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THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE. OUTRAGE IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. By the accompanying account, which we copy from tho Cincinnati Gazette, it seems we have no need to go to Kansas or Missou-i to find Border Ruffians, Mid at their appropriate work. Mr. Joseph Brady funncrly from this State, Lot been tor two years a resident of Kentucky. Recently be wroto a letter which was published at Oxford Whin. On hi reception at Lexington Mr. Brady was dismissed from his employment personally assaulted and outraged by it mob and eventunlly o.mipclled to flee from the State to save bis life. T be letter which was made the occasion of these (utitigi-s is as follows : CHRISTMAS—SALE OF SLAVE. LEXINGTON, KY., Dec. 25,1855. Ma. Editor Christmas has come around ngain. It is a great day here, (perhaps I should say ie.ck,) especially for two classes slaves and school iliiMrm. Most of tho former have that ilay ns n hulidriy, uniny li lve n portion of two or three days, and some of them have a whole week j too U'ter in most placai in tins Btato have b week, sometimes including Now-Yoai's I'ny. The former, at thU place and in a few of the cities mi l towns where they have churches, bold lairs to fit them up, or to pay their pastor, if they have ft regular one, a happens to be the case in ne church in this city, w here n man w ho claims vi bo the "master" of nn' intelligent negro, rents bis "nryiicrtv" to thcin nt two hundred and fiftv ' ilollars per year, to preach to them ihq everlasting jXt'Sjicl of tho I'rinco of Peace, though he could not Hire mm as b laborer tor more than loll. The free negroes and many of the slaves join in ; these fairs, and generally have a jolly time. They have rakes, fruits, lemonades, ico-cream, toys, io. Most of these articles are obtained upon the condi tion, that, if" not sold, they can be returned. They jut high prices on them, as is common in such jjlacos, and, I suppose, recoive most of the profits. jiorha.;w itU. la the omintry and small towns, they uave no seporaie cnurones, hut tie lew who attend i reik.-hing occupy galleries in the other churches. 'Avery small portion of those in the country attend meeting nt all. For the reasons named, Christmas is regarded as a great festival occasion. Everything fur sev eral weeks previous visits, commencing or leav ing school, changing of residence, tc, are re , ferrcd to Christmas as the day of days, or week of weeks. Christmas was celebrated in tho Episcopal and Catholic churches. 1 have just returned from at tending the service of the former. Both these' churches regard tho day with much veneration,1 and well they may.bcing the supposed anniversary of tiic birth of our Saviour, of him "who spake as never man spake," whose wibdom and righteous ,ness was aboie that of all men, and who gave hira i.clf a sacrilice for the sins of guilty humanity, so that all w ho would come unto him might have eter ral life. To hear of this Saviour we assembled Although it was so great an anniversary, and the expected pretence of the Bit-hop was announced, yet but a lew persons were scattered over the sane-j tuary. Notwithstanding the small attendance, all the ceremonies of that denomination were faithful ly rehearsed. These wore followed by a short.but very elegant discourse, on tho birth, life, and Icath of our Saviour. The prophecies in relation to his coming into the world, his holy life, and vic . torions death were repeated, the actual verification of theso prophecies in his real life and character Max dwelt upon j and the noble sentiments which Jie had ottered, and the rules of conduct which he laid down for the observance of his followers, were .made the subject of comment. In conclusion, the Minister, on behalf of himself and congregation, .in loud strains, thanked our Father in lleven, that ,he had given to .the world bis only begotten son to die for sinners; that he had cast our lots in a , christian land : aud especially, that had cast them in the most enlightened community in all the earth, where peace, liberty, happiness, and christian priv ileges are vouchsafed to all. We listened attentively, wondered that so few were present, ami regretted that more were not in attendance, to learn the extent of our blessings, 'and to rjreive upon their minds a still more forci ble impression ot the beauty and excellence of the sontiments uttered by the second person of the' udorabla Trinity. . Ad invocation to tho Father. Son.and Iloly Spirit .that their blessings might rest upon us, closed the ..exercises, and we went forth, in thoughtful mood, . reflecting on that maxim of our Saviour, "What soever ye would that men should do to you, : do ye even so to them," which is said to contain the essence of all our duties to our fellow men, and on hose two commandments on which wo learn"hang all the law and the prophets ; " (see Mat. xii and sxii, 34, 40.) Scarcely had we preceeded two squares ere our footsteps were arrested by a crowd ot men on the sidewalk, so dense that ladies could not pass, but wero compelled to cross to the next sidewalk, pass round, and re-cross Leyond tboin, in orJer to get into their pathway. Curiosity at beholding acrowd so much denser than at the church attracted my attention, and led me to halt a moment, when lot there came to my ars the hoarse notes of an auctioneer, selling a ferlor creature, a human being to the highest iiddec. " , Never were my feelings so much shocked. .Though 1 had before witnessed the horrid specta olo tf the sale of a human being, yet, unon this day, commemorative of such an event as can rever ho known again on earth the birth of the immac ulate and only Son of God and after such a dis course as that to which we had listened, to witness "deed, so