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THE ANTI-SLA VEItY BUGLE.
lot a peaceful arrangement. Men began to call'
It cowardice, on tbe on hand ; and wo, who
watched olosely the criavn, fearod that this effort
to be magnanimous would demoraliie the eon-
eoionce and tlx courago of tha North. v Wo were
afraid that, na thu hour went bj, tha virtue of the
people, white-heal na it stood on tho 4 h da; or
March, woull be cooled by the temptation, I;
j h suspense, by the want and eifToiing that were
Stalking from the AtT.ini'0 to thi valley of the
Mississippi. Wt were afraid the government
Would wait too lon, and fin 1, at List, that instead
of a united people, the; were deserted, and left
lone to moot the foo.
a All this time, the South., knew, recognized, by
htr 'o'va knowledge of oobMltutlonal queitiona,
lb at tbe government could not advance one inch
""towards ackoowleilgtng" secession; " Mi'uV" whan
Abraham Lincoln swore to eu-ppurt thr Constitu
tion and lawi of the United States, be was bound
j to die under, the flag on Fori Sumter, if necessary
,: (loud applause). Tliej knew, therefore, that the
oall on tbe Administration to acknowledge the
Commissioners of I ho Condfcdcroey was a delusion
. . and a swindle. I know the wholo argument for
, accession. Up to a certain extent, I. occedo to it.
But no Administration , that ,ia cot .traitor, can
ever acknowledge accession (cheers). . The right
4 of a State to eeeede, under the Constitution of the
T . I n iv 1 1 r lrnnvra nnlhiniv. fina n riaht In linnw nnth-
log, but tbe CoDitituiiqn. ot tho United Stats
loud cheers). The right of e Stoto to eoccdo, nt
,a evolutionary right, is unloniable; but it ia the
, nation that ia to recoguiae that; at:d .tho nation
"offered, in broad. convention, nt the suggestion of
Kentucky, to meet tbe question. The offer was
declined. The government and tha nation, there
fore, are all right (applause). They aro right on
, constitutional law; they are right on tho princi
ples of tbe Declaration of Independence (cheers).
, Let me explain this more lully, for this reason;
,becaue and I thank God for it, every American
should be proud of it you cannot maintain a war
in tbe United States of America against a consti
tutional or a revolutionary right. .Tho people of
these States have too la'ge brains and too many
ideas to fight blindly to lock horns like a couple
id beasta in the sight cf ,the world (ipplousc).
Cannon think in this nineteenth century; and you
must put the North in the right whully, undenia
bly' inside of tho Constitution or out of it before
jou can justify her in tha faco of the world; before
vsu oan nour Massachusetts, like an avalanche
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through the streets of Baltimore (great cheering),
And carry Lexington nod the 19th of April south
of Mason and Dixon's line (rerevred cheering). Let
Mt take an honest prido in the fact that our Sixth
Jlegimeot made a woy for itself through Balti
more, and were tho first to reach the threatened
Capital. In tbe war. of opinions Massachusetts
has a right to bs the first in the field. .
I .. I said I knew the wholo argument for secession.
Very briefly lot me slate tbe point?. No govern
ment provides for its own death; therefore there
car-be no constitutional right to Eocede. But
there is a revolutionary right., The Declaration
f Independence j establishes, what the heart of
very American acknowledges, that tbo. people
xuark yOul tbk fiopleI -have, a'tvaye aa inher
ent, paramount, io alien able right to change their
governments,, wheneve they think whenever
then thiok-that it will niio-ieter to their -hoppi-.
.. - TkD ta ii-rtlnflnHffir-Tlfc! -v WnW TlL'HL
did South Carolina and Massachusetts come into
the Uoioof ' They cema into it by. a convention
reoresentine the people.. Souto. Csroliua . alleges
tbat abe bas gone out by contention.- So. far right.
She says that when the people take the State right
fully out of the Union, the right to forts and oil
Bali ioal property goes JsvUh . it.. Granted. She
slays, also, that it is tro matter that wo bought Lour
iaiana of. France and Florida ..of -apain,.:. A o. bar
gain. made, do money paid betwixt us and France
r Spain could rob Florida or, Louisiana of her
right tu remodel her government whonever tlic
people found il would be for their happiness. So
far, right, , The peoi'LE mark youJ: South Caro
lina -presents herself to the Administration at
Washington, and says, "There is a:voto of my
csnvenlion that I go out of the Union." , 1 can
not see you," says Abraham Lincoln (loud
. cheers). : "As President, I have no eyos but con
stitutional eye; I cannot? see jou" (renewed
cheer.). . lfo was right. Bet Madison soid, Ham
ilton raid, tbe Fathers (aid, in ' Na man but
a) enemy of liberty will ever stand on technicali
ties and forms, when tbe essence is in .question."
