Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-08-01
CaDtain Walker.

permitted 10 rcioin his family aud friends.
We remember with what avidity we read in our
younger days, the history Of the Crusaders. Altho'
we felt that it was a perverted religious feeling which
led them to engage in a war for the recovery Of the
"IIoly Sepulcnre," yet our sympalhies were with
them, and we admired their bravery, and their devo.
ton to the cause they had espoused. We could 10,
but accompany them to the battle field; aud we con.
fess that our interest was more enlisted on The side of
Richard, the Lion hearted, and his chivalrous com.
peers, than on that Of the powerful Slladin with
whom they contended. We were carried away for
the time, by the pomp and circumstance Of war; and
the voice Of reason and humanity was drowned by
the clash of swords, and the battle cry of the warriors
rs they rushed to The conflict w. sympalbissd with
the socaIled Christian Knight, not only in his tri.
umphs upon the battle field, but in the hour of his de.
feat. We thought Of him as he sat 10 ihc loneliness
Of his dungeon-a prisoner to the Paynim foe, a fet.
tered captive in o foreign land. They, by whose side
he had battled were ignorant Of his fate; or knowing
his condition, were p~owerless to rescue. Who shall
bear thought we, the tidings OF his capture and i'm.
''''''' w YIN WV VI us bOSDli4 W ~ oudIl |
tell his pratIing babes that their father is the inmate
Of a dungeon in Pagan land? Yearly, oh YEARLY,
seemed the flight of timo to him. Days heightened
into months, months become to him as years, and in
bis contemplation, years seemed boundless as elerni-
ty. Yet amid all his loneliness and d%esolauon he for.
= got not his vow, The honors and omoluments which
iuiiel power held out as a lure, promising him pos.
session if he would allure his religion, were valueless
it, his sight, for he remembered the red cross Of the
crusade which was fastened upon his breast. Day
after day passed YEARLY by. Night succeeded to
night. The one brought no rest, the other no hope.
At length the long wished for ransom arrived. Joy
to the captive!- his letters were broken, his prison
: door unbarred, and he was once more free. He went
forth; and moved proudly among his companions, for
his VOW was u~nbroken, the cross still rested upon bis
bosom. His faith was stronghold by the trial to
which it had been subjected, and theuceforth his battle
cry was among the loudest, and the waving of his
plume seen in the foremost rank.
Little did we think that il would be our lot to live
in an age, when n greater enterprise thar that in
I which the Crusaders engaged, would claim our atten.
e ton an enterprise which somewhat resembles il, save
that this is a higher and a holier war, and is to be
fought with moral weapons alone. Theirs, was for
5 the redemption Of the "Iioly Sepulchre"-a spot
5 which they reverenced, because in it was laid the
dead body of Jesus. Ours is for tho redemption Of
-, The Temple Of the Holy Ghost. where is enshrinsd
the living image Of God the ather. They were
summoned 10 the battle field, by one, who until then.
bad lived an unknown and secluded life, and millions
listened 10 The words of Peter the Hermit as to the
ycico IF ipcpfroF,Dp AZ uuh, E-,, .,.-Sl, L. - /
under which we rally, who first sounded in this lane
70 he battle cry o~f"lmmedia,e Freedom for all" was TN
s known to fame, was without influence save that infu
ence which the preaching Of truth ever gives to its dIsci
ple,aDd the ~preiuCices ofthousands were overcome, anC
they learned that his teachings we're those of a faithful
IS follower Of Jesus. The enterprise for the redemption
of the "lloly Sepu'chre" equally commended itself
all the nations of Christendom it was expected tina
all protesting christians would engage in it withou
distinction OF nation or people. The enterprise whicl
%coniemPIates the emancipation of the slave, is on
81 which comments itself to every human soul-one il
which every man should take a part if he have tn
50 feelings of a man. Their enterprise was p|rosecute
h by physical means, ours by moral only. Their wea
is pons were carnal, ours are spiritual. Their undertak
80 ing failed, ours will surely succeed unless God is foil
ed. We, like them, have had our soldiers slain b.
the enemy, and our warriors LED into captivity. TIL
re- %gurgling Of I~ovejoy's blood at Alloo, and the cor
il Iinued Imprisonment of Thompson, and Burr, an
Torrey attest tine truth Of what we affirm.
" One ofour brethren has bu; now been redeemed. TIL
Sc ransom has been paid by his friends, and The Christia
ay Pagans Of America have thrown open his prison door
The For IL long months did he pine in heart.sickness in
worse than Paynim dungeon. For eleven long month
did his wife and little ones mourn over his captivit,
We can now rejoice that he is free. He comes fort
from his prison house, not with the cross of The cr
SADIE fastened upon his breast, but with a brandC
hand, the evidence of his love of mercy, and of tt
ak shareholders cruelty. That branded hand is 10 Jon
than Walker what the red cross was to the Knights
w" The crnsada. nnLu Ear nnrn hnnnrnhln LII IL