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fell and explicit. "If yours shall be 80 assailed,
in the emergency, no matter ,Ohat the cause or the
pretext, or oho the foe, we shall defend your Gov
ereignty aS the equivalent Of your own" The
declaration which Edward Everett made in Con-
gresS more than twenty years since, that he was
ready to buckle on his knapsack and march South
TO suppress slave Instructions, has been ampli6ed
ard re4afhrmed by Senator Seward, who assures
our Southern brethren that they shall be defended
whether the assault be from within or from with
out, and no matter what the cause or pretext, or
who the foe. IL Gabriel and the hotls OF heaven
should come to oyerturn slavery in the South.
Senator Seward stands ready to lead on the North
to defend it. asking only whether the South needs
his services. and caring not il he fights against the
army OF God or the troops Of Satan.
The Senator'S fancy picture Of this government
though seriously put forth as the TRUTHS as
Tar from being such, as is darkness different from
light. A more StupendOus falsehood was never
uttered. He asserts that this government is bound
together By the millions of contented, human
hearts, beating in the bosoms OF the high and the
low, the rich and the poor, the learned and tho un.
learned; and af6rms that tho government takes
equal heed Of their wants, and their wishes, and
opinions, and appeals to them individually once
at least in four years for their consent to it's reno
val. We wonder the Galleries did not hiss him at
the time he thus spoke. Standing in the midst of
Central Rufianism at Washington, with Sum-
ner'S blood hardly dried upon the floor on which
the speaker stood, with threats of Disunion falling
from the lips of almost every Southern member Of
the Lower House, with Northern members assaul-
ted in the streets Of the Capital, with citizens Of
the free states fleeing for thoir lives from the ter
ritory Of the slave states, with non. commercial io-
tercourse threatened by Shareholders as a measure
of retaliation for the anti-slavery of the North,
With the colored men Of his own State demanding
admission to the ballot box, with the colored men
of a majority of the free States sorely complaining
Of their legal and political disabilities, and with
the agoniziDg cries Of four milliens of American
slaves ringing in his ears, we are utterly unable
to comprehend how Senator Seward dared give
utterance to such a falsehood.
Let his speech be received and read, but not as
the speech of Sir Oracle. 1t is good as a Republi-
can elcctioneeriDg document. sufficiently conserva-
tive to please many ofthose who care but little for
human rights, and much for party success. 1t in
dicates no email degree of cool, calculating policy,
which so far ignores moral principle as to abstain
from praying GOOD Lord ~ when the Devil is
near by.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-17
BINDING HEAVIER BURDENS.

This nation appears to be as obstinAtely bent
Oh accom- plishing it's own destruction ss Pharaoh
was, and no warning has any moro effect on II
than the warnings Of Moses had on that Egyptian
king. Their outrages committed on the colored
race are constantly increasing in number and se
verify. Several slave states have enacted laws to
expel the free people Of color from within their
borders. Some who owned houses and lands, and
were sober, INDUSTRIOUS, peaceAble citizens have
had to leave all, and fee. rather than choose mas.
tiers and become slaves, as they must have done
had they remained in their native State. These
laws were not enacted to drive out criminals or
disor'erly and dangerous people, but to enforce all
free colured people without regard to character to
Zee for liberty or become %slavesl Some OF the
Anti slavery papers contain sickening -heart.ren-
ding appeals for temporal aid from men, women
and chi dren who have thus been compelled TO es-
cape to the Free States, leaving their property be-
hind them; and some OF the Free States are trying
to enact laws to shut these ~fugitiVss from injus-
tice and tyranny out, fearing they will be overrun
with a destitute population
What can be done to bring men to their senses
to cause them TO do justly, love mercy and walk
~humblyH We see nothing left for US to do. Men
will not listen to the voice of truth and right, but
like Pharoah, are blind not only to the rights of
others but to their own interests. They seem ig-
nOrant of, or blinded 10 the fact that there is a
point Of outrage Beyond which neither men nor
bru;es will acknowledgements or blind to the fact,
that injustice will surely bring upon itself its own
punishment; aud as they are too deaf to hear. too
blind to see, too strongly bent on their own selfish
purposes to receive warning, there seems to be no
other way but to leave them to work out their owe
destruction, which is as sure to come upon them
he effect is to follow cause.
Ten 60 ahead, ye tyrants, if 20 will not hear;
reap up wrath if ye will. Lay on the lash and
impose the heavy burden; but in the mean time
emembcr that all your acts of injustice, oppression
md tyranny will return upon yOurselSeS.-R!eas
IRE Boat.
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ANOTHER REPUBLICAN, NOMINEE.

