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Anti-Slavery Bugle from Lisbon, Ohio • Page 2

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T1IK ANTI-SLAVEllY DHOLE. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. hav not tcn, frr long limp, nn nnnoiit'eo- went so lauglmbtc and extraordinary ni the which we copy from the London Morning Advertiser, of lie 4-Tth ultimo; 'TtuGlSMT CoMr.XTION at Man-i riMi This convention, to be holdcii on the 1st of Auirust at Manchester, will receive nn addition- interest lu the presenco of the llou. John Van Union, a prominent American politician, ntul con of Martin Van Huron, o-prosideiit of tlio United Statcn. Mr.

nn liuren visits this country to bo present at tho forthcoming antislaverr convention. lind to advise with Inn feilow-woikon. in the noble cause of Negro Kniancipation in tlio United Stales, wnti which his lather, as well as ri.uiso.l, has lor neveral years been idcntitied. his is unothcr en- donco of tho increasing hatred that peculiar i. Ktitutton gaining ground in tho feeliiits of every riht-mindcd ninu.

We shall hail Mr.Vau Huren's presenco at this interesting period of the nnti-slv man can better his fdlv.c-ur, in the noblt causti no imin will be listened to with inoro ntten-, tion, nur, considering his antixtuents, is mure eiia-: lite of giving practical ttireettun: In our niiprcs- sion of Saturday, we gave a list of the important subjects to be discussed. All theso subjects affect, more or loss, the internal affairs of the several states, as well as the Federal I'nion. Thcro is none, fcotvever, of such vital importance as that repe.g the discussion of tho feasibility of dts-e-jlving that great union of States, which it lias i I i often been said is governed by the hearts of a free people, and now siauds in its greatness an example tho world. Xtio discussion ot this momentous topic will form a new phase of the anti-slavery as Ocorce Thompson, W. Wells Urown and Parker l'illsbury, I'cim Bttrtn cannot J'nil to render yixul tcrtice to the cause oj Jreedom vi instructing his Jet-! Irw-Korkcr, on this tide the Atlantic' It Is true, that an anti-slavcrv convention was to be held in Manchester on tho 1st of August, and l.

Tl M. ll. tT- it 7 iiiienuuu 10 up itrcscoi out nu mac is i ere said i ntjotil John Van Huron and Ins lather is. on this side of the Atlantic, so palpablo a boax, that wo int swvci so BagncKMi. aim intelligent a journal ns 'tilt! ii'MIUUII VUUHt UVJ tM'll I.I 1, 11 1, k.lu .1, llll.l.

Vll rollioli'me Prince' has become a convert to no abolitionisni but if so, we shall be as shy of 1 him as the apostlos wcro of Saul of Tarsus after his notable conversation, until bis character be cs-1 tablished. X'6e-foi-. rm v. .111. 11 LBSlbn LllLliAhl r.1.

iintTi.v It has been known for some time that the Liter L' i rjAciilui ui liiiv i unniM, iiii.u iini.ii- red his and otlicr papers to cr Webster. Since tho death Statesman, personal and fami whiiih his peerless name and Imve been revived i Wlion living, tho lustre of his i lltMW (ill milmr lliincrs intn III lelliteswho nuttored about him and upon whom I 1 I. ills liliut siione iiKe me rays oi mo sun upon a oucs uncK wcro euoogu 10 cacii oilier svhen he iwas about but now that ho has gone, they whirl round his grave liko birds of prey, and seem almost capable of fighting for its worms. i There are no less than two families in the State to ins son, -ilr. Ill 1 oi me iiiusmuus ly jealousies, to: rcnutation naturallv nil their force inmeuiato .1...

Tl who aspire to the pretension fame. One claims to have a jurisconsul another boasts his renown as a diplomatist, while both assume to havo assistod him at an orator, the fact being that every ray borrowed by this luminous intellect from others, was reflected back with such ten-fell brilliance as to make thein "Blind with excess of light." ion of sharing his great heightened bis fame ns to havo remaps mere is no city in 1110 v. nion wnoro me disease of familv pride is more than in i Boston. To offend one of the Curtis'cs, for in utanco, i9 not mcioly to violate the common eour of life, but to commit an act of absolute pro- S'. :UJT.6X,r;.

ni.a.W erso, said a wag the day. "lie has only to withdraw the Curtis family, and tho thing would bo done." Now the above mentioned litorary executioners wo beg pardon, literary exocutors we mean consisted of Edwart Evorett, George T. Curtis and C. C. Felton and GEonct T.

CfRTIS, bo Says "Wcbstcr'd be nothing If it wasn't for mo." But it seems Fctchcr thought otherwise, and was resolved to tako the responsibility of perpetuating his father's name and fame upon his own shoulders. As for Everett, he has enough to do to look out for his own reputation while Professor Felton has laurels to cultivate in Old Harvard. And so tho unpublished papers of Webster have passed out of the hands of the learned trio, nnd are now in ine archives 01 nis own lamiiy. 1111s i-as it should be. Now then, let H.em be publish- I d.

leteher is not the most brilliant man in the world, and is modest enough to know it; but he is certainly competent enough to manage a few manuscripts, while as lor editing them, the works if a man like Webntcr speak for themselves. Times. Av Ex.Ttrivs Scexe. Tho Worcester Si gives an account of thc plunging visit of a high-spirited horse, to the tent in which the Second Advent! people aro hiding a meeting. He at Urst came in contact with the and was thrown aown, out arnggod iiimsclt irom tlio wagon to which he was attached, md dashed into Hio crowded tent.