revolting atany time to the feelings of wiy one in the loast degree imbuod -with christian philanthropy, and so contradictory to every precept of Him for whom the day has been named, it was really shocking beyond description ; and to hear ...a i.ubLiunuci cituii;, wiiii stentorian voice, only 81,283 is bid for this boy," "a fine, likely 'niqqer' fioing for 14285," "must be sold to tho Aioie. tidiiti:" It. disgusted and shocked me beyond measure. It was almost enough to make one ashamed that he belonged to a race ef beings that couiu so prey upon ineir species. - Oh ! what a contrast was this scene, almost at the door of the church, to what we micht have ex pected of that community of which we had just hoard so favorable an Recount. If this scene was thought to be in accordance with the christian chaructcr.and the minister had such scenes in view '.when speaking in such high terms of the commu nity, (as he must have had.) I wondered, as the "hour euited, after the sermon, and before the toene . diction, tho minister being auctioneer. Perhaps, however, tliey knew that they could not cet such a crowd there as they wanted, and therefore, they came to the way leadingupto the Temple of Justice, -(8) called.) Oh I how I w ished for a Paul to stand np before mem, at ine entrance ot tins temple,and"reason to them as to Felix, of righteousness, of temperance. nnd of judgement to come." Like Felix, they must have "trembled" at this reasoning ; bat, like him, thoie who could be guilty of such an act ot inhu manity, witn an the lights of the 19th century learning upon them, would probably answer, "Go thy way fur this time ; when I have no more slaves to sell I will call for thee." J. B. Since putting the above in type, we have found In the Cimmejteiui the lullowiug . a STATEMENT OF MR. BRADY. This gentleman eallod on to request that some corrections of the statement of the outrage as it appeared in tU Louisville paper. (boull be made. The etory of the Courier was, he said, unjust to the ! citizens. f Lexington and himself, and be then proceeded in a very ealm manner todetail the facts. On Friday night last, about nine o'clock, while he was at his rooms in the house of a friend, there was a knock at the door, and a colored boy appeared and said that the chairman of the school committee wished to see Mr. Brady. Mr. B. thought the sum 'rnous strange and unsuspectingly went to the door, when he was seized and dragged through the front yard to the street, there being not more than seven nr eight persons engaged in the work of violence. If. w-jk. .miiv. ul st.w,M nr. tl.tnlr 1... Ii. . the victim of some queer practical joke, yet he did net know who could presume to take such liberties with him. When he was in the street be was thrown down, sod then beean to call for helD.when ine of the ruff. -me told him that if he did not shut Jjisioouth hut throat would be cut. IU still eon- j tinucd to shout for assistance, however, and was then severely choked. No one answered to his cries for help, and some of the hair was turn from 1.1. .-.I .u- 11 . ... . r 1 I I. ... rv.nii, nnva iiivu nvuiiiu quaintly vi uiiiuk iihiiii .iKkahi ..tT. " ; . 'm a w. do nM-L .:,r1 0,'t '0, cd sflhl' H. h. !-.. "? e"dc!My '"r0. '". "JS wosiis-d. A. tl.. mm. l.. i., l, .Vo,i i ... . . Mr. Bradv had been in KentnrW nl.ont two rears and had been for nma lims nit lrinpinnl nf Mm- School No. 1, citr of Lexington, vl.ore lio hnd .1 1 V. i r T ' . i I i ven the utmost satisfaction. He was one of the iumi University ernduntinc class of 1C48. and has numerous friends in southwestern Ohio, who ! can testify to the excellence and purity tf his character, and to his conscientious deportment as a Christian. He informed us that he was not what he under stood to be meant by an Abolilioiii.it, but he was an Emancipationist. He believes slavery to be a sin and an evil to the country, and csneeinllv iierni-i cious to the people among whom it prevails, and had very often so exproscd himself in Lexington, and elsewhere in Kentucky, but had never urged a negro to flee for freedom, or attempted in any way to make one dissatisfied with his lot. On tho contrary, while he claimed the right to express his sentiments freely when among his peers, be rigor ously avoided meddling with the "peculiar institu tion." Saturday mornine he was told that the School Committee wished to see him. and be walked to their office, nnd there met them. They all ex pressed very much regret at the outrage, hoped that he was not very much hurt. etc.. but told him that it was understood that he was the author of the Oxford letter, as they called it, and that, as there was a strong feeling existing against hint in the community, tho best thing that he could do would be to resign nnd leave. He acknowledged having written the letter, and asked w hether he had not frankly stated to them nis views re garding slavery before he had been employed, and i : J it I ; j .. i uiuu buiu ini ii no remninca among mem lie must be at liberty to hold and speak his opinions. And they all gave assent. He then asked them whether he had not most faithfully served them as teacher, having disciplined nud made useful a school that before his time had been disorderly. tne uoys being so bad that they had driven two teachors away. And the Committee agreed that be had been a good teacher. One of the Commit tee told him that he thought it very iniudicious and wrong for him to have written as he did when ho had been well received, and was "living oil " ofi tho people of Lexington. Mr. Brady replied that neaio not con less 10 Doing unoer any obligations to them, as he considered that he had gi en them value received, and more. But all this was not to the point. He must either resign or bo dis missed, lie therefore wrote bis resignation as follows : l ,' ?t'0"1 h", , ev "ld 10 Ve" cdnfllU leTterr- S.l'h ... hj i t r r T' 1 1 le,eH Sucb .M h9. "elation of bis great, ih. hi.ZkhnTg . I,0US0."