toor readers must Judge for themselves whether
toe proposition contained 10 the following letter
10 made in sober earnest, or intended ss q keen
satire. SUccEssl success ia the great aim oil
the party ADD il to ensure IL, il is necessary Il
take the man who in 1850 signed the Fugitive
Slave Bill with alaerity, and 10 1859 spoke Of the
deed as an act Of painful official duty. we are by
no means certain the party would refuse to do so.
To The Editors Of The N. J. ESening Post:
have read the editorial in your paper Of the
18th Instant, headed 'oul Candidates, in which
you soy: TO select our candidates from among
those who labored 30 earnestly to defeat us 10 1856
would be degrading as well as suicidal Now ]
can see nothing very degrading in selecting q
candidate for the Presidency from among those
who labored 20 defeat the Republicans in 1856.
So far from THE, it might be very creditable aud
magnanimous to select a candidate from among
those who theu opposed the election Of the Repub-
lican candidates; especially as all parties opposed
to the present administration are invited to unite
to defeat their future success. And what disgrace
could attach to the act Of giving the nomination
to a Crittenden; a Bell, or some other distin guish.
ed statesman, who in 1856, was opposed 10 the
election Of Fremont2 If such O selection would
but secure the success Of the opposition party,
would it not be wise and polite to make itr
Certainly the Republicans would have their full
share Of the glory OF such o victory. And it is
my deliberative opinion, that by such a selection
we can only expect to see the present dynaoty
overthrown.
You cay. too If we are willing to have q man
who stands upon the same ground with Fillmore,
how can we justify ourselves for not having voted
for Fillmore the last timer 1t was indeed o
great political mistake that he was not voted for
the last time by the opponents Of the administra-
ton, and we can only justify ourselves by avoid
ing in the future another as gresa bluuder.
You say, also But, indeed, il we are willing
to take such a man now, we had best BY all means
take Fillmore himself with his prestige Of expe.
rience and s~tatesmanlike knowledge and habits.'
This, indeed, is a most sensible and Just admis.
sion; and | believe also it would be the best and
wisest course TO adopt to insure success to the OPP
position party.
If Willard Fillmore should be nominated BY the
in June, he would be elected to the
Presidency. And wherein would his adminisIatio
1iHer from that Of any other conservative man,
must be selected in order to succeed :
The true policy of the Republicans would be, to
select a candidate that would secure the supper,
IF all tho opponents of the present administration
And should say, they had best by all
means take Fillmore himself ; and so far from lie
being degrading as we'll as suicidal it would be
highly honorable, and a sure pledge of success.
Such a maGnauimous course would greatly
strengthen the Republican party, and lay the foun-
lation for their continued power and prosperity.
February Is. 1860. RHODA.
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SENATOR sEwARD's SPEECH

Was unquestionsbly prepared with great care. and
with a view to secure the election of The Chicago
~uominee. His friends pronounce it an extraordi.
nary production but 80 far as the presentation of
true principles is concerned. and a just and right
eous condemnation of the wrongs peFpetrated by
Shareholders. it is greatly inferior to the scores of
anti slavery speeches which have fallen from the
lips of Disunion abolitiorists during the past year.
and which are doing infinitely more to carry for
ward the "Irrepressible conflict" to the "Impen,
ding Crisis" than five hundred such as those of
Senator Seward. Whatever noble sentiments may
be found in Republican speeches, however just
and burning may be their condemnation Of slave
nv, they have one common characteristic 1.-The
trail of the serpent is over them all" and neces-
sarily 90, for being based upon the principles of
compromise, they are unavoidably tainted with
moral death.
Mr.. Seward admits that the fathers compromis-
ed with slavery,a and like all other Republican spea-
kers, seeks to find some excuse or apology for their
action. Whatever pailiation may be found for the
compromises they made, it will require far more
ingenuity in succeeding generations to invent ex.
cuses for those. who in this day, end with more
light in regard to the character and sggressiOus of
slavery, and possessing opportunities to acquire a
more comprehensive view Of human duties and re-
possibilities. endorse the same compromises, and
perpetuate the same wrongs.
In regard 20 the fathers compromise in relation
to tho rendition Of fugitive slaves, Mr.. S. makes
a point which we fear no escaping ebattel will be
able to appreciate they are to be returned as
persons. not as chattelT. We suspect it would be
but little consolation to any arrested fugitive to
know that in being returned to slavery he was
dignifed with a personality which the slave code
deniei him when in the South. Such a point
equals in importance that made by a noble church
diguitary, who excused himself for bis profanity,
by saying he swOre as a Lord, and not as a Bish.
op.
The speech under consider Ntion affords testimo-
ny to add to the mass already accumulated, that
the Republican party is not an an;i-slavery party;
that i: has but one object in view, the saving of the
territory of the United States from the slavery
with which it has been threatened; and that it il
as much opposed TO negro equality as was Wash
ingtOn. Jefferson, and Henry, who we're all slave
holders.
Mr.. Stewards pledge TO the South to defend
her Stats RGIernmsnss and State institutions IL
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-17
HOW IS THISf