The scene that ensued was fearful to witness, and it would be dimcult to describe tho terror and consternation that followed, from uch an unexpected visitation. loan instant the whole assemblage was in motion, rushing out of" me lent in an uirccuuus, uuu running uicr inc plain for safety, A "midnight cry" of unusual energy broke unconsciously from the lips of hundreds" of tho congregation, as the frantic beast made his way over stools, settees, tent linos, and human beings, and it was thought by somo of tho residents of the vim lrnniv nn. llin hiiii.ii fif ll.n trouble, that some infernal messenger had ioiued in tho sorvices, instead of tho long looked for vis- Itant rrom tne mansions or tno oicst. several per-, sons were Hlicbtly injured, and a man named Col lior, from Westboro', was seriously hurt. The horso wrs secured with considerable difficulty and it was a long time before the preacher coiiln take up the throud of his discourse, or the ni diencc could compose themselves sufficiently to listen to hit teachings.

Commonirctdth. A Good Sentiment. A ISaltimore correspond-out of tha Xationzt Era aptly says If tho Union is to be preserved, hich Clod grant it may, to bo worth preserving it must bo union of free men with free principles, and a corresponding practice. Faith, without works Thi is the true doctrine. If tho politicians l.ii-iiiiy II rlmw wii.li thAm In li.A.ArrA it they must nu it wor.h preserving.

A Union whof only use ia to enable Slaveholders to catch nnd keep their slave, is not worthy of love or preservation. Free J'reslnjteriun. And pray what else is our Union good for. Will the Prosbyteriau tell us? StAVEtir ix Missorni. In Missouri, shivery is a atand, if not It may be said, Villi ailUOgI J.l?rui iruiili viii.i- aim oiiiiiuiii mi- migration Missouri, entirely ceased three years There is now a slaveholding emigration from re in uuw ot uu, MiMiuri.

Beside slaves are constantly Uiug sold to the South. There ore no nioro slaves in Miss- to-day than there were 1 tbroo ymni rrospect is. that teu years hence their nuiiiU-r will g'eatly less than il now. There are now in Iho State, nites, and iilavos. Ten iaar hence, there will 1 nt least 1 Kl whiles less than W.WW slavos I here are now t.i mm ttlnvii.

Ion .1 f. .1,,.. T.n vumm iuofc inau m.i.i 1 1 oiiii-ii vi wu 1 likelv enough, thero mill bo twenty frireuieni ifui W. ii r.ihi, vComm unicationo. i towns, and one of the quieted places for tired or worn-out people in tlio world.

I walk in the field liud (llK rorn rivcr; i i 1 Mich as are wicked or daring enough to hear mo talk 1 piny with my LETTER FROM JOSEPH IV. .1 I I IIC llll'l UL-1HH II Uii 1ll.t-liniUI'IIVU i I IH UV 1 ill IV UtTt.r.Y, 185 4. My 1'kvr FatK.Mi: Here 1 am nt lietley, ono of; i sisters and mother-in-law; and soiiietiiues read and wrilCi 0llc the h.rL-tio in the village has an t. garden, and at go to look nt bis fruits and Dowers, and to exchange a few kind 1 words with him. Sometimes I pi with my wile Kistcrs a shopping, and get into a Kn convcr- 1 h.l;cC,r.

who, without a beretio like niysclf, is uhiays kind, and never tired of hearing the news of nil the world, nnd my own nbout it. Vni day 1 went to Audlc.n, the Club-day, nd i saw the shams, and the dancing on tho iimiiuiii in onimivi luuiiu; iuu, ui it nn I miiu to lictlev, aristocratic nnd high church, ami awnv from the in schcv.ais ii.l iienccs of rnd ca newspapers, democratic orators, nnd religious her-j The Club has 'ctics. Club-day is a great festival, nt oil these ancient country towns. jn the W0TU- Priost 111 lhe most genteel in music and dauc dancing for two English shillings. Club it- Lw mu i a muxes-, hears a sermon from the state .1 ,1 forenoon, dines at tho largest and and ends the day with tea nnJ I ing on tbe Green, admitting such .1...

i U. IIIU V. I UII IU IIIU IVHU f- nm. n.M.f.l ii i m.i renci in sickucss anu oiu lice. i no men nave their clubs and the women havo towns most of poo I 1 1 .1 the poor to secure relief, and the theirs In those the pic join tlie clul Midi to patronise! encourage the clubs.

Iho rich often help in keeping the accounts and managing tho affairs of tliu MlHi On thuir annual feast das, thu rich land the pour meet together in the chureh. and on the Green, nnd tho parsons sanction nil lv their 'nrespnco. The rich even dance wit'i tbe minr ni I these festivals. True, poor limn seldom dances i i i 1.,. i i.rtn-t witfc llvu vui.li dance vvuh a poor woman.

But this appearance rt advocate ol tlie most dangerous and Horn-, II. .1 1 I uic uociiiues in i-oiuics nuu religion. vouv inree Uien, thcrelore, spoke to me, ot all that were on and one of them was so deaf I cculd avo no cominui.icat.on Kl. him the second only exchanged compliments; the third, the husband of n. I I .1..

I ..1 .1. ii, V.III.IUI, tun, iiinm uiii. jiiiu uiu runt uu uui SCCU1 lO pliC 11 SO lllUOIV UICV USCU lO UO. 'i'i i .1 I. 'I'l omci uwi.

feel the rresencc ol their Patrons ns restra'nt. nt T' mvciui hi, iiiuvilil mv a VCry intelligent and accomplished lady, who is a pal.tioullir of wifa nnJ was the I oniy one wuo scemeu uisposeu or courageous 'enough to talk with me. I might, perhaps, have succeeded in getting a talk with the clergymen, but the only persons who had the right to give me the needed introduction to them, wero afraid to take on themselves tho responsibility of doing bo, les: uc 1,10 ocsln 01 conversation that might not be agreeable to all concerned. Two or three ladies ventured to talk 1 witll m0 a ya tlCj nnd rounrj thcm vcry intelligent. Of course, none but ladies of some intelligence nnd spiritual independence would think of talking! with a man of my reputation.