Abraham Lincoln coold not see the . ConimUsion
ers of South Carolina,, but the North oouW; the
tioa could; and tbe nation respunded, "If you
want a Constitutional Secession, such as you
claim, but whicbl ropudiato, T will waive , forms
let us meet in convention, aaJ we will arrange
it" (applause), e Surely, while one olitiuie a right
wtrbio tbe Constitution, it may without dishonor
tnomiuBtiinft meet in eonv'ontion, even if final-
lefusine to be fcound by' itw, To .decline doing
so U only evidence cf intention to provoke war.
Eembing -under that instrument is peace. ,v
eitbini under: that instrument may be changed
l. National Convention. Tho South says, "No!"
Ska savt ''If Tou don't n!lw tic the Consiitu
sioaat right, i claim the revolutionary right.'.' The
NbAb responds ."When you have torn tha Con-
atitatiaa into fragments, I recognize Ibe right of
tnt popl of South Carolina to model their gov
ernment.' Yes; I recog,nie the right of the three
fcifbdred and eighty-fmr thousand white men, and
four hundred and eight? four thousand black mro,
' totaodel their Constitution. Snow rae ono that
tbey have adopted, and I will reoogniie tbe revo
lution (ahecrs). But tha moment you treau .cut
side of the Cbnstitutioni tho black man is cot
tbree-fiftbs of a manho is a whole one' (loud
Cheering).; Yes, the Eutuis has a right to secede;
tbe South bas right to modal her government;
il,a ninmint. she shows os four million
bliek votes thrown even against it, I will acknowl
edge Ibe Deolaratiou of Independence is complied
with (loud app!,tse) that rus ttoPLE, south of
Mnn and Diken'a line, have .remodelled their
got em me t to auit themselves: and our function
il v)oly teoojout it. : i -,'
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POSITION OF PARSON BROWNLOW.
From the Knoxville Whig.
tfaocLAaUTi" st tne Pbes'iijint Dispatches
IT
were received here last evening to the effect that
tte President has issued a proclamation, conven-
lng"sd extra session ofCongress' on tbj 4b
Jul?' 'Also, a call through' the "War Department
upon tbe authorities of the Ststcs, for seventy-five
thousand Volunteeis, to , meet mis e:iiorftouoj.
Tbe Government will also cut off ibe mails in the
RmaciIkJ Slate, .iu we miv now see what is eom-
0l ' filiate looked the' matter full In (be faee,
.oa vt are still, on the aide 'of ibe 'Government.
Wt shari lake sides with the Stars at)4 Strlpss,
Ani la the face of all the' bunylng 'end. blustering
of TMsuouiuists, ' we e'noforse- hi 'action' f ear
Oartrameot. Intuit after ioiult'bal Wu'uffrcd,
without resentment on the part of our Government;
and worse thin all, a deliberate purpose to march
upon the Capital at Washington, by tho Kob?ls
of the Southern Confederacy, has Coso to light,
and il la tha duty of the Government to defend it,
ontil the Potomao runs with blood to its mouth!
This Army called for, is really to dofcod Ibe Capi
tal, in pari at least.
THE TREASON LAW OF THE STATE.
An Act to runish Treason and other Crincs
passed yestordoy, vis i
Sec. 1. Any person rosiding in this State who
shall levy war against this State, or tbe United
Stater, or shall knowingly adhere to the enemies
of this State or tha United States, giving them aid
and eomfott, shall be doomed guilty of treason
against the State nf Ohio, and on conviction shall
be imprisoned in the Penitentiary, at hard labor,
during lifo.
Sec, 2. Any person, dtj., residing within this
State who shall surrender or betray, or be in any
way concerned in surrendering or botrnying any
military post, fortification, arsenal or militaty
stores of this State or the Uaited States, into tho
possession or power of any enemies of either, or
hall supply arms or ammunition or military
stores to such enemies, or who shall unlawfully,
and without authority, usurp possession nnd con
trol of any such military post, fortification, ar
senal or miliary stores, or having knowledge of
any treason ogainst this State or tho United Statei,
shall wilfully umit or refuse to givo information to
the Governor, or some Judge of this State, or to
the President of the United States, shull be guilty
as accessories to treason, and on conviction
thereof shall be Imprisoned in the Penitentiary, at
hard labor, not lest than ten, nor mora than twen
ty years.
Sec. 3. That if any person shall, within this
State, begin or set on foot, Or provido or prepare
the means for, any unauthorized military expedi
tion or enterprise, to be carried on from thence
ngaiust the teriitory or people of any of the Uni
ted States, every pcrscn so offending shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic
tion thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment
in the penitentiary of this State not less than one
nor moio than ten years.