? u"c0VVeUi sonallv iP a Honing W '1, " , ' sneedfl "''lof ? i T 1 MV !"W 1 ' ! J f. 1',' T I .ewmffi? drl-dfufite and rflS iLln r in it f !?l KimwI ri taZKl S T?i yT.1?MtM jn.d.,c',M ''O 01 I ; i LEXINGTON, KY., Jan. 12th, 1856. ScJiool Committee, City of Lexington. Gentlemen : Learniag that an unpleasant feel ing existed in this community in consequence of cortain opinions expressed by moon the subject of slavery, and bcingTinwilling to remain as a teach er in any community in wh-ch my services are not entirely acceptable, I hereby resign my position as Principal of Morton School, No. 1, city of Lex ington. JOS. BRADY. This was Instantly and unanimously accepted. By this time a large crowd, composed of rowdy men and boys, had collected in the street, and the sapient Committeemen told him he must not go out through tne iront but must take the back door, lor he would not be safe if he did not dodge the crowd. Mr. Brady told his advisers that he was not con scious of having harmed ony one, and that the mob was, he knew, able lo do with him as they pleased, that if they thirsted for his blood, they could take it, but he intended to walk out at the front door like an hocest man, and leave the con sequence to others. But theCommittoe insisted that he should not do so. At last the controversy was ended by the crowd hearing that ho was at tempting to make his escape by the back way, and rnshing, with the exception of a few boys, to in tercept him. The school Committeemen then urged him out at the front door, and advised him to leave the State as quickly as possible, for his life wonld not be safe if he remained in town. He met one or two persons on the street, whom he knew, and they told him to make haste away, one of them remarking that if he did not make tracks lie I ore night, Ins skin would not hold corn-husks. He was told, however, that his wife would be al lowed to stay a day or two to arrango his business. lie made the best ot his way to this city, and yes terday was joined by his wife. His pocket-book had been dropped at the post-office in Lexington, and contained this affectionate littlo epistle : Mr. Bradv : You must have town in twenty- four hours, or your ears will come next. Your pocket-book was picked up accidentally. BLACK INDIANS. The persons who assaulted Mr. Brady wore black masks, or bad blacked their laces, and Air. B. has rot the remotest guess as to who any of them are. Mr. B. is not disposed to be disheart ened at his misfortune, and is apparently in prin ciple, thought, word and action, a non-resis'iuit and a Christian one, who if smitten on one cheek would turn the other. He is nn accomplished teacher.nnd an amiable and inoffensive gentlemen, and as he is out ot a situation, and proposes to maxe nis home ncreatter where men and thought are free, v e suggest to those who may need the services of such a man, to apply by letter, direct ing communications to this city. Mr. Brady in sists that the members of the School Committee treated him, personally, in a gentlemanly manner, but feels that his life would not be safe for an hour in Lexington. From several circumstance) that we have not mentioned, that Mr. B. detailed to us, the conclusion seems inevitable, that a system of es pionage bad for some time been carried on at the Post Office, in reference to him, nnd that it was through this that his trouble originated. But Mr, Brady does not yet make any accusation against the postal management, further than than to say that there was a peculiar irregularity in the pas sage from place to place, of letters directed to and those written by him, and the newspapers that were sent to bun. generally appeared to nave been pretty well handled. In conclusion, we must do Mr. Brady the justice to say, that the notoriety which this affair has given him, is very painful to him, and that we believe the letter to the Oxford Citizen was written in all simplicity of heart, without a thought of harming or offending any one. From the Liberator. SPEECH OF MR. GIDDINGS. Mr. Giddings made a straight-forward, effective and manly speech in tne V. b. House or itonreeen- tatives. Dee. 18th, on the 'Organization of the llguse,' in the course of which he recommended the substitution of principles for party names; re buked all sectional feelings in Congress; revealed the true character and design of the factious mi nority of Democratic representatives, who are for organizing theilouse on no other than a stave basis; spoke ot tbe popular condemnation which bad been so signally metea out to tnosewno voted for the Nebraska Bill the Democratic members of that body having been reduced, in twelve mouths, from one hundred end fifty le revtnty- rour, from a triumphant ana dominant major ity to feeble and inefficient minority; affirmed the God-given right of every man to liberty; defended the organ of the House on the basis of freedom; drove his Southern interrogators to the wall, and confounded their speech; asserted the right of the slaves to defend themselves to the last extremity against their masters; denounced slaveholding as 'the vilest despotism, tbe most perfect tyranny fbatj ."embers. 1 desirS to hear them speak M,lh, "'"T lk to give utterance to their hones ...' ' v ,......