I felt rather lonely the crowd 011 the Croon, so I went into the streets to sec the shows, to watch the popular games, and try my luck with tho plow-boys nnd disturbing the peace and harmony of the great an- I the wagoners in firing nt a murk. While walking in the street, I was accosted by a gentleman who said he had beard me lecture at Nantwich, bud read all or most of my books, was acquainted with several of my readers and admirers. Ho told me of one man whom my writings had reclaimed from drunkenness and misery, who was now a respect able and worthy man, and in comfortable cireum-j stances. This was encouraging. Iwas at home now, and could talk as 1 liked, without dancer of nual festival.

On Tuesday lust, it was Club day at lietlev. The temperance people of the country round chose tlio tnnio fur nml irnpmnn nml ton party nt Betlev, and iu the evening they had a 1 public temperance meeting in tl.o open air. had, in conscqucnco, a very stirring day. The i i i i. t0 processions, with each its baud of music, I watched the whole rou-u me iio.e population 4 acne, mo noic the proceedings, especially ol the temperance uanu, anu attenucu me temperance meeting.

At the request of tho loaders in the movement, I ad-. the tl reBult of lllv; B.B Unty years experience nnd observation. The people seemed much pleased, especially when 1 1 gave them some accouut of tho temperanco movc- m'o UK wished might seo it, if they would call nt my mother-in-law's nfter the meeting. Vou should have seen how tho uien nnd women, boys and cirls ment in America, of the insurrection of tlie women at New Lisbon in Ohio, and at Winchester in Indiana against tho drinking system in their towns and neighborhood. I had taken with mo to Uctlcy one of tho hatchets which I saw demolish tho rum casks at Winchester, and 1 told the meeting that not yet got to the beginning of my story.

now you shall have it. I crowded to seo tho wonderful hatchet, and how they turned it round nnd round, and examined every part. It would have done you good. That hatchet will be talked of a hundred years to come. thut wonderful American hatchet, that.

In the hands of a womau, had demolished rum casks and whiskey barrels, and given a deadly blow to the! accursed drinking traffic in tho cou Iiandolph, Indiana. I intend to cxhih on Monday next, before vast assemblage. I will tell you tho result horeatter. I began you nu nccou unty town of mit it at Leeds iblage. I will this letter with the intention of giving vr i i one uay oi my me, and I nave On Friday last, I received iv letter from II.

IK YVeud, a man who is known and esteemed by nil you abolitionists, and by the more daring nnd thorough reformers of all kinds, both in the Old World and tho New. In this note, Sir. Webb in-formod me that he expected to be in Liverpool that night, to meet Ciiiiti.r.s F. llovrv and Pakkeii hv, and invited rue to bo one of tho com-at So I said I would, ui.d I did, or.d I ttuu a uttW ibad. lut I am skipping part ot my story.

i rj i started Irom Uutley about three o'clock in tbe afternoon, to lake (ho traiu at tho Basford sta- tion, about thr-e miles and a half north sf Uotley. '-'iit along with me a iiiilo or so, fur tho bcnellt of the air, and the pleasure of the walk. We met tho eldest Miss Muru f-oln 0 moug.i mere wcro ot us, wld not sue and though two sere hid.c-, she neither nodded nor spoke to them. Soon after my company loft mo, I slackened my pace to allow poor looking woman with a bundle, hom I raw ill the distiiiicc. til nverlnltii inn for 1 Imvs an infinite lovo of company, and a dreadful curiosity to know the secret of tlio poor and miserable.

Wnti 'Is this tho right road to Crewe, she asked. 'It is; but there is a nearer wny across the and a plcastinter one, as well. to be tired. Have you travelled 1 came from Nantwich this morning. I have lou seem I i 4 i.

i -b-'--" was about ten miles off, and she had ifinf I you not take he train? I have had only a very poor day, and I cannot afford to do And on she trudged. She nked me for nothing. She had plainly not thought ol b. receiving any tiling. Shall 1 let her go limit ii- .1 L.

ii i hrlping her a little? I think not. So I called on ing. She had plainly not thought ol Vtliitiit Shall I let her co without i nliltle? I think not. So I called on i i i i i's I tin many tliatiK. tor so small, but unbooked Ii.ts In i.s alio ti.i.lr f.

Is. Mml. niwnm.a ibn anu uiroiiT 10 cue ion amount 01 1110 lew Vr. 1 1 station. f0m" st0tlt.

lire-stork, and a man to accompany some stock I was thinkine of cxnortinir to Ainer- m. i. i i ii 1 11C master, tiiotign sauiy troubled wun astliina, nlwnvs contrives to get out a little talK me uoouv u.o neiicui. eiican slavery, American usages, or 'soliiethina clso American. This time it wus about I nau noi uecn uiiKins iiiiic, nen a neiiru-i luiriliir liiriiinr.

unnfirnn Iv nf ton u-nnl l.tr.t ilnvn ri canu' 'ni IU1' joined the talk, but speedily changed subject to that of American slavery. thing, a shoeing thing, this Anieiicnn s'avcrv. ureauiui unng to uuy sell luimnn bcines. and hold them as slaves. inconsistent, that, for freo ncoido liko Americans.

