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VOL. -1. NO. 43.
SALEM. OHIO, FRIDAY. "JUXE 15, 18-19.
WHOLE NO. 199.
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THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE
Is published every Friday, at Salem, Colum
biana Co.,Uhio,y the Kxecutive Committee
of the Wsstern Anti-Slaverv Socirtv;
and is the only paper in the Great West
which advocates secession from pro-slavery
governments and pro-slavery church organi
sations. It is Kdiied by Dknjamin S. and J.
IjI.izabgth Jones; and while urging upon the
people the duty of holding " No union with
Slaveholders," either in Church or State, ns
the only consistent position an Abolitionist
can occupy, and as the best means for the de
struction of slavery ; it will, so far as its lim
its permit, give a history of the daily process
of the anti-slavery cause exninu m imm..j
and practice of slaveholders, and by facts and
arguments endeavor to increase the zeal and
activity of every true lover of Freedom. In
addition to its nnti-slavery matter, it will
contain general news, choice extracts, moral
t.iles,&c. It is to be hoped that all the friends
of the Western Anti-Slavery Society all the
advocates of tho Disunion movement, will do
what they can to aid in the support of the
naper, by extending its circulation. You
vho live in the West should sustain the pa
per that is published in your midst. The
Uugle is printed on an imperial sheet, and
subscribers may lake their choice of the following
TERMS.
,50 per annum, if paid within the first C
months of the subscriber's year.
If paid before three months of the year has
expired, a deduction of 25 cents will be made,
reducing the price to $1,25.
If payment be made in advance, or en the
receipt of the first number, 50 cents will be
deducted, making the subscription but
To any person ishing to examine the cha
racter of the paper.it will be furnished C
months, fur 50 cents in advance to all oth
ers 75 cents will be charged.
fjr No deviation from these terms.
fjj- We occasionally send numbers to
those who are not subscribers, but who nre
Relieved to he interested in the dissemination
,1 miii.slaverv truth, with the hope that they
wi'l either subscribe themselves, or use their
intluence to extend its circulation among ihoir
frl nds.
0r Communications intended for inser
tion to he addressed to the Editors. All oth.
rs to the Fublhing Age lit, Jamks Uaunauv
Politics in New Mexico.
Politics in New Mexico. From the Santa Fe Republican of March 23.
Wo rrctri i to 1,-arei that cur opinions open
tho subject of Texas nnd her claims to litis
i, r. ni.ru biivi. hern misconstrued, or ratln-r
i n iudoed, before evi r they wi re expressed
To state at once and explicitly our views
tinon this question, although e see no pre-
i nl neocssilv for the discussion, we
oi.1v to stale that we are opposed in tula
ti e claims of Texas; that we consider them
hoard neither on justice, luw, nor logic, and
that we claim fm the people of this Teirilo
ry. in the term" of the treaty hy which ii
re ded to the I'uion. " at least equal privile
ge s with the inhabitants of Louisiana and
Florida."
Had wc no other grounds for our opinion,
VP would be content t rest it on the opinion
It liven d hy the I Vi:d M..le Supreme Court
in the Cf.se f the American Insurance Com
pany r. Carter. This opinion was deliver
ed ilh reference to l.uuisiani. After ex-
inn the (pinion that the tinted M iles
pre
either
rim cors'ilutlonaiiy inquire territory
hy cinque si or per base, the C urt goes
1.1 declare as follows: "lint the te n itorie
thus at quired do not become entitled to se
nor are they subject to llie juris
diction of any State."
W'e cannot but join in the wish expressed
hy a correspondent, that ibo aecnmplished
iiilvoc.ite of tlie Texan rl..ims, would, ahan
eloring an iir.tenrble posiiion, lend his assis
tance to Ihe cause of the rio,ht of the people
to select their own form of government, nnd.
in due course of time. preside over a court
,f justice under the juritdicliou of the, S'.ic
jS Nov Mexico.
From the same paper of April 7.
