Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-09-25

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heir grievances. and demands for redress.
al. Patient endurance of whatever violence
was used to compel their submission.
We have every reason TO expect that steady
perseverance in a course like this will ulti.
mately succeed, wherrver the cause is just.
Because : moral might is always on the side
of rights ard because governments are TOM
posed OF men and not OF brutes.
Let us suppose, for a moment, tat our
fathers had acted in the manner ! have mem
toned. and see what the various stages Of the
Process would have been. In every part Of
the contest they stri' tly adhere tn the priuci-
pies above stated. They carefully refrain
from violence, constantly demonstrate against
oppressive acts, and persevere in passive re-
s~istance. When the taxed tea is brought TO
their shores, they universally abstain from
the use of ii. 1t lies undermined in the
warehouses, and thus the plan Of taxation,
az far as that article goes, is az completely
defeated as it could have been by violence
and robbery. When the stamped paper is
taxed. they carry on their business without
it, This involves great difficulty, inconven-
fence, and embarra 'sment of business. No
matter, They are patriots, aud willing to
suiier for eieir country; and the evils thus
endured are infinitely less than the calamltles
of war. Ii direct taxes are laid upon them,
they quietly, but universally, refuse payment.
Their property is seized and sold to raise the
tax. They patiently submit 10 this evil. for
their counrry's slke, and rejoice that it is SO
slight in comparison with war. lmprison-
ment, insult. aud abuse CT every kind, are
added to enforce the oppressive acts Of par.
lament. Still no violence is used, either for
defense or retaliation; but petitions, remon-
strancrs, delegations are multiplied as the &C.
clsions for them rpcur. When all these mpaA
sures are found to fail Of success, they unite
in solemn assembly to make the world a de
c%laratIon OF their wrongs, and pronounce their
formal separation from, and independence OF
the British nation. This movement pXcites
new and more violent demonstrations of hos
ti'ity on the part OF the British lnctionaries
The signcrs of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, and The officers of the new government,
are seized and sent 10 England to take their
trial for high treason. No opposition is made,
no defense attempted by The patriot leaders.
They are ready 10 lay down their lives in sup
port Of the liberty Of their county, and hey
rejoice to meet the danger in this form. in
which they cln expilin and defend their ptin-
ciples, rather Than submit their cause to the
decisi n Of brute force on the battlefield,
where their own fall would involve the de-
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They are tried by the constituted authorities
OF England, aud calmly avow and defend
their revolutionary measures. They are found
guilty, sentenced to death. and (lnr we will
suppose the worSt) actually executed as trail
tors. But their defense, their bold and clear
explanation Of the principles ri liberty, their
new views of tho relative rights aud dutirs
Of a government aud Its subjects, are in the
mean time eagerly read and p%ondered by all
the British nation. And while this good
seed Is taking root in the hearts Of the PEG.
pie, the source of power, let us return to the
Uni,ed States, and see what the revolution,
lists. thus suddenly deprived Of their leaders
are doing.
As soon az that noble bind Of pioneers is
taken from them, lhey choose others TO ad.
minister the afidirs Of The new nation. These,
too, are seized as rebels. They Immediately
elect more. What shall the colonial officers
DO against such pprtiEacinus. yet unresisting
opponents! Tho whole population avow
their determination to be free. The whole
population oGar themselves for punishment.
The prisons are flied 10 ovcrfuwing with
rebels; yet they have accomplished nothing,
for every man is a rebel. What is To b. done
Shall they send for an armyl That is use.
less, for their present force is unresiSted.-
DH' 'hlINSI GA q my CSu!tS tlHN Cdn uN
nothing but take prisoners and destroy pro.
perry, and perhaps execute Il few persons
for | take il for granted they would not al
tempt TO put In death the great mass If the
population. All that Ihey do TO enforce obe.
diencr renders them more odious TO the PEG.
pie, and n]utninn is effected towards destroy.
ing the principles of liberty. Intelligence
arrives of the death Of their leaders in Eng.
land. This adds fuel to the fire. Then
determination, before strong, ia now irrevuca.
Bile. On the other hand, the news Of iheiI
measures, their pertlnacity, and their non-rr-
s%lstance, Is constantly going TO the people Of
England, a people already moved to svmpa.
thy By the constancy and heroism Of the pa.
trio' leaders, and already half persuaded by
the arguments Of those lradcrs that their cause
is just. Can il he imagined, 10 il consistent
with the attributes of human nature to SUP.
pose, that such IA perseveriug aud undaunted
defense OF principles so just, would fail Of
working conviction in the hearts of a people
like the English! Even were il possible for
Parliament To perseyelc in the attempt to sub
jngaIe such opponents by force, the whole
English people, the whole civilized world,
indeed, would cry ont shame upon them, and
force them TO abandon the design, and finally
to recognize the Independence Of the Amer.
cans.
ltfollows as a necessary inference from the
! principles before alluded to, namely, that mo-
raj might is always on the side of Justice, and
that governors ard Legislators ars never des-
titnte of The feelings and synpalhies of men,
that firm perSevera ice in such a course as |
have described must have resulted in the ac-
acknowledgement of American Independence {;
and probably that result would have occurred
IN mech less time than was occupied by the
revolutionary war. This will be made per.
icclly clear by looking for a moment, at tho
reason why Great Britain at last gave m tho
contest. Did we conquer that mighty nation |
Not At all! Sill less did they conquer us
Why then, did not the war continued Sim.
ply and solely because Great Britain was
tired of lighting! absolutely worried out by
contention and us necessary consequences!
Would not a similar perlinacity in time pro.
dncc the same effect without the use Of physi-
cal force! | say, we should certainty in This
way have attained our Independence.
We will now suppose this object effected.