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THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
From the New York Tribune.
ARREST OF SLAVE-CATCHERS.
ARREST OF SLAVE-CATCHERS. HARRISBUG, Saturday, Feb. 24-G P. M.
Our borough hut been thrown into A state (if f
riteinont fur (lie pant teuty-four hour, in conn
tiucnco u( A dnrinit attempt of an obnoxious slave
catcher, and two unprincipled eolorcd men, In kid-
liap a colored ireo uy, nt a lute hour on rriday
night. ' The n:nicn of tlio accused are ''Sot." Sny
iler, (ft well known trafficker in human blood, and
the "stool pigeon" ( I the Southern soul-drivers,
lor thif vicinity,) James Thompson, colorod, form
erly of lloli.duysburgh in this Stale.
'i'ho liny upon whuiii this bold attempt to rub bhn
of his fi ve loin was made, in named George Chirk,
aged about eighteen years, and was born aud rain
ed in Carlisle, 1'.
Clark had been lured from ft d.incc-houso kept
by colored man above Harrisbnrg, ntider the
pretext of being sent on nn errand lor brandy for,
the occasion. Ibompson and Jackson aocompa-
1 1 I. in
nied him, and took him to Snyder's residence, in
the lower section of our borough, and invited him
up stairs 'to get some grog. Immediately after
entering Snyder' room, the latter fastened the
door and (aid: "CUrk, I am going to send you,"
or "take you back to your tuaetcr." A jjtrulo
ensued ; tc boy made for a window fronting on
the depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad, broke the
a.vsh throughseverely cutting his arnv-and raised
me cry tit "murder, a ntiuiDer oi citizens nnu
colored folks made for the spot, and found Claik
hanging out of the window some forty feet from
the ground, head downward, and Snyder nnd his
wife holding on to tho olier end, in good earnest.
A party rushed up stairs, and learned from tho
the boy thut he was a fix negro ; that an attempt
had uvea made to knock him down and gag him,
and that hia only refugo was a precipitous exit
from the window.
Snvdcr. who stood like n felon detoelcil in his
wicked act, and hiid nothing to say for himself,
was immediately taken before ft magistrate, un.l
thence to prison. Jackson has been captured
since but Thompson made his escape.
At 10J o'clock Snyder had n hearing before Esq.
Reader, mid was committed in default of $l,0OU
bail, at least the security was not forthcoming at the
ti.oo of thia writing, nor is there any likelihood ot
any -iiMinilmil involving himself in so dangerous
n case a prima facia act of kidnapping. Snydor
is an inveterate slave-hunter, and has barely es
caped the penalty of the law on two or tlirca oc
casions, while one of his accomp!'s was driven
tram this community-, with the mark of Cain upon
his brow, and remained abroad for a ) eric d of two
years, Latterly, since settling the affair, he has
Aiccn permitted to come into this coinmutiity, but
is now nn object for the finger of scorn to point at.
"Sol'' has at last been caught, and his attempts
tu refute the serious chnrgo brought ngninst him
u-illhnnf nnnrnil .' ".In.mi.-o is rI.iw lint cprtiiin ." I
was never so truthfully verified ns in this instance, j
During the examination ol bnyuor.the magistrate s
ofdee and vicinity of the prison were filled with
spectators, and tho joy of the colored population
knew no bounds on beholding their inveterate
enemy in the hands of the officers of tho law.
.liickson is to Imvo a hearing on Mouday. Tho
officers are in search of Thompson, but up to this
hour he has eluded their vigilnnce.
Numerous witnesses have beon plnced under
bonds to nppear at the next term ot Court, when
the matter will be tried : nnd there is no particle
of doubt that the kidnappers will be dealt with to
t'.-.e fullest extent of the law. Numerous instances
of a similar nature, it is nllcgcd, havo occurred in
our community, and so adroitly were they managed
that no one was conversant with the Sci until too
late for "practical purposes."
The cries of the intended victim, Clark, were
heart-rendins. and soon broueht ft l.iree crowd to
oiiyuer a repiucuco; and the paint irom tncwcaui-
jr. Win, of the building is scatche 1 off in long, i
broad marks showing how dexterously the boy s ,
ItAali vnr ftmnlnvnd in hil pndftftVJrs tl) tree hiTO-
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STATE RIGHTS AND SLAVERY.
Feb. 17. 1855. Dear Sir. Befer
rim? vou to mv editorials for the last two weeks,
1 havo to nsk you bow far 1 have correctly repre
sented your views in my commentsupon your letter
of the 20lh of January, and the articles in the
Bjston Le. which I have corded ? In other words
do you or not recognize the State rights, so far as
to permit the severul States to regulate the ques
tion of slavery in their own mode within their
State limits? Do you or not entertain the opinion
that Congi ess has power to interfere with slavery
in the States ? Do you or not recognise that "high
er law" doctrine, which permits you as n Senator
to disregard the binding obligations of the Consti
tution? Does the "American organization" in
Massachusetts embrace the question of slavery
amongst those for the regulation of which that or
ganization was formed ?
Your answer at your earliest convenience will
obedient
VESPASIAN ELLIS,
Editor American Organ.
Hon. HENRY WILSON, U. S. Senate.
Sbnati Cuambfr, Feb. 10, 155. Dear Sir:
My answer to your inquiries will be brief and ex
plicit. '
1st. I fully recognise the doctrine of State rirhts
in its application to slavery, ns well as to any oth
er mitter of public concern.