My the mail whir'., arrived just as our
niimuer was going to press, we received
Concessional news to the end of January,
iiiirlnh.rmaiion. as far as regards the
tory of New Mexico, is any thing hut sniifactory.
Our petition, certainly respectful
oinooli in its tone, and moderate and reason
jihleln its demands, has proved itn apple
Ziiscord in the Senate, and has elicited
more explicit attempt at that hct of treason,
flu- dissolution of the Union, than at
iirevious period in the history of the republic.
A petition, claiming nothing more than
rights and powers ol all Americans,
power of regnlulii g our own social and
concerns, and Ihe privileges secured
to us by the treaty of peace and limits
Mexico, an instrument of higher majesty
than any act of Congress, has been ch
eriztd upon the floor of ihe United States
Yenate as disrespectful" and " imperti
nent," and ourselves injuriously and lalsely
accused of truckling lo the opinions of Noriii
em politicians, and of being led in any
they list, hy the tools of interested partisan?,
w hen our sole aim and object has been
vindicate, in a calm and proper manne r,
inalienable privilege ol all Ireemen ine
of self-sovernmenl, and libetly of thought,
speech, and action.
,l!y reference to the report in another
of the dehate in ti e Senate upon
presentation of ihe New Mexican petition,
(a translation of which in Spanioh was
in our last number.) it will be seen that
Calhoun, ol South Carolina, thought proper
to indulge in remarks insulting to the
of Mew Mexico, bs well as derogalo
iy to his own position and character.
was he altogether alone in the stand he
in the matter. The spark lighted by
simple demand of a population lcll, by
culpable neglect of Congress, without gov
ernmcnt, for law and protection, has, by the
breath of faction, been fanned into a dime,
which for a lime threatened the entire confla
gration of the whole fabric of State; and no
man can even yet foretell the event of this
incendiary attempt. .
Hut the neglect on the part of Congress to
provide us a territorial or other f.r.n of civil
government, is not tho only neglect of which
we have reason to complain. No pains have
been spared on the part of the Executive to
urge upon the atien:ion of Congress the sol
emn obligations under which they lay to leg
islate for ihe interests of the new ly-acquired
territories, but hitherto without any other re
sult than the creation of discord between the
tw o great divisions of Iho Union. Not even
an n'trmpl has bee n made lo connect us with
Ihe United Stales by the establishment of a
mail route or other medium of communica
tion. The only mails which have been re
ceived in ibis territory since its iir.t occupa
tion have been through the (junrterinasle r s
Department of Ihe army, and only at long in
tervals. During the past winter we have
looked long nnd eagerly for information from
the seat of government, and when alter a
lapse of fire months a rr.ail was received,
bringing us the President's message, a month
after Ihe adjournment of Ihe Congress to
which it had befn delivered, it brought with
it the strictures and remarks of half tho pres
ses of Europe upon Ibal very message, which
should have reached us at farthest in three or
four weeks afier its delivery. Such nre the
" equal riqhts with Ihe people if Louisiana and
Honda, which uongress, ny solemn treaty,
the "supreme law of the land," was bound
to confer upon us more than a year ago.
FROM THE SAME PAPER OF SAME DATE.
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The debate in the Senatn of ihe United
States on the presentation hy Senator Den-
Ti'N of Ihe petition of the people of New
Mexico in convention assembled, is laid he-
fore our readers, and, ns w ill be perceived,
an excited tlebale it is.
We poor people in New Mexico, occupied
in simply attending to cur ow n business, la
king steps to procure for ourselves such a re
publican government as will suit us, have
be en assailed most violently. Our petition
has been declared hy Senator Calhoun into-
ltn. r-enr-.lnr lieii-k says tin t he doubts t ol
that the petitiiiiirs would very mutth like lo
fill the e. filers in the Stale (.'overnnient to he
carved oul of the territory of the State of Tex
as terriloiy coreine re el by the blood and
treasure of ihe peoplo of Te Xas !
