Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-29

capable Of enjoying himself in time and etcr-
nity-it was to take such a man and make
property of him. Having the physical power
of a man, he may not exercise it; having an
intellect, he may not use it; having a soul,
he may not call it his own. The STAKEHOLDER
decided for him when he should eat, when
he should drink, when be should speak and
when he should be silent-what he should
work at, and what he should work for, and
by whom he should be punished. He had
no voice in his destiny. This was a slave.
Had they any such herel If they had such
a system here it ought to be abolished, and
he would raise his voice in favor of its aboli-
ton. (Applause.) The slave may not de-
eide whom he should marry, when he should
marry, how long the marriage contract shall
last, nor what may be the cause of its disso-
luton. The bloody minded STAKEHOLDER might
separate man and wife, sending the one any
distance from The other. He might take the
child from its mother, hurting it in one direc-
lion and her in another, never to meet again.
Those were the pecHliarities of American
slavery. There was no such thing here
Even the beggar OH the street, in this coun-
try, could get what the law allowed him. The
poorest mother in the land could clasp her in
FAINT to her bosom, and the most lordly aristo-
crat dared not lay hands on such a being
(Applause.)
He came here to give them information re-
speeding the slave system in the United States
of America. He found there was a want Of
such information. He found that individuals
were circulating throughout this country, as
well as in England and Ireland, such misre-
presentations Of slavery as would have the eff
feet, if believed, Of cooling that British indig-
nation against slavery which had existed for
so many years. The very ship that brought
him to this island, brought also such charac-
tiers as-h he had spoken of. In looking INTO a
review the other day, he met with an account
of the travels of Mr.. Lyell, the geologist, in
the United States, and what he read was well
calculated to throw a mask over slavery, and
to shade its horrid deformity from the gaze of
the world. He had been in America. Very
true. He had been in the Southern States.
All very true. But he might have told them
that he was in company with Shareholders,
had been waited upon by slaves, that he had
been kindly received wherever he went, by
the Shareholders, that he was regarded amongst
them as one of their best friends. If he had
told them all the truth, he would have inform
ed them that he was not only amongst them,
but that he became enamoured with them,
and that his love for them had mis-led him
as to the character of slavery. For any man
to write as he did showed the greatest igno-
rance of human nature. He spoke of the con-
tentment and happiness of the slaves. He
might as well speak of the happiness and con-
tentment of the drunkard lying in the ditch.
Why, such a man could not be said to be a
man. Show him a man contented in chains,
and he would show that his manhood was eX-
tinct. He was not a man, but a beast, who
would be contented in slavery. He had beer
asked why he had run away; and he had
given answers to Shareholders implying tha'
his master was a kind man; but he did no
remember the day when he was at all con
tented with his condition as a slave. Gap
~plause.) Was it natural to suppose that he
would break the arm upon which he depend
ed for existence There was a little trutl
in this, for not only was the cruelty unna
tural, but the whole system was unnatural
(Hear, hear.) 1t was unnatural for ont
man to trade in the bones and sinews-
the body and soul Of another. The sys
tenn being altogether unnatural, therefore
it required the whipping-post, the cato
nine-tails, and the thumb-screws to keep
from humiliation. (Applause.) 1t must hay.
these or it ceased TO exist. They would rca
Oily admit that he was a man, aud had rights
He knew that he had rights, because he ha.
powers. He had a right to think, becaus
God had gi en- him the power. lie had
right to take care of his own person, becaus
God had given him the power Of doing Sc
. Man had no right to take that power away
and the man that dared to do so, was a THE
1 and a robber. The American people had take
, away from three millions Of men and wome
= all the rights of citizens-all the rights {
e Christians-and all the rights of humanit
were denied to them while the ministers
o the gospel were telling them from Sabbat
@ to Sabbath to obey Gods laws, it was a Grim
to take the means Of acquiring a knowlede
G of these laws. While they were telling theI
d this is a land of civil and religious libert,
. there were three millions of people denied ii
+ privilege. of Learning to read the name Of IL
God who made them. (Cries of Shame.
The slave mother, for teaching her child ii
c letters which composed the Lords praye
d could be hung up by the neck till she W.
q dead. (Sensation.) He came here, becaus
the Shareholders did not wish him to be herr
S He came here, because those in slavery kne'
n that this monster of darkness, which hate
the LIGHT, and to which TIE light of truth wa
% death, could only live by boing permitted
ie grope her way in darkness, and crush huma
70 hearts, unheard of and unnoticed by the rel
gion and Christianity of the world. "a.
p plause.) He came here, because slavery ";
he one of those gigantic systems of evil whiC
was sufficient of itself TO destroy any natio
and to do all in his power to induce the h
manity, morality and Christianity Of the wor
to rise up and crush this demon Of iniquit