President Benson, of Liberia. in his late annual
message to the Legislature, speaks highlJ-ssys
the African RepOsitOry--of the intelligence Of The
native Africans ms compared with that Of many
emigrants from the United States" So IL seems
that oil the emigranIs are not qualified to be mic
sionaries to the native Africans 80 far as intslli-
gence is concerned. Would it not be we'll for the
COLONIZATION Society 10 be a little more discrimi-
mating in the character and qualifications Of those
whom it transports to Liberia, and retain such 90
are not equal in intelligence to tho native African,
until the benign Influence of our slavebolding 70.
ligion aud literature produces a greater doVslops.
ment Of intellectual power, to say nothing Of the
Christian graces and virtues which are so highly
fOstersd amid the atmosphere of American negro
pbobiai
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BE PRUDENT

1t lie stated 10 this and that Republican paper
that Owen Brown, John Brown Jr. James Rsdpa,h
aud Francis Merriam. and perhaps others, are ia
this or that locality. If they can convey the in
formation that they are in Canada, or anywhere
else where the talons of the American Eagle can.
not clutch them, We should rejoice to know il;
but while they remain upon this slavery-curssd
-oil-eVen though they are prepared to 6gh, 10
the death. and Stay oil who attack them rather
than be taken alive-it is not we'll to point out
their abiding place to the government officials. or
aid in any manner those who are hunting for ihsir
track. Be prudent, and do not indicate their re-
treat, even though done with tho desire to lead
Marshal johnson into a conflict from which he
could not escape with his life.
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best negro crosses Of white blood, 10 Canada, who
declare their purpose to yet occupy the Southern
States as their home, in q general scheme Of
emancipation. This largo plan qualities The idea
OF Browns fana,icism aud insanity.
Young Brown intends to eluds The officers Of the
Senate Investigating Committee, on grounds Of
honor to those whom be would not mention on the
witness stand. lie is armed to the teeth, and
seems to prefer death to any hazard Of himself
among shareholders, or to any purposes Of Senator
Mason. We fear for his safety and fate. He is a
man Of too noble impulses to perish.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-17
SEWARD STOCK RISING.

At recent meeting Of the Boston Anti-SlavsTy
Society, held at Fremont Temple, in that city,
VIM. II. Seward was nominated for The Presidsn.
cy WIN. Lloyd Garrison. Wendell Phillips and
others Of that stripe made speeches, deDounoinE
the Union and Constitution, and predicting q spec
dy instruction. John Brown was cannOniEsd and
Seward g%lorifed. Phillips designated Browns
raid 40 merely the twilight Of the chapter Of 'iOF
ence." Ohio Stdtesmdn.
The sbOlitionists of the East will DO surprised
to learn ria. Columbus. Of Stewards domination
for The Presidency by the Boston An.i-Slsvery So.
ciety. IL the report be not IA false one. we venture
TO predict that the Chicago Convention will second
the nomination, in which event Seward will Ger.
toinly be elected. Then will come the division Of
opoils, and we speak in advance for q mission 20
ll0y,i or Liberia, m~OGes,ly leaving the larger Of
Hcss for larger men.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-17
JOHN BROWN. Jr.