I vim sunns wu, 10 Keep nnd women in slavery. Kngland for mo. They ner-1 can hold men in slavery iruc, 1 said, it is very inconsistent in 'sins who proiess 10 oc lenuoncaus nun ucmociais, t0 111 out tiai is ior i 3 1 lb l.a tii.mlv finH il.cnvv,,irr! vj nave generally got uic unuwauce, nnu mo inoro "ocdy and'deserving, but more modest and timid, m. hiuo becn lcft to perish. 1 ho best will not nsk relief till it is often too late, and then, the fact lllll LI, 111 LLC IL III II 'I I'lU l-kn a V) 111 nitlllD UlUll I ilmib bv Ibn.isi.nds in i i i.

1 I ii1 I' in in nil I i inn. mil ill! nnr ni in jto death in I.ugiand. It is their own lault thcy.goj,. There arc poor laws, nnd every cno can cct rc ief. Thev cannot starve to death I I nro eleanly and decent looking, and that they hate still a little furniture left in their hous-asts .1 .1 13 ul ll luiuoiog mem meir poi.T request.

And a word of unkinducss, or a harsh, unfeeling expression, is enough to send them home and cobbing with broken hearts, to perish outright, rather than to aslc tor relief Thousands have of want where I lived. 1. i. ru 1 1 even pciiny-loaves there; at least, they had not till lately; and all this want, und all this horrid suffer-tosies death, were caused by laws which most of you havers have supported. You all -suppled the corn-laws; you still support the laws of entail primogeniture, nnd the whole aristocratic sys-in jtcm' framed expressly for the object of making a enormously and mischicviously rich, at thc iexponso ol the trading and toiling 'But two wrong things will pot make ouo right one.

1 1 i 1 1 1 1 i mid kidnapping, slaveholding and man- .1 1 with it continually. Tut it is not tho only evil that afllicts humanity. In some respects it is not even tho greatest. Slavery is the lowest stato ol Vervlrue. Aeknovvlcde-c the English svstem to lie wrong, nnd try to mend it, and 1 am satisfied.

I have no wish to justify American slavery. I have no desire to excuse or screen it. I hate it; I curse it. It is the vilest thing on earth. I war hunting arc thc greatest of all crimes.

Still, where a s'gio -American sr.e nns occn starved, or even ri 11 iti to death, soorca ot hnUsh aiul Irish pco-! file have died 'if Want. It IS Well tllC Enrriish should cry out against American slaves; but they owthPPi'eivM to be reoiMwle.l r.f rf fouU allow thom.ches to bo leiniuded of l.ng land-laws, bnglish game bnys, the old Lnglish li.n-rt n.l cfi'. .1 corn-laws, Ac untimely death without end cviui.iiiiu iiiiii I .1 1. ,1 I j- l.u I thinirs jou weie ovei looking lice things. And as the n.i.;.o.-..0 vnn uu u.ey uugm no-iis erty in Kuropo, so long as they keep up slavery among themselves; so benevoleut Knglish people -i, i.

i will never be able to do as much for freedom V' And thus tho discussiun went on, till the train camo in sight. Tho man had sense and fairness, though ho had mighty leanings to the aristocratic system, and its accompanying land monopoly, (ho greatest curso of Kngland. Yours, truly, i. an.er.cn u.cy menu meir ok 11 iur, nnu ueiicr uic coi.uiuoii 01 me woraing and we soon found out that wo vcry nearly agreed, JOSEPH BARKER. UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.

A Virginia paper gives tho following description of this celebrated and flourishing northern road. i is flulte 110 accurato picture: I noergroi'nd Ii.hlwat. Tho r.bove term is tribe, ln Ohio, the manlier of rescuing slaves, we learn irom an intelligent gentleman, is this I used in speaking of the escape of slaves, ias descriptive of tho secret, underhanded mode of jcunveying them to the free States by the abolition tribe, ln Ohio, the manlier of rescuing slaves, we learn from nn intelligent gentleman, is this: The I r.e ''rs' rowed across the Ohio river in tho 1 night, when a systematic process commences, by ftii, a organized company living all along the route from tho Ohio river to Canada One party takes the fugitive a distance of some thirty or forty miles, nnd returns after leaving him in charge of another party, who continue the travel on tho ensuing night and to they succeed each other until they arrive in Canada. 'l'l. ie The negro was mado for slavery, as the ox and the horso wcro maiU for servitude, and neither of thcm can bo converted into iitttun bicn'inel.

It may bo impossible to convert a horse into a white man, but we think it now clearly deinonstru- that a white man can make a ass himselj Uagton Uatelte, a white num. II W- fccJ The Cincinnati Times tells of made Ins escape on the train from who when he got to Seymour, boing suspected, bolted. A lair abiIiniicitkiiis-tvouMKt, and, a bard "run" of two hours ht "lhe sucuhem: "iho I lellniv Tim l.ni.l i magistrate r.oonju tnein aown nin.r be lor an assniilt upon Mio icors ior an assmut upon tpo perm of gro. Vet to got their money ba-k, ilu-y took d.ick'' to Louisville $l)c Slnli-Slavmj Ihtglc. Knlrm, Ohio, August 10, 1N.V1.

A CONSTITUTIONAL FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. for one, linto the Fugitive Slave Law, not bc-causo it is imeoiiNtitutioiial Free toiler as I am, I lintn it. not f.ii. I. nt l.

(Jj0j cheers.) If wo only dislike and criticise it, because, in a few points it' is tinenustituiiotiul. we do not, I contend, nee tho real ciil with which we havo to contend. The evil is in the object itself. navo 10 I toll you, that law is less dangerous to this coim try for beinS unconstitutional-it is less dangerou to tho colored man and woiiiiin for boini; uncuiisti-; tutional. Kverv littte colored child, plaving to-dav .1.