- .B,i nVllW their doctrines with disguise, and 1 would say 'o' '' not fear a dissolution of the Colon whi,b we have benrd so many intimations this dl'rning. Ifcelthat thla turret tf dissolving the Ci!,.n nt ,lie "ry threshold "ssinn. t ha. Jong been held up as the 'rro' the 'tovW to frighten doughfaces. eome from tho slave States. They are .ot beard uinornr the tublic men of the five'? ever cursed tho footstool of God;' concluding his speech in tho following noticeable laugungc: 'I repeat, that I embrace this opportunity of -j-,,,,1,:,,., i , uB , - own viow,-aiid I trust the " ""' lpullinuis nnd Christiana generally in consequence of the unrestrained denunciation; iterated and reiterated against us :,y the advocates Pri om inis 'luiy. iiiuecui imo occn ica to Its ii lNi'iiurirn ririmi ii til 1 1 v mr i n iii'iii'iii. ) hiii ri n a- 1 "c uc,er "ave ueeu ul,creu " ' . . n-i .. .... ii.ir? ' . ..!' Voice. Did not Mr. Sumner Uneaten to dis solve the I'nion. Mr. Giddings. Never, sir, never. While from the s!ae States, from the slaveholding portion of the Union; they have been almost constantly pro claimed for the last quarter of a century. Even now, the ieaijing l'cinociatic paper ol tho slave States, the Richmond JSiiquirrr, almost daily ttuts lortn articles calling on the pcopio ot Virginia to i,i.l,lin nn.I !. miliiii-iiin. nf ihnl imrtii... ..f ijr '(hi; ivi ii iiii-punii I in. i li iiiiv lull . I - f - .1 ..l .! I .1 . . ine l inon nre inus iirociiiuuing uiuir intention tiling their intention to dissolve it, they tuin round and chnrgo us of the .urih Willi ellorts to e licet that ohject. The frecState have ever boon ioyal to tho Union they will remain so. They will nvt only refrain from dissolving it, but they will not permit it to be dissolved by the people of the slave States. It was fouuded by our fathers; it was cemented by their blood; nnd by nil the hallowed recollections which cluster around their memories, we are called on to maintain it. To those who threaten its dis solution, wo present an unbroken phalanx. With unwavering determination we say to thoso traitors. poii shall not dissolve it. They should bear in mind that we hare now the majority in this body: next yoar, with God's blessing, we will have iheSenate. And with the executive and legislative branches of Government in our hands, I think we shall be nble to main I ii in the Union, and perpetuate the institu tions of freedom in our land, until Christianity and Civilization, now so rapidly advancing, shall make not only out wholo country free, but other nations shall be led to imitate our example, and man shall become elevated, nnd liberty shall tri umph throughout tho world.' Mr. Giddings says truly, that the dissolution of tho Union has long been hold up as a scare-crow by the South, but when he adds that the friends of liberty had never demanded it, his statement .n iiiiiruo, unless ne means to connne it to ins po- mcu, associates, wno are nut compromisers at the -i j i .. .. '.i best. iredemand nothing slioit o a d sso tit on. absolute nnd i.umedinte. The Union which was founded by our fathers was cemented with thn blood of the slave, nnd effected through bis inimo- Minion, tins iMr. Giddings will not venture to de- uy. J o talk of maintaining it, therefore, and 'per petuating the institutions of freedom in our land,' and leading 'other nativns to follow our example,' is a moral now stquitvr, and positive incoherency of speech. To charge those who seek to dissolve whether to destroy or to protect slavery, as 'traitors,' is n misute of terms. It is both the natural and constitutional right of every citizen to advocate, if ho choose to do so, the repudiation of the present governmental arrangements, and ine lormaiion ot nnotner conieocincy. i reason is an oven net, and too well defined by the Constitu tion to be confounded with tho fullest utterance on any sul ject. It is really amusing to seo what an enthusiastic attachment our friend Mr. Gid dings has for a Union, in ono half of which his life would be ii jeopardy ihe moment ho should at tempt to advocate the right of tho slaves to immo diate and unconditional emancipation. Such a Union is a mockery; and instead of upholding it, he should exert himself for its overthrow, by every consideration of justice, humanity and frecdoKiT h bat concord bath Christ with Belial. ' From the Providence Journal. ZEAL OF SOUTHERN POLITICIANS FOR THE UNION. Everybody remembers an anccdole, long current of a worthy citizen of Providence, who was dis tinguished rather for tho sticngth of his theoreti cal orthodoxy than for its practical development in nis wuik aim conversation, and w ho held the uluco ot committee man in one of our Baptist churches. He had been much troubled nt the doubtful senti ments preached by several clergymen from hroad, who bad disturbed t'.ie even current of doctrine, not exactly by new tenets, but by sosce new appli cations of old nnd well Ecttled ones. Ono day a member of the church canio to him, and asked his consent to open the meeting-house for a preacher from abroad, who wished to hold forth in the evening, at early candle light. The consent of tho other members of the committee hud been obtained, and his only was wanting. "I don't know," said he; "I don't know about letting everybody that comes along into our meeting-house. Who is this man T" "A very worthy man, and an excellent preach er." "I don't care about that; W U ho orthodox ? Is he orthodox?" "Porlcctly orthodox, one of tho regular, old fashioned, Roger Williams B.iptif-ts." "Well, if you are sure of "that, ho may preach; but I have mnde up my mind, as a Christian man, that I will not have any more of this d d false doctrine preached in our pulpit." The Watchful regard which some of our South ern brethren keep over tho Union reminds us of tho pious hero ol this anecdote. Men w ho have been in the d,.il.v habit of denouncing the Union, men who are sufficiently disunionists to be elected in South Carolina ana that is about as strong a case as can be put aro, all at once, exercised with a wonderful regard for the Union, when anybody except themselves, or those in the interest of their own peculiar line of dUuuion, speaks of it in the tone which they themselves habitually employ. These are the