The Virginia and Keutucky resolution of 1798,
in the main, as I think, correctly set forth that
doctrine '
The whole subject nf slavery within State limits
should be left absolutely to State legislation.
2d. My responso to your second question is included
in my answer to yonr first. I do not enter
tin the opinion that Congress hns any power to in
terfere with blavery as it existe under State
laws.
3d. Every man who believes in a God must nec
essarily believe that there is a law paramount to nn
human law, and that this law is to be obeyed by
men in nublio and private life, rather than any hu
man law in conllict with it. But I see nothing in
the Constitution of the United istntee, which re
quires me, as A ibenatoy trom iMassaciiuseits, 10 uo
anything in conflict with the law of Ood. If I
thought otherwise, I would not take nn oath to sup
the Constitution of the United Sutee.
4th. The Americnn Organization in Massachu
setts does not embrace the question of slavery
timong those for the regulations of which it was
formed
The people of Massachusetts have fixed opinions,
in which most of the members of that orgauiiation
fully concur, against the support or allowance of
nldverv lit national legislation.
They entertain the most profound conviction!
that the harmony ana repose oi ine country, ana
the highest interests of the master And the bluve
demand that the national government should be re
moved from oil annexation with responsibility for
slavery, and that this disturbing question should
be left to the States where it exhists.
While they do not seek to impose these convictions
and opinions upon their felluw-citlzens of other
States, or to proscribe them for not fully concur
ring in those convictions and opinions, they will
submit to uo dictation or proscription from any
body of men, or section of tho country.
X, as a Senator from Massachusetts, tlia'.l claim
for the opinions of her people, all the influence up
on the actiou of Congress, aud tho administration
of the eovernmeut, which a Senator from Virginia
i
o in claim for the opinion of ibe people of the an-
Henry Wilson
Lieut Dominion
t .. Vo irs truly,'
VicsrAsiAX Ellis, Esq.
HELP NEEDED.
The Rev." IJaHf Mobley, A eolored minister,
who hiv been enabled to redeem himself from bon
di"e, and desires to preach the Uospel in benight
e'd "Africa, asks the ftid of the benevolent toward
the redemption of his family. His wile and seven
children are in slavery. The sum of $1,300, in ad
d ttnu to means alreidy raised, will accomplUh the
object." Hnndto John Morris Pes, Philadelphia.
Pres. Banner. '
Who can duubt. on reading such statements nn
e 'th above, .that we are a Christian peoplo?
UrA ! an accredited ambassador of Christ, com-
missioned -by the Church, and by the King of
Kinge, to go into aittant lana asu preaen mo re
ji;jV.n ot Chirt lu "bnigMn Alrvo
who
must first pay a henry sum of money that the
wile of hit buxom, whom Ood forbid to be put as
under from him, mny be permitted to accompany
him and that he tuny havo his nwn chil
dren in hia pos.-ension, o aw to be able to
obey the divine command tn "train them up in tho
nurture and admonition of the Lord." Vet what
panned for Christianity with the mans of religious
people in this country, has no quarrel with the in
stitution which Rives out such very "poculiar" de
velopments as this. A Christian missionary to buy
hi own wife nnd children before he can go forth
on his great errand 1 Christ snys, "go ye into
nil the world and peaeh tho Uospel to every crea
ture "Slavery says you shall not have your wife
aid children to go with you, unless you raise
SUSOO in addition to the means - Already raised."
And the pr fescd ChuHl tif Christ resolves that
"iihiverv n ViO bar to Christian communion." It
misfit ijti n nice question for casuists which needs
.I.a t. - l' l.n .11, ..t. Hk..:s.l.i.1 A (Vi.n " ft Itlrt
; f the svslem which thin
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cmn conimnud of his Saviour. Suppose the Rev
Hardy Mowlev r'viII not be nble to raie the $13tM)
what then T Kither he must lenve his wife and
children, although Qod snys they "shall not he put
asunder." Or ho must disobey what ho believes is
Christ's command to him, to po to "benighted
Africa," nnd preach the Gospel. Free Prabytc-rinn.
The Anti-Slavery Bugle.
SALEM, OHIO, MARCH 10, 1854.
I
ftrtf WILLIAM WELLS SHOWN, nn Agent of
the Aincriran Anti-Slavery Sucitty, will spend the
months of March nnd April in Central and South
orn Ohio. The friends of the Anti-Slavery cause
in that generul region will doubtless give him ft
cordial reception, and such aid as his object re
quires. With regard to the appointment of meet-
I
J. P Oaiw, Secretary of the Ladies' Anti-Slavery
Circle, Cincinnati.
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iin'S tor him. tnev will n ease corresponu wiih .rr.
iii.,b iur nun, mi-j .
THE WISCONSIN JUDGES.
