Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-02-13

besides-how dare you take it from him in
defiance Of heaven and Of Justice :" But
how much will you take for it ! We abo-
l~i.ionists regard the nan who would thus rob
the sllve of his just right as a base villain,
but after you have got the article there is no
inconsistency in our purchasing it of you.-
we don't want you to steal any more. the
vengeance Of heaven is upon you if you do,
yet should You get any more %piunder, yon
may rely on it we shall have no scruple in
purchasing of you; you have a sure market
with us for all you can whip ont of your
slaves; poor things how we pity them"
Your correspondent predic ties his right to
the use ct the fruits Of the toll of the slave,
upon the fact that he recognizes The true orn-
ers cl1im 10 IL. Hop does he recognize the
slaves right to the article? Is it by p7ying
lie m7s'er for il! l. has a hard task,
should think, when he undertakes to prove
that there is no recognition Of the right Of
ownership manifested by the buyer toward
the seller, when he purchases Of the latter
that which he could get elsewhere or do with
out-when he uoLnniariy purchases ii and
pays the seller for it.
l. snpposas if the slave understood that an
abolitionist was using the fruits of his labor,
AMI at the sumo time using his eXertions for
his benefit &C., he would thank him for his
course. He would thank US for doing that
which sustl ms slavery, and without which it
could not exist, would he! How the plum
drred traveller would think us to purchase Of
the foot pad the goods he had wrested from
him providing we were publishing or lrctnring
against robbery Suppose l. hal "A brother
or a father pining in ch1ins on the south bank
Of the Ohio, who was compelled t. mlnufic-
ture shoes, and suppose l. to be the only man
to whom the oppressor of his relation coull
sell his shoes, would he palronizr the csrah-
liShmcnt! The agency of the purchaser
would be about as essential to the c%ontinu-
ance Of the oppression Of that man as would
the owner.
l. seems TO 20 upon the principle of doing
evil that good may come; for while he ac-
knowIedIes it 10 be wrong to use slave pro-
duets without lihoring for his good he thinks
that 10 do that wrong with a view to more
good, is iustifable and right. What wrong
could We not do under a similar plea! Ger
t,inly the sllve holder can unier this plea do
his part of the oppression, and he says he
does it "for the benefit Of the %sllvc.'' | be-
licva thr position Of the Shareholder the moro
iuslii die. lie is p~roblbly unlble to labor
and t,ke care of himself, though he thinks
he can m1nagc and yet tlken care Of without
much additional burthen to the slave. But
your correspondent hls less interest in doing
his part towards holding the slave in bond
age. He would not suffer by refusing to
partlwe Of these productions.
Shareholders, generally, Of whom he (L)
obtains his goods ara very cruel. Now would
it not be better TINT he should 20 to the south
and hold the slaves himself, and use them
well, anI thus have the slme articles produce
ed with less suTsriny!? Certlinly the sllves
would in that case " thank" him much more
thln while he was paying an austere and
cruel master tor the fruits of their suffering
and toll which l. now agrees to receive. l.
is correct in spying it is our duty to furnish
the stakeholder with the necessaries of life.
But to purchase of the highwaymln his boo
ty, or 10 feed him when he is hungry, are
very different acts, and | hope |. has prrcap-
ton enough to see that the one would be a
sanction Of his crimes, WILTSHIRE other would
be a conformity to the dictates of humanity
and tooWIG no! support slavery. 1t would be
very easy to sly VIC bought this booty as The
property of the paor plunlerei traveller, but
the eGeci would not re altered by such a con-
s%truction Of the act, and the chzra:iey of the
act is determined by the eGst which it is
known to produce. The effect is, AMI must
be to uptoU slavery and this no intelligent
man will deny. Now if we can consistent.
ly uphold slavery in one way, why not in
any other way?
If we can with im2unity uso the proceeds
Of slave labor, aro there any species Of sto-
len goods, or the fruits Of any system Of
wrong under the sun which we cannot inno-
Gently purchase AMI use! | will not take
time to refer to a few minor points raised b.
Il, such as that we my receive stolen good
undo: certIin circumstance 81. II the ral.
der does not see their f,llacy upon their face
he will find them answered above.
Comeoulerism then consists in cutting
loose all the small liglments which bind Us
u sllYerv which lhlt insiit,Iinn nn n..il. |