Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-06-18
From the Ntw FORK 'Rqa.'s Yorn.'
Letter from Mr.. Douglass.

may grave ndrsIIIy on The ear Of refined and
cultivated chimsrs , but sure | ara that It's
voice will be pIeasurable 10 the slave, aud
terrible 10 the stakeholder. Let us have A
full, clear, shrill, unmis;akeable sound. mo
compronise-no concealment-no lagpinr
tot those who taTry-no 'ShIrs' for popular
favor-no lowering your tono E + the sake Of
harmony. The harmony Of this country is
discord with the A~LMlGHTY. TO be in har-
mony with God is to be in open disco.d and
conflict with The powers Of Chnrch and State
IN this country. Both are drunk on the warm
blood OF our brothren. Blow cn-biow ou,'
and may the God CT the oppressed give effect
10 your blowing.
Through the kindness Of a friend. ! have
before me the 'Nrw-Yor Sum OF 18Th NAV.
it contains a weak, pueriie, aud chsractegls.
tic attack upon me-. on account OF my speech
In tho Tabernacle, bsfore tho American Anti
Slavery Society on tho llth Inst. The arii-
eic in question aaords me d text from which
could preach you a long sermon but ! will
neither trespass on your space, nor weary the
patience Of your readers, by treating the ar,i.
Gle in that way. ! DO not call attention to il,
because ! am anxious 20 defend myself from
its naicvolent contents, bot 10 congratulate
you upon the favorable change in the pubic
mind which IL Indicates, and to enjoy a lit
tie Il trust innoceui) sport At the expense Of
the editor.
We have been laughed a; and fidicrlcd so
much, that ] am glad, once in a while, to be
able 10 turn the tables on our white brethren.
The editor informs his readers, that HIS ob-
ject in writing the article is, 10 protest against
the unmitigated abuse heaped upon our coun-
try by the colored man Douglass Now, who
will doubt the patriotism Of a man who will
venture so much on behalf Of his country .
IN. G. - .-al-. a. N - 7
man Douglass Well done! Not niger
Douglass-not bizch, but col0red-not Mto..-
KEY, but man-the coOred MAN DJugiqSS.-
This, dear s'r, is i decided Improvement on
the old mode of speaking Of US. In the bril-
liant light of The sun, | am no longer a man
key, but a MAS-aud, hencefor,h, ! may claim
to be treated as a man by the 'San.' In or
der TO prepare The patient for the pill, and to
prove his title to be regarded an unmixed ~
mericau, he gi,ds the most bloody ard dcics-
table tyranny all over with the most holy and
beautiful sentiments Of liberty. Hear him
Freedom Of speech in this country should re-
eeiue the greaiest LATITUDE This sounds
well; but is it moi 4 strange text, from which
10 preach a sermon in favor OF putting down
freedom of speech by mob r%i0iencc? If men
do not speak freely of our Institutions, how
arc we to discover their errors or reform their
abuses, should any cXistY' A pertinent ques-
ton, truly, and worthy Of the thought and
study of he profound ard philosophical edi-
tor of the Sun But now SEQ a nobler H.
lustralion Of the story of the Cow and the
milk pail'-bIowing hot and blowing cold,
and blowing neither hot nor cold. The tdi-
tor says-"Thers is, however, a limit TO This
very freedom of speech. We cannot lie per-
mitted TO go into a gentleman's house. accept
his hospitality, yet abuse his fare, and we
have TO right to abuses country under whose
government, we are safely residing and Sc
curely protected"
Here we have it, all reasoned out as plair
as logic can make 1.-THE limit of freedom o.
speech accurately defined. But allow me tC
throw a little light upon The Suns logic
can do so without entirely spelling his sim
lie. Poor thing. it would be a pity to hur
that. Does it not strike you as being frs
Iatel To my mind, it is the best hing il
the Whole piece. and lacks only one thing
(but this probably makes no difference will
the 'Sun'--it may be its chief mefit.) an,
that is, HheHcss-it lacks likeness. 4 Gen
tleman's house and the government Of hi
country are wholly diss,milar. Let me sug
gest TO him-without meaning any disrespec
10 you, that a cook shop "a thing which | an
surprised he should ever torgeil bears a ia
greater resemblance 10 the government of thi
country. than that of a gentlpman's house an,
hospitality. Let cook shop represent Coun
try--'Blil OF Fare'--'BIl OF Rights : an,
the 'Chief Cook'-Commander.in-Chi Chief
Il fancy ] hear the editor say, this looks bet
ter.) Eaters editor Of The Sun with a keel
appetite. He reads the bin Of fare. 1t con
tlins The names of many paidtahle Dishes
He asks the cook for soup, he gets dish wa
ter For salmon, he gets a serpent 70
beef, he gets bull-lrogs; for ducks, he get
dogs; for salt, he gets sand I; for pepper, h
gets powder (; and for vinegar, he gets gall
in fact, he gets you the very opposite OF eve
rything for which you ask, and which irol
the bill of fare, and loud-moulhed profession
you had a right to expect. This is Just ii
treatment which the colored people receive
lhis country al the hand of this government
Its Bill of Rights is 10 practise towards us
bill of wrongs. It's seif-evident truths a
self-evident lies. Its majestic liberty, III
lignant tyranny. The Foundation of this g
vernment--ihe great Constitution ITSELF
nothing more than a compromise with ma
sIealers, and a cunning'y devised compile
zion Of falsehoods, calculated to deceive f.
eign Nations into a belief that This is a Fl
country I; at the same time that it pledges I
whole Civil, Naval and Military power
the Nation to keep three millions Of peoI
In the most abject slavery. He saws | abu
n country under whose government am ga
iy residing, and securely protected. I {
neither safely residing nor securely protect
in this country. | an living under a PC
ernment which authorized Hugh Aud to 7
me Of seven hundred and fifty dollars, a
,vld the if ! did net submit, III resisted Il
yobbsf, ] shopld be PCT 70 death, TA!s is I