1 mere pine irce, is so liuiili saier lu coiibc- Iqueneoot tho unconstitutionality of onr w-esont Slive Uv hwm0 -t CIlIiM!) llis side tens, and hundred mid thousands of men, wbo havo not looked to the bottom of this thing. i.m i iYi.Hea would not have oi.posnd it ns thev now do. Sh.ve'l.nv I who havo not looked to tho bottom of this thing. whu' liut obnoxious features of that bw, would not have posed it ns thev now do. i It is a Slavo" L.nv that I ever to it-elf i Mas-' i Z' i.

n.l WIZ atrocious, to id I iu, Ol IllO III I llg. 1 IrUl-t nOVCr tO SCO tl 111:111 yielding to ii 1 I' .1 1 micii a ining tnere be, uecnusc I inn mn .1. I'. "i lorms 01 law nave uecn com In iMas- i. 11 ii i i ns with, the man hns his chance for freedom and plied ii ml what more do wo need? 1 sav.

wo want a etato of things when man has tio'chniico for slavery, (applause) when slaverv becomes impossible umc ruie l.aw becomes nnposMb hen wo shall rdeb-o nrelv othcr 1 not tho platform ol Constitution, but on the nlaiforoi ol I noil I'i-. oni the nnd not until then will our cll'oi Is to save the davo be avxiliiijr. see that, even now, some men pure-minded r. u. t.

n. I 1- i.t 1 1... 11 .1 men incv nro rnaL't ii. speech recently made, in Ohm, bv a 1 -ad member of the new iiepublicaii party. notice be oilers, ns ftn argument for amending tho Fujri- FuBitivo Slllve Li, lat Wjrc iiiiinano nnd le-s attrocioits.

ten be given up where otic is now. wunt.l see the 1'ugitivo Slave Law ninoiidud tins if the I I I. other day that nnothor member of the jlepnbiican party, in unothcr State, said d.siii.clly in his speech, that there must be a I-ugitivo Slave Law of some kind, lie would not have it repealed, he said; he fugitives 1 1 do not1 i i pioMMcoior some suen lieu oiur Hcpubbcan party in conies to; specious wiles. It is the very doecivnblencss of unrnililcousness itelf nnd in one Inn i or niiolbei. I nun it will lm it 1 'i, i I 1 ioi.il ii 1 111 I 1 1 caueu, me oilier dav, YiV-pulilicims and .1 .1....

-1. I- io.ui wiose wuonro nierciv puiuicaus unci sinners. (Applause.) Iiiomas lliuotx-; -o warniiiir is more neeoeii. i nan iat tho on IltmCntS Ol NIl.VPPV Rlllllllll tliir in 1 lii'ml'n: if. 1 1 those who seemed to bo tl.o very elect friends of anti-slavery, have been deceived, and given their 1 power to tho enemv.

A strange deception is that which will make benevolent men, with an ordinary stock of justice, consent to fugitive slave catching nnd other enormities, because they nro constitutional. Unquestionably, Mr. Iliggir.son is ri.iht. Slaic-catching could never iyo mustered the fric.nd it has, but for the fact thut that American IUoI thc Fcjt.rnl Constitution, authorizes oud 1 tions it. THE JEFFERSON VILLE AND INDIANAPOLIS BAIL ROAD.

Several times of late we have noticed accounts of outrageous treatment of colored people, travelling on this railroad. They struck us ns remarkable, even in this ago nnd country so characterised by menu oppression of tlio colored man. A late thc stockholders of the II. Company, have in troduced into their regulations the insolent nctcristics of slave state travel, with additions. Ordinarily "free papers" would pas, a man -No.

ot tlio iribuiio explains tlio secret. It seems avo in- it char- 1 through Kentucky but when theso Kcntuckiiins inako regulations for Ohio travel, somebody their interest must certify to the free papers. Iloosievs scein quietly content with this arrange-' mcnt. lhe paragraph of the Tribune rebukes Thc phenomena of Northern servility to upon supposed reasons of self-interest, are myriad-headed. From the time when 11 New-York mercantile uouse was nine to excite aniiiiiiuvcrsio thcm with merited severity.

It is as follows SLA VLB IN INDIANA. 7. iiititniniiT; inni'j nun nuiu to tiAt iii: iy t10 nfiirmutIon they bold their gnud and iint I heir nlos. stlMi w.m pi ness that surrounded their independence to hist hotel-pulf of arrivals from tho south- not can lind exauudes, and eonipreliensive, of Northern se'rvil-; 1. 1.

I .1 i. I i to i i uic ii srosii yu in lis. iiiei. i ii it ever boew bei-. A fi-esl.

tl.U vility has to knowledge. It scemsl't of i.v,jr.iad is chiefly held in Louisville, though tho road is in Indiana, a free State, led. The direction being thus controlled in a Slave1 Suite has established rule that colored .1 i ii ii travel hV l-Omlt lllOllllH OT I well-known resident of JoH'ersonviili before anv JV jjieuns ot tins rule, submitted to in a free State ith a degree of servility not exceeded by a slavo outright, we nrc; i'iti in. co ii n.v. not Klllru.icn, I)lattor J1)W 1Ui-, thenticated, but a passnm rcriuire.i irom son.e informed that freemen of color have boon seized, taken to Kentucky, and whipped, until i i i 1 i i .1 1 their IreC'lom could be proved, lu tiie practice ot this rule, tho railroad in question stands alone.

