Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-03-19
WHOLE No. So.

leaves their cherished Society unharmed-as
1t calls forth no denunciations from the slave
holders-Hs it has the form Of abolitionism
(but without the power)-and as it furnishes
them with a pretext to do nothing more for
the slave, because they do so much (l)-they
find it much easier to pursue this course, than
to engage in any 'fanaiical agitation Of So
ciety, after the manner of the ultra aboli-
tionists.
On the other hand, there ARE others who
abstain in the manner stated, who are among
the most intellectual, the most courageous.
the most self-denyint, and the most sincere
y conscientious anti-slavery men and women
in the land. While we do not see eye TO eve
with them, as 10 the principle involved In the
use of slave-grown articles. or the importance
Of making abstinence from the same a rart of
the anti-slavery movement, we nevertheless
cherish toward them the highest personal es-
TEEN, and honor them for the stern fidelity to
their convictions of duty. Not to obey those
convictions would certainly involve them in
condemnation while we think it is no evi.
dence of blindness Of vision, or insensibility
of heart, not to have any such convictions.
If whatever is raised by slave cultivation,
or is tainted with fraud and oppression, is to
be rejected for that reason, then there Is
scarcely any thing in the world that it is al
lowable TO use, as pertaining to money, food
and clothing. True. if the duty of abstinence
be imperative, it is idle TO talk of consequent
ces, But that is a point neither conceded,
nor to be taken for granted. Those, however,
who advocate the affirmative of the question:,
are bound to be rigidly consistent. Are they
so2 They reject slave productions; but do
they decline receiving the money obtained
by the sale Of these productions, if it is prof
tprp1 tn thorn &c n IN apniv,lnpt f. -onl, 10
livered TO the Southern planters! All the
currency in the land has been many times
earned by the slave population, and many
times handled by the shareholders, and much
of i is constantly in possession of the latter.
Is it therefore a~ccursed What man has
ever rejected a dollar on that account, in the
form Of a guild pro 9uo2
A%gain--if those productions are to be re-
J jected on the ground that the laborers have
n not been justly compensated, (for in them
selves they are of great benefit to the human
e family then all those productions which
come to us from the old world are to be re-
fused, for a similar reason. The cries of the
$ laboring classes, in all countries, are contin.
d ually ascending to Heaven for redress, be
cause they are ground down TO the dust b,
n eXtortion, fraud and tyranny. The cunnin!
ie are more than a match for the simple; tn
Sip'S Nv wv HONNllul u liz WAX III
rs rich are too mighty for the poor. Yet, b.
cause English operatives are not fairly rem
neiated, shall we buy no English broadclotl
in Because the laborers of India have scarcel
ar the semblance Of justice melted out 10 then
IN must we be deprived of the results of the
e. industry? 1t is true, of all the laboring ella.
es ses in the world, none are in so pitiable a col
e. dition, more are so unbIushingly and con
US pletely plundered, las are the slave population
n. but the principle Of morality is the same i
IS, all these cases, and we may not Innocent
n, sanction its violation to any extent.
n The soil Of a vast portion of this great ma
lg ton is cultivated by slave labor. The prin
at ciple staple raised is cotton the subordinat
he ones, sugar and rice. These are all good
at the gifts Of a benefcent Creator. If thei
X, consumption tended to iniure the health an
sr- degrade the morals of the consumers, Their
by the law Of self-preservation and by III
ar- rule Of moral obedience, they could not b
ee innocently used. 1t is sad to think no,
he much of violence and injustice enters int
no their cultivation but, it seems to us-othe
en- things being equal-they may be Innocent
eT, used by those who abhor oppression, VIII
are earnestly cndeavoring to overthrow i
1t and who maintain that the laborer is worth
ng of his hire and innocenfly by no other pc,
sons.
TO These productions are so mixed up wit
!ht the manufactures and agricuItur
an of the world-so modified or augmented i
ast value by the industry of other nations,-s
~ indissolubly connected with the credit an
al currency of the country,-that to attempt
seek the subversion of slavery by refusing
yer use them, or to attach moral guilt to the col
sumner of them, is, IN our opinion, alike pr,
'll- poster0us and unjust therefore it is thi
nls' we have RETAINED from entering into a di
lie cussion in our columns, on this subject, TIL
ms threatened to be as interminable as it is inc
nat pable of any signal benefit to the anti-slav
Wy ry movement. We have too many praciic
o. measures 10 carry forward, measures whiC
we are causing the slave system to tremble to
10 foundatiOns,-to be willing 10 have our ov
'K' attention, or DESTROYS that the attention
&C. others should be, diverted TO one of at lea
5Iy such doubtful and inferior character.