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

Unable and the people who tolerate a gov
eminent which demands it are almost hope
lessly enslaved, or almost so destitute oil mo-
raj principle as 10 forbid hopes of their res
direction to a life of true manhood.
How stands the easel The pulpits Of o.
hio proclaim that Christianity requires Of
tuen that they should feed the hungry, hide
the %outcast, and bewray not him that wan
dereth. This is the doctrine which both
Clergy and Lairy teach as c~hurch-members
while as members of the State and National
governments they dcnounce a woe upon him
who follows after the doctrines Of Jesus;
they fine and imprison him who obeys the
command of God. The people of Ohio have
so Ear sold themselves 10 the enemy of Good,
that they have promised him 10 sacrifice the
noblest attributes of humanity-to crush that
pure aud generous IMPULSE which leads man
to succor his afflicted brother! 1t is mean,
it is ineXpressibly despicable. Such coward
ly c%ringing beneath the slave power is II =
worthy of any one who claims TO bear the
~faintest scmblance to a man; ard if there is
enough moral principle in Ohio to speak out
for God and Humanity, why, in Heavens
name, does it lie as though dead, and en-
wrapped in silence as deep as that Of the
tomb
The people of this State, have, as a whole,
cared nothing for the sullerings Of the slave,
have done nothing to alleviate his misery
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Gshness. They have even crushed the free
c%olored man when he has sought a shelter
and a home upon their soil-this too was 10
be expected, for those who hate the negro on
one side of the Ohio, hate him no less on the
other. But who would have thought they
would be so craven hearted as 10 submit their
own necks to the yoke without a murmur -!
Who would have thought they would con-
sent to have their W SOM, and brothers,
and fathers fined and imprisoned for deeds Of
humanity that ought to crown them with an
earthly as it does with a heavenly glory =
People Of Ohio men of Ohio! if there be
men here-how long do you intend to sub
nit to such outrages, how long consent to
such indignities!
We can foresee the result of this move
mcnt. We believe that hund reds, aye thou
sands of the inhabitants of this State who
formerly gave shelter to the bondman not
from principLc but from sympathy are in such
entire subsection to the South that they will
soon close their doors against the wretched
wanderer. Dat upon such base subseryien-
cy Have you no manhood no self-respect I!
If you do pursue this course we should think
you would be ashamed 10 look your wives,
and sisters, and mothers in the face and tell
them that you dare not-aye, that is the word
DARE not-harbor or conceal the flying slave
mother and her helpless children-that you
have entered into bonds with the slave hunter
for your good behavior, and have agreed TO
forfeit $500 if you should ever so far forget
yourself as TO do this Christian act!
Why don't those of you who have souls
that are not yet %mortgaged to southern man
thieves, be up and doing something to win
back the manhood of your seIf-degraded bro
Their! Why are you so sparing of your
means, why so niggardly of your labors (!
A revolution must come, the Union must
be severed, and we tell you, Disunionists,
that we must all see well to it, or the revo-
luton will come in blood. The eNigencies
Of the cause require a greater sacrifice upon
our part. Ii we would prevent carnage and
bloodshed, we mast labor as we have never
yet labored to disseminate principles which
will result in a peaceful dissolution Of the ~
molcan Union.
Who is ready 10 come up to the work, not
iO-mOrrolV, but ro-pAY
A REMARKABLE CHURcu.-There is 4
Congregational church in Ohio, crcyy mcai-
her of which has signed THE PLEDaE of the
League of Universal Brotherhood. II this
were true OF all denominations in the United
States, should we be engaged in the present
war, or in any other war! Ii it were true OF
o~Ec-half, or one-third OF all the churches ia
the land, would our country ever dare 10 Ell,
gage in another war LIZ. paper.
What a commentary upon the religion o
the land! what a rebuke to the high proics.
sol! The church referred to is truly "a re,
markablo church, for there is not one in Z
thousand that practically recognizes the doe
tTine Of universal brotherhood, ALTHOUGH they