1 1, has no lieer in the other roads, exceot so tar as the vvkolo iltatc is responsible. If Indiana wishes have a reputation as a civilized State she mil bring thc slave-driving directors ot that road to their rbrbt ev.o i.inn inL-. souses, and insist upon the right ol etciv man to souses, and insist upon the right ol every man to travel by that real unquestioned, unti 1 ap- 1 1 pruhended lor crime or misdemeanor. So lar ns she admits such slave-directions in her affairs ehc adds one more impediment to tho enfranchisement i i. i.

eovcr iUAr i 1 inipudcnt presumption tha Fugitive Slave bill. We learn that ll.reo colored persons, who have suffered under the oppressive regulation of the company, have commenced suit against it, which and especially, ll slaves, in oppr which prohibits slavery. And yet there is reason to fear that colored men in conflict with a rich corporation in slavery-ridden southern Indiana, will havo small chance of success. A Louisvillo paper says that it is of vital importance to the slavehold i.l I.itnu ll.rt -ii .1 .1 will test the right of tho company to refuse nny ftHnf tfi lura ni'A iUo ehtnfinn Tmli.mn tiiincd ing iutorost that tho company regulations bo sus- A new feature of slavo extension, is this, that mnv introduce tbe slave lnwi railioad Hons may intioduto the avo aws of Kentucky into Indiana or Ohio. It lias been dono.

Whether it shall "be sustained or no, we ball see. Walsh was Hogged iu tho Post Office astungton, uy newarti, oi ueorgia. vv I t-'annot regret that Mike VnI.h was but K0 'hould like to havo the piiiiislnueiit adminis-afti'r 'jy honcster mail than a hlaveholder. I vv ,0 60 Ut to 00 tlio Hogging us tlio Slave 'ally, but since she wont, it is just as well to I'-t his! jbuliy inaKer lirno a chiller at him. BTATE ACTION.

Wendell riiillips on the first of August made a sjieec.li in Abin'ton, in which he enforced the idea of hia Franiinghani speech that tho only cflVc-j tivo political uetiott against slavery is Statu notion, Wo wish tho new Republican party would consider 1 llio (tujrjji'stioii. It is worthy their atteiilion unJ ir. rumps piiitlorm would gno them something substantial to stand on, Mr. 1'liillips said He thought tho tinio to talk about nn nnli-Slavery or nro-slarorv Constitution had almost gone by. Slavery had beaten us.

no ucsnaircu doing any thing at Washington, lbs rceoguis-! td' nn Kreallully ns any man, tlu nol.lo position; tbe lierobm and fidelity of Si m-! vr i. i i II- ii vn.tio.; iv imu uuiuonc iiioiscn, nu. "SM the insolent representatives of tl.e.SI no loer had kicked him it was the only "ceded to lii.n into a g.x.d nuti- speech. (Applause.) it nenned to Mi in iurn i i- but good speeches. N.iuethuig tens possible Massachusetts, if thov would ivnliuo lemsides to it.

Ilowus rctiiinded of the ..1,1 sti.v (. "vury speech. (Applause.) lint it sec tllllt as nothing possible in ljllt speeches. Soiuethiug tens posi Massachusetts, if they would ivnliuo them "owns remiiotcl ol the obi story i Cofiiu, us nn illustration of his idea. In ol "lieu mate thought himself about to (he the mate nt Collins ship ono day hobbled i i i i i Coffin, as nn LV fhU lieu mate though, nb ut in to II "it iiunu io vol.

ins snip ono uay no.iuicil (tor he was sti in one in. 1. i i' liim tu michor. The laptiini replied, not very civil- "ml 1 iiiinoV i caro 'Jt your part ot tlio r.btp, sir, 1 will take care ot So the mute hob- and lut go the nnchor then 'buck ho hob' led to the captain, and, taking ofi' his "irpuuiin. sum Xapt.

Loltio, my part ol tins ship ne propo-eu io Umoivr (Loud cboeis.l -Thev tell said Mr. I'hilbps, uhat the Ship of State ashn.gion is drifting to Cuba, to Mexico, to Brazil. I proi.ofc to Ma (ro- cheers) and then we ill take oil' our 1 to Cal.b Cn-i: in ir, and nim atir iarl of our applause.) bills sh ii) i- ,1.10 i imatuig pa; iy hi iiiiocus, me 01 I i i I which mid be u'vuiva .1 of every collide i-bo clause and every slave law a party that should sav to Mr. A. 1.

their candidate Governor, VSir- we prop tu to the and we pr that when vou oliice id imvc swear to support tlio United States you shall swear with the that you don't moan to support the fuginvofl.no clause they would ehowe epi ives in tho stiine! way; and if the Supreme Court construed it as illc-1 gal, they would vote the Supreme Court down, nnd dolose iiii.itner. Jl for movement. Convention, at 'fanati -i. i i iu ioc people innu.i lor lanati-. lliey were ahead ol the i.latlonn.

the Supremo Court would not countenance it, make I. i i i "ie court elective, aim eiiooso a uctie thought the tuno had come bad been stated that at the won ii lie vim- i 1 in ILl I Hill IU I i i I i i ma icauers urop one single degree below toe r.l... I. o.iiu.--m.iii pcnoic, inc win oro ui cc I i ucgrccs ocuiihi me. iciJers.

it la no rcssary to go to the extreme limit of the demands of tlienorulari Ho believed that if tl.o leaders the i. v- i i-iccoou wolim propose to tlio jsay ctate 10 .1.... I. I I I 1 iiiinc: wi.uoi uoiie. Ji we eoui-i not sn judge, and get an hoiu st man.

Jhe but the new blood ot I iV Wisconsin race may have run out her conic a Disuiiionist, if the slai e-hunters camo her tho prairies would do to eroa it with. That was the theory of politics. We should have to conic to it nt last, liven 1'r. in that pull. it where ho preached to Oeorgo T.