Senators Weslcolt n nil Foote say there
nothing to show that Ibis is a petition of tho
people of New Mexico, and insinuate that the
petmoeiers are nothing more than a tew lire
authorized people nr Ibo village of Santa re
Senator somebody else says that these peti
tioners are tools of aboliliouUls of the United
States, who concocted the whole business
there and forw arded it here, w hence it was
sent to Congress that the dissolution of the
Union is at hand, &c.
Senator sotnebi tly else is mistaken. In
deed this petition was not concocted in any
of the State s of Ihe United Slates, but the
Convention made it out of its own lte.ul.
Senators Wesleott end Foote arc mistaken
The Convention was a Convention of tho
People of New Mexico, called hv the aciing
(inventor, Donician.i Vigil, in which every
coin tv was represented.
lint we are insolent .'a eomiucrtd peopU
underlakimr to iitk for a eoveri.uicnt w hich
suit's tin 'in !
If we have been attacked, we have been
defended also, henalor lie-won has lie-coin-ing'y
rebuked the authors of this nnti-demo-eraiie,
ibis disgraceful sentiment. A con
quered people! Suppose we nre; we are
part of tho United Stales, and the moment
became so the constitution spread its protect
ing wings over us, end gathered us lo itself,
as a hen nalhe reth her chickens under
wings. W i" acknowledge beru no 'political
inferiority ; we look at the prostitution,
law of tie e land, an1' put the States int relv,
nnd see the3 no invidious distinctions.
lock ihe treaty, Ihe title deed of ibo Uni
te J. oleics, and see there that Mexico ceded
this country for a price, and Ui.il lull equal
rights nre guarantied to us. The young,
least, of te Unite d Slates hedievo thai
is a Government of eqeial rights. Tear
Iho veil from their ryes. Ii a wholesome
n.
The Next Census.
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The enumeration of the inhabitants of
country is always an Interesting matter,
ihe census of a great and growing country,
like il.is, extending from the icy North to
sm.ny South, and from the Atlantic to
Pacific, comprehending almost every variety
of climate, fertility of soil, and rigiiuullural
nr.d mineral productions a country settled
by nn e i.terplising, hardy, and intelligent
people, enjoying free institutions, and recei
vieg vast accessions every year by immigra-
ticn a country wonde rful lor its progress
commerce, n.aunl'aclures, and the useful
nnd cotnpri heiiiling such a elifl'ereneo of
cial organization in the different sections
to make it a very prominent and interesting
feature llie census of such a country,
its mine s, its agriculture, its
its manufactures, its means of educa
tion, as well as its people, must bn a subject
of the greatest intcree.1 to every citizen,
to ihe inejuiiiug iniuils of the whole
world.
In orde r lo assist tbrni lo do justice to
important line rest, the able and intelligent
Census Hoard, at Washington, have issued
the follow ing Circular Letter, the object
WASHINGTON, May 16, 1849.
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Sir By Ihe act of Congress, entitled
Act to make arrangements for taking the
Census,' it is provieled that the Census
Board ' shall prepare and cause lo be printed
such forms and schedules as may benecessa
sary for the full enumeration of the inhabi
tants of the United Stalest and also
foim and schedules for collecting in Hatit-ti-
cal tables, under proper heads, such Informa
tion ns tu Alines, Agriculture, Commerce,
Manufactures, Education, and other topics,
as will exhibit a full view of the pursuits,
industry, education, and resources of the
country ; it being provided that the number
of said inquiries, exclusive of the enumera
tion, shall not exceed one hundred.'
The principle aim of the Djard at this
lime, is to acquire such information ns will en
able it lo arrive at the most proper enumera
tion of subjects to be embraced in the next
ensns.
The communications of all persons, who
may feel disposed to mike suggestions or
contribute information on the subject, will be
respectfully considered.
Aeldress, ' Department ol sstate uensuB,
Washington.
JOHN M. CLAYTON.
REVERDY JOHNSON,
JACOB COLLAMEU.
Jo?. C. G. Kennedy, Sec'y.
