Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-03-06
MASSACHUSETTS, A. S. S

- "a ~. kNOOI u L i.
The following passages are taken from a
description of the recent anniversary of that
Society, which appeared in the Herald of
Freedom" and are from the pen of Parker
Pillsbury, its editor.
The meeting was one in which few spoke
unless they had something t say. To deh5-
era'e and degiSc, seemed the absorbing object.
1t had become apparent that if .he North
ever again enjoyed her own rights, she would
owe them to the Anti-Siavery Eaterorise.-
The legislator and politician came, as at PEN
%tecost, and inquired with deep solicilude,
'lVhat must zoe do! 2" They had passed re-
solves, and had re-resolved. They had made
speeches and sent oat inconsistencies. The
A~nti-Slavery Meeting tauL ht them h eimpo-
to-, Of all such in S.Assnce. There they
learned that LeYiathan could not be drawn
out with a hook. There they learned, for the
first limo perhaps, that Slavery was omnipo-
tent in our country, and omnipresent. That
if they assembled up into New England, it
was there. II thry made thcir bed in Texas,
behold it was there. If they took the wings
Of the morning, and dweit in the uttermost
paris Of the West, even there it reigned with
undivided sway. They seemed willing, ma
ny of them, TO lay down all their honors at
the feet of The Abolitionists, if so they might
purchase a deliverlnce they desplired of
from their own efforts, or from any other
source.
Dissolution Of the Union, was our only an
swer to their solicitous inquiries. A moral,
civil, political, social and ecclesiastical dis
solution. Union for sIayeholding is a crime.
No natter how erpedicat it may be - such
union is 4 crime. Criminals are all the sup
porters of it. No matter what blessings are
derived from it. II is q crime, aad those
blessings ara justly cursed. No matter what
results from a dissolution. 1t is a crime, and
therefore should be sundefcd, though the
South stream with blood. Almighty Justice
forbids such an alliance for an hour. True,
our fathers yoked us to the car internal Of
Slavery, and custom has sanctioned, and re-
ligious usage and law have sdnctiiied the
damning deed. Now up in your might, un-
less tyrants ye are, and snap the iron bands,
be free yourselves, and give no more support
to a system Of atrocities, that challenges all
perdition to parallel. Thus we said to them.
A desperate remedy. Desperate is the dis
ease. Let others choose their own measures.
On the Anti-slavery platform, as with the
mighty O'Connell, AGITATION is the watch
word-SeparGyiOn from sin, its only practical
HpPliSdtiOh' hOPChti uid w Olh htSSb
repentance.
Massachusetts, has a veteran band of Irwin
cibles. 1t is felicity to labor by their side.
Fear they feel none, favor they ask none,
affection they seek none, hope of reward they
have none, beyond the superlative bliss OF
discharging their duty and blessing the world.
Untrammelled by sect, unawed by power,
unbribed by filthy lucre, and unseduced by
any of the thousand Vaccinations of the en-
emies of the cause, they still hold on theil
way, (wringing plaudits even from their foes
by their fdelity.) the hope of humanity and
dread Of the tyrant. .e ' so"
The last Fair was by far the most impor
tant one ever held by the friends OF the slave
in this or perhaps any other country. 1t wa.
so for several reasons. First, it was held il
Faneuil Hall. The old Cradle of Libert,
seemed at home, too, on the occasion. !
had its mission in the Revolution Of "'76.'
That was a dispeRsation of blood. Liberty
was then IN the wilderness. 1t had its bloodl
sacrifices and offerings. Bunker Hill was IT.
Mount Sinai. From its artillery thunderi
and lightnings came forth, the Declaration o
Independence, the ten terrible cnmmlnd
ments to tyrants and oppressors. 1t was
bloody covenant. But it must be fulfilled
And il has been. Old Faneuil Hall was thei