Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-07-30


ward, eager to catch every tone which speak
of peace. They fancy that peace, like war
will come at The nations bidding. But W,
greatly fear that their hopes are doomed Il
disappointment. They wdl probably fDC
that IL Is more easy TO raise evil spirits thar
to lay them. They had power TO provoke
this war, but vainly do they trustin the pride
of their strength, that it is theirs to say
''Thus far shalt thou go. but no farther
There is but one way Of honorable retreat
from this disastrous war, but one method oil
averting any Of IFS terrible consequences and
that course, the nation has no thought of pur-
suing. Ii is not a painful sense of us injns-
tee and wickedness which has excited the
desire for its termination; no penhence has
smitten the national heart, no reimbursement
BUNDLED It's heavcn.darihg pride. u would
escape the evil consequences, while il cares
little for the guilt of us doings. The expecia-
ton that il will be able to do This, is bat anotk-
or proof of its praciicdl atheism, its disbelief
In the eternal law Of just retrib,tion. Ever
since the hour when IT became a vigorous and
powerful nation, able 10 compete With the
old governments Of the earth, has il been
waxing strong in pride and love OF power,
until with its foot upon the neck Of the weak
and helpless, il laughs at the sacredness OF
treaties, SCOTS at the rights of equal brethren,
contemns the command Of God, and defes
His rctributive justice. The poor and the
weak, who can i'll meet aggression with re-
s%lsiance, seem TO be its peculiar prey. In vi
olation Of most solemn promises, it has driv-
en- the Indian from the graves and hunting
ground Of his fathers, it has bowed beneath
the worst form of oppression, a sixth portion
! pf tie nV,- n popp1,tio, ,n,l a1H.f k..lon.I
and emboldened by its own villany, il laws
its all-grasping hand upon the territory Of a
neighboring nation, and is futhlessly murder.
ing men, women and children, in order to ac.
quire this territory. and blight it with the
curse of slavery. The two great political
parties of the country have tivalled each 9th
er in the support Of this war, and the church,
which calls herself by the name of the Prince
of Peace, has taken it under her protection,
and tried 10 s%anctify it by prayer and bles-
sing. Her sons have gnne forth with our ar
mics, some to kill. SHAY and destroy " the
children of their Father in Heaven,' and
some TO mingle religious rites with the roar
OF cannon, the music Of bursting bomb-shells;
and to kneel down upon the blood-wet field
and offer solemn thanksgiving TO God for the
shrieks Of mutilated men, and the dying
groans Of murdered women. IL this nation
had any faith in the existence Of a God
would it not expect that He would visit u
"for these things ?" In what form re,ribu
ton will come, none may predict, but they
who have sown the wind, need not hope Il
escape the harvest of the whirlwind. TIL,
North can neither atone for its guilt, no
avert its penalty, by its earnest desires 70
the termination of the war, now that il i,
convinced, Of what it never had any reason
to doubt, that the newly acquired territory
will be made subservient 10 southern inter
ests, and thereby weaken her influence in tn,
Federal Government. 1t is a question o
thrilling interest to every American, "Wha
shall the end Of these things be 2" The flu
ture will reveal it, but until severe and bite
repentance shall purify the heart of this ma
ton, vainly will it stretch forth its blood
stained hands, and ask for peace. "There i
no peace to the wicked."-Pa Freeman.