Wo hope every citizen, w ho has anything
of imporiitnce lo suggest, w ill consider him
self addressed by llie above Circular, and
w ill hasten to convey his knowledge lo the
Hoard.
From Xurlh Carulina Ycttr'y Meeting if
Friends, hrld in Cxnlfnid Oiunlu, lu the
dHrent Socittics and their individual mem
bu a, pnfemini; the religion of our L rd and
Ssuviur, Jtsui LUrial,
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Dear Brelh-m, Having been per.nilled by
Ihe Great Head of the Church to come to
gether and harmoniously to transact the bu
siness appertaining to our own Uunstian so
ciety, we have felt our hearts warmed, we
trust, with a measure ot that love which
hreitlies " Glory to God in the highest, and
on earili peace and good will lowjrels men,"
We desire that mercy, grace, and trulh, may
be multiplied among ynn, nnd that ye may
experience an increase nnd abounding in the
love ol (.oil, nnd in the know leiigo ol our
Lord nnd Savior, and what it is he is requi
ring from us, his rational and intelligent er ea
rn res.
We have long believed tint he requires
from us that we should love Him, the L ird
our God, with all our bean, mind, might and
strength, and our neighbors as ourselves.
Under the influence of this belief, we have
zealously labored to pxtricale ourselves from
ihe system and practice ol slavery, and we
have cause lor tiiimnie inanKiutness in oeing
utile lo stale, lhal for more than half a centu
ry our Society has been free from it. We
now crave your serious consideration of the
subject, and your co-labors for its removal
from vour churches. For we assuredly be
lieve lhal if all "who name the name of
Christ were honestly concerned to depart
from all iniquity, slavery would not reuntn
long on the earth.
We enlreat you, suffer not your eyes or
minds to he blinded by the assertions of Ihe
advocates of slavery, such a9 tint " the Instl
lulion has always existed," ivo. iniswe
believe is not the fact. We may re'ad in the
Scriptures of truth of servants and servitude,
from the days of Abraham to the days of the
Apostles, but in our apprehension,- these
terms are not synonimous with slaves ami
slavery. But admitting that servitude of a
different chancier was practiced under the
law and Ihe prophets, we conceive that this
is no justification for us, under the gospel, to
practice Iho same, nor slavery in its present
form. For llie Gospel enjoins us lo ilo unto
al! men as we would they should do unions.
Now, what man among us would willingly
be made n slave, and know that his children
weie lo inherit Ihe same degrading relation l
We believe not one would be found willing.
Then, how can we inflict on others that can.
eliiiou or relation which we are not willing
to receive ourselves 1 Bring the subject
home, dear fiiends, and examine for y on r
selvi s.' w I. ether slavery and its advocates
can stand approved before Ihe just Judge of
heave n ami of o.irh, w ho h is promised to re
ward every man according to bis deeds done
in lins probationary state.
In our apprehension, ihe day is hastening,
when the knowledge of llie Lord shall cov
er itie earth as the waters do the sea ; " w hen
all crue lty nnd oppression Fhall cease, on.I
jet-dice, mercy, and everlasting righteousness,
shall predominate and abound.
In order to f.'.cilil lie the coming of the g!
rioiis day, we believe it a duty incumbent on
all Christians to examine into the claims and
dispositions e.f their re present I'ives, whether
in the Stale or National Legislature, in rrs
pect lo their support of this system of oppres
sion, r.r.d not to elevate any to office w ho are
favorably disposed lo Iho continuance and
further propagation of it, and in all ways
disentangle themselves Iroin any pailicipa
lion in the contiin.anco and spread of Ihij
great evil. For gre at indeed mu?l be the in
ifjiiiiy of that institution, which dpmands
its safely that more than three millions
human beings should he debarred from read
ing the Holy Scriptures. If tho slaves are
degraded people, is Ibrre not the greater need
of giving them lijjhi! Friends, think
these things.
"Happy is he that eondemncth not him
self in lhal Ihing which heallowelh." Rom.
xiv. 2-i, And having now, in Christian
plainness, laid belore you Ihis important sub
ject, we have it for your serious considera
tion, and are with sincere regard, your friends.
