Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-02-13
WHAT WILL OTHER PEOPLE SAY.

There is Il false necessity with which we
industriously surround ourselves; a circle that
never expands; whose iron never changes 10
duc;ilc gold. There is the presence of pub
lie cpinion; the iLtoIcra5ie restraint of con-
v%entioaal FORMS! Under this despotic lnflu-
ence, men and women check their best i'm
pulses, suppress their noblest feelings, con-
ceIl their highest thoughts. Each longs for
FL communion with other souls, but dares
not give utterlnce TO its yearnings. What
hind2rsl The fear Of what Mrs. Clark or
the Misses Sheldon will say; or the frown of
some sect; or the an2thema Of some synod;
or the fashion Of some clique; or the laugh of
some club; or the misrepresentation of som
political party. Thou art afraid of thy neigh-
Dor, and knoWest thou not that he is equally
afraid of thee! lie has bound thy hands and
thou hast iettcred his feet. 1t were wise for
both to snap the imaginary bond, and walk
onward unshackled. II thy heart yearn for
love, be loving; if thou wouldst free mankind,
be free; if thou wouldst have q brother frank
to thee, b. tgaul; to him.
"Brt teIa' lgjN o!har peQpe sGy2"
What does it concern thee what they say!
Thy life is not in their hands. They give
thee nothing Of real value, nor take from thee
any thing that is worth the having. Satan
may promise the kingdoms of the earth, but
he has not IN acre Of it to give. He may Of
fer much as the price Of his worship, but there
is a iIW in all his title deeds. Eternal
and sure is tie promise: blessed are tie
meek fer they shall inherit the earth"
Put 7 shall lie misunderstood, inisrerrc-
scutod.'
.2n3 I"A" JMoa art! They who throw
stones at V hat is above them, receive the mis-
stles back again by the law Of gravity, and
lucky are they ii they do not bruise their own
faces. Would that could persuade all those
who read this, to be truthful and free; to cast
like ropes Of sand, all fear Of sects and par
ties, clans and classes.
What is there Of Joyous freedom in our So
clal Intercourse! We meet to see each 9th
er; and nota peep do we get under the thick,
sitting veil which each carries about him.
We visit to enjoy ourselves; and our host
tlke5 away all freedom, while we destroy his
own. If The host wishes to ride or walk, he
dGrc5 not, lest it seem impolite 10 the guest.
II the guest wishes to read or sleep, he dares
not lest il seem impolite to the host; so they
both remain slaves, and feel it Il relief to part
company. A few individuals, mostly in for
eign lands, arrange this matter with wiser
freedom. If a visitor arrive, they say, 81
am busy to-day; if you wish to ride there are
horses and saddles in the stables; if YOU wish
to read there are books in the parlor; if YOU
want to work the men are making hay in the
fields; If you want to Tomp, the children are
at play in the %court;if you want 10 talk 10 me,
l can be with you at such an hour. Go
where you please, and while you stay, do as
you please.'-5HrS. Child
A LAKE OF BLooD.-Dr. Dick estimates
the number Of those who have persisted di-
rectly or indirectly by War at fourteen thou
sand millions. Edmund Burke placed the
number at thirty-fve thousand millions. Ell
thu Burritt, the learned blacksmith, has taken
the estimate of DR.. Dick, and assuming the
average quantity Of blood in a common sized
person, states that the veins Of those fourteen
thousand millions would fill a circular lake
OF more than seventeen miles in circumfer-
ence, and ten feet deep in which all the M.