Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-28

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who are now clankinr the chains Of Slavery
upon the plains Of the South, whose warm
blood IS now making fat the soil Of MARYLAND
and OF Alabama, and over whose crushed
spirits rolls The dark shadow Of Oppression.
shutting cut and cXtjnguishing forever the
cheering rays Of that bright Sun of Liberty,
lighted in the souls Of all Gods children bv
the omnipotent hand Of Deity ilselfl How
can !, ] say, love a country thus cursed, thus
believed with the blood Of my brethren? A
Country, the Church of which, and the Go.
vernment Of which, and the Constitution Of
which are in favor ur supporting and perpe-
tuating this monstrous system Of Injustice
and Hood ! have not, ! cannot have, any
love for this country, as such. or for its Con
s%tltutIon. | desire to see it overthrown as
speedily as possible and its Constitution
s%hlyeTeI IN a thous md fragments, rather than
mat tlIs foul curse should continue to remain
as now. Kisses and cheers.
In all this, my friends, let Inc make N.Y.
self understood. ] do not hate America as
against England, or against any other coun-
try or land. ! love Humanity all over the
globe. | am anxious 10 see Righteousness
prevail in all directions. | am anxious TO
see Slavery overthrown here; but, / never
appealed 10 Englishmen in 4 manner calcu-
lated 10 awaken feelings of hatred or disgust,
or to iniiime their prejudices toward Ameri-
ca as a nation, or in a manner provocative of
national jealousy or ill-will but | always
appealed 10 their conscience-to the higher
and nobler feelings Of the people of that coun-
try, 10 enlist them in this cause. always
appealed TO their manhood, that which pre-
ceded their being Englishmen, Ito quote an
expression from my friend Phillips,D ! APP
pealed to them as men, and | had a right TO
do so. They are men, aud the Slave is a
man, and we have a right TO call upon all
men 10 assist in breaking his bonds, let them
be bora when and where they may.
But it is asked, 6 What good will this do
or What good has it done?' Have you
no! %irritated, have YOU not annoyed your Anne
rican friends and the American people rather
than done them good?' | admit that we
have irritated them. They deserve 10 be irri.
tated. ] am anxious 10 %iritate the American
people on this question. As it is in physics,
so in morals, there are cases which demand
irritation and counter-irritation. The con-
science of the American public needs this
irritation, and | would blister ii all orer fran
center to circumference, until it gives signs Of
a purer and a better life than it is now mani
Testing 10 the world.
But why expose the sins Of one milton in
the eyes Of another I. Why attempt to bring
one people under the odium of another peo-
pie! There is much force in this question.
| admit that there are sins in almost every
country which can be best removed by means
confined exclusively to their locality. Bot
such evils and such sins pre-suppose the ex-
%istence Of a moral power in their immediate
locality sufficient to accomplish the work Of
renovation. But, where, pray, can we 90 10
find moral power in this nation sufficient to
overthrow Slavery ! To what institution, to
what party shall we apply for aid! ] say
we admit that there are evils which can be
best removed by Influences confined to their
immediate locality. But in regard TO Ameri-
can Slavery it is not so. 1t is such a giant
crime, so darkening to the soul, so binding
in its moral influence, so well calculated to
blast and corrupt the humane principles of
our nature, so well adapted to infrse its own
accused spirit into all around it, that the
people among whom it exists have not the
moral power to abolish it.. Shall we 90 to
the Church for this influence 2 We have
heard lis character described. Shall we go
Politicians or Political Parties Have they
the moral power necessary to accomplish this
mighty task They have not. What are
they doing at this moment? Voting sup
plies for Slavery-voting supplies for the eX-
tension, the stability. the perpeiuation of Sla-
NtiD III NulS Iduu. hfiht Il lhF press uplnH !
The same. The pulpit? Almost the same.
| do not flaiter myself that there is moral
power in the land sufficient to overthrow Sla-
very, and ] welcome the aid of England
And that aid will come. The growing in
t~ercourse between England and his country,
by means of steam navigation, the relaxation
OF the protective system in various countries
In Europe, gives up an opportunity 10 bring
in the aid, the moral and Christian aid Of
those living on the other side Of the Atlantic.
We entreat our British friends to continue to
send their remonstrances across the deep
against Slavery in this land. And these re-
monstrances will have a powerful effect here.
Sir, the Americans may tell Of their ability
and ] have no doubt they have ito keep
back the invaders hosts, TO repulse the strong
est force that its enemies may send against
this country. 1t may boast, and rightly boast
of its capacity to build its ramparts so high
that no foe can hope TO scale lhem-to render
them so improbable as 10 defy the assaults
of the world. But, Sir, there is one thing it
cannot resist, come from what quarter il may.
1t cannot resist Truth. You cannot build
yonr forts so strong, nor your ramparts so
high, nor arm yourselves so powerfully, as to
withstand the overwhelming Moral Senti-
ment against Slavery now flowing into this
"N' ~ NNdlHPt' I'Judlce against w
Tor is continually becoming weaker in this
land-and why! Because the whole Euro
pean Continent denounced this sentiment as
unworthy a lod gment in the breast of an en-
llghtened community. And the American
abroad dares not now. even in a public con-
yeyance, to lift his voice in defense of this
disgusting prejudice.
/ do not mean TO say that there are nc prac.
tees abroad which deserve to receive an in.
~iuence, favorable 10 their determination from
America. | am most glad to know that De-
mocratic Freedom-not The bastard Democ-
racy which, while loud in its protestations of
regard for Liberty and Equality, builds up
Slavery, and, in the name of Freedom, fights