Though late, we put Judge S.nith.s opinion on re
cord in our present lmmber. It is clear and nble,
and indicates a regard for the special duties of a
judge, the protection of personal liberty, highly
compiendatory in those days when tho judiciary,
s ate nnd national, has become tho especial de-
lender nnil patron ol Slavery. With the whole
community we rejoice at this, as nn indication of
popular progress. 1 hough we cannot rejoice with
tliose who look upon it ns the ultimate of what
required. Judge Smith, though he has decided I
the fugitive law of 1850 unconstitutional, has vet ;
left the real question undecided, if indeed he hns
not decided it the wrcng wny. And the whole
battle is to be fought over. The whole victory is to
be yet achieved. The work will never be doiie
while it is competent to any power to return or.sur
render a fugitive slave. Our courts must yet do-
clare such act a crime, whether performed by in-
A'n i.l in it u r, l.w ,tnln np foflnviil nfflnnrfl TliP
judges must declare that tho constitution does not ,
require this, or the people must repudiate the eon-
stitution. Till one or the other of these points is I
sained, the almUtkmist has gained nothing. Noth
ing al ,t.Mt but a mere doubtful advantage, which
or not Bpprox;nmtc him to an actual and
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ultimate tuccess.
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udgo Smith therefore has not settled the quee-,"
tion for V isconsin. He or some one else has yet
to make another summerset decision, wut (ure
cannot breathe Wwcoiwiii nfr. .That the moment
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that their lungs inhale it, they die as slaves, nd
live as freemen.
Tho utmost extent of the opinion is expressed
iu the fullowing sentence :
But believing as I do, thnt Congress had no
power to pass the act of 1850 ; that the duties and
obligations declared by the constitution in that re
spect, by Sec. 2 of Art. 4 of the constitution were
imposed upoii,tho States, and all power in relation
thereto, reserved to the States and people. I am
compelled to hold that the act is unconstitutional
and void, and confers no authority upon the Fed
eral Courts.
Judge Smith, evidently believes that Sec.. 2d of
Art 4th, refers to slaves. And that they must bo
surrendered. The extent of the protection he
affords to liberty is to see that it is not surrendered
unconstitutionally. That mny sometimes afford
protection, but it is not what the people require.
Their interests demand that it shall never be sur
rendered constitutionally or otherwise
We have in this Wisconsin case, a good illustra
tion of tho varied opinions on this question.
1st. We have Judge Miller's decision, thtt tho
law of 1850 is constitutional and just, and he im
prisons Booth and Ryecrnft for its violation.
Cd. We have Chief Justice Crawford's opinion
that tho fugitivo slave law is constitutio ial, but
is a defender of the rights of personal liberty
so far as to see to it that all the niceties and quirks
of law arc complied with. He finds a defect in ,;t
this particular and lets the captives out at this
loop hole in the net in which they were entangled.
All can see that Judgo Crawford is ns pro-slavery
in bis constitutional nnd legal position ns Judge
Miller himself, though one imprisoned Booth nnd
the othe rrclcascd him. So think a portion at loas'
of the people of Wisconsin, nnd they nre opposed
to his re election to his present office, for which we
believe he expects soon to be a candidate. In this
they nre right, as thoroughly right, as they are
also in another step they have taken, viz. asking
Judge Miller by pctitiou to resign. J udge Miller
ln(j jugtiee Crawford are rightly judged by the
same judgement.
3d. Judge Smith goes ft step further and will
not only defend the right of personal freedom
against Slave rendition, by the quibbles of law,
but takes tho broader ground that all congression
al legislation for the rendition of slaves as uncon
stitutional. That that is n privilege reserved
to the States. And ns we understand him the
States are bnund to discharge that duty. There is
no difference in principle bctweonthe three Judges.
All recognize the legal existence of Slavery, al'
recognizo the obligation of the people of Wisconsin
to return the escaped slave to his master. And
the time niut come, before Slavery shall cease,
when Judge Smith (hull bo visited with the same
judgement by the people of Wisconsin which
' '"'J ftre di"P"gc,I t0 mcte t0 Chief Justice traw
ford and Judge Miller
Judge Miller woolj have released Glover if his
matter had not proved him a slave. Judge Craw
ford would have been more strict in administering
the law.ivod thus have given him a widorchanco for
escape. Judge Smith wuld have utterly repudia
ted the law under which he was tried and thus still
more widely enlarged the opportunity for freedom
but all would have enslaved him, had the process
been legal and constitutional
A'o iIuk rendition.. No StAYEur, must yet be
the decision of our judges and no laws no con
stitution no legislators, no judge which eane-
tion it existence, must yet be the watchword of
the people. Ood spec J the time when thus it shall
be.
SPIRITUAL MISSIONARIES.
Turing the 'last w eek we had a visit from Jolm
athan and Hannah Thunas. Old Mends, con
scioncious, intelligent, nnd unpretending mission
aries of spiritualism. With the faith and devo-
tion of earlv christian apostles they went forth one
year ago under spiritual direction to proclaim such
words a should be furnished them to utter. Jire.
Thomas is tho medium, who uttera her impres
sions though not without some sort of magnetic
aid from her husband, who sits by her during
her addresses.
Mrs. Thomas had, previous to this mission
though we believe but rarely, spoken in public
in nrivnimv of ariti-slnverv principles. On the
first of April lost, in obedience to imprcs
sions if duty, her hufbtnd rented their little
furm iii Vinton Co. for one year, sold off their
stock nnd they stnrted with their two chilldrcn for
Philadelphia, where they were instructed their
mission was to commence. They arrived in the
city without ft solitnry acquaintance, even among
their spiritual brethren. '1 hey found sympnthmng
friends, without delay, nnd the next evening nrter
their arrival Mrs. T. delivered her first address.