Curtis, had proposed, 111 one part ol Ins recent sermon, to bc- 100 "J'1- Who knew how much too often was, in The slaveholders in the opinion of Dr. Gannett did not, and might yet even Dr. Cannot a Distinionist. There was, in his opinion, no politics short of this. The difficulty of Free Soil politics was illustrated by thc position in which our eloquent friend Cn.MM.f.s Sl'MXEK was placed, tl.o other day, when Mr.

lieiijamin, of Louisiana, questioned him. Ably, eloquently and appropriately ns be answered him, there was one question ho could not answer, namely what he proposed to do with the Consti tution itself. There was one of two things for him to do. Ono was, to proclaim it anti-shn-erv. support 11 the other was, to nulhly it, ii it was pro-slavcyy.

Ho (Mr. proposed to take the last position here at home. It mattered not vvheth-! cl 1 1 cr the lugitivc Slave law was constitutional or not. If it was uneonstiiutiotial, he bad a right to mil- lily it if it was constitutional, if the Constitution provides for tho return of fugitive slaves, then lie 1 would nii.iity tne tonst.tu'.ion itselt. I This, said Mr.

PoiUips, lH ti.e only message I have for the voter: Dig down deep go to the gran-1 jt0 y0lpg laws, not to the Constitution. Pro- claim that vou will have a Massachusetts Governor who dares to obey God when slaves are shut up Boston Court-House, and that vou Wi nt ask him to swear to support thc slave clauses of ti.e Constitu-1 1 wo bave a political party that shall "ite all the anti-slavery sentiment of Massaehu- Mu no ashamed ol his creed or bin v.tiiw will l. Miiu'huseiu is not a l.irys rate a very mikiII J'h't 'f CTOUn i Hut HUUll lilep that! a Western but 1 she 11 scne b.i the lulci un tho lever its-li, that shall move tho nation, nnd bring the Slave Power to the ground, dive mo a sr" tliiin rea.lyti. nullify lli.i I l-'e o-i I i i'i, Vtbi nil il I toini i lififru men ask whero it will end. I cannot tell vou.

vou will give Massachusetts. Ohio, New Vork, Wisconsin, Iowa, Wo-niont and Maine will Hnrn swell nor company, we win nave a uonn in ground of which it is decent to live. (Applause.) This ndvicc is as got.d for Ohio as Mass dc cten man i.o does not take the acliusetts. llmfrt tii 1a m. I in of justice and liberty State.

ii. i. r. i is 111 direct antagonism to all lugitivc i slave-hunting, and slave-catching, and slave-return-1 ing. It is at war with all tugitive slave laws, and i ii i i i i cuiially with all lugitivc slave clauses in thc federal Constitution.

It is for liberty ot. Ohio soil. It 0. a meant niiyth.ug, to n.ako Ohio a free ate, winch now it is not. Our and havo ignored freedom nnd tho Wiioi i.

i i i i Constitution, iu favor of the slaveholding cbmso of i favor of the slaveholding cbmso of A nr if 1PV i tho li'deriil Constitution, and it is high tunc they were brought by tho people to show a reasonable rcsi'oet to our homo document. It is truo these i i crv "llst to the Btute and tno party 1 men are in a preuicameni, nuviuK ew oi ii io RiituMu 1 l.i.il, these nnta roniinn instruments. Hut even in that case, there is no difficulty iu deciding which it most honorable ns well ns most just to regard. Tl.o course, therefore, which Mr. Phillips has -r.

lHlllllCU Dili, -fcil 11 It ll.ui.iu la. I il Diiii-uoi iu i t. i .1.:.. UU- ll. nun Hit, lu iii.a otatt: pu- i i i 1 1 rii lilituu ucuun wuuiu uu uui iiiciuunuu.

xuu iuri- successfully pnssed, will secure dclivcranco to tho enthralled citizens of tlio North. lineal ucuo.l wouiu uu out iiiciucuiiii. xiiu tai.i- mount question, tho direct object must bo the emancipation of the slavo. That question nlono, A Moral Cosiminitv. It is a fact worthy of note, that in tho county of LTmibeth City, ilo'" within tlin htRt twclva or lificeu ulu 8 onuiuai coi cu 111 uio an ior any orilnillal 11(1 vory mimljC1.

fur mly miier cause. For tho last two years the jail has leinained untenanted! Thcro is not nj solitary adult pauper in tho county. Wo question the morality of this community, lor nil. It is a slaveholding community. The afl jail may bo empty on tho Matt.

Ward principle Paper slates Released. Frederick Douglas' ll.nt a Mr 1 Invi.l.rin i.l.r. ,1 of C.bnnbli four vein. nn lhe i '-Iping oil' slaves claimed by Mr. Col-- 1 lirlvfl nr particulars.

c.i.uu ..1 himi(; iniiniuu cock of Georgia, has been released, parti. 'iilnrs. LAEOIt DISHONORED AT THE SOUTH. Gilmer July 1M, 15I. Within the lad toil d.ivs two young men left thi" ncighboi hood for residence in hio, because, in dia Incit t-pouiiy a iair Bocial position, thev bcniK nio- c)Uui'u 1 nnitIC( S.mi thorn paper "t'J" vhu.i nV'." of he Soul i.

nn I hodi is certainlr one of tho '1 tbp soul.ien, bor.b-rs 4 of reo white persons tt? 'ele WC.1C ln oiVo write, and the number was increased to 41XU0 -piio increase of iirnnranco eoos 'ac 1 iat i no im rcase ot oos beyond tho n.crcaso population for while tho hitler lins liccn under per the former lias Miouiit tlio cvit grow in a In tho Soiitli, 1 ibor is tu regarded ph liotiornblo by the fbucholdevs, nnd tlionpiuids of young men havo I'jl't Virginia and gone to Ohio, to Indiana and other sections of the Xorth-West, to avoid tint sneer of the proiv.l Well, what results llow from Slavery? Among tlio results the ignor- exceeded per cent there will bo in irniifiii "i i or rue. st-iin 1 i.i.t. 1 Indeed, the people o( tho Soulh do not under stand a hundredth part of the evils of tho system. Perhaps if tho northern teachers who coino to tho South to receive insinuations if not insults nbout their being "poor Yulikeo teachers," would show a little more firmness, and remain in the North, or se ck the Far West, where freedom of thought and action exists, it would bo better. I.ft tbe S.mth, if it will retain Slavery, go down nnd while its best citizens yearly leave for free Steles, let tho North tako courago and staud firm.

