Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-09-04
Hone on. Hone ever.

dllOnS OF an d0Jl-SldNpTY career, IL Is most
necessary to cultivate a hopeful spirit. With
out it we shall accomplish but little, for de-
prived Of it we shall assuredly be wanting in
that energy of action which is essential TO the
dissertations of our doctrines among a
cold and Indifferent people. As Abolitionists
we have the most stubborn difficulties to con-
tend with, a prejudice as violent and deep
rooted, perhaps as any That ever existed in
the human heart, a%varice, attachment 70 sect,
love OF Office and power, and last, though
not least, that g%rasping spirit Of conquest
which pre-eminently distinguishes us among
the nations, of the earth. All these and 9TH
ers, as arrayed against the anti-slavery cause.
the thorough and consistent abolitionist feels
himself bound to oppose with all his mortal
power, and on all occasions that he is con-
scious that he can make his influence felt
But to oppose vigorously these Hrejudices,
attachments and interests, requires a degree
of energy and determination of character
which few possess to that extent which they
feel to be necessary. What consistent abo-
lItionist is there who has not felt, when ut
terlng the honest convictions of his heart,
concerning the %corruptions and shcrt-com-
ingS of the church, the utter profigacv of
the political parties, and the heartlessness of
the nation in general, that he had a task to
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his frmness was hardly equal ! What abo-
Iitionist is there who has not felt misgivings
and fears, that he might possibly be ''goinr
too far" (even when he had before carefully
examined the ground on which he stood, and
the nature and extent of the rebukes which
he uttered.) misgivings and fears which
were strengthened by the opposition Of en-
emies who ought to have been, and professcd
to be, friends, especially when that opposi-
ton was, at last tac!tly, seconded by the tim
i'd and luke-warm among US who are still
measurahly bound by the chain Of sect or
party! Every one who has been impelled
to array himself against these influences. so
hostile to the anti-slavery movement, has
experienced the truth of onr remarks--has
felt how much easier it would be to withhold
the merited %censure, to stiile the utterance
of his honest Indignation, and to restrain the
generous beatings of his heart. satisfying
himself with the plausible argument that the
time had not come for the fitting rebuke. oil
that he was not the person TO administer it,
or, perhaps, that it would require less slcri.
fee in another than himself. To the aboIi.
ZIONIST. as well as TO others, these considera-
tons of popularity and worldly interest, are
continually presenting themselves. and with
a two-fold force, proportionate to the difficult
ties to be overcome. Their tendency is I'M
doubtedly, to discourage.
The disaffections, too, which have occur
red in the anti-slavery ranks. have likewise
been a source of deep Encouragement
When we have witnessed the partial or utter
recreancy of many whose devotion to the
cause we had thought secure and unchange-
able, how often have we been tempted to
doubt whether our righteous enterprise, which
must in its progress encounter obstacles great
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be enabled 10 retain in its defence those who
would endure to the end In an especial
manner has this been felt by those whose
family ties and personal frienship have been
sundered by the introduction of the corrupt
ing and distracting influence of politics an
influence which has done more to enstrange
true-hearted abolitionists from each other than
all other causes together, deadening the NOR
al perceptions of some until they can see
nothing higher in our exposures of recroancy
and faiihiessness than a mean and personal
animosity.
Yet, on the contrary, when we view the
heavy and various sacrifices which have been
endured by the true and tried friends of our
unselfsh enterprise when we see how will
lingly they have submitted TO the sundering
of the dearest ties Of ailection--when we re-
gard the prescription, defamation, ridicule and
loss of caste which they have borne in a
manner so eminently characterized by the
true heroic spirit, and mark the intelligent
firmness and hearty promptitude with which
r they expose themselves anew 10 the trials
which beset us, we feel the strongest assur-
f, ance Of the final triumph of our cause. And
these assurances are indissolubly connected
with those true inspirations with which
God has, in all ages, accomplished the over
throw of ininnitv-whicb nrocaadinu directl,