Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-10

The undersigned, the Committee Of tho
Fourteenth National A. ). Bazaar, appeal
TO all that is good and true in this nation
for which they labor, to aid their undeGta-
king.
Our object is the abolition Of slavery thro'
the renovation Of public opinion; and we ask
help of all who feel the impulse of compass
sion for a suffering people ; or the instinct of
self-preservation in view OF the encToach-
mrnts Of tyranny, and the dangers of sin or
the divine and awful sense of justice, moving
them to uphold the right; or the high sense
Of honor and religious obligation, impelling
them to choose their lot in this life with the
slaves, and not with their orpressors; or
shame beneath the scorn Of ChTlstendom
Justly due to a nation of shareholders or
disgust at the discrepancy between American
principle and American practice; or rGspon-
sibility for keeping pure the sources of pub
lie morals OF desire to lay deep in the ma
tional conscience, the foundations of future
generations.
After a deep and careful examination a
ways and means for the peaceable abolition
of slavery, il has been found hopeless, except
through the consent Of the majority of the
whole people. This obtained the work is
done; for the willing can readily find d way.
Sound Judgment in the choice of means, and
the best economy in their expenditure, alike
forbid US, therefore, 10 enter into the partisan
or Sectarian schemes, by which the purposes
of any one of the various political and lheu-
logical persuasiOns will be subserved at tho
expense of the cause Of Freedom, while 9TH
ers are alienated from 1t in The same proper
ton. When the preliminary question is put.
which every one ought TO ask,-'HOw do you
mean TO eXpend the money, which you re-
qulre our help to raise our answer is, 1T
Shall be spent wholly and directly in ava
kening, informing and influencing the public
mind on this primarily important question:
1t shall not be put into the hands Of any Of
the political organizations, to promote the
election of any candidate, but be made to
awaken the love Of freedom and the hatred
Of slavery in all not in aiding a few fugi-
tlves 10 escape, but 10 save them that p~ainfal
and ha23tJuGs experiment by abolishing the
system which "%nSlavcs them not in send
inv them To Africa, but in enabling them to
become The free and harry elements of ma
tlcnal strength and prosperity At home not
in making the proposition SO Degrading 10 the
morals OF our nation, that the government
should become the tributary If this wrong,
but IN efforts for such al elevation of nation
al character as shall brand lt-CriNF.'
This money will, in short, 70 spent nei-
ther IN compensation, colonization. uci rolIt-
zeal partnership V hIle a clear-sighted econ
omy will also forbid its being used in tho
equally benevolent, though less e~llCctual
channel OF d vigilance committee. 1t will
be spent in Propagandlsm :-1or we strike
openly, boldly, strongly, and successfully too.
as our fourteen years OF labor prove, d, tho
root Of the system we mean to abolish.
Finally, we appeal to our friends and
countrymcn TO take part in this holy cause.
as 10 fraIl and suffering and short-llved fell
low-creatures. II shall strengthen them Ia
weakness, comfort IN affection, and steel
against calamity. 1t shall save them from
the sin of living on the side Of the oppIessor,
and the ignominy of dying in the silent sup
port of wrong. II shall secure their children
from such an inheritance of grief and shame.
as the remembrance that their parents were
drawn by disgracefnl sympathy into the
ranks OF the enslavers, when The moral battle
was fought out in the United States for the
freedom Of a race. Its consultations are pro,
portonate 10 its renunciatIons and in lis
prosecution, as in the great cause Of ChIisIt
anlty, of which Its principles form a fuada
mental part, we arc able to assure sIcb az
embrace II, that no man shall lose friends, Of
houses, or lands for its sake. but he shall re,
(, ceiVe an hundred fold Of noblsI reeompensc
IN this world, and a sense OF S%pirltaal life be-
= sides, to which the Indifferent hiyolities OF
selfish existence sink into insignifcance.
BY the united efforts OF all who ought Il
, cooperate on this occasion, it is proposed &c
, place
$4,000
J at the ultimate disposal OF the American An
D tl'Slayery Society.
| MANIA WESTON CHAPNhE,
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