Signed by direction of the meeting afore
said." AARON STALKER, C7;r.
11th mo., 1848.
SLAVE CASE.
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United Slaie$ Court Before Justice Grier
and Irwin. Pittsburgh.
The caso of Logan vs. McMasters, an ac
tion brought to recover five hundred dollars,
the value of s slave, alleged to have been har
bored bv the Defendant. 1 he case was ar
gued by council in relation to the consci.
entious scruples of a juror, who, the day
fore, announced his unwillingness to tit up.
on the trial, afler having been sworn.
His Honor Judge Grier said the juror was
discharged on grounds of public policy, and
to sUTMerve the ends of an imnriial ad-
ministration of justice. Ho thought that
whin' juror honestly could not discharge
his duty, jn view of what he regarded obli
gatioin to bis church or religious creed, such
juror w entitled to the credit due to cmdor,
and INs parties anDParintr in the U. S. Court
werefclso entitled to the benefit of a fair and
Impartial trial by full Jury, without prejudice
of conscientious scruples aflVcting Ihe case.
Hut, la the case now before court was novel,
it ws another question whether the trial
could he determined at the present session.
A discharge of a juror was, in rlTect, a dis
charges of the entire jury, and the court ac
cordingly directed ihe jury to consider them
selves discharged in the case. The cause
was eoniinued till next term. True Demo
crat. S
India and America.
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A lew uiys since we attended a missiona
ry meeting in one of the Baptist churches of
this city. It was a meeting of women, and
the Bpenkers w ere female mission i -a from
13 urinal. The object of iho meeting was lo
revive nnj strengthen the interest for the
Biirmannnd Keren missions, in the churches
of the 'denomination ti which they belong,
by descriptions of the degradation and wants
of ihe people of those unions, and earnest
appeals to the Christian philanthropy of Ihe
audience. The speakers advocated their
cause . zealously and well. Appeals from
eloquent lips fell upon responsive hearts, in be
half of men and women from whom the Biblo
is withheld, or, rather, lo whom il is not giv
en, uy the American church. And the spea
kers to! el , as an awful and startling fact, that
there ate three millions of Karens sunk in the
darkness of heathenism. They told how
the marri.iga bond is lightly esteemed, and
easily broken by the despot husband ; how
woman is degraded ; how children urn slain
by their parents, how immortal minds are
shrouded in ignorance.
I'll ft r tale is not
scorned, is mt unheeded; their eppeals ore
not inelT'clual. The great heart of ihe church
responds, deeds give utterance to sympathy,
and the ministry denounces, as urworthy of
the Christian name, lliose who can listen,
unmoved, to such appeals on behalf of suf
fering, degraded hunisnity. These speakers
were in earnest. So were many of their
he-arrrs, whose warni hearts were moved to
love for their far-o!T dusky brothren. Know
thev Oul that there are. to-day, nearly three
inillieelis of healben in their own land t
These niission4ries from afar, told us of the
e .isilyr-Kiindered marriage tic; we can tell
llieinfcf heathenism at home, which acknow-ledae-flmarriagH
liu, but sanctions and
legalises one visl system of concubinage.
They told us of parents murdering children ;
wc can tell them of such deeds done within
the shadow of Christian temples, done to
save young children from a doom in ire ter
rible than death. They told us of the degra
dation ol woman i we can IpII them of wo
men sold on the auction block, for purposes
of prostitution : sold and bought in accor
dance with llie laws of a professedly Chris
tian government. They told us of the spiri
'inil darkness of a nation of the Kast : we
can tell them of a people at home, among
whom the acquisition of letters is a crime
nerainsl law. They complain that the pro-
leased Christians of America will not give
the Uible to llie Kerens; we co.nplam lhal
they make laws fmltiddin thousands of
Americans lo read II. They ask llie Ameri
can Church, at whoso hands will be requir
ed iho blood of their Karen and Durtnin
lire thern, if they leave them to die in their
ignoran. e and idolatry 1 We ask thai church
which assists in making laws to enslave men,
that church whoso members buy and sell
their br. thern, w bo rob them of the Hlble,
rob them of Iheir children, rob ihem of their
manhood, at whose hands will the blood of
the American slaves be ri quired? These
missionaries plead wiih the church to give
ihe liible to their brethren in Asia. We en
treat that church not to wrest it out of Ihc
hands of iheir brethren in America. We
implore Ihem not lo assist in making laws
w inch iulhct punishment on a man lor teach
in" his ignorant brother lo read the Uible.