The editor Of the jamestown IN. " Journal,
In his last issue, says;
In an absence som weeks ago, 70 met with our
old acquaintance. John Brown. Jr. Few men are
gifted with more imposing physical proportions,
olsarness Of mind, a nobler sense # honor and n
finer dignity of manner. He is gifted, kindly and
humane. At the time we speak Of, he met Gfter
an Absence of twenty years, perhaps. a valued
teacher Of his childhood. 1t Was a pleasing spec
tacls, that Interview and revealed the young mans
nobieuess Of nature.
Mr. Brown looks upon his fathers stand at Har-
per's Ferry as unaceountable. 1t was out Of the
road entirely. of his plAo, be says. In the Dismal
Swamp Of the Eastern Csrolinas, covering an are
. as large as Massachusetts,, and dotted all over
With defended islands Of solid lard, are collected
Eve 10 ten thousand fugitive slaves. Here they
live 10 a security unassailable. and slmest IN
known. With thess men. through the mountain
chains Of Virgins and Penusyivauia, it was Old
sohu BrcwB's plan 10 operate. together with the
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GHOLSONIsM.

Bates of Missouri. the probable nominee Of the
Chicago Convention, has been praised AZ an oman.
cipationist, but the following item from the 81.
Louis Bulletin would seem to throw some doubt
upon the subject.
The friends of Judge Bates have given public
ity to the statement that be had emaucipated his
slaves. So far from this being the case. il 10 IN.
deuiable that they ran away from him, and be %.
ed every means in bis power TO recspture them.
Thus, it leaks out, that from q philauthFopist and
an emancipationist he becomes q slave catcher
and q 'kidnappsr.'
The truth or falsity Of the above statement will
probably make but little difference to the Republi.
can friends of Judge Bates. inasmuch % the truth.
fulness Of the charge would in nowise disqualify
him from standing upon the Republican platform.
When in the canvass in this State last fall, il was
shown beyond a peradventure, that Judge Gbolson.
instead Of freeing, had sold his slaves. no was sus.
tanned by GiGdings, and the Oberlin radicals, and
almost every body else who claimed that their pol.
itical anti-slavery was Of the Simon Pure stamp,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-17
STEPHENS AND HAZLETT.

This is Thursday. Tomorrow. If the sentence
of the Virginia Courts be executed, these men will
pay the forfeit of their lives upon the gsllows,
guilty of no other crime than striving to give 10
the slsves that freedom which this nation declares
is the birth-rigbt Of all, and by means which the
people recognize as just and righteous abs,ractly
considered. Like Abel Of old. they offered upso
Gud q more acceptable sacrifice than did the Gains
OF The South, and for this they are to be slain.-
But the gallows will not be the closing scene; for
the LORD God will say as he did six thousand ysars
ago: What have you jone? The voice Of your
brothers blood crieth unto me from the ground"
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SOMETHING TO

A writer in the NJ 2. E~vening Post, who advo.
cates the nomination of Bates. makes the follow.
ing significant admissions and assertions.
But it is said that President Bates will uphold
and enforce the Fugitive Slave law. Yes, and 80
will Governor Seward, il elected President. Read
his late admirable, s,a:esmanlike and truly Re-
publican speech note its indications of conserva-
tive tendencies in its treatment Of the John Brown
raid and cugnate themes. 1t is a libel on the Re-
puhlicao party to assume that il will ever eject a
President who will not enforce any Law which he
may find on the statute book, because he NAV re-
greet ito existence. / need not tell you Mr.. Ed
tor. that John G. Fremont would have done that.
Ii Governor Seward shall ever BIO chosen Presi-
dent, as l trust he may be, his course will shame
those who constantly hold him up as a radical, a
Jacobin, and higher law man. In my judgment
no more conservative man ever presided over this
Union than that same William IL. Seward. But,
it is said. why should We choose for our standard.
bearer one who was against Us in 1856? an
sger. because he is able and worthy. and we can
surely elect him il We will. Yes. il Mr.. Bates is
nominated at Chicago. his election or defeat will
rest solely with ourselves"
Read the above, and ponder upon il, and ask il
it be true. And if il is, how can an honest man,
how can one who has q single drop Of anti-slavery
blood in his veins, consent to be caught in the dis
graceful act of giving support and encouragement
TO a party, whose expounders unblushiugly pro-
claim its shamelessness as q means to" ensure its
successf
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-17
KIDNAPPING IN PENNSYLVANIA.
'wnAT mas ruE NORTH TO DO wIru sLAvrRyY,