She cont'.nued her labors speaking two or three
times on the first dny of the week and almost
every evening of other days, for irf?re tuecetmv
iceek. They nftcrwards visited Boston, New
York, and various other cities in the East and
have how concluded their sercice, by ft seven
weeks course of Lectures in Cincinnati. Her pub
lic addresses have averaged five per week for the
Inst eleven months. They are now on their way
to resume their quiet nnd honest labors upon their
farm, and assured us that their fidelity to their
convictions of duty has been to them in no respect
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a aisaavamaire
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It . mm,ior n inl nor renders mnv think of
the new phenomina, of their origin or utility
Su:h consecrated, trusting fidelity to honest eon
victions, is worthy of the widest imitation, nnd
for this cause, we make the record of the facts.
Let nbolitionistR imitnto it in their devotion to the
principles of libertv, and its cause will blossom
with hr.pe, nnd bring forth the fruit of speedy suc
cess.
Of tho character of Mrs. Thomas's lectures for
interest and ability we ennnot speak, ns we heard
nono of them. But we copy from the Journal nf
Mm, Dr. Buchanan's opinion:
Mn. Tnnni. TliU Inrtv hns iust concluded a
.,.;,,. of ie..turc. in this city of decidedly rcmnr-
is'knblo character. Mrs. Thomas is a plain farmer's
wife ; living on a small place in Vinton county
Ohm, whose opportunities ol educo ion have been
. , dJ; Jit to 1M,;t0i m
lcepest philosophers of modern times. Indeed
the greater part of her discourses was of so prn-
verv limited. She w ns impelled by spiritual infill
enccs to go forth and lecture for nearly n twelve
month on Spiritual Philosophy; and this impulso
she has obeyed, concluding her course iu Cincin
nati. She had been lecturing scveial weeks in the city
before 1 learned the superior character of hor dis
courses, and was attracted to hear them. To my
surprise nnd gratification I found that her lectures
(in which she speaks merely ns a medium,) wore
uen ns would
t, Locke or the
had :
'found nnd finished a chnracter, that f they
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rZlT the
iitcrnrv dignity of the Greek language, they would
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have been admired una revcrea as some oi me no
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1 OICST TirOUUCllOllB Ol UHCHMII. YlllHilllll.
Jf d-lscourscs wcre not tll0 cnvXnntions of
j communicating spirits through Mrs. Thomas,
. hut were merely the workings ot her own nuna
! then is Mie indeed one of the most remarkable wo
, 1 mon of the aco. If she can b induced to go torth
. b wlU rii:h,v rcpny, at-
tentinn she mnv roccive ; not by brilliance or clo-
quence, but by nn outpouring of pure thought,
WHICH CilllllUb lUll IU tlillll.i-i viv.m.v
who listen.
THE STATES.
Pennstlvani. The Legislature of Tcnnsylva
niahas been unable to elect a Senator in the place
of Mr. Cooper, nnd have adjourned tho election
till the first Tuesday in October ne-t.
Wisconsin. Numerous meeting have been held
in Wisconsin sustaining and arprovine the
pniirxA of the Sutrrme Court of the State
in the release of Booth and Ryecraft. From
the reports they seem to have been marked with
reat enthusiasm nnd dicided tone. An election
is soon to be held to fill the place of Chief Justice
Crawford, whose torm of service is about to expire.
At some of these meetings resolutions wcre adop
ted adverse to bis re-election, on account of his
opinion of the constitutionality of the Fugitive
Slave law. The people of East Troy sent to Judge
Miller who condemned Booth nn nddress asking
for his resignation. It was signed by 329 voters nnd
wn8 presented in person by John F. Parker Esq.
'phe Democrat soys that uine tenths if not niuety
he !gve hundredths of nil the voter of the State and
L; the women would have signed the address, had
been presented to them.
The second hearing on behalf .
I
Massachusetts,
of the petitioners for the removnl of Judge Loring
was held on Wednesday afternoon ot last week.
Wendell Phillips, Theodore Parker and Robert
Morris gave their testimony in the case, J. W.
Kotchcll, a slave-holder from Alabama spoke in
defense of Mr. Loring, and Lewis Hayden re
plied. Richard Ilildreth and Amasa Walky also
addressed tho committee. A third hearing was
appointed for Tuesday of the present week. Burns
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lias oeen purcunsKu mnu omici uj wumuunvn
of the kidnapper in Broadojolh. B. F. Hallett,
V. S. District Attorney and the U. S. Marshal, con
tributed each $50.
New York. After eeriou opposition by the
hunkers in the New York Senate, that body has
finally passed a resolution authorizing the Gov
ernor to employ counsel to aid the Attorney genernl
in defending tho State in the Lemmon case.
The course of Anti-Slavery lectures in New York
City has.closed. Mr. Garrison's lecture of which
we publish a sketch was the last, though Mr. Sum
ucr is announced to give a supplementary lecture
hereafter. The course has h en a paying one.
A decision has been made in the Supreme Court
of New Yurk which places colcred persons on the
terms of legal equality with the most favored of
those of lighter complexion, in reard to the use of
omnibusses, railroad cars and other public con
veyance. Another College open toh rut Reception of
Women. The Westminster College. located at Wil
mington, Lawrence co. Pa. has openedits door for
the reception of students, irrespective of ex. The
College is under the direction of the Associate or
Secedor Church.
Gerrit Smith hart issued a long circular letter,
addressed to Wendell Philliys of Boston. It gives
Mr. S.'s view of the present state of tho anti
slavery cause, and of the occasion of failure in
the effort of abolitionists. We shall publish a
part nf it put wk.
