Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-30
DIsUNION.


Correspondence Of the Anti Slavery Standard.
PARIS, February 81, 1861.
The European affairs Of the present hour, in.
portant as they are, sink almost into insignifoancs
when compared to the American crisis, and we
are watching with the deepest interest the progress
OF events on the other side Of the Atlantic. wha,
ssingalar spectacle do we witness A regular
election. made after all the con slitutioual forms
without blOodshed or violence, Immediately follow
cd by the open rebellion Of the minority the
bands Of the Union broken by the very people who
had always, in the name Of the Uuiou. claimed SO
many sacrifices, from The North and, on the other
band, the conquering party, almost afraid of its
own victory, aud perhaps too willing to abandon.
all the fruits Of IL, by a compromise which might
Secure for centuries the omuipotcnce OF the pro-
slavery interest between the twora corrupted and
weak central government, uuoble and unyilling to
~snfuyee The laws. The furious insanity Of the South
viii, ] hopes carry eserythiug before it, and not
leave room for the cowsrdiy attempts Of the
statesmen who are ready to bargain Cor right and
wrong, and to pay with the blood of millions LOT
the eoniinuance Of o so-called Union which their
enemies DO not respect. 1t is Iull time that the
North and South should separate such a disunion
ie marked by nature. In the North, we hnd all
that ,.he- wisdom of centuries, the experience OF
mankipds has been able to produce au ideal form
Of, government, the most admiTable Development OF
the different parts OF the political body a moral,
vel. Instructed, religious, laborious people. 10
The South, We fne only the grossest kind Of bar
barism, one race reducing another to slavery. and
right and wrong, family ties, religion, suppressed
In favor of a ~reigning minority. Montesquieu
the immortal writer Of Esprit de Lois, would him
self 6ud sometbiDg to learn in tho New England
towns and villages, and might, If he could revise
his great work, add thereto O new chapter; but
be would only turn with disgust from q Southern
plantation, When De TGequeyille wrote his fa-
,'mous, work upon American democracy. he bad only
In mind the admirable results worked by the cul
ture of the North, and slavery appeared to him
like a dark shadow upon the admirable c%orstruc-
sion Of Franklin and Washington. Recently, f.
Lacordaire,. when received as a Member Of the
French Academy, drew a parallel between The
american. democracy and the European democra
cY, and left all the advantage on the side Of Amer
lea. As his speech was read just at the tim,
when the first dissolution news arrived, e|verybod
tidiculed Lacordaire's enthusiasm for American
democracy. 1 still believe that he was right 81
SE1lbiuk ub. VI uh0 tuO ~
respect Of the Law, respect for the peoples rights
a deep sense of the importance of education, ha
tired Of war and b~loodshed but these praises ap
ply only &, the, 1orllern IDEAL, Where Garrison
Emerson, and Theodore Parker, and the Abol
t%ionis.s, have lived and do live, there IS America
there is the American soul. The North and til
South have been like two rivers, one pure, spring
ing from granite mountains, the other poisone
and muddy. These two rivers have been forced t
mix their waters; let them flow separately, and 20
viii soon recognise how different their waters are
What has q Northern confederation, the centre
free. emigration, Of intellectual Improvement,
material and mechaDieal progress, to fear from
few cotton States which military d~espotism onl
will be able to keep together, and where insecuti'
Of life and property will soon reduce the viii
population to its miniMum2 Northern peop
must look in the face Of dispnioa, and they will I
longer be afraid Of 1t. There are times when
man must choose his and when moderation
no mOrsA moderaiion, but weakness. Think
King Victor Emanuel, when he began, the war
Italy how many conflicting reasons must ha
sgitatsd his mind but over all these he saw 0
,dea, and followed it. What is the use of sen
mental speeches about tho Union, the Constitute
and 90 forth Do but say to yourselves, Slave
is hateful, we have been rendered responsible {
itbylout Union with the South, but the South nc
chooses to break the Union, our responsible
ceases from this day. We DO not violate the Law
We do cot call for violence; but if our enemi
break the ties Of union, there is no reason vi
we ehoeld give up our constitutional victory, {
our principles, and the very destiuies of the rept
licjd Mr.. Seward, by bis acti IN 10 the Senate, b.
covered himself with shame and it gives n
mach pleasure to Observe the consistent and hoi
estattitode OF Charles Sumner, who won 80 man
iriendsahere during the time of his illness.
saThe American affairs take more space tina
usual in our French papers. The opinion is unar
im0as against the South. There Is bu. one writ
who takes The side Of the STAKEHOLDER, NJ. Granie
who calls, himself De Cassagnac; but l muss &C
that he is one Of the most despised Of his elias
and that his opinions are Of no i'm p%ortance wha
ever. Victor Hugo has Just published an eugra
ing which ATTRACTS much attention. 1t represer
tie execution Of John Brow; In a very dark :
one sees nothing but the faint outline Of the m
tSr banging fom, the gibbet; one ray of liz
comes from heaven over his head. The gene
eject Is very striking and p%oetical.
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