Sec. 4. No person shall be convicted of treason
b'jt by the testimony of tvto lawful witnesses to
tbe samo ovort act of treason, whereof he stands
indicted, unless he confesses the same in open
court, and no person shall be convicted of an of-
fsnce under the second or third sections of this
act, but by the testimony of two credible witnc96es
unless the person indicted confesses his guilt in
open court.
Sec, 5. This act takes effect from its passsge,
FORT MONROE.
Foil Monroe, Virgiuia, is one nf the strongest
forts in the United States, and constitutes the
north point of the entrance to James Bivcr, and
with Frt Calhoun, which is one mile distant, com
mands the entrance to that river. In summer,
tbe spot which ia known as Old Point Comfort is
a favorite resort for bathers. Tbe fort itself is
tor? laree. The walls aro more than a mile in
circuit, very thick and bigb,
ajoav, Tuich ie; from; sixty to
wioe.owitb 'elghS ":te$t of er,
outer-bnt;erie9.' It mounts some
ta'15iK?nf, lhamotUra.foMh-owing'helli, fui
oaoea lor beating balls, do. Nothing could ap
proach within three miles, except under the fire
of all these batteries. The walls enclose, some
seventy-five acres, in the centre of which is the
vast parade ground the quarters of the troops
facing the latter on all Bides. Il bas frequently
been described as a most magnificent place, live
oak and oihy trees making its neighborhood ex
ceedingly ploasaut and attractive during tbe sum
mer months. Outside . the moat is a fine walk,
which commands, a view of the sea. The fort
was garrisoned by five hundred mon ia January or
February last. It will afford accommodations for
an immense number ot troops, ana a large iorce
is even Decessary to work its many batteries.
Two regiments have sailed from Boston to oooopy
this fortress. Aeto Haven Register.-
surrounded by a
Conor tHtna'reaV foeii
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THE BLOCKADING QUESTION.
WASHINGTON, April 29.
Some excitement has been caused in diplomatic
circles in conscqueace of tho President's Procla
mation directing a blockade of the southern ports.
It appears, that a blockade, to le respected by
foreign powers, must not only be effectod, but that
due notice must be given of such intention to their
representatives. With Brazil and all South Amer
ican Governments a notice of ninety days is re
quired under treaty, but this has not been given
by our government, hence conoignmen'.s of coffee
and other material products designed for Southern
ports aie delayed in thoir transportation to that
portion of the country, merchants not being satis
fied of the effects of an immediate blockade. It
has therefore become necessary that specific in
quiries be made of the Federal Government in re
lation to this subject, so that troaty rights and
privileges be not damaged.
The foreign ministers will insist that tbe stipu
lations shall be respected and observed, otherwise
naval forces will 1 o dispatched hither as a means
of foreign protection. The dolicacy of the ques
tion 13 apparent, and from what is known may in-
vulvo serious consequences to all concerned; at all
ettir.ta nroduce trouble now, as well as in the
future. . .
Among the lottcrs recently received at tbe Post
Offioe Department, was' one from a South Carolina
postmaster, tounterraanding orders for stamps,
and refusing to make returns, saying he will at
tend to the business as soon aa tbe Post Master
General shall reach Washington.
Many'of tho offioiu! letters sent hither bear
the corner a representation of the Confederate
Flag. ' - -
Gentlemen of Virginia say tbe ordinanoe of se
cession will be confirmod by over one hundred
thousand majority.
A DELICATE QUESTION.
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Washington, April 9. Some excitement has
been caused in diplomatio circles, in consequence
of the President's proclamation diteoting a block
ade of tbe Southern purls.
It appears that a blockade, to be respected
foreign powers, must not only be effeoud, but
that due notice must bo given of such intention
their representatives with Brasil and all Sooth
American governnMBte: A notice of niuety days
is required auder tacaty, but this bas not beta
given by our Governmeat? henee consignments
coffee and' other national products designed
Seutbern porta, are delayed in their transporta
tion to that portion of the 'country. Merchants
net Wng iatis9e of tbe effects of aa imeiate
blookade, it hastborefore becomo necessary that
speuiBa inquires bs'tnads'cf the Federi.l Govern
ment, in relation to this subject, so that treaty
rights and prif, leges be not damaged. Tbe for
eign ministers ill , insist thyt tha stipulations
shall be respected and observed otherwise Daval
forces will be dispatched bitber as means of
foreign protection.
The delicacy of the question Is apparent, and
from what is known may involve serious ooose
quenccs to all concerned. At all events produce
trouble now as well as la the future,
From the New York Evening Post.
THE POSSIBLE FATE OF VIRGINIA.
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It is a sad fate that is Impending over Virginia,
in case she should fail to stand firmly by the
American government.
Virginia, In that case, will be the seat of war.