GEN. HOUSTON'S LECTURE ON SLAVERY.
After much labor And difficulty, the gentlemen
of Boston who have In charge the course of lec
tures in that city on the subject of elavory, have
succeeded in securing one from ft Southerner.
Senator Houston delivered a lecture there on the
23d inst., which we find reported At length in the
Boston Telegra lb. Several other Southerners
were invited, but declined the service. One of
them, Senator Butler of South Carolina, Assigned
as his reason for declining, thnt his audience would
be one with "foregone conclusions on the subject."
And certainly they have all done well for ti.eir
own credit, and for their cause, unless they Could
give something superior to that presented by the
Senator from Texas.
His lecture Is A miserable hodgo podge, of the
stale and oft-exposod defences of slavery. Its
tone is moderate. It concedes, in some sort the
wrong of slavery, and seems to expect that it will,
some time, be removed. T.ie locturer makes n
show of Independence, and boasts repentedly of
his willingness to face a world of adverse sonti-
mont. But this is evidently his "whistling to keep
his courage up." Tho course of the wljolo lecture
ro reals his fear of the anti-slavery public senti
ment' which he conjectures exists in Boston and
in his audience. T
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he burden of the whole, oft
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limes repcaieu, is mat oi mo uovu s, wnuui hohuh
once met, "Let u alone. Hast thou come to tor-
ment us before the timo 1" Equally oft-repeated is
his glorification of the Union.
He affirms that the slaves are well treated they
have Sabbaths and religion they have white min
isters and black are well fed and liehtlv worked
tney have tho lights of religion civilisation and
morality they nre of all people most cheerful
contented and happy. If this were not so, we
should hear of suicides among them, and General
Houston never heard of the commission of suicide
by a slave. He must have had a very low opinion
of the intelligence of his nudienco, cr he would not
have ventured upon such an nssertion. No longer
ngo than last week, we copied from one New Or
leans paper the account of two suicides by
slaves.
He is a colonizationist, and like all "American"
coloniziitioniste, has horrible forebodings of the re
sults of emancipation. Amalgamation and idle
ness debauchery and ruin to the black will be
the inevitable result.
We quoto a few passages, that our readers may
judgo for themselves.
"The nchievemont of our liberties was made by
slaveholders, and if they have sinco dispossessed
themselves of slaves, now they exist only one per-
tion of the community. There they nre not objects
of cruelty, they are not objects of harshness, they
are not doomed to the darkness of heathenism;
they have the lights of religion, of civilization, of
morality. It is the care of mastors who desire the
countenance nnd fellowship of tho community, to
sec thnt on the Snbbnth day the slave attends the
worship of the Supremo Being. The Word is
given to them by their own prenchers or by white
preachers, nnd they nre instructed in religion.
Masters rightly constituted there, feel anxious th-it
their slaves should be ncquainted with tho myste
ries nnd the joys of revelation. They do not
wish to shut these out from their spirits nor fnm
their eyes.
The house of a man who would make his slaves
labor on the Sabbath I have known but two who
have been charged with employing their laborers
on the Sabbath day would become l.ko an infect
ed place. No one consorts with such n master, or
trusts'office or distinction to thein. TIicbo I know
are statements that are not in conformity with the
general and excited state of feeling which exists
in certain portions ot the country, Dut they are,
nevertheless, true, and I feel called upon by the
respect shown to me to state the truth in return for
that respect.
So far as the eouth has heretofore expressed it
self nnd I have come to viudicnto the South
against the responsibility sought to be cast upon it
for that for wlnchit is not responsible the South
has said, "Let us alone, let us regulate our domes
tic institutions for ourselves. Vou gentlemen of
the Aorth, you legislators, you governors, you
statesmen, go on and regulate your domestio insti
tutions as you think proper. Uive us the same
frivilege, and it is all we ask. Let us alone."
low long has that spirit of acquiescence existed?
How perfect wns it nt the last session of Congress?
Not a voice of discord was heard, not a jarring
sound was heard throughout the broad land."
"We found slavery in our country. We use
slaves but wo do not abuse them. One race or
the other must give way. If slavery were to give
way the spindles of the North would stop. It may
bo objected that I nm appealing to the cupidity of
the northern people. 1 nm appealing to their
commonsense nnd experience, nnd they may cive
it what nnme they please, that object to it. Look it
to Jamaica. Has the slave advanced with till the
advantages of emancipation, after passing through
all the sUiies of apprenticeship? No, he has de
teriorated. Ho is lower than whon he was a slave.
Ilia labor is unproductive; he is not profitable to
himself nor to any other. How would it be in the
South? 1 urn them loose, and they coulu r.ot set
iu business, Land could Dot bo appropriated
to them; and if it were they would not work it.
They would be as they are in Bermuda and every
where else where they are thrown upon their own
resources. They are listless, inert, lazy, living on
the fruits of the earth where they can be had, but
never will bo industrious.
IIow could two races exist together without
amalgamation ? It is impossible. Well, they
would produce notinnz in the South; the spindles
of the North would stand still ; the implements of
husbandry would remain here unsold, and the
whole South would present nothing but a spectacle
of wretchedness, if not of bloodshed and carnage.