Tin y appeal to llie church, in the namo ol
humanity, in the name of Uinisii nitty, in the
t ame ol the common Father of us all. So do
isteus lo Iheir tale;
we annea . i lie cnurcii
il tries to stop its e;.rs against ours. From
its deepest heart it r.'aponrU to their appeal
lo ours it has long re-lumed sneers and
frowns. Why is this? Do these professed
Chri-tians really love Ihe men and women
of India, because, as the y say, they nre their
brethren, maJe in ihe iiengo of their Falher.
and the objects of the Savior's ledueoiing
love?
Il il bo so, why do they not nlso love the
other children of lluir Father, who are equal
ly tho recipients of His caret If they love
not their suffering brothers and sisters, sunk
in the debasement of American slavery, how
can true lovo for their Asiatic brethern dwell
in tlipir hearts; aye, "how dwelleth the love
of God " in ihem I True love, that which
alone is worthy of the name of Christian
love, extends to all mankind, embraces every
nation, whether they tread the sands of ihe
burning lone, or dwell amid eternal snows.
(in it be that bearls are beatiog with true
love for the Utiriiisns, the Chinese, the Hin
doos, that would turn coldly, scornfully, aye,
angrily away from an appeal in behalf the
down-trodden slaves of America!
These suggestions fcnd enquiries we would
gladly have presented to the gathered multi
tude on tho occasion lo which we have rs
firred. As we listened to lliose earnest and
eloquent appeals, tho inquiry was naturally
suggested. Why should the church account
it an honorable deed for women thus lo plead
the cause of wotnfn in India, whil.i it casis
reproach and contempt upon women who
venture lo advocate the cause of Ihnir suffer
ing sisters in America 1 And as we looked
on the dark-skinned natives of Assam, who
o.'ra seated eida bv side with the white la-
dies on the platform, Ihe thought arose, that
II any in uiai nigniy iri-.n.".- -.-..v-
shnold object to the proximity of ihose color
eel young men, Willi what Chrts'.ian teal
would those missionary spirits rebuke ihe tin.
Christian prejudice. What would those two
young men who have come to visit this lanil
of Christians, and churches, and bibles, this
land which their glowinej imaginations hive,
depicted as glorious with spiritual light, and
beautiful in holiness, what would they think
should they see two men of their ow n com
plexion sit down in a pew in a house of
Christian worship, and should watch the
contemptuous and angry looks turned toward
them by their worshiping brethprn, or ape
them rudely ejected from iheir seats! What
would be iFieir estimate of the religion of
these far-famed churches, which they had
been accustomeJ lo regard as models for
their own 1 What would they think of carle
in American churches, in comparison with
that of their own land, whi.-.h, the missiona
ries have told them, is so incongruous with
l liristianity thut they must forsike the one
if they would cleave to the other t
W'e almost wonder that the American
church encourages the native members of
h'r mission churches to visit tliis land, w here
her moral deformity must bn so exposed to
their astonished gaze. Il were wiser to say
to Ihem,
" Oh ! stay ye in your Ilengal bowers,
And stay yn in Ceylon;
Beautiful is the distant view,
Approach and it is Hjwn."
