Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-12-04

ilvlt ItNtlNItt lbl lIt ilIUl. ana II utCntF ld-
tired Of oppression and injustice. 1t is no in
action that we counsel, no c]allous Indifference
TO suffering, bat an ever active labor sustain
ed by unwavcring patience, and |impelled by
an abiding sympathy for the oppressed.
Those who enter the anti-slavery work with
the thought that it is 10 be brief and easy,
will be disappointed. 1t is a work which,
like every other great enterprise, must be
comparatively slow Of progress. There is
still a vast deal Of ignorance 10 culighten, Of
selfshHess 10 conquer, before our work will
he done.
We are not expecting that slavery is to fall
in our country without a severe aud p~r0tract-
ed struggle. Our eyes are not shut 10 the
recent gain q political power and extension
of territory by the Shareholders aud for the
benefit Of tlcir peltcd institution. There are
those who regard these facts as evidences that
all our labor has been in vain. But we be-
lieve these desperate struggles Of the slave
party are Indications that they feel, as never
before, the tremendous pressure Of the anti
slavery sentiment upon them, There is rea-
son 10 hope that their arrogant eEcroacl-
ments upon the free States. and their rcck-
lessness Of consequences in their pr0-slavery
action, will react against them, TO lhcir
more speedy defeat. Whether this be true
or not, our duty IS the same. No defeat or
Encouragement can justify any ALTERING or
relaxation OF effort on our part. We trust we
have learned this lesson in fifteen years Of
moral conflict. that however often we may be
folled and defeated, Truth never can be con-
querod aud must come off the victor. What
though we had as yet broken no letters from
the lIpbs Of the bondman, nor severed the
ranks that guard his prisonl We have not
l1bored in vain. We have received a reward
to our own souls worth a thousand fold the
toll that we have spent, and sacrifices we
have made. Gold we have not giined, nor
ease, nor popular applause, nor power. None
Of these did We seek, and none Of these have
We found. But Il consciousness Of having
done our duty-the discipline Of mind and
heart that comes from a self-Jonying reform
new yearnings for holiness and aspirations
for purify clearer perception of moral prin-
ciple and human duly-nore freedom Of soul
from the bondage of custom ard creed-a
warmer sympathy with humanity, and a deep
er reverence for truth and right, an increase
Of love to man and God-'Ihese have been
our reward. in proportion to cur iailhiulness.
We admit that but few slaves, compared to
the mulll;udes 10 bondage, have gained their
freedom In consequence Of our efforts. Yet
it is no slight encouragement that we have
secured a public sentiment through most Of
the northern states, that, spite Of the robber
law, will not permit The return Of a fugitive
slave, and under the protection Of this senti-
ment hundreds are yearly escaping from sla-
very, who otherwise would not risk the at
; tempt, or would be rc,akcu. Witness the
popular thunderstorm which the recent al
tempt to return a runaway slave from New
York city created in that great den Of NAM
mon, and compare that feeling with the un-
concern Ct the people a few years ago, at the
most atrocious cases Of kidnapping in their
midst. Whoever used to read Eiizur WGight's
- Chronicles Of Kidnapping in New York -
will see the cheering contrast.
The broad and deep excitement at the ar.
rest of George Latimer, and al the recentcase
of Kidnapping by Capt. Ilannum, in Boston
the passage Of laws in Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, prohibiting their citizens
from aiding to return fugitive slaves and the
use Of jails for their confinement; the indig.
nation in Ohio at the kidnapping OF Jerry
Phinney-ara a few of the many Illustrations
Of the awakening humanity OF the people,
We only allude loa few prominent facts as
they occur to US.
We have encouraging evidence also that
the wicked hatred toward the colOred mIu,
which is the bilterest fruit of slavery, is yield
ing to our assaults. There are many church
es from which the negro pew is abolished
Many rail road cars and steamboats,, where
the colOrCd man was treated as an %Outcast,
now give him equal rights. Seminaries OF
learning, and tie means Otmoral and mental
culture, once barred against him, now give
free access. Political disabilities which lac
has suffered in some States are removed, and
his manhood and equality are recognized and
he has greater facilities for entering what arc
deemed the respectable cmployments and pro-
LESSONS of ~sociely. In this particular Of pre-
iudico against the colored man, as in other
branches OF our work, there's much yet to do,
but these changes encourage us to hope on
We have ldborcd to arouse the people I,
think upon this subject and discuss II; conf
dent a thorough investigation and discussion
must lead to anti-slavoiy actiou-to the abo
lilion Of slavery. Shareholders and their mi
mons and tools have dreaded this discussion
= and done their utmost TO prevent it., but The
t cxtne uishefs which they have cast upon the
| flame have only added fuel TO it; till now !
= has enyelopcd church and state. Tho partic.
/ are broken and cOnvulscd, and the churches
, are agilaied by this disturbing clement. ThI
, sincere religious sentiment Of the land is ne
/ voting from a fellowship with slavery an,
= the honest humanity # the people is demand
ing "A consistent rePubiicanism IN their states
5 men and political leaders, The altered ton
! of many of their papers, the bCld stand tha
some Of them have assumed against slavery
and their adoption Of some anti-slavery mel
d sureS, tell that cur continual dropping
e Truth is wearing away the stone which er
eased their hearts. No political party take
r a consistent anti-slavery position while &C
e ing as members Of our pro-slayery govern
ment, but these are marks of progress.
The breach in the Democratic party in Ne
Hampshire and Maine, and the anli-slaveT
tendency Of a portion Of the Wings Of Ma
sachuselts and New York, make the part
managers tremble; for it is the first rumb!ir
Of an earthquake which will dash many 4 st
1t fish plot and ambitious scheme into fragment
5 We would allude at more length to the ind
cations of a tremendous revolution in cur 7
n ligious bodies, which shall either purge the
y of their pru-slavery or break them to atom
and also of the aid which is pouring in up,
us from foreign lands; but space lorbids.-
Slavery writhes within tho lessening wall
fire which is closing upon it. We need
keep brave hearts and active hands. "