Who could derivo hnppiness from this? It would
not elevate tho slave in the South. You might
call him free, but ho would be an object of want
. . i V :c i. : . ..ri-
ana wretcneuness. iow ii uu is sic a uocvor o
provided, and he is attended to by the master, be-
.......... I. a to liia mi-nn. unit if is litfl intnrnfil in tnVp
CUU3C HU ,o u.o wi.in.1, - -
care of him. But if free, no one would take enro
of him. His toil would stop, and his recompense,
and he would be cast into the streets. Xhat would
he his situation. ''Whereas, it is the master's duty
not only to improve his intelligence, but improve
his moral condition, that he may be more honest,
iriiRtworthv and laitulul. io.
Ladies and Gentlemen : I have been led to the
reflection, that in the adaptation of labor to cli
mate and production, it would be impossible to
furnish sunidics to meet doinand, if it were possi
ble to wipo out slavery and transfer every one of
the souhern slaves to.the soil of Africa. It would
be imposiible to supply one fourth or one sixth of
the demand that has gradually grown up in the
r.rAHHiit condition of the country.
The white man's labor could never supply that
of slave, whose constitution is adapted to southern
labor, climate and production, it is not that the
Kluve has to bear the burden and heat of the day.
Our laborers rise w ith the sun, are allowed half an
hour at bronkfust, and two hours at noon, avoiding
the heat at noonday, and return at night to their
sunoer and rcnoso. They are not overworked; yet
any white man undergoing the same process of
labor would uo unauie to entiure , iu wuuiu
fall under tho heat of the sun. There aro physi
cal causes why this is so, and they are known to
physiologists.
The negroes originated in a southern climato,
and they cannot live in a northern climate with
the enjoyment of the same degree of health, ac
tivity and vigor that they enjoy at the South.
There they aro healthy, active and cheerful. The
aft of all people on earth the most haypy. Have
you tver heard of a slave committing suicide ? If
they were wretcnea ano couiu not uear ine ciiains,
,
of the moderate slavery which they enjoy, they
would have reoourse to suicide to break their
chains, nnd give their spirits freedom, but I never
yet heard of a slave that committed suicide. (Ap
plause.' "The two sections cannot be separated. How
wmiH yon op'rftt thmi? Would Mnsn nd
Dixon's line betthe line of separation ? Would
not fortresses and cannon ho placed on either tide
nut lorirrnnoii nnq cannon no pincea on either aiue
of that line-ail ideal or n true ono-or if .you
please, river would not they oppose each other?
Would Hot standing armies grow up to protect this,
frontier t j Would not a military power grow ttp to
cieicna tins oonnaary j would not taxation And
oppression be the conscquonco of it, and would
not despotism follow armies nnd taxation t Are
you prepared for thntf Kationnl men cannot de-,
siro it. Iticy desire union. The men of the
South and the men of the North desire union nnd
tranquility, both sections are interested in the Un
ion, and neither can repudiate it nnd be happy
and independent. (Applause.) No. All we ask
is to be let alone. Wo do not wish to ob
trudo our institutions, but we wish to have nil tho
benefits of the constitution. We wish thnt to bo
the controlling principle of the country. We are
willing to give the pound of fiosh, but not one drop
of Christian blood.- .,,,,.,... ,.. ..-.-v.---.
But this Is enough 'to satisfy our readers of the
character of the whole.
In tho following paragraph is shadowed forth a
moving reason for Southorn Know-Nothingism.
"Fireign labor would depreciate the value of
slaves." No doubt.
These aro the things the North should look at.
Your slaves beenme unprofitable here, nnd they
wore thrown off. Lnbor And institutions, too, are
governed by convenience nnd necessity to a great
extent, without canvnssing tho mornlity or immor-
i . f t, :,:,:-. vow. whenever the south
. . . . . . . . . . . .
should employ foreign Inoor, u it were possiblo to
do it, it would depreciate the value of slave labor,
slaves would become worthless, and, If posiblo, it
would get rid of thorn,
The following looks very much like an argumont
against Know-Nothingism. But we are not re
sponsible for General Houston's consistency ; and
at any rate it could not be very flattering to his
Know -Nothing auditors i , . -
The immense improvements you have made I
am delighted with; I congratulute the people of
the North with all my heart upon the many beau
tiful, convenient, profitable and elegant improve
ments, i our states aro like gridiruiiB, your hclus
and gardens und your houses are elegant. In the
interior of this State I was gratified with behold
ing more than oriental fiplcndor; you have founded
an clcgnnt nnd enlightened state, of society. But
i. i; - .1. .. i i . , f f. n . r
uo you oenevo mui nnu ii. uui ocen lor ine uiuux oi
foreign labor, you would have had those railroads?
(Cheers nnd laughter.)
Would . the Americans, sons of the revolution,
ever have been able to do tho digging, and all oth
er work that has been done here? (Cheers.) No.
You never could have done it in tho world. Wei),
"ol P'f n me worm unt t
11,0 1,er,l1l1 Constiti.tion-I thinl
JoaT 90- Do you think that if rai
it is well done, nnd I nm glad to see it dono
(Lnughter.) But let us reason a little further.
Suppose these railroad projects had taken place
bolore the time when you emancipated your slaves,
and no foreigners had conic. Emancipation did
not take place in the North until the adoption of
k in about the
roads had been
stnrtod then, emancipation would have been begun?
You would have had negroes at work building
railroads to this day just as sure as tho world.
(Applauso and laughter.)