If she should otnnect herself with the seceding
states she will put herself at the mercy of the con
tending armies. Tha plan of Jefferson Davis is
to possess biuiso'f of the city of Washington, of
the offices of government, the archives, the navy
yard on the Potoruao, and all the symbols of au
thority. Tu do this he must Obtain the sonsent ol
Virginia to cross her frontier and march through
the state upon the capital. .
If this be done, as it undoubtedly will be, un
less Virginia should bar her territory against him
and unless the Insurgents renounce their plans
and again acknowledge the authoiity of tho
American government, tho troops summoned by
the President to tho defence of the capital will
not wait thoir coming. Our army will go forth to
meet them on the way, and thr : thcro will be
marchings and counicrmarshingS, and enonmpings
and skirmishings. Hostile armios do not rush to
a general engagement as soon as tbey ome with
in sound of each other's guns, but seek to minoeu
vre each other into somo disadvantage of position
In Ibe meantime tbe troops must bo fed. The
grain and flour for ths soldiers of Jeff.-rsin Davis
must be produced by Virginia. The hay and pro
vender for the horses must be supplied by Vir
ginia. The herds and flocks of Virgiuia must Le
slaughtered for the daily rations' of the rebel ar
my. All business near the region occupied by
armies must be suspended; the tillage of tbe coil
must be interrupted; the crops of the coming year
will Dover be gathered, for the ground will not be
broken up nor the seed sown.
In evory war, whether it be a civil war or other
wise, the districts which are ocoupied by the
troops, and in which the fighting takes place, arc
those which suffer infinitely most. Elsewhere the
ordinary pursnits of life go on as before: trtdo,
tiling', manufactures are active, but in the track
of war what do we see? Devastation, burning',
robberies, families drivon from their dwellings,
sudden poverty, fear, flight, death. When Spain
was the Beat of war, the French and English ar
mies subsisted upon tbe resources' of the country
to ths frightful impoverishment of its iuhabitapts;
and tbe path of each army was, more or less, and
necessarily, a path of revecge. To this day the
Spunish bate both the belligerents in that war,
but tbey bate much the more heartily tbe English,
e government ,o
to pay the farmers' an 3 'planters o'f Virgipia for
the supplies it takes? It may happen that Virginia
will be expeoted (o support gratuitously the army
which enters tbe state to support the rights of the
South. It may happen tbat it will be tegarded
as an impeachment of Virginia patriotism to offer
anything by way ol remuneration. But if pay
ment should be made, in what coin will it bet In
scrip of tbe Confederate States in drafts on an
empty treasury, in bonds of their mock govern
ment, none of which will be worth ten cents in
tha dollar. Tbe other border slaves states Ken
tucky, Tennessee, North Curoliun will have the
privilege of selling what they produce, and may
keep back what tbey have if they dp Dot like the
mode of payment, but in tho region which is the
seat of war, the armies will take what is near
at hand and what thoy must have wLctbcr tl.e
owner gives bis consent or not. . .. ,
As to the Gulf states, the loaders in the south
ern rebellion will never allow them to be the scat
of war. Io that region there is neither corn Dor
wheat, and the flocks and herds are few. In the
seceding states do grass is mown, nor is forage fur
horses produced. A fearful drought I as prevailed
throughout a great port of that bioad but thinly
peopled district. Mississipi and Alabama at this
moment are stricken by .famine ; a large part
South Carolina and Georgia suffer from scarcity
of provisions. Jefferson Davis and bis eounsol-
lors turn their eyes to the northern slare states
and labor the more earnestly to draw them into
the Confederacy because tbey know tbat without
the aid of their abundant supplies their army can
not be kept together.
In the Gulf States at the present . moment tbe
pneo ot pork is iwenty-nve collars a parrot ; lout
of beef ranges from twelvo to eighteen. Indian
corn is sold for a dollar and twenty cents a bush
el ; flour costs from seven to eight, dollars a bar
rel. There is not a too of bay for , their cavalry
except what is brought from tbe North. Shrewd
calculators estimate the expenses of the Commis
sariat alone of the southern army at from one
two millions o( dolli.rs for every month it ia kept
on foot ; and the entire monthly cost at not lees
than ten millions. This is a burden wholly be
yond tbo power of the rebel government to bear
lueir army must uisperso or itseu, tnrougn mere
inanition, if this state of th'ngs should last lung.
It is therefore certain that, whether an attack
on Washington be ountemplated or Dot, the mana
gers of the southern rebellion will do their best
quarter their army upon the more favored region
to tbe north of them. Once in Virgiuia, on pre
tence of a meditated invasion of the North, io
Virgiuia tbey will remain. Beyond that they will
never venture. Tbey would be overabelmed and
hewn in pieuea by iodignaat multitudes suddenly
called to arms, the moment thoy showed bcm:
selves north of the Potomac. , ; , . ..