meu who can see great danger to the union uccauso tne hundred supporters ot .Mr. Banks will not give up to a minority, but who can praise the few mal-coutents, whose refusal to ioin with cither party, or lo withdraw and let the two cliitt parties tight it out, is tho real cause ot the delay and disorganization, 'lhesemen have been plotting and working for tho dissolution of the Union, have proclaimed in newspapers, and in speeches, and in political conventions, that if the Union stood in the way ot slavory, it ought to bo broken up; and now they pounce upon Mr.Bunks's "let the Lmon slide," which meant about as much as his speeches usually da.aikl hold it up as though it was a new treason; and express their unquali fied horror that a man should say what tbey have been saying all the time. , CONGRESSIONAL WAGGERY. In the House of Representatives last week when the candidates were being put through their cud cism Mr. Kennet from Missouri said: The questions were "I should like to know of each candidate tor tbe Speakership, including my friend from New Jersey, whether he believes in a future state or not? And then, provided he answers that question affirmatively, 1 desire to kuow whether he believes it will be a free or u slave state?" Mr. Ponnington replied". I am somewhat versed in the Westminister Cutechism, and have loaned from it that there is a luture state. I believe it. But 1 understand that there are two states in thai fnluro stats one the bcatifioi state, the other the state of the damned. One is a free state; the other is a slave state. (Laughter.) One of these stutes is on one side of a certain line, and the other on the other side of that lino nut exactly a enini.r:i- mise line, I believe. (Renewed laughter.) But I have always understood that that which I'm on one side of the line the side on which is the darned is the hottest; and I therefore conclude that thai ninst must be tl.f Southern side of tho line, (Great Laughter.) But there are thou- a ho P ' his catechism and in. renrd t. those! ,:"u1r.e '. the North M and the South side of j the me and pursatorv. Ho has been kind enonch . "",,.e f us hand end loot, nn in advance! 0 l'"' ' ;lo the daik place. I would like to I kn,,w ?r in regard to hi. catechism, whether. when he iiiloimed us on Saturday lan, that be had ! f ? L7" "eUectonl calling," be was able to aee of'"" ure? (fpror-ou. and prolonged 15 . . Mr- InnlnKtnn, (rising amid great laughter.) e gentlemen one.6 (Laugli.er.) ' J ! believe tlmt there is the third future state- that is the stato of purgatory I Lnmrhtcr 1 Nn'w w ith 1 , f'j'0 1 '"V8 nn acquaintance, except audi as ir , num i.ie course w purgation tnai !f ll this House. (Ilcnewed ' "' J certain gentlemen have been . .V"XUy here. nd I know one gen- I , , . - , . " -j urn in rep,, , vi-scvt ' SA LKM, OhIO, JAMA HI' 16, 1800. GOVERNOR CHASE'S INAUGURAL. ' - Last week we had no room to say a word about I the inaugural address of Govornnr fhnsn whii-h tic j then published In reference to Ohio politics its :,. r .e ,! .. , ... , . . i""l"c"J, ureviry nua lorce ot expression argument, presents a model for all future Oovcm - V., i. ...:n j i. i i r ore. Xkonn wlio will read it, need be ignorant of what our politicians mean by the tax, the represen tative and the currency questions, nnd all can form a pretty good idea of what is desirable in reference to them. Tho position of the government in re regard to slavery extension nnd the opinbns and purposes of distinguished men in it, present and past, nre set forth with forco and historic ac curacy. Wo cannot however like Mr. Chase, loo' upon the history of the past as a prophesy of good for the future. On the contrary that bistorv-, if Mr.Chase's plans are relied upon is only the proph et of evil. Ho informs us it was the original pur pose of the Government to restrict slavery to its then limits, as a nieani for its utter eradication. Mr. Chase's history of the facts prove that it was ineffectual even when Slavery was in its weakness. And yet be urges that if we can now bring the Government back to its original purpose in this respect get It to limit and localize slavery' now that it has the additional vigor of more than half a century's growth, this samo policy will abolish slavory for us, though it has grown and strength ened under it In all the past. SUvcry has accord- !n to M. Plin)M, M. nrf r, ... . . " " "v" "" "-j- -- I spue oi una poney oi tne government, inaugurated and sustained by tho best, the most talented nnd powerful of the fathers of the Repub lic yet ha 'hopes' it may dwindle and consume away if wo can but restore this policy. He gives us no reasons for tli-s hope that is in nil good Re publicans but yet they have it. This failure has rosutled from the vain attempt to unite tho conflict tng fortunes and interests of freedom and slave ry in our government. And Mr. Chase is most devoted a.id loyal to this attompted Union of an' tagniisms which has wrought the failure. The Union is a famous device to furnish offices fat and lean lo slaveholders and unprincipled dough faces, but what is it, what has it ever been good for, for the protection of liberty. Governor Chase with his perfect knowledge of its history docs not attempt to toll. