Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-01-02

We haze nearly completed the first hal
volume of our paper, and now we begin to
feel somewhat acquainted with our subscri-
bcrs, and think we may safely appeal to them
for help in the arduous undertaking Of dissem-
in7ting truth AMI light on the subject of sla-
very. Il was sli1, in clden time, the Truth
shall make You free, and as it vas then in
spiritual things, even so it is now in spiritual
and temporal affairs. The fires of Truth a.
lone can melt the chains from the slave, they
alone have power to cleanse the heart OF this
guilty nation from the sin Of oppression -
Water, nor Gught of material nature can wash
| out this stlin of b~lool-hum1n Legislation is
as power,ess when applied to moral inquiry,
as the heavy blows Of the rcfner upon the
metal he designs to purify. 1t is the fire Of
Truth alone that can burn up the dross, that
! caa melt, and subdue, and change the heart,
and cause it brightly TO reflect the image Of
God. who is the Author of Truth. How beau
tifully was this idea expressed by the Propll-
ct - He shall purify the sons Of Levi. and
purge them ns gold and silver that they may
offer unto the Lord an offering in righteous
ness" 1t is God, tits the spirit of all Truth
that can effect this work. Let us not then
apply any other agency. Let us not give
c%ountonlnce to the application OF means which
will assurodIy be powcrless.
IfTruth be the agency then let it be sFO-
ken boldly and fearless!y, let us never fllter,
even though Church and State, friends and
relatives, the names we have venerated, and
the institutions we have been wont TO cher
ish, should fall under the deepest condemna-
ton from its utterance. But let US love right
e%ousness better than sect, or party, or %institu-
Or sister. We need never fear of success,
the cause in which we are engaged is not
! ours, but God's-and unless He can be foil
ed in his purposes, unless man shall Lecome
superior to Omnipotence, and brute strength
more powerful than Truth, the anti-slavcry
enterprise uiN succeed, and we believe the
day is rot fur distant when our enslaved coun-
trymcn shall cast aside their letters, and stand
erect in the dignity Of their manhood.
But although the cause is in the hands Of
Him who can but triumph, yet it is through
the efforts Of its friends that the prisoners door
is 10 be opened, and the captive set free; and
dst in proportion TO their eXertions, will the
day of his redemption draw near. We call
upon you all then collectively and individu-
ally to exert yourselves for the conversion Of
the people TO the doctrine of immediate e.
Emancipation, to the doctrine of no union with
that which has a faint Of slavery. We ask
you to extend the circulation Of this paper.
You are sufficiently acquainted with il now
to know that it is a thorough-going Old Or
ganized, Dissolution periodical, and if thepo-
sition it mainiains-the great brotherhood
principle, the loving thy ~neighbor as thyself
BIC true, then labor to put 1t into the hands
of those around you, that they may be bene-
fitted by its contents. If we cannot stand in
ecclesiastical connection with our blood-stlin-
ed brother at the South, without incurring the
responsibility of his guilt, then extend the
circulation of this sheet, for that is a position
it strongly defends. If W. cannot remain in
connection with the American Government
that mighty Juggernaut-without being
polluted with the blood of the victims that
are daily crushed beneath its wheels, then give