It is but just lo state, and we rejoice to re
cord the fact, that one, at least, of the speak
ers, on that occasion, is a derided abolition
ist, has proved the sincerity of her anti-slavery
profession, by refusing to be sustained by
the money of slaveholders. Wc would that
such a testimony against slavery might come
from all the missionaries of Ihe American
church, nnd from the nations to whom they
are sent, as should shake that church to its
center, and induce it to cleanse its own hands
from blood, nnd to destroy the healheniejiu at
home, which it hns helped to creatp, and is
constantly supporting. Fenniyhania Fill
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Zeal for tub Gali.ows and the Bible.
A correspondent of the " Chronotype,"
who was present at the execution of E'der
Dudley, and was somewhat curious in ascer
taining the character of the crowd assembled
to witness it, reports :
" By very careful and discreel inquiry it
was ascerlaineel lhal the motley crowd, drunk
and Bohcr, men and women, were almost
unanimously strong in ihe faith of capital
punlshmnnls-, and what is more, were prepa
red to defend their faith from Ihe Snrijitures.
" io you tninK this is right I "
" Right! to be sure 1 do," replied a fero
cious rummy, " Whoso aheddeth man's
blood, by man shall his blood bo shed, by
G d."
But do you find lhal in ihe Neiw Testa
ment 1 "
" Why, J n il, if we give up one part of
Ihe l.liblo we may ns well give up Ihe
w hole," rejoined the zealous theologian."
Colored Phyxieinns. We are informed lhal
Messrs. John V. Do Clrasse of our City, and
Thomas J. While of Brooklyn, lo of Ihe
colored medical students of Bowdoin Medi
cal College, Brunswick, Me. have received
iho degree of M. D. at the close of the last
term. Mr. Do Grase was a stndent of Dr.
S. !!. Childs, and Air. White a student of
Dr. W. C. Roberts, both of this City. Not
withstanding Ihe doors of the Medical Col
leges of this City were! barred agaim.t ihem,
they have pursued a regular medical course,
and now have their diplomas in hand, intend
ing to go to weik in Iheir respeciivn cities.
They are young men of intelligence and mor
al worth. Tribune.
India and America. Southern Anti-Slavery.
j .southern ulti'iiUm, mid who would ho
, i;r lo s .,, ihj country liJ of slavery,
j . n. ,i.v .,...... i,i u,.:'
, . . . , .f . . , 1 u
lilts uuuut ii inu' uuuiee.
I Tliero is n phase in liiei autl-s'ov.ry
aitnion of our country whi. li is not no-
tired ofieti, and yet which should he un
! dersiood. We refer now to the action
I r c t - . e. - I .
oi our oouiiicrn men wnoiirt) opposeu to
;
All c.arri.lj or iwo will best i'.lustrito
what wo mean.
1. There aro planters in S. Carolina
and the planting Stales proper, who re
CirJ cluvviy ai an evil, and halo it.
They dare not say so, fir ih:y are not
rip3 for social death. They will not
pnipose direct action; for that would in
volve martyrdom in or out of jail. But
they know that cetriain measures will
open a path-way lo the main question,
and ns they are carried, lead lo ii with
certainty, and, therefore they struggle
for these measures boldly.
They aw, chiefly
Universal oduer.lion,
Tho Whiio basis,
Election Ly the people of all offi
cers, Tin equalizing of power in every
way, and noi allowing Slavery to be the
b:tsi3 of ii.
2. There arc slaveholders and non
slaveholders, in grain growing 6'ave
States who would annihilate slavery in
an instant, if ihoy could. But that they
cannot do. The social and political des
potism of masters, would destroy any
one who would attempt it.
But there is greater freedom of thought
in ihcso than in tho planting states, nnd
th.refore, they can conio nearer to iho
question of emancipation, and push it
lorwaru wun Greater vigor. Hence
debate all sorts of propositions bsar
mg upon It. Sucn as;
That slavery Is a moral evil,
That tho blacks should receive men
instruction.
Thai they should bo lognlly tnarrl-
.
That ih-j Inw should prohibit iho
separation of families, efce.
At tho basis of this Sjuthcrn Anil. sla
very ngitntlon, rests the Northern.
When that begun, there .was not In tho
far Squill, as a whults, nny thought or ac
tion, however distant, on the subject.