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana.Arkansi.s, Missouri and other States pro claim its power for slavery exteusion. WhileMahnn and Hannaway and Williamson nnd Crandall and Torrey nnd Lovejoy and a host of their fellow mar tyrs can tell of its valuo for tho protection of per sonal liberty among the stronger and oppressing race to say nothing of tho groaning millions of slaves. The anti-slavery positions and arguments of the address are not for a moment to be comparod in force and soundess to those of other political topics discussed. . Somo of the Republicans advocated Governor Chase's election in order to secure a personal liber ty bill, which should secure our citizens from the outrages contemplated by the fugitive slave law and from the assaults of such judicial villains as Judgo Kane. But tho present Governor is ns si lent on this subject as his predecessor. We hope the Legislature may bo disposed to move iu that direction without the Governor's promptings. Had they boon offered they would have presented a needed stimulus. Indeed in another particular the message hardly comes up to the standard of Ortho dox Republicanism, The only anti-slavery mous uro advocated is tho check of slavery aggression by a reinstatement of affairs as they were before tho passage of the Nebraska bill. It contains not ono word on that most impor tant and valuablo of all Republican propositions, the refusal to udmit any more new States to the Union. If tho great body of Republicans shall stand up manfully to this measure we shall hope from it a degree of wholesome excitement how ever it may terminate, at all events it is worthy of a word of support from he foremost man of tho party ns is Mr. Chase, Tho address is highly complimented by the most conservative portion of the Republican party. The St. Louis Intelligencer also commends it as "very mild on tbe slavery question." d b : STATE COLONIZATION SOCIETY. Wc had almost forgotten that thoro was on Ohio State Colonization Society. But we are re minded of its continued existence by notices in our exchanges from tho Southern part of tho State. From them we lean that it has commissioned two agents to labor in its behalf, Rev. Dr. Strickland and David Christy, nnd that a family of calored people will leave Oxford for Liberia in the Spring and further that the Society needs funds. Vigorous progress this Society is making in re moving the hatid colorod population to Liberia When at this rate will they accomplish this work? We should state that the man they wish the funds to remove, is endorsed by these colonizationists.as ao "experienced teacher, a good English Scholar with considerable knowledge of Latin and Greek." In the name of wonder, why docs the Colonization Society want funds to carry off such a man with his family? It is because the American peoplo hate niggerB, and give tunds to the Colonisation KuniAfv tn trims vil't ffnnd ttnltnlarH. unit ntnnriAii ced teachers, shutting out near four millions of j B native born Americans from all benefits of schools by the forms aiid penalties of law. It 'is nn this account that we have Border Ruffians ready at a moments warning for a raid upon Kansas or the lynching of a school tjifcher In Lexington. We dun't wonder that this oolored instructor proposes ! logo to Liberia after the recent experience of his j fellow townsman (Mr. Brady) of the snmo profess. ion. Schoolmasters are but poorly encou.-aged J in this model Republic. Virginia imprisons them. Louisiana bni.gs them. Kentucky lynches thorn Ohio a worthy member of the Confederacy of j persecutors, transports then, by her Xive r0l0nizn. tion Society. -k '. ' THE TRUE DOCTRINE. '."n- . H . would hav he J.nrtU t. remain in the j j ,l '" r'"''"-' ' ' 'T8 ,u ,1"" , '!'M.r fcl" mrn-in .,nit r.rarticinJ the h'gl"'"t 0 tlir";. c hpve divine n.ithon.y lr "c Z''T ' "'C r-r" I J,V tfj5 i f".'! "J''"' nnJ ,k'h;,r ,,,e, j "l".'.1' ut of llw hand or the o.wU., Jer. " f3- ' j'V r""r ",.d needy; v,,l ihe.n ! C1'1."' 'l!',Ti ,.WU''1, r t"'? 4 i 1 1, ' h,! i wn,V,s.,0,l,cr 'iroof , ,.C,U' A0. Ciin j "d "1 ".'f TV, ".i'" T E"re.T J M 1 ' n'' ' .c tfT nf '' Herald also, lor wo bel.ovo the Tiible Society has ! Tim "Ami-Slavery Buglo" in reply to the Pres. byterimi Herald's charge of being a disunioiiiit . . i . . . .. ... v . . . .i marks as follows : , Hut we would Inform the Herald that aocrding to our present light, wo sro not in favnr of dim' u..v -i. ... im.rnio .no vsarnp o . uv American 1 ract Society, tho Old School Presbyto-, rian Hoard of Publication, and other publishing j Societies, in expurgating anti-slavery sentiments i from its issues. j V.r.i.i.L. .v.. .1-T....1.. r. .,! - ... v. tails' iir I1.1II II I Mil li U JIC I IIIMIIl'U with such an increase of light that it can sob its! way clear to preach the Bible doctrine of the abo lition of slaverr. And we devoutly hone that the 'time may soon come when I'lsuiiionlsts and Re- fl,u,,liL'"""'.!l,"J n11 P'fcss to bo opposed to 'hivery, w ill come to tho same light and find at . s uG 'ZZ "in,: r 1 1 only right and practical one. . h 1 i uc noove is irom tno independent rrcss and Keformer. The extract credited to the Bugle is taken from nn article we copied from the Free Presbyterian, nnd is an expression of tho views of that paper, nnd not of tho Bugle. Accnrding to the light the Bugle now has, the "Bible Doctrine," the dnclrino of common sense nnd human experi- c'jcnce, is, that men engaged in wrong doing should abandon it at once nnd so fur as is possible make possit reparation for tho wrong of the past. Ilonce the Bugle maintains the doctrine of immediate aboli tion in regard to chattel Slavery. Hence too it contends thnt tho Union, w hich is a compact be tween the slavo claiming and non-slave claiming States, by which the latter agreo with the former, to maintain the wrong of Slavory, is also a griev ous moral wrong and should bo abolished at onco, like slavery which it supports. This we take to be "the true doctrine" for the removal of Slavery. nnu xccs,ng to urnv me cuirens ni ono pan i n.ai treat romil.lio ntn.m.t ihn ..th.ir. Closes its ri,-in"nnity i I j MESSAGE AT THE SOUTH. President Tierces Message is "damned with faint praise" iy Northern Democrats, and roundly cursed by all others from that section of the Union except the Tierce office holders. Under those cir cumstances it is doubtless agreeable to the