Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-23

lsfectf Fret, the general government will be right
10 principle, and consistent with her own glorious
history itself conclusive Of deity.
In the next place, The tendency ofsecession will
be to terminate that supreme outrage upon human
nature, American slavery.
Separate the slave States from the others, and
slavery must stand on it's own merits-now it
stands on The merits Of freedom. For nearly a
century il has been enshrined in the temple of lib
erty. This hos been its sanctuary and security.
1t has escaped The ban OF the civilized world solely
by its political connection with the admirable sys-
tenn Of the American confederocy,
1t is, alec, we'll known that the general govern
ment is pledged against any effective measures to
bring slavery to q speedy end. In theory and
practice, it is tho buiwark Of chattsl slavery-its
impregnable fortress.
Senator johnson of Tennessee, 10 his earnest
speech in favor of coercion, says; 'Jhe abolition
lists panted to abolish slavery, the first step they
,could take ,could be TO dissolve the Union" Glenn
ems ofithe House, says that 'socesslon would cru
city slavery" The Marlboro IN. o. Patriot ably
argues, that secession would necessarily make
North Carolina a free Statej' and Gov. Seward,
in his speech Of January 10, says, 1T is the Union
~ tndt eetIdino tns OppObltiVu W Hpi1'Viy Ah Ahio
country" lie says It prevents the development.
of what he calls the European idea of opposition
to slavery, viz: that of simple direct abolition
f effected, if need be by oompulsion." The testimo-
ny Of Gov. Hicks, Of Maryland, and ex-Gov. More
head, of Kentucky, is conclusive to the same
point. Thus it is the uncontradicted testimony of
our most intelligent statesmen, and those, too, the
friends of the Union, that secession must effect or
hasten the termination of slavery.
Where, then, doe, it place the coercionist ?
Manifestly in direct alliance with the foulest des-
potism on earth. Coercion, then, is not q harm
less error, but q cruel rice. 1t is O two-fold crime,
viz: against national Independence and personal
liberty. 1t is not only the ally Of European des-
potism, but the support of American slavery. The
anti-slavery advocates of coercion. are surely be-
side themselves. They know not what they do"
t They are not only forging political chains for
+ themselves, but Strengthening those which have
so long CALLED their neighbors. They profanely
t resist the decree Of Heaven, which would divorce
: the unnatural and fatal alliance of slavery and
8 freedom.
: ITS EFFECT ON THE UNION.
In the next place, how will secession effect the
American Union2 l answer, exul.ingly, it will
u effect its regeneration and salvation.
1t is assumed that secession is the destruction
Of the government. Ths distinguished Seward
o assumes it, in his speech of January IL, when he
I. exclaims, "I feel sure that the hour has not come
(. for this great nation to fall" lie saye, also, that
i dissolution would not only arrest, but extinguish
= the greatness of our countrl!" OF the thraldom
!. of mind to matterl Is it true that our national
il greatness consists in our physical Proportions
+ our number of States and extent Of territory 2
r Then semi-barbarous Russia is eur superior, and
j degraded Chino to be onvied BY rs. The assunp-
ton is unworthy Of Q true atatespan.
II The true greatness Of . nation, consists in the
perfection of her institutions, and in whatever
y makes her people magnanimous, prosperous, and
happy. How large was Athens, whose national
glory viii never fade
If the secession of a State is the destruction Of
e the Union, what is the addition of a State Did
the annexation of Texas make us any more of q
Union than before. and will her secession make us
y any less? Suppose the fifteen slave States all Sc
ccde, we shall then be one-half more in number
10 than when the Union was formed. and those. too
with the infinite superiority Of being tho whole
nineteen free and homogeneous. instead of being
II twelve out of the old thirteen slave States. This
q would be an unreasonable advance from l776 tt
n 1861, @ ~
So far from its being a ehock to the cause Of
b freedom throughout the world, it would be the un
II answerable triumph Of the great american erperi
msnt. All reproaches for our political inconsis
tency and national hypocrisy would be hushed
and the true spirit of liberty and democratic equal
d ity would everywhere break forth in shouts of ad
$. miration and Joy. Such would be the Legitimate
and happy effects of the secession of the slave
lie States upon the American Union.
h. Who then, I ask, is the genuine friend Of thu
American Unionf Is it the managing conserva
w live, who holsters up with new guarantees a mon
strous system Of political crime, which is the sol,
s. cause of disuniOnF "a
D. Is it those who say "a house divided against it
self cannot stand, " and yet continue in a confirm
ed condition, the solo cause of that fatal discord2
to 1 say, on the other hand, it is those who, conf
ding in principle, and also viewing its natural re
IN suits to be a substantial and permanent Union
10 have the courage and self sacrifice to allow RICH
30 principles to operate, and things to end their true
level. 'H0 pa 8 'f
The mass Of Union savers are Union destroyers
on Tho principle of philosophy, that 'whoso savett
p his life shall lose it,"
On the other hand, the true friend of the
Union acts upon that sublime and heroic princi
IN pie of virtue, "whoso loseth his life shall save it,
ID To p~eaceably and p~assiVsly ALLOW secession il
the only possible salvation of the American Union
,rs 20 "a. ga THE sEcEDISo STATES. ,ar ,.3fg
= As to the near future Of the seeding States, le
Us not yet lift the curtain. Letthem complete, in
= national solitude, tho fearful tragedy Of negro sla
yeryl Let US be kind, magnanimous, and pitifu
! tothem, bat uneomprOmisingly true to hnmanity
!, Aud whoa they shall have drank sufficiently thu
y kdsegs Of national woe, and been filed with thei
! own devices; and whom, under tho diseiplining Of
fscts of their own backslidipgs, they shall hay'
: pu; away slavery as both the curse and crime of
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