The. master builders uro the despised and
hated ubolitionisis, and whatever lha
world nuiy say of their rashness and
temper, in certain respects, tho world as
grow9 older, will acknowledge lliii
great fuct and do them justice.
But independent of this, what a motive
exist---, in thc-so fucu, for renewed dili
gence, and a fresher zeal In the good
cause! Who, knowing them, dares log
in spirit or halt In action1? Who, reali
zing hi9 reeipons'.bility, can help making
nnnaeit heard, Irotn side t)6ide. m ha
rings out an appeal, or gives figures,
illiiftrnting ihe truths of the great cause?
If the people of tho North could only har
monize conflicting in o ests, and 'speak
wtth the moral power which becomes
freemen, their tones would bo the key
note to the National voice, and dash sla
very from the land by the pure and swoll
ing sweep of that grand moral power.
True Democrat.
Ccba. Tha slave trade is again very
active in Cuba, several thousand slaves
having brcn landed within the last two
months, and other ihoussnds being short
ly expected. Tho Capinin General's
fee is generally understood to be throe
douhleions a henJ, or 51 doll. The nn
tivtf Cubans dislike the trade which vear
ly increases ihe number of barbarian Af
ricans in the island, usually importod
from warlike tribes. The Spanish poli
cy lavors tne introduction ol this class,
for ihe very reason or its tendency to
keep down any disposition on the part of
iho Cubans to rise for their Indepen
dence. Hut for this) cause, Cuba would
doubtless have been independent long
ago.
Considerable excitement has been
caused among the foreign residents In
Cuba, by a recent regulation of the Cap
Hi i n General, to ihe effect that after a
residence of five years, all foreigners
must either quit the Island, or else for
swear allegiance to their own country,
nnd become naturalized Spanish subjects.
Wo have probably several thousand
American citizens scattered throughout
Cuba, and intelligent authorities estimate
as high as fifiy millions of dollars, the
amount of American Capital invested
there, it .remains to be seen what
cotirso our Governieni will pursue, if so
high handed a mensuro is actually at
tempted to bo carried into effect.
It is no doubt, ngainst the Americans
that it is aimed, though iho first applica
tion of it has boon on the case of a
Frenchman. Somo angry correspon
dence has passed between the French
consular, at Havana' and the Captain
General, unil tho Cemsul has gone homo
to lay ilia siibjpci bctfiru hisGovernment.
Charleston Mercury.
From the New York Courier and Enquirer.
We very cheerfully comply with tho
request contained in ihe following letter,
and shall expeel the promised enclosure
accord :
NEW YORK, MAY 30, 1849.
To the Eliton of tKt Courier ani Enquirer:
If you insert ihc enclosed in theCour-
l . - I -1
irr nuu LMiqiilier as an tentorial, una
should 1 receive- the appointment after
ttio paper shall have arrived iu Wash
ington, I shall enclose you a 850 bill.
The application is now pending, and will
no doubt be successful.
J. A. BENNETT.
Tha following is the paragraph enclo
sed ; our readers will please to consider
ii "oelitorial :"
"First Comptroller of the Treasury.
This Bureau requires a man of great
practical knowledge, on whom the Sec
retary would have to roly. Wo know
of none boner qualified to fill tho place
than James Arlington Eenaet, from his
long experience in commerce, finance
and accounts, as shown by his celebrated
work on book-keeping, so justly and
gmerully esteemed, and by his lecture
delivered on those subjects in this city
for many years."
Washisgto May 18ih. Mr. Abbott
Lawrence and Mr. Wm. C. Rives havo
both visited this city recently. Mr. Law
rence will have the offer, or rather bo
hus baforo him tha offer of iho mission
to London. Mr. Wm. C. Rivos will prob
ably be appointed minister to Frauce.
Tha rumor prevails that Mr. Clayton
is already tired of office drudgory, and
would willingly exchange tho Siaio
Department for a foreign mission. Cor.
N. Y. Jour. Com. .