Such will be the fate of Virginia if she links
her fortunes to those of tbe seceding states and
the civil war goes en. That noble state from side
to side will be pillagud, wasted, devo'utcd, and
ber prosperity,- slow as its progress is, and
likely to bo under the curse of slavory, will
put back for half a century, : ,
' It is for the people of Virginia to say whether
tbey are ready t plun Into the gulf thus opened
before them. Their Convention may pass an orJi
aaneo of secession, but it will be- for Ibe ci'.isaos
of tbat state to say whether they will give il vali
dity, Tbey must consider whether they are wil
ling to saorifise everything tbey value to
scheme o.f eiparate oenfederaeyrin which
polittcitni idly dream tbat tbey shall be able
who espoused their cause,, and . fpiilht by their
tblejj'arioT 'werejf Viortereff -'upoA a frionilly
But'how is the government .or Jefferson Davis
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give law. The advantages of secession to Virg'tn
ii'ars doubtful and shadowy, to say the least; the
ruin It will bring upon their state is sure, (right
ful and all-iovolving.
COTTON.
Whatever turn affairs may take in the seceded
btates whether they return to tbe obedience of
the Oenoial Government, or be allowed a separate
Confederacy one point is certain to be gained to
the growing civilisation oi the world, and that is
a more extended culture of cotton, for nothing is
more clear than tbat success must attend the ef
forts of the millionaires of the world to obtain
cotton supplies from free labor. Tht London
Timet iayi t .
"Tho men who devised and directed tho great
plot ol secession bolicved themselves indispcnsible
to the world. They conceived that ths manufac
turers of Europe, and of this country especially,
depended absolutely on the products of their soil.
They wero the cotton growers of tho world, and
as the world could not do without cotton, it could
not do without them. There was considerable
warrant for this presumption ; but what is the
turn which events have actually taken J Instead
of being frightened into, acquicnecence and ap
proval, instead of closing with any torms for tho
continued supply of cotton from Charleston, Eu
rope has decided rather on looking about for frosh
markets. Tho measures which have been taken
and the propositions which havo been made on
this point, since the beginning of the rupture,
constitute one of the most extraordinary phenomena
oj tht present age. There bas been a positive
scrawblo for tho place which the Southern States
of the Union were supposed to be vacating. The
office of producing raw material fur British cotton
mills is eagerly and clamorously sought after.
In Asia, in Africa, in America, and iu Austria,
people are ready and anxious to undertake the
duty. L,ijit, Ethiopia, Abbeokuta, India, New
Granada, and a doz n other countries besides, are
competing for our orders."
LETTER FROM MARLBORO.
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Siuco the financial necessities cf tbe Western
Anti-Slavery Society compel its Executive Com-
mitteo tU6UBpcnd the publication of the Buglo, 1
detiro in this, its lust issue, to pot upon record my
testimony to the fidelity with w hich it has adhered
to tho causa of the slave throughout its whole exis
tence, and undor the management of each of its
several Editors. Indeed, to this fidelity alone is
to be attributed the necessity which enforces i;s
discontinuance. True to the causa of its clients
whoever else proved faithless, zealous and active
whoever might be lukewarm and indifferent, un
compromising in rebuke of sect or party, whore
tnc60 tailed in duty towards the oppressed, it has
prcfered Io die that tho Truth may live. For none
candoubt that the intellectual ability with which
it bas been conducted, might readily have achieved
for it popularity, pecuniary support, and long life,
if these, instead of faithfulness to tbe cause of
Human rights, bad been the objects at which it
aimed.
It is not to be supposed that the labors of those
who have co-operated together to effect a great
o' ject, making the Bugle their chief organ, will
feel themselves aJiberly to cease or even to abate
their labor on account of its discontinuance.
The wonderful change in tbe circumstances which
surround us within the last few months, admonish
us of the necessity for a corresponding change in
the direction to which we give our labors. As a
consequence in part of the efforts we have given
towards (be liberation of tbe slave, we now find
ourselves surrounded by hurried preparations for
bloody war. Many of us I bope and bolieve in
sentiment and not are non-resistants. Forbidden
ky our principles to tako tbe eword and unite in
tha onset upon the slave owners, and rond by vio
lence their victims from their grasp, equally foi-
bidden by our duty to our oppressed brethren to
fu!d our hands in quiet and make no further strug
gle lor their rlieef, we have now each to choose os
inatvuuals w uat direction we shall give to our
labors.