It is necessity that produces slavery.it is con
venience, it is profit thnt creates slavery ; though
often tho owners nre not ns much benefitted by it
ns it is thought. It is true tht labor must be
performed, nnd when foreign lalior had Ijccome re
duced to a standard, nt which it is chenper thnn
slaves, with tho capital invested in them, you em
ployed loreigncrs and turned on your slaves. Had
there been such an influx of foreign immigration
at the South, do you believe they would have con
fined to hold slaves Jo 1 they would have con
structed ships, though they nre no hands at it
there, to transport them to Africa, rather than to
have them among them.
Tako it all in all, we must think the whole
speech a very poor bid for the Presidency. It
shows neither talent, independence nor boldness.
It indicates the intellectual and moral character of
the Senator as quite inferior to his physical. We
should take them to be, judging from this speci
men, about on a par with those of the present in
cumbent of the presidential chair.
Since preparing the above for the press, we find
in the N. Y Tribune a brief report of Mr. Garri.
son's speech in that city, which is mainly occupied
in comments of Senator Houston' speech. We
give it below.
Mr. Garrison, on presenting himself, was
greeted with enthusiastic and repeated applause,
He commenced with a reference to tho undoubted
righteousness of the cause he advocated. Solomon
hnd said that there was nothing new. under the
sun : but ho would not have said so, were he late
ly in Boston, because he would have seen there a
well-known slaveholder, before a Massachusetts
audience, pleading for slavery as a beneficent in
stitution. It is supposed ho spoke what ho tho'
for there aro no southern doughfaces ; it is alway
southern backbone against northern gristle.
Loud laughter and applause. Gen. Sam. Hous
ton was the man, nnd his speech would have been
transceiidantly wicked, if it wcre not superlatively
foolish. But it is worthy of consideration, because
it will be spread before the whole people, and be
cause it again lifts the curtain which hides the
abomination of slavery. Besides, it is likely to
have much influence on the northern mind. Sla
very constantly culminates in some particular man,
and General Houston is to be used in the approach
ing olection to blind the eyes of the North, and ob"
tain another triumph for the South. Mr. Garrison
censured the conduct of the Anti-Slavery Commit
tee of Boston in inviting Gen. Houston to speak on
slavery. lie did not think that, to show up the
evils of robbery, a highwayman should be paid for
addressing an audience thereon. They had invit
ed many southern men to come on the same errand
only one had accepted the invitation, and he be'
cause ho was quite deficient in understanding of
the question, a genuine Know Nothing in that re
spect. Laughter and applause. But the south'
em men cannot be expected to come and discus
the question, They dare not even discus it on
their own plantation. Besides, having an ohject
too near our eyes hinder our (seeing it Aright, ns
well as its being at ton great a distance ; slavehold
era themselves do not know the horrors of the sys
tem as well a those who view it at a distance.
The South does not tolerate the institution. Con
trast this with the reception of Gen. Houston in
Boston.. I am glad said Mr. G.) that be' was At
tentively heard; but there was no place for an ex
pression of the moral natuieof an audience? Gen.
Houston said be would not trench on the moral
fueling of his audience yet he pleaded for the
oontinuance of the slave system. He said the sys
tem wa a necessity and that he spoke in honesty
of heart. His testimony cannot be received, for
his, hands are stained with blood. 'Honosty; argal
put money in thy pocket!' He daily commit
crime which, in New Yurk and Massachusetts!
would send him to prison. He said he was proud
of being an American; that was probably some
thing for hi Know, Nothing brethren. Laughter.
He might a well boast of die length of ni nose
or the number of hi teeth. An American may be
a very email pattern of a man ; what should be
boasted of is, being a man ! . On, ,tbi Geographi
cal liberality! Nationality i h allien iwn uni
versality is Christianity I Loud applause.) -1 do
not w ish that any slab should show where my re.
uiuins rest; but should any friend erect such a me
morial, I wish the epitaph to be 'Hi oountry wa
the wfirM, his countrymen were nil mankind.'
'Iflrcnt ApplousY General Houston argued thai
the mGn w10 won tho revolution were 'one brother
But what of Lafay-
would bare draw. a
awor3 to erect a slave country f What of the otk
er foreigners t What of the colored regisaoate
ne mGn Who won the rovoiui
fc d j,, holders.'
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f"e bo wrot0 ne neTr 1
ndo
t V
i .
and martyrs, who shared the gl iriee and danger
of the war? One brotherhood n All slavthold
cf s T" Den'.' II. Raid the s1aver"couldnoCxW ir""
liberated; that is, tho white would exterminate
them. Are we devil? But the statement U a
false n the statement i diabolical; the two race
can exist together in the northern State, Can a
da, aud still bettor, in the West Indie. H Argu
ed that the horror ot Amalgamation wouM 'foflow
emancipation; its horror dwelt on by A souther
man 1, Why, the slaveholder ,je the meanest
mon; after robbing thc AftlcAn ofdibrty thejj Tok t
them of their complexions also ! 'Loud laughter
and applause The General Advocated colonisa
tion of course be did: Any one having on iaterest
in it would. AH that is base and vulgar in the
land cluster around the Colonization Society. II
said if there were a sufficient immigration of white
labor.tbo South would have shipped all their slave
to Africa; he forgot what he laid a little before
that white labor could not exist in the Southl T
ndorcato slavery in this day, and to do it, claiming
e a ton of Ood (for the General was lately ''
rencwod and baptised all over) is something out-" ''
ragcous. The fugitive from the South would "
sooner meet a wolf than a Baptist, a bear than a
Methodist, ft rattlesnake than a Presbyterian tb
only thing he fear to see is the face of A white
man of a Christian. (Loud applause.) The ' -General
would not consider the abstract question-
discretion was th better part of valor. Mr. Clay :
admitted the abstract wrong, And did not hid hia ;'
self behind the Abstraction, far he added that the '
system wa a curse to the master and a wrong te -tho
slave. Mr. Garrison added similar testimony
from- Washington, Jefferson, Henry and other pat- -
riots. But there is nothing abstract About slAverr -
Is the g:gnntic General nn abstraction? Are the '
whips and tortures of slavery abstractions? Gb.
