Avon to the Severn runs;
The Severn to the sea;
And Wicklfe's dust shall spread abroad
Wide as the waters be-"
To continue the quotation with O different sp-
plicaton and slight variation Of the language, I
say, gentlemen, if the blood OF innocent men is
taken by an absolute. unqualified unjustiSabls
violation Of natural law, what will il appease,
what will it pacifyf 1t will mingle with the
earthj It will mix with the waters Of the ocean, the
whole civilized world will snuff it it in the air and
it will return with awful retribution on the heads
Of those violaters Of natural Law and universal JUS
tice. canno: cay when, or in what form, but
depend upon il. il such acts take place, then SlA-
very must look out for the consequences. Sir.
before the public sentiment Of the Christian aud
civilized world propose to bold up to universal
reprobation this practice of slaveholdng. pro-
pose to hold it up in all it's atrocity, ir all i,s
hideousuess. just as gentlemen have been hold
ing up the practic, Of pOlygamy, and reprobating
It; and Sir, that public sentiment OF the civilized
world will burn upon this practice of Slavery, and
ultimately secure its removal in the only proper
way-by the action Of the Slave States themselves.
That 10 why discuss it Mr.. Chairman, my time
is passing away. and must hasten on. want to
come to o few things that have been under
iscussion during the inchoa,e condition OF the
House, while this Hall was echoing with ululations
that would have drowned the lupine chorus of the
Alps of Helper, and John Brown and incendiar-
ism, the torch Of the incendary, and the knife o {
the assassin. One gentleman from Virgnia stood
up in his place, and wanted to know where there
was man who would lndorse the Helper Book.
He wanted sush o man il there was one here, 10
stand up, that he might look upon the traitor.
NJ. Chairman, /, for one signed the paper REQ.
OmmendiDg the circulation Of the Helper book.
signed it intelligenty was neither engrossed
nor abstracted. / did is because l wanted to do
it; and now, if the gentleman wants to look upon
shat kind of traitor, He. me, adsum gui feel, in
me cOnrertite teium; did it. will sigu recon-
mendation for the circulation of any book that
choose, withou, asking permission fthe gentleman
from Missouri Mr.. Clark of any other gpn:lemau
in the house or out Of the Houss. / will sign .
paper recommending the circulation Of the Bible
or the Koran, Yourg's Night Thoughts. or Ton
! Moore's Anacreou, Jonathan Edwards on Decgees,
or Tom Paine's Age of Reason, just as please.
l claim the privilege, as an American citizen, Of
writing my name and Recommending the circula-
ton of any aud every book, without being held
amenable to gentlemen upon this floor, or any
where else. That is my answer in regard to it.
| have more than that to cay. I say nothing
about some points in the book. I have no doubt
that there is considerable bombast and fus.an and
violence of language in it, because the author
was educated in q Slave State, and the rhetoric
which comes from that quarter is apt have these
characteristics. Laughter. But the philosophy
the gist Of the books what 1t is the ad.
dress of citizen of aSlave State to his fellow cti-
zens in regard to the subject Of Slavery, recon-
meudiug in substance the organization of Repub.
lcan party in North Carolina and in al the other
Slave States. hope to bee that done; and / ex.
pect to see it done before very long. You may
kill Cassius NJ. Clay, as you threaten to do; but
the blood of the martyrs is the seed Of the
church, You may shed his blood, as you shed
the blood Of my brother on the banks of the Mis-
: sssippi twenty years ago; and what then 7 l am
, here to-day, thank God, to vindicate the prnci-
piles baptised iu bis blood. You may shed his
blood and what thenf A Republican party will
spring u in Kentucky and 10 all the Slave States
ere long, and these Disunionists and gentlemen
who you see so violent now will be displaced BY
more moderate, and-if may say so without being
offensive more sensible men. believe in that
Dc ctrne. do not indorse every expression in
the Helper book for have not studied every ex-
pressionj but the philosophy Of the book the idea
of organizing a party in the Slave States as
against Slavery. am in favor Of, and expect to
see it accomplished. What is the objection to the
book The objection is that q citizen Of the
United StatOs an American either. addressed him
self to his fellOw-ciIizens, in a peaceful way.
through the press. and for this you find fault with
a him and say that he must be hanged, and that
any man who signed q Recommendation for the
circulation of his book is 'bligbting, blasting.
burning, withering curse and must not occupy
that chair want to know if il has come to thiSt
Has not an American citizen a right to speak to
an American citizen l want the right of utter
' ing what say here in Richmond. I claim the
right to say what say here in Charleston.
Q Mr.. Bouham. Dem. S. Cl You had better
try it,
Mr.. Lovejoy: Yes sir. am going to invoke
the aid Of the General Government to protect me-.
as an American citizen, in my rights as an Amer
lean citizen. can go to England to-day, and in
London, or anywhere else, discuss the question OF
, Church and State can discuss the question Of
/ a monarchial government as compared With Re-
publican form OF Government. l can do this an j.
where in England, but cannot 60 into SlaVe
ia State and open my lips in regard to the question
$. Of Slavery
s. Mr.. Martin. Dem. Va.l No; we would hang
II you higher than Haman.
d, Mr.. LovejOy; cannot 60 to Slave State
Of and utter my sentiments to free citizens like my
of self.
ls Mr.. Miles. (Dsm. s. o. Can you go to Eng
land and incte tho lsboriug classes 20 murder the
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