WHAT HAS THE NORTH TO DO WITH sLAvERY7'
10 the EdHOr Of He National anti. Slavery
Standards On the night Of tho second inst. a free
colored man by the name Of John Brown, resid.
ing 10 one Of the tenant houses Of J. Williams
Thorne. Salisbury Township, Lancaster Co., Pa
was kidnapped.
About ten o'clock on said night four men enter.
ed b = house and demanded him under the pre-.
text that he had robbed a store in the vicinity.
They presented no warrant for his arrest. Two Of
them gave their names as Gilmsr Hull and Frank
Wilson, neighbors we'll known BY him, and assur-
ed him that no harm should come to him. but that
they would return him the following evening.
Being thus deceived, and naturally of quiet, easy
disposition, be permitted himself to be taken by
tho rutians to a carriage, u few rode distant.
without making any resistance or giving the least
alarm.
Had on immediate alarm been given, q rescue
would have been certain, as his dwelling is within
call Of some two or three other colored families,
and the least alarm would have called immediate.
Iy an efficient aid to his assistance,
Pursuit was made as soon as the alarm was
given, and they were followed to t 9 Mount vern-
on Hotel. where it rs ascertained that a car.
''"kO ""u P"oseub ollNluB AZ 'ui Hpecu' heie 'ue
pursuit was given up, aud nothing, up to the pres.
ent GATE, has been heard from them.
It is generally supposed that they will make q
hSsty Fight TO the Maryland line, and that he will
be thrown into the Baltimore or Washington slave
market. Telegrnphic dispatches have been sent
TO the aforesaid as we'll as to other places, and due
investigation will be made.
The whole neighboring country is indignant at
The outrage, and an intense feeling Of excitement
prevails.
John Brown is a man Of upwards Of thirty years
Of age, large size. and very dark, and is positively
known to be a free man, having been raised near
Downingtown, but has resided for many years in
this vicinity.
Two arrests have been made, 10 the persons Of
Gilmer Hull and Frank Wilson. residing in the
nsighborhood, as aiding in the kidnapping. A
hearing was had to-day Before Squire Slocum. of
Christiana, which resulted in the identification Of
the former bv the wife Of the vic,im. lie was
sent forthwith to Lancaster Jail, in default OF the
required bail (six thousand dollars). Wilson was
released. COnstablss Proudfoot and Virgins de-
serve the thanks of the community for their
promptness in making the arrests.
A more daring and Internal piece Of piracy was
never heard Of; and the community is determined
to siit the case to the very bottom, which doubtless
will result in disclosures which will teach such
pirates q useful lesson, that such crimes will not
be tolerated in a Christian community.
March 4tb, 1860.
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WISCONSIN, BACKED DowN.-Nlt long since the
United States authorities rc-arrested S. M. Booth
on the old charge of resCuiug fugitive slaves, and
his friends anticipated that by a wri. of habeas
corpus for his release. issued by the Supreme
Court of the State, a question would DO raised,
which, in its ultimate result, if not 10 ito immedi.
ate decision would recognise State Sovereignty.
10 this, however, it appears they were mistaken,
for tho State Court has declined to interfere, and
S. NJ. Booth is left in the hands Of United States
authorities for them to work their will upon him. M
Had the Presidential election boon decided. The
rssul, would, perhaps, have been different @
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p9-To those who think they must, as IN duty
bound, assert that John Brown WAS insane or
mistaken and ~deludeG,' or "a nine days wonder
or a traitor and a murderer the following ques-
tior, proposed by a cotomporary, cuts of all fur
thor debate. The question is-what would be
your opinion of John Brown, if your child, your
brother or your sister had been among those whom
he sought TO liberate 7 After all, the Golden
Rule is perhaps the best kind of measure yet in
troduced. 1t deserves to come into common use.-
True American.
And what would be your opinion of a Uons,itu-
ton which required you to return into slavery
your child, your brother, or your sister who was
endeavoring to escape or to shoot down your
child. your brother, or your sister who had risen
against their masters or to slaughter the John
Brown who attempted to assist your child, your
brother or your sister in resisting their oppressors!
All these things every supporter of the govern.
ment does, BY and through the Constitution and
laws, to the child, the brother. or The sister Of
some one
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SALEM, OHIO, MARCH II. 1860.

LETTERS TO YoU." No. l.. will appear next
week; and also q communication from Howard W.