author of the document to know thai it moots the appro hution of that class of men for whom it was es pecially intended. Tho ultra and uncompromising slave-holders. The Charleston Standard is loud in its praises and backs up with enorgy the Tresidential recom mendation for the suppression of all efforts to pro tect personal freedom at the North. Such protec tion is eminently dangerous to personal slavery at the South. : The South Caroliuan gives vent to his satisfaction as follows: The message of tho President is all that could be expected by tho South, as regards the institu tion of slavery. From his position, in the highest office in tho whole country, the entire Union must be included in his consideration and it is suffi cient, and all the South has over asked that what is given her by the constitution she shall be allow ed in quiet to enjoy. Mr. Pierce has shown the inclination to accord this justice. He has presen ted '.he comparison between the Northern and Southern States in their deportment towards each othor, aud has made the display of funatacism with all its repulsive features. THE INTERNAL WEAKNESS OF SLAVE STATES. Republican friends, and have made arrangements for tho issue in pamphlet form of ull important speeches that may be made during tho present Congress, They have also engaged tho services of a very competent German translator, with the in and tention, should the means be afforded, to havA Wo are accustomed to hear no small nmount.of bluster from the chivalry of South Cvrolina. 01 course every body knows that with her slaves out numbering her free population, the State must be without power fur assault or even defence. The same state of things in fact though not in degree, exists in all the slavo States. A Carolina corres pondent of the New York Tribune, speaking of this stato of things, says : When it is known that the funds in tho Treasu ry of this Stale are inadequato to meet the do mands of an extravagant aristocracy; that the peo ple are already taxed beyond cudur.mce; that not only is there n tax imposed on every article of merchandise, but a personal tax on every white male und on every free colored person, male and female, whether negro, mulatto, Indian, half-breed or (by. roccnt enactments) Egyptians, while every slave nnd all other property ore subject to heavy assessments. The Legislature during its recent session have thought it necessary in almost every particular to increase the burdens already imposed upon the poople; nnd as it is known Mint the wholo population of this Stato does not exceed 070,000, with no inanulaciories to sustain them, and that the price of cotton is low, what have the people .of tho North, what have tho Frco Stato men of Kan sas, to fear from the chivalry of South Carolina? The fact is, tho Southern States feel themselves to be in a weak and tottering condition. Tho pros pects to tho individual planter, especially in tho present depressed state of the cottcn market, are not sufficiently flattering to induce him to make great sacrifices on behalf of Slavery in Kansas, and noither men nor money can be found for this purpose irt numbers or amount sufficient to make any formidable nrray in Kansns, should it come to an open military engagement. It is true, So:Hh Carolina is not tho wholo South; but what is true of this State must bo proportionately true of nil the Sntithorn States, and should it coino to a trial of strength between tho North nnd tho South, thoro can bo littlo doubt of what would be the ultimate result. Planters and owners of slaves are tho only persons who feel a deep interest jn upholding "the peculiar institution, " und they I dare not leave their patrol and militia duties at j . m0 w ...osu ..o are inu.uoreiu ou ino sunjoct. then, ran they take on active part in the con-! test ? They cannot do it, except to a very limited extent; and a firm, united stand on the part or the North, would soon convince the South of the futil ity of any attempt on their part to establish Sla very In Kansas by force of arms. J. W. Barber, who was coolly murdered by a company of tbe ruffians who recently invaded Kan sas, was formerly a citizen of Prcbble county in this Stute. His old neighbors and friends recently held a meeting in which tboy passed resolutions endorsing his character ns poa;eablo, moral, worthy inun dciiuiincing his murderers and urg ing an attempt to bring them to justice. If they commence notion under this last rusolu- . , l.i ... ;., . " 1 UL'K'"'" reiiaem nerce and Governor Shannou. They are principals in the bloody dood. What Tiirr are Doinu. The Republican assocl ation of Washington City aunounce that they havo taken a Hall in a central position in that city, es tablished a Readim?-Rohm (of ilm Knfi e mnoy of the sptcehe translated iuto the Gcrruon ! language , i j .i. DEATH OF WILLIAM H. ASHURST. U w ill bo seen that our wi.ld, honored end revore I friond. V,..uA . As.itasT. Esq., an P,i,,riil Solicitor of London, and the snnnort.e f ,! cause of freedom at home and throi.ghout the ,.rld. has been removed In the spirit-land. after lotr-pr..tracted boldly sum-ring, 'ilia loss i. a. nll,T,ral as the globe. Ho was truly noble bin int.giitr. hi, modesty, his sympathy !th outlawed liberty, has ca.holie nature, his 'ense c.f juMico. bis reverence for tho right his i,ldPnt nndcomprehenvivo mind, his generous benevolence, bis mernl firmness and intrepidity, nntI in hUnn hn(1 , f . ie nA' , in this country are familiar with bis lributor8 to this Magazine may say from month to How, ,, - ....... . , . The Liberator notices the death of this distin- H",r""" Mittumit t itiiniiiiirooisr, frtitl...! rt:.:..i. tii.