We are not in the beginning of tbo war. Ever
since the first slaves wero lauded upon this conti
nent, civil war bas been in progress among the
American people. Since the National govern
ineot was formed until the present day, all the
people who have participated in it have been
wacing upon tho slaves. Now tbe oppressors arc
about throttle each other, Believing that tho sins
of the people are so atrocious that present retribu
tion is unavoidable and tbo only means by w hich
they can rise, to a condition wherein reform is
practicable, I rejoice thai it is so. Reform is
possible only by the abolition of slavory as the
first step. The moral principle of (hose about Io
engage actively in this war will never lead them
to seek the abolition of slavery, but it is highly
probable that its events may be such as to make
emancipation a political, and military necessity.
Like the purification of the physical atmosphere
by hurricane and storm, this war may sweep out
of existence the chief obstacle to our peoples pro
gress in better things. And now is the lime to
endeavor to give suoh direotion to the public mind
as will seoure this object. Now is tho time to en
deavor to make it apparent to all, and particularly
to all publio men, the inherent weakness as well as
the inconsistency of a national policy requiring the
coerced obedience of four millions of slaves ma
the one band, and at the same moment of reduc
ing to subjection their rebellious masters upon the
other.
Without the adoption of a policy which thought
ful men can sanction, the present warlike enthusi
asm will, necessarily bo short lived and abortive,
and afford to its leaders bo permanent popularity
and strength. But by the adoption of the con
struction of the Constitution given by John Qoio
cey Adams, that tbe condition oi war gives to tbe
government a constitutional power to abolish sla
very, it may speedily bo brought to a triumphant
close, those participating in it in the meanwhile
preserving their self-respeot and securing the ap
probation and assistance of all Christendom bo
sidee. Non resistants cannot join in the violence
of these. But that violence which they are impo
tent to, restrain or prevent, it is their duty to en
deavos to divert so far aa possible iuto the least
harmful channels. To me it seems to be the. duty
of every Individual, be the influence which be
exercise little or muob, to give the whole of it now
in tbe attempt to secure the adoption of tuch
policy by the government.
Many who may read this eculd bare an influ
ence upon their members in Congresr, Ibe mem
bers of Ibe Cabinet, and othor leading men,
should they chose to correspond with them. And
the united influence of all Ibe antisavery men
ths nation who desire just such policy in the
zovernment, if brought to bear upon it just at this
junoture, I Verily believe would accomplish II,
A. BROOKE.
MARLBORO April 20th, 1861.
LETTER FROM PHILADELPHIA.
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Ed. Bugle: It bas been soma time since I in
truded myself on your notice. In my last I wrote
thatl'lhings were wotk'tn," end may now add,
they are working harder matters are hastening
to a crisis. Our politicians, heretofore, have satu
rated us with crises, but all their talk ot tariffs,
banks, and other state and national affairs, seem
like mere moonshine in comparison to what is now
going on. The bloody Issue, it seems, bas at last
arrived, in which tbe great contest between liber
tv and slavery has to be deoided for that is the
question of ths day, although fighting for the
union is the ostensible object held up to view by
the administration and those who are In for the
war. To me it looks as If the Union is gone past
patching, and I cannot think that our touthcrn
brethren oan bo whipped in again though I am
quite sure they will be conquered in the Cold of
battle.
Webster onoo said, there is no Sunday in revo
lutionary times. For that saving, bis political op
ponents stigmatised him aa a sort of beathen; but
the sentiment bs uttered ia verified now, and here
in this oity of Brotherly Live, last Sunday the
work of enlistment was going on as on week
days; and this morning I went to tho Philadelphia
and Baltimore station, and there I saw some ball
doisn companion, encamped in the tent or taber
nacle of the Young Men'e Christian Association.
Tho captains were marching their various com
panies along the streets to tbe sound of tbe drum,
and putting tho men through some of the military
evolutions in order to train them how to kill and
be killed according to the laws of war, on tbo field
of Hood and glory t And passing by the Girard
House, (now Dot a hotel, but sort of military
place.) I could hear tho ratitlo, of perhaps hun
dreds of sewing machines, making uniforms for
tho volunteers, and there are a thousand women at
work, it Is said.
Companies from other States have been passing
through here, and among those, I saw the Massa
chusetts regiment, whioh tbe next day were at
tacked in Baltimore, and some of them killed,
while othere shot down a number of mobocrats
in turn. I also saw the celebrated New York 7th
regiment, a jolly set of chaps, enter the ebip
which conveyed them to Washington. And on the
streets, in the armories, at a score or two of public
rooms, and in the parks, we can continually bear
tbe din of drum and fife, the measured tread of
raw recruits or experienced fuglemen, and com
panies, preparing for some woeful conflict which
is to send weeping, if not desolation in many a
household, and blight the prospects of many a
dreamed future of happiness. Truly, war is a
dread scourge.
And the war enthusiasm seems almost unboun
ded. There are tens of thousands of Sags, within
this city, to day, fluttering in the gales or breezes
as tbey come to us from tbe warm south land.
