Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-10-03

condemnation. The Stakeholder has also
his pursuit Of happiness; and in what does
II ~ccnsistl The answer comes %murmuring
forth amid signs, tears and groans out-gush-
ing from millions of stricken human hearts
and from the harsh claLkinI of letters up
on millions Of human limbs-his pursuit. Of
h1ppiness is our continual misery! Is this
right Is il in accordance with the prlnci-
pies os humanity! Is it rendering unto
Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and unto
God the things that are GOd's"l Motor
it is at variance with the laws of nature, and
with the teachings Of revelation. 1t retlrds
the progress of civilizations; for it degrades
the moral and intellectual man. 1t opposes
the spread of the pure broad principles of
christianity; for these principles, universally
understood and practised, would efcctually
eradicate every vestige of the system of un-
told abominltions. If ''liberty il justice
guarded" where is the boosted liberty Of
the stakeholder If he possesses certain in
alienablc rights, among which are life, liber-
ty, and the pursuit Of happiness, does he un-
derstand those rights, and secure unto him
self the immunities which they comprehend
He knows that there is a dangerous mine
beneath his feet, and that the hour OF its
springing is not Of his own appointing; his
own injustice and oppression has placed a
burning brand within the hands of his en-
cmies, and he trembles for the consequences
while he seeks to perpetuate the ciuse.-
Liberty is but a bye-word when it depends
upon tyranny for support; and the pursuit Of
happiness becomes unjustifiable when it sub
verts the course of nature, and involves the
misery Of our fellow beings. The slave
holder may sing the songs of liberty; but
their echo will be as discordant as the vul-
lures notes while exulting over his mangled
and bleeding prey.
And now, admitting the evil, is there no
proper and attainable remedyr The pres
ent age, is an age Of inventions. The spirit
Of investigation is aroused. The tide OF pro-
erosion sweeps steadily onward, bearing
upon its bosom the mmutable principles of
truth and right. a purer light irrddiates
the intellectual world. Theories of moral,
social and political economy, of liberal and
comprehensive composition, emanating from
the combined wisdom of the past and pres
ent, are gradually assuming the form and
Stability of sy stems. The friends of hu-
mainly have toiled with the devotion OF mar
tyrs to raise her from the dust, and the story
of her wrongs, like trumpt-toncs, has awak-
ened many a guilty dreamer to life and ac-
ton. The traditions Of men have ever con-
travened the commandments of God; and
the eternal principles of truth ave bcen set
aside by the subtleties of error. But the
spirit Of the present age seems to be onward
and upward, bearing down all Obstacles
which hinder its progress towards a system
Of moral equity, which will tend to reconcile
the conflicting elements of human govern
ments, and to save our own beloved country
from a despiclble and iniquitous thraldom.
The blood Of the Revolution was insufficient
to consecrate the institution Of slavery; it
has become a terror to its friends, and leans
upon its enemies for support. VIII they
succumfb to the task-ani meekly bend their
backs to sustlin the burden as the South de-
mandsl Hark! from the Pilgrims rock
from the granite hills and the moss-grown
vallies of New England there comes a
voice-re-echoing through the length and
breadth of this fair land which makes the
nation tremblc; for it proclaims aloud-"No
union with slaveholders-no crouching TO
sustain a burden of iniguity-and no con-
c~essions to a power that rob5 humanity of
its attributes, and degrades the image of our
Maker to a level with the beasts that per-
ish!" Glorious response! glad harhinger of
better days to come, when the toulest blot
that stains our national escutcheon shall be
wipeI away, and millions of human beings
who are now writing beneath oppression's
iron heel shall arise from their degradation.
and take that rank in the scale of beings
which God and nature has assigned them.
Too long has the whitening curse Of slavery
rested upon the ISLAND of the free ~ and the
home of the brave.' Too long have the
friends of humanity been prosecuted and
reviled, branded ~ith abusive epithets, and
stigmatized as the originators and abet,ors
of treason; for the weapons which have been
hurled against them are beginning to recoil
with ten-fold force upon their enemies. Toe
long has public opinion resisted the innova.
tons Of the spirit OF the age, and lent its infu.
ence towards the extension and preparation
Of American slavery. Now the die is cast
the deed of shame is consummated. Tex.
as has become an integral part Of these Uni,
ted States, and her soil must be re-baptized
with the tears and blood Of human beings
toaing in bitter bondage for their fellow
men. The domestic slave trade, protected
by a prohibitory tariff. has received an i'm
petus commensurate with the importance at
tached to it by its warmest friends. Win
more can they ask-what more can be given.
The common sense and the moral feeling,
of Americans has been wofully outraged
and the dignity of the nation has been sacriG
ced to the dread Moloch of slavery. HUI
initiating as is the position which the Uni
ted States now occupy among the nations o
the earth, there is not only a strong proba
bility-but an absolute certainty Of its bein.
changed; for the institution of slavery throw
wholly upon itself for support, cannot exist
because it does not possess within itself til,
elements of perpetuity. Withdraw the sup
port which it now receives flom the North
and its downfall is Inevitable. Its final strug
giles will be Aerce and dcsperate-awful t
contemplate. Like Sampson of old, il