Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-11-27
Guile or, what they dread even more, loss of

NNHaN Nl AAIf aN.lNINNNan
character h0s been largely developed since
the Revolution. Though himminr and time
serving were not unknown, seventy wears a.
co. tl'y Were not so universal. There was
d greater proportion Of people that dared to
car lI'lr souls their own. This vice ofcom-
promise Is at once the reward and the pun
l]ilaaat ot our submission to the accursrl
Constitution oi the Quilted States. We made
compromise She vital principle Of our national
existence, AMI il has been the badge Of our
uatlcHIl' character ever since. The Ameri-
can people sold their souls in 1879, and arc
confirming the bargain every time they accept
o.ilca' or go to the polls, under the Coastitu-
non Tor q delusiye union, and is it any WON
der l'4t they cut a sorry figure, as they 60
sne.aIug about without them
THIS ingraincd procliyitv towards com
promise IS the chief obstacle with which an
american has to struggle, when he attempts
10 attack any Of the evils that are in the
world The continual temptation is, to sac
rlhce the highest principle to an apparent cy-
lists have yielded TO this hereditary vice. and
been seduccI to think that they could casti in
their lot with mcn who had proved them
selves 10 be destitute of principle and of hon
or, with advantage to the cause, In every
5nch attempt they have encountered only
shame aud defeat, and proved that all com
promises OF good men with bad, the conces-
slon3 are necessarily in the favor Of the bad.
Incredible injury has been done 10 the cause
by this inseusate folly. We can only hope
that experience will have taught them the
great lesson which the Philosophy e Amcri-
can History, both public and private, has
been teaching by examples for fifty years
that good can never be the result Of union, OF
rather c11llioH, with illsehood, trcachcry, OF
dishonesty.
Garrisonjsm, then. is another word for un
bending rectitude Of principle and uncom.
promising consistency Of conduct, in the mat
ter Of American slavery. Mr.. Garrison ha-
earned the right to have lis enemies chris;cr
his course by his name, for he was the first
American who ever assaulted Slavery, tramp.
ling compromise under his feet as lie led the
attack. ILe was the first who maintained
the absolute right Of thc slave to immediate
lihcrty, without regard to the interest or the
comfort Of the master. or to the civil, socia.
and religious interests Of the country bounc
up with slavery. This position was as start
ling when il was first taken, rs any that h,
haA since occupied. Hundreds Of thousands
psT ps millions, hvw aoeept tiis truth, an,
yet he is rs separate from popular favor nov
as he was then. And why? Because he
las continued 10 war with slavery, %scorning
compromise and eXpediency, and regardless
Of whose idols in Church or State he over
threw. so their worship made up part of the
a@cnurscd liturgy Of slavery. lie has been
faithful and uucompromising in his hatred OF
slavery from the beginning, and therefore his
name has been Synonymous with uncom-
promising fidelity in tho cars Of all who love
slavery. To DR.. Claiming the Shareholder
was IAN abstraction; ! to the stakeholder the
abo.ilionist is a conccriioa, ana he calls it by
the name oC Garrison.
One who has a due sense of the horror Of
human slavery, and is determined to do all
he can 10 overthrow it, cares but little by
what name h is called. If the enemies oil
freedom choose 10 call him a Garrisonian, he
makes no objection, for the term is sufficient
IS descriptive. But is it hecauso he neces.
eariiy agrees in every opinion on every sub.
ioc,, that Mr.. Garrison holds2 The idea is
absurd, and is not really entertained even by
those who pretend to believe it. He accepts
the name because he processes to be such d
sort OF au Gi0hii0nisi as Mr.. Garrison. Be.
%.csuso he believes that the anii-slayery prIn,
ciples and mcasures-thc philosophy and
molhod-of which the slaveholding and pro,
slavery world regard Mr.. Garrison as the in,
. N.4Aati|tls ul's lbL 4NiAtlFNINy uuL aDopllltlN
the right and true ones-the only ones which
can deliver the slave from his chains, and
himself from his guilty completely with the
Shareholder. AS long as the name Of CARR
son is justly regarded by the tyrant and his
tools as expressing the incest PERCEPTION Of
Justice, the highest sense of right, the mosi
r~esolute determination TO strike for the deliy.
Crance of the slave, at whatever cost of &C.
clrsiastical policy, or of Constitution ofGoy
eminent, he will esteem it an honor and 4;
privilege 10 be styled a Garrisonian.-Q
The st. Louis New Era Of the 29th ult.
tius alludes to the insecurity of slave prop
CITY in that vicinity:
Negro property in this State has becom,
very insecure by reason OF the operations 0
the negro s]tcalers. This state of insocurit,
IS becoming greater every day by reason 0
the settlement Of Iowa on our North with al
anti-slavery population, and on account O
the more perfect organization and concerto,
action Of the auti-slavery men in Illinois,
The temptations and inducements held on
TO cause slaves to elope, are becoming NOR
common-and the aid and facilities Furnished
for the escape Of slaves more e%llectual thai
formerly. The difficulties. risks, and heav,
expenses that attend the recapture Of a slav,
when he has once entered Illinois, render al
escape almost equal to a total loss.
These things are getting worse every day
because the number of negro s~lealers is in
crcasing, and they are working with nor,
system than formerly. Every year slav,
property becomes subject to greater risks
and of course is less valuable. Acommitte,
has been appointed to devise some method O
staying tins evil and OF counteracting the ei
forts OF the antl-slayery men. The commit
Tee Of one hundred are to meet on Monday
next, and probably may concert some uselu
measures. We are under the impression tina.
in contemplation of the risks, expenses anu
losses that attend the holding of slaves il
this Stale, many persons will dispose Of
their slaves and send them South, ~prefering
to do without them to holding them by a te.
Uu.e so uncertain,