There are great flags, costing their hundreds of
dollars each, down to the tiny, thumb paper sizo,
carried by tbe little, ragged street boys, who also
have their lilliputian drums, and other cheap ac
coutrements with which to play tbe soldier and
show their enthusiasm. We have a tremendous
unanimity on that point here. Were a man, even
ever so privately, to say any thing indicating that
be sympathised with our southern brethren, be
would be in danger of being burg on tbe nearest
lamp post. Why Bob Tyler, son of ex-President
Tyler, one of the F. F. Vs., had to run for bis
lifo, and seek protection at tbe hands of the police.
The Puluiotto Flag was sumarily suspended, and
tbe office where it was printed would have been in
razed to tbe ground, I suppose, bad not tbe police
terfered. I saw some two or thres hundred excited
people as near tho office os they could got, discuss
ing the question if demolition in great earnestness.
I think it doubtful, under the present state of pub
lic feeling, whether Dr. Lird, or Dr. Spring, or
any of those pro-elavery D. D's., could with safe
ty preach some of tho ccrmons attributed to them,
especially in suoh as they expressed sympathy
with the sou'h. Men whose breaths are laden
with the fumea of alcohol, now denounce the
whole south as a set of thieves pro-.-lavery as
tbey have been, thus verifying the allegations for
which the rankest abolitionists have heretofor
been mobbed for uttering against tbe slaveholder,
and not the entire southern poople.
Last Sunday the war question got right in the
meeting of Progressive Friends, One man made
an excellent little speech in favor of peace princi
pics, but so warlike did many of the speakers and
others feel, that be was listened to with great im
patience. Two or three others who frequently
speak there, declared for the war, and felt what
they said sonsitively, when two of them said they
tiau sons in iuo army, ana another that be was
going himself. Miss Dickinson, to whom I have
heretofore referred as bo able aud eloquent cham
pion of liberty, women's rights, temperance, and
all that is good, who has been raised in the peace
ful faith of Friends, made a brief but eloquont
speeeh for the war. And in concluding ehe
brought down the bouse, as did others with their
anti-slavery denunciations.
Perhaps I am premature, or you may even think
preposterous, but it does seem to mo that this war
no matter how much it is intended in behalf
the Union will ultimate iu the overthrow of ela
very. This may be rather sanguine, but I bear
many others uttering the same sentiment. Tbe
people will see that slavery, and nothing else,
is the cause of the war, and interest, if do other
reason, will prompt them to demand its overthrow
if the south remain in tbe Union. And if tbe
south remains seceded they can't well sustain tbe
institution. But perhaps this is indulging rather
freely in the realms of speculation.
Tbia war has been brought on by you aboli
tionists," so 1 bave been told by more more than
one old pro-slavery Whig, "and now we bave
fight it out." I tell-them we abolitionists are
very moagre crowd, and without influence. No
matter is the response, you are chargeable for tbe
war. You will remember tbat the same party,
held us responsible for tbe annexation of Texas,
and ths Mexican war. So if we are tbe potent
fellows they nieka us out, by holding out a little
loDger we can do away with slavery.
Ou ibis point tbey charge us falsely, I think.
Our work may be the cause, to some extent, of the
war, but what was tbe reason that we worked
we have T just because of slavery. More than
twenty-five years ago abolitionists told the people
that slavory was an evil, and tbat it must oome
an end, either peacefully or by war. But bow
were we answered f Wby priest and politician
united iu tbeir endeavors to prove that slavery was
ribt according to scripture, to natural right, and
every other argument they oould bring. Those
sentiments bave been so infused iulo Ibe people
the South, and even many ia the north, that they
justified slavery witb all its infamous wrong. The
ultimate claim ibat tbey will make, if they suc
ceed Io oouquerlp j us, will be that we must sur
render everything, even tbe right of free speech,
Who Is ready for this f
But tbe north will conquer, and with the hatred
infussu against slavery, it cannot stand the light
of tbe age and tbe power of progress for the right.
These crude and balf uttered Ideas uf the fu
ture are given for what thiy are worth, and If they
prove correct we shall feel cncoursged"nf Incor
rect, let us labor on.
Many other suggestions, and not a few faots,
present themselves to rae in eonnection with tbe
slavery question at present, but having run on at
this longtb by faith, In some respects more than
by sight, I shall not presume to Irospass further
on your fjotlco.
One more matters! must state ire closing. Mr.
Chambers, a bitter pro-slavery priest, I have Jdai
heard, preached such aa offensive sermon tbe
other day, that il is said Ibat bis church bas to be
guarded for fear of an attack. Sucb is tbe feel
ing here. Respectfully,
J. F.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1861.
A BRIEF RETROSPECTION.