As to tho wrilcr, bo will soon be in Kansns, and will struggle with truo diligence to make that a pel A Vina i max. (loan apvick, tho writer of the above gives to northern tcachcis. It would be good, too, if given to northern mechanics. How many thousands of our young men who abhor Slavery, have gone South, lost their independence and their principles, nnd in return have perhaps accumulated wealth in human sinews. In order to cscapo insult nnd suspicion, they aro compelled to become uorcicimng in meir tyranny and inoro cxict-h ing in their demands on the slave than their Ii' 'ins who nri! to slaveholding born.

Hence, in part, doubtless arises tho Southern saying that 1. 1. Do ho Vitti wilbe rinm.I Homo s.oiibi,,. I vll "i 01111 vl" 1 uey nro deemed a nuisance, un i mini necessarily oe so uegratuiion, ir oni plovers and tlie whole comniun- And that mechanic is deficient in self-respect 1 will sell his indepci.denco nnd ieonard his ciples, ns almost every one docs who noes South for 1 Cr.OKwr.t.t.'i SoiMi.u's Uiiii.e. Gov.

Washburn, in a recent speech before the Massachusetts liiblo Society, said, "Observe the causes which mado Cromwell and tho Commonwealth. In the army. every man had 11 Hible in his knapsack, and daily 11 11 ulu praises 01 111s vjou and tlio result was what bus brim seen in the history of Puritanism." Tho 'Soldier's Bible' consisted of appropriate selections from the Scriptures, and was printed on a single sheet, making sixteen pages. It is said that the success of Cromwell's army commenced iminediafely on its publication, and that they never after lost battle. When the coward Governor of Massachusetts was lauding the Bible and Cromwell, U.

S. troops, in defiance of the law of freedom, ns nsscrtcd by Commonwealth, was carrying off Anthony Uurnii to slavery. Uovcrnor i ashburn is of thoso scribes and phariscos who build tho tombs of puri-. 1 1 1 1 1 tan prophets, and laud their heroic defianco of rains ana then crush the poor under their own despotic heels, and insult and threaten all ho would imitate puritan virtues. It would bo well if Cromwell's sixteen page Bible was reprinted for t(0 uellcflt ti10 Governor of the Commonwealth -asaeliusetts, 11 it would inspire him with any manhood lor the honor ot that Commonwealth, or the defence of its citizens.

certa.uly in such nn emergency, a Massacbus- cus Governor could ue hotter employed 111 delend-south ing his kidnapped fellow citizens, than in making mijlc Society speechcj. EXPEDIENTS. ThcNcwWU. the restoratio an I F.vening Post thinks vory justly itinn of tho Missouri Compromise in lity," and that its inipractica- win ici.ucr impotent every political organic tion that may be attempted on that basis." It is idle.Mt says, to make that issue. It proposes as the nw issue the uon-adniission nny new blavo States to tho That is the successful oxpedi- m.t A tfiinil.ini iinin Ibiu ml in Oil.

P.icl ir.nil.l javc nnd cmnhatio, the disclaimer of ry in tho States. i out: ii ti.csi; tvu.i-i 13 to iiniuii I imd the purpose and right of Government to interfere impraciicaoio .111 .,..1, mm ruv i.iu 1 I iviirt li li.ca nneeillv ll nn in to. a rlinv Hm discard abolition in tl.o States. A'nartv shall be an abolition narty radically practi. 1 succeed no her I I ho existence of slavery in tho States has brought I OTOrwhoIuli AnJ eontinuanco of slavery there, tho Union reiiiiuiiiiig, will inevitably continuo its power over I inuai uiose wita I tho Government and nation.

W. 1 tho evil in its strong bold, tho i with its incidents and adjuncts. States, not merely The Institution A Recent Case. On the 8th for letting ulcno in tho States "It- a Cumberland Presbyterian minister of Hon-is dersonville, completed the protracted murdor one of bis slaves Tho Weslcyan contains the lowiiifr account of Iho horiible transaction. I.etifc be rc.iien.bcrod that th's is but an incident of tha I i 'i I.

1 1 If a innriuiu inuruur wus cuimmnuii in Jiunuerson 10 rth ol July, by erson ol ot Iuh I. lilt WflH upon to knock down the slavo t'lireo times with a loaded whip, homo six feet iu length, and givo him moro nn. i.i.iu iiiu.ucr nun cuiiiiinii ville, Kentucky, on Saturday, tho "v- Juel Lambert. i.p..n tho per slaves, a man about 4j years old. than a hundred lushes with tho same.

IIo was abused in a lield and died, nnd was shrouded in tield. In a few hours tho Coroner. Mr. Iil-M nn inquest over tho mangled Uudv and the verdict was that tno siavo camo to ovci. ftn(, im whipping.

C.rand"Jury will take the case iu baud and deal with him according to law, if there yet romains Uny law. for a lucky, it was more brutal than tho Wa trugjdy. Kli Uiiiast. rnviited cases of murder in Ken- Ward F.vansvii.i.e, July 2th, ls'5L 1 wish vr.o would rcnuert other nanem fn to freedom and humanity to publish is. Tim preacher that committed tho foul ded bc- .1.1.

i 1 .1... i. 1. 1. 2 This i a fair specimen of tho foul principle of sl um-y.

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