-.i .i . The Anti-Slavery "pinion which were freoly communicated over the hi'Lnft"'re "f Edward Senich. I lie Liberator says 0 l.ts raco. We proffer to his surviving children our tcmlcrcst sympathies. , ,. ihginm Moving tor V ojian's Rmnis. The following resolution was recently introduced into the Virginia Legislature. What disposition has since been made of it we cannot say " Resolved, That the Committees of Gonoral Law s be instructed to report a bill with proper pro visions, giving to married women tho absolute and rrtPr.y the real and person est.,. mc'7"c-T P."efleJ '" he" right at the "ne of marriage, or which they shall acquire by "esconi or otherwise during coveture, tree trout the martial right nnd control ot the husband, and exempt from his liabilities." . . , FfoiTivF in Canada. Hiram Wilson writes from Canada to the Liberator: There has been an unusually large influx of sUnngers in Canada during the past year from Southern slavery. At this important halting-placer we have had the plonsure nf receiving 120 or more of this class, and ministering to their necessities. At the various Niagara crossings, and further eastward, about 4()0 have entered the 'promised land,' nnd it is estimated that from four to s't hun dred have come ovor upon the western frontier; so that the nggrnjnto of arrivals for the year oould not be much if any short of one thousand. At the South, these self-emancipated ones would doubt less be valued at nearly a million of dollars. Here they regard themselves as of infinitely greater valuo. The National Democratic Convention for nomL nating Picsident nnd Vice President is to held iu Cincinnati on the first Monday in June. . The Iowa Domocrats have appointed a delegation to represent them which is in.fnvorof Stephen A. Duugluss. The Lexington Mon. Tho Lexington News. papers justify the mob in that city which expell ed Mr. Brady. They do not however deny the facts of Mr. B.'s letter. The crime is not in the commission of deeds of darkness, but in their ex posure. A Periodical tor Youth. One of the neatest and best nf this class of publications is the ScnooL-Fii-low's Maoazine. Published by Dix and Ed wards, 10 Park Plaoe, New-York. Our young "riends will be sure to got the full worth of their money in the pleasant entertainment and useful in straction which tho Magazine will afford them for the year. - Excelsioh. or the Reformers Companion, a monthly Magazine It is well to imitate the Fathers if they lead in tho tight way. Publius Syrus. Vol. I. Jan. 1850 No. 1. D. Lyman, Jr., J. B. Beach and Mrs. H. F. M. Brown, editors. L. E. Barnard, Proprietor, Cleveland and Cincin nati, Ohio. L. E. Barnard & Co , Boston,, Bel Mash; 15 Franklin St. Terms, $2,00 a year in advance - ' Such is the long nnd ostentations title page ef Si new Magazine now before us. Besides its three editors, it publishes n list of t'some" (40 or 50), of its promised Contributors, embracing some of the' Freest of Free Thinkers, and some of the ablest and most radical reformers of the age. The ob ject it proposes to itself, is "the removal of vicious practices in the individual, evil usages in society, and pernicious errors in theology." It hopes also "to help reformers to understand what are evils and what are not. What reforms require priority of attention and how all that are needful, really re require each other." The present No. contains a picture and Biographical sketch of Henry C. Wright, and several excellent essays on various topics of reform by editors and contributors, also -a sp'uitual Communication by Thomas Puine, which i as it should be in the "Excelsior" is above the ar- erage of communications of its kind which have met our observation. The ol ject of the Magazine - in attempting to give Reformers a more just and' comprehensive view of their work, and to teach' them more fully the beautiful harmony whioh ex- -ists between all truth, and all just efforts for hu man advancement, is of the greatest importance, and we wish the conductors of the Magazine the most abundant success in this direction. ' Ou (ho "Proprietors" page we find the following "excelsior" nolice. "Editors of Newspapers, Jour nals, &c, publishing our prospectus once, and edi torially calling attention to the same; if they no tice each No of tho Magazineavora&ty as it is re ceived, and send such notices to the Editors of the Magazine, will receive it regularly in return for their pains." Of all the undisguised propositions for baying lying newspaper puffs which have come under our observation, we do not recollect any that have quite equullod this. We beg "the Proprietor" not to' consider this "arorate o" in acceptance of his proposition. For however desirous we may be of learning what the excellent Editors and Con-' month, we prefer to obtain it in some honest and honoi able method. It will give us pleasure to ex change with the Magazine if agreeable to those who conduct it. Otherwise the Proprietor will please not send us any more of its numbers till he receives the money for its subscription. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Tbe following call appears in tho Republican papers : TO REPUBLICANS OF THE U.S. In accordance with what appears to be the gen eral desire of tho Republican party, and ot tbe sujgestiun of a large portion of the Republioao, press, the undersigned, Chairmen of the State publican Committees of Maine, Vermont,' Massa chusetts, New York, Pennsylvauia, Ohio, Miuhigao Indiana and Wisconsin, herohy invite the- Kinub- licans or the Union to meet in informal CoareatioB at Pittsburgh, on the 2d February, 1835, for tbe purpose of perfecting the National Org-utixation, and providing for a National Delegate Convention of the Republican party, at somo sirbeeiuont day, nomiiiato candidates for the- Fresvlettcy d Vice Presidency, to bo supported ad the election in November, 1850. - A. r. STOVI of Ohio. flAVID WllHOT of Pit, z. r.coKRtmi of Mass. lAwu'cr, br ain f (tp rf Va. ' WILLIAM A, M'UIII Ol' Wis,