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

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US, and Of invading our soil 10 kidnap men,
who have nobly vindicated their natural
rights. kept up all the vitality which remains
to our Declaration of Independence, and would
be regarded even by barbarians, mot within
the reach Of the coercion or corruption OF our
Government as entitled in the highest de-
gree to the sacred rights OF hospitality.
In neither of the existing political parties
can | now perceive any remedy for this hor-
rible and insupportable state of things. One
party is sold as regularly and far more de-
gradingly within the ,rhitc slave bazaar at
Washington, as are orr colored fellow citi-
zens without. The other, with a pretty clear
perception Of the saucy encroachments of
the Shareholders, and of their impotent and
knayish administration of the Government,
and of the treachery of their Southern %associ-
ates, is rendered powerless for redress by its
delusive hopes of forbearance in respect to
private interests and pursuits. One party is
positively wicked for the sake of the public
spoils, which it expects to gain, the other is
negatively so for the sake of the private ad-
vantages it fears to lose.
That ! have been bitterly disappointed in
the result of the revolution, which was in
agitation at the time of the meeting alluded
to, and which is now consummated, | need
not say. The tameness and poverty Of spirit,
with which our once brave and sill beloved
Massachusetts has submitted to this revolu-
ticn, not to mention other enormities, and to
practical humiliation Of the wretched Consti-
tuition, thus proving false to her solemn
and repeated pledges, has surprised and
grieyed me. more than | can find words to
express. For one, powerless as | am, | do
not, and will not submit. | will hail rebel
lion as a blessing. | will strive to inspire
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brace Of this loathsome Union. 1t is the
greatest instrument of torture and death, that
ever existed on the face of Gods earth. 1t
is an idol, on whose altar ten times as many
human victims, MS were sacrificed by Moloch,
by the CarthaUenian heather, or TO Jugger-
naut by the llindoos, are annually slain.
With these views and feelings | can find
no congenial form of action except that as
sumed by the American Anti-Slavery Socie-
ty. l feel that it is partial, but see that it
is all that is preferable. | find in it and in
no other organized, or associate action, con-
ISOLATION and hope for American slaves, and
for Americans who do not mean to be slaves.
Therefore do |, my old and dear and trusty
friends, bid you a hearty God speed.
The ines are strange and out of joint. l
have a general faith that so guilty a sue
cess as has been obtained by this nation,
will in some unlocked for way be turned to
a sudden and awful scourge. 1t is not i'm
possible nor improbable that the cowardIy vi
olence and mean frauds committed by us up
on an unoilending, a friendly, and defence
less people, and which "the chivalry" would
never have dared to undertake against any of
the powerful nations of Europe, may yet lead
to a terrible conflict with one or more of those
very nations. How will the guilty creatures
then shake with fear from without and fear
within! How will they hurry their happy
slaves over the mountains, (though they
would do better to call upon the mountains
to cover themselves) leaving their coasts and
harbors to he defended by Northern armies.
But the soldiers they would obtain from the
North, unless the old slave scheme of con-
s~cription be revived, would be few and far
between. Northern demagogues may sup
port Slavery for gain, and the Wings may
,rdckle TO 1t for fear of loss, but neither will
support it at a sacrifice. Thus the wicked may
yet be taken in their own devices, and that
which was intended to be the final and ever
lasting security of Slavery, prove It's speedy
destruction. For, if such a war do ensue, it
will be a war Of ema lcipation. The peace
of this continent, no more than the prosperi-
ty of this country, can never be secure
without emancipation. The true interests
of the Republic, as well as the laws OF
God and the rights of men demand that the
authors of a great national crime should be
restrained for time to come. This is daily
admitted by the wisest men, and purest pa
triots, in the circle of my acquaintance. ]
have no manner Of doubt that a vast majority
of the people of the tree States, (shame or
them for creating the necessity that itbe done
by foreign hands) " would be glad to see it,
! This state of the public mind is eminently
, propitious to the progress of the Anti-Slavery
cause, aud ! am strongly persuaded that events
are not far ahead which will suddenly quick
5 en- that disposition.
4 With no abatement of personal or Anti
5 Slavery love, | remain,
Yours for the right, and the wronged
g DAVID LEE CHILD.
: TO Erecutirc Committee a. "A. s. s.
: Charles C. Burleigh offered the following
: resolution, and addressed the meeting in it:
a support:
Resolved, That we regard the Constitu
. ton Of the American Union as a bond Of al
) lance with unparalleled despotism, and un
, surpassed ~iniquity that obedience to its re
quirements bearing upon Slavery, is incon
4 sislent with our duty to the slave, to hi
master, TO our country, our race, and our God
! and, as that which we cannot rightfully do
: it is wrong for us to promise, we feel bounC
, by our reverence for human rights, and ou
: allegiance to the Divine Government, TO re