Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-22


there to gather new strength to resist the en-
croachrnents Of that tyranny.
But the day has come when the spirit Of
liberty walks abroad in the plains and Crap
pies hand TO hand with despotism, event in the
crowded city. The time has come when free
and dauntless spirits dare even there vindi-
cate the right; when in slave-ridden Ameri-
ca, oppressed England, and down-irodden
Ireland, multitudes are heard Increasingly re-
monstrating against wrong and oppression, in
tones that have shaken thrones and unneryed
the iron grasp of the tyrant.
When in the midst of mountain scenery,
who cannot sympathize with him who eI-
claimed
Island of the forest and the rock
OF dark blue lake and mighty river
OF mountains reared aloft TO mock
The storms career-the lightning's shock ::
My wi green land forever !"
Though leaving Ohio for a short time in
person, | am not leaving it in spirit. l have
unremitingly toiled there in the anti-slavery
cause, for years; and never before, since /
commenced those labors, humble though they
have been, have | felt that | could spare time
to be absent, even one short month.
"Out Of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh." Tru e, and it is also true
that when a PERSONS heart is really enlisted
in any cause, it will show itself out in his
life and actions, as well as in his conversa-
ton.
Those who feel an apathy upon the subjec.
Of human freedom, cannot understand the
deep, settled, abiding hostility to oppression
which is always manifested in the life, the
conversation and the actions Of an abolition
ist. Neither can they appreciate the zeal and
enthusiasm in the cause of human liberty
Such say that we have but enc idea but is
il not a glorious idea-the redemption of the
human family from chains, oppression, out
rage and wrong!
They call US enthusiasts, but who with a
heart and a soul would net bo an enthusiast
When this material world is wrapped in
thick vapor, filling the vallies and covering
hill and crag: when the sun is obscured by
dark clouds, then every thing is seen with an
indistinct vision. But when those clouds are
chased awiy-when the mist disappears, the
surface of the material world seems 10 the be-
holderto have undergone a change. The noun
tain is no longer a dark shapeless mass, or
the jutting crag, a moving monster enveloped
in a shaggy mantle. The ravines no longer
send forth from their sunless abodes, misty
apparitions to bewilder the behelder, by cha
sing each other over the plains in an edd wing
dance, but the sunlight has taken the place
of cloud, fog and darkness, and animated ma
ture, relieved from the gloom, pours one rich
song of Joy upon the ear, thrilling the heart
with delight, and the soul with rapture. This
is the type, the antitype of which is to be
found in the moral world. Upon the subject
OF human duty, when the mind is undecided
as to what is right, when mists Of doubt en-
velop the Truth, when in the surrounding
gloom the strait paths appear crooked, and
duty is misunderstood, let but the light of
Gods truth begin to shine in upon that mind,
and doubt and darkness will rapidly fly away;
and if that mind becomes a diligent seeker
after the right, the light will continue to pour
In truth after truth will develop itself, the
paths of duty become palmer and palmer,
new beauties unfold themselves to the mental
eye, and that which is sweeter far to the
soul than the music of feathered songs,crs
thrill The heart.
And in the Joy and delight thus experienced
is to be found the reason why those who have
obtained SOM knowledge of the truth, are so
apt to become enthusiasts. If they have been
enabled to see, though it be but indistinctly,
the paths Of duty, the consciousness of A per-
formance of that duty brings peace to the
soul, and Joy to the heart, and the individ-
ual experiencing this happiness desires Others
TO feel the same. Who would not be an en-
thusiast for the right! Who has a heart so