II. argued that the presont generation found la--
very in the country. True, And they also found -fever
and the small-pox; shall they guard and dif- .
fuse these? ' Ho also preached that neither be nor-'
his ancestor created the system, and that i now a '
necessity; necessity is always the argument of the v.
despot ; nnd who now practice the horror of 1a
very ? The present slaveholder, and the crime
is theirs; eo is the penalty; for blood run all over w
tho South; and crime nnd horror are enaeted "
there that are unknown elsewhere." " '' ' ' '
Mr. Garrison displayed eleven yard of new- 'l
paper paragraphs of crimes at the South,' cut out
in a few month. They were festooned over hi.
desk amid much laughter. ' . ,
"Gen. II. said tho slave are the happiest people
in the world, and he is a converted Baptist I ,Thn ,
tho whites must bo the most unhappy in the world. , ,
He must have supposed he was addressing An au-.
dience of idiots; he could not have, dared to epeak .
so, but that he knew the conscience of th North .
was callous. He asked whether any slave is known .
to have committed suicide: the South doe act
chronicle such deeds; no doubt they are numerou i
and there Are written testimonies thereof. The ;
slaves were said by the Lord to be well evftngeliied
the Sabbath was strictly guarded for them but
to what end? To make them believe that God
will send to hell the disobedient slave I He allud- .,
ed very unfortunately to the Egyptian bondage.
When Pharaoh was remonstrated with, he anwr- .
cd, 'I know not the Lord.' Pharaoh wa a heathen
Know Nothing; the General wa a Christian one, .
Loud laughter. But the analogy holds; the Be- '
gro race will be freed, and through a Red Sea act :
of water, but of blood I (Applause. If tb ,
North would escape destruction, her only hope i -
separation; The Union upholds slavery ; therefore ;
the South abhors separation, and the General de- r
nounces it. He depict tho sad consequence, but
what arc consequences to him who take the right? ,
But the South would be powerles were the Union ,
dissolved, she could not hurt the North. Thtgaia ,
of the North would be no more slave-catcbing, a i
more texation for slavery, no more Dr. Spring,
Dewey and Cox, Casse and Douglases; no more -
New York Heralds I (Loud and repeated applause.) ,
The issue ia not one of documents, but of life and
death. Disunion i the only remedy; all else i ,
but beating the air. , Our motto is 'No union with,
slaveholders I' . -: .. .. ,, , .... .;
'Hurrah ! hurrah ! right on go we, '
The fettered slave shall yet be free.";
Tremendous applause. ': .': ;i
A New Call upon tnt Govern' mint. A Mr.'
Goode, of the Missouri House of Representative,'
has introduced into that body a series of resolu
tions, relating to slavery. They speak opproving
ly of the constitution, for its recognition of slavery,'
as we'll they may. They also call upon the Fede
ral fSoveminent to plaoe U. S. troops in Chicago.te
secure the enactment of the fugitive slave act.
Tho resolutions were referred to a Committee.
We are quite willing to see. these resolution
adopted. It is a development of the real spirit of
slavery, and the Government will act in' harmony
with itself, if it complies with the request. .The'
sooner the people find out these fact the better
And find them out they never will, except by inch,
demonstrations. Chicago is not. the only place
that will need troops, if the work i once com
menced. ' , ' ' ,
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. Tue Ccbax Enterprise. The Cuban fillibuiterf
have issued the'r bond from $50 and upward.'
They are signed by John A. Quitman, commander,
George . Betau court. President, of the Junta at
New, Orleans, John S. Thrasher, Secretary.' A
correspondent of one of the Boston paper say b
visited the camp of tbe soldiers destined for the
expedition, near New Orloans, and that they are
a hard set of fallow, but will stand but a peer
fight .. .
Presidential Prerogatives. President Pieret
like his predecessor ha taken the responsibility of
dismissing Territorial Judge. Mr. Fillmor
dismissed one by the name of Goodrich, He re
sisted the summary process, and appealed to the
Supreme Court tot enforce the payment of hi
salary, The court ha decided against the ex
Judge, tbu sustaining ; the Presidential prero
gative. , . V:-: l V" I '.:."'..!i,i-M
.1 ;' ' ,! . ! : ) ' ' H 'III ' . W
' Colonization Sociitt. The last Annual Report
of the Amerioan Colon iiatlou Sooiety, report it
receipt for the past year, $165,433 03 near
$17,000 loss than' the receipts of tbe last year.' ,. Of
thia sum, Massachusetts gave the largest amount
of any on State, vii., $12,790 19, and Florida th
least; vi!,$l,00. The whole number of emigrant)
sent out. during the past year i' 65S. Of tbe
58 were from the free Statoa, and tbe mnslolsf
K'5 frun tdave States. , : ... ; ,