It Is with mingled feelings of jo and sadness,
tbe writer of Ibese few lines Io ks over tbe history
of the Anti-Slavery Buoli, now for a time sus
pended. Its Editor has borne himself true to
ibe right, "without concealment,. without comprc-
mie." For years bas be advocated the glorious
motto full of salvatioD to tbe North, "No Uoionv
with Slaveholders." And now, that those gigantio
pirates and mau-;bieves have taken it into their
heads to do, wbat tbe North (for a heaven-wiJvj
different reason,), long since ought Io have done,
and are rushing headlong to their own place, like
Ibe Son of Perdition, be is accused of inconsistea--cy,
and murderous feelings aro entertained against
him because he don't go it blind to force the
bloody cut-tbroate back again 1 1 Consistency
tbou art a jewel I and if that jewel don't shine
with resplendent brightness in the editor's future
crown ol rej licin, then shall effeot cease to fol
low cause, and future rewards prove a fallacy.
Il is painful to refleol that a paper, so sure and
elevated in its lone, one so faithful to the suffering
slave, and the momentous interests of tbe North,
should be so poorly sustained. But so it bas been
in every age. Tbe result can be graduated by
mathematical scale, tbat tbe more lira and un
flinching a journal is to duty, the less It is accep
ted by tbe masses. AH papers of a high reforma
tory charaoter bave to struggle witb poverty and
receive but a meagre pittance Tbey bave to drive
tbe plough-share deep with laborous effort, and
break up tho fallow ground for the seed of truth,
whilst another generation reaps the golden bar
vest. "Bs thou faithful unto death and I will give
thee a crown of life," is the voice of inspiration.
That glorious -promise shall gladden the heart,
and cbeer tbe pathway of him who now retirea
for a season from the editorial ohair of the Bugle.
JOHN GORDON.
SUBSCRIBERS AND DONATIONS.
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Tho Executive Committee of the Western
Anti-Slavery Society acting on the principle
of "Never giving up the Bhip," have con
tinued the publication of the Bugle untiLali
the funds in hand are exhausted, and a debt
of between Two and Three Hundred Dollars
incurred.
We wish to impress on tho minds of all
wbose pledges remain unpaid, the importance
of promptly remitting the amount, of their
Fledges, (and as much more as they see pro
per), as soon as it is possible for them to
do so. .
All the friends of the Society will at one
see the necessity of having its debts paid at
the earliest period practicable, not only be
cause tho Editor, and Printer, and Fublish
ing Agent need the money they have earned,
but in order that no debt shall encumber our
operations, if circumstances should transpire;
making it desirable and practicable to resume
the publication of the Bugle. .
All remittances Bhould be directed to the
Treasurer, J. M'Millan, who will promptly
acknowledge their reception.
Persons whose term of subscription to the
Bugle has not expired, will see by the follow
ing resolutions passed at tbe last meeting of
the Executive Committee, what disposition;'
is to be made of them. '
Resolved, That the Subscription List of
the Anti-Slavery Bugle be transferred to
the publishers of the Anti-Slavery Standard.
Jtesolved, That Marius R. Robinson
and Joel M'Millan, bo a Committee to ar
range with tho publishers of the Anti-Slavery
Standard to supply the subscribers to
the Bugle with that paper to the extent to
which their subscriptions have been paid.
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"Every Citizen may freely speak, write, and
publish hit sentiments on all subjects, being res
ponsible for the ubuseof the right j and no law
shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of
speech, or of the press." Constitction of Ohio, .
Article 1, Seo. II. , , , r
We beg leave to oall tbe attention of tbe Gener-.
al Assembly of Ohio, and the Executive of ibe ,
State, to the above clause, whioh will be found
in our Constitution, and which each one of them
took an oatb, when going into offioe, to support. ,
Better let tbat clause stand, and out attempt to ,
interfere with or obstruct the rights therein guar- ,
anteed. If tbey are abused, the laws of the land .
are ample for the punishment of those who are (
guilty. Ohio Statesman".
Baltihom, May 1. The following Circular to
tbe Oovernmenl at Washington will be forwarded,.,
signed by our oitiienst
Io our opinion military forces or stores ought to
pass through Baltimore without hindrance, and
we will use our best efforts to prevent any ob- ;
struotion.
A memorial to tbe Legislature asks tbe rebuild
ing of bridges and tbe re-oponing of all lines of
communication.
Resolutions were offsred In the Maryland .Leg
islature and referred Io a seleot committee, eayiog
if more troops were necessary fur tbe protection
of the Capital tbey may (a transferred over tbe
railroads of Maryland.
A resolution was adopted to appoint a committee
to wait on Mr. Davis and Gov. Letcher to bring
about an understanding whereby citjl war ney be
averted. "
