Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-09-17

H'' iiisil utClhldllOnSs Will
comes Of i'll Do they advance a step before
reformers without the pale Of their organiza.
tionl No. They are far behind, theirs is
sect antl-slavery, aDti-war, &c., and they are
not slow TO stignatize those who are in the
lead as u%ltraists, fanatics, and perchance as
i%nfidels. They see distinctly that the posi-
tire pro-slavery position of other orraniza-
tions is l%earfully wrong, but their own nega-
tire position they justify, not that they are
perfectly satisfied with it; not that they can
sit at ease in their inactivity, but the church
requires 10 more, and as a church will permit
no more, and they have TOO much undefna.
BILE faith in it, and too little in moral princi-
pie 10 leave the paralyzing influences of the
one for the energizing influences of the other.
Theirs, says the come-outer, is a mild featur-
ed individual Of the unrighteous family-a
component part of the church aggregate
They tell no better story of government. 1t
is, say they, "a covenant with death and an
agreement with hell - all its powers mem
tai and physical are pledged to retain the
slave in his chains, the hangman on the scat
fold, and the soldier with his equipments,
that he may do deeds of death whenever call
ed upon. All this is abhorrent, say they, TO
our sense Of justice, our benevolence-in a
word to everything we recognize in, or out
Of ourselves, that deserves to be called I'M
name or good we cannot be participants
we must protest against it unequivocdlly,
increasingly, and most emphatically. We
not only protest against church and state on
their own dement's, respectively, but there is
ii coalition which gives to them immense,
unparalleled control. The church praises
and prays for the state, in peace and war; in
It's guarantee of slavery no less than under
its professions Of freedom and the state in
return protects the church. There is no hone
for the slave while these institutions are VEN
Grated and obeyed; when they lose their in
%fluence and power the day of his rede mption
will have come-his shackles will fall.
Some who are come-outers from the church,
to be politicians, aud the contrary,
but so far as known, tho foregoing are the
reasons offered by each.
Our commercial relations remain to be en-
amined; and why, it is asked, do they claim
a less portion of The moral reformer's atten-
ZION Is it that they are less direct in their
! Less sustainingl Less excl
ting Or requiring more self-sacrifice =
What can be more direct than the r%evenue
derived from imports! Are they not the
main source of pecmniary support for the
slave making, life taking government under
which we live1 Does not he who paws one
dollar Of duty give direct aid to that amount
in support of a government sternly repudia-
ted by the come-outer Is it not as ~effectu.
al support as, in case the revenue laws were
by direct taxation and when cal.
led upon by the collector the tax payer should
be informed that one half was for the support
OF the civil, and the other half for the militia
ry power, and both to perpetuate slavery, a
cherished, specially protected institution 3
Can any one point out-can lie perceive a
difference, except that the payment of the Ju-
ty is voluntary, of the tax imperative He
may refrain from the purchase of the articles
on which the duty is imposed he cannot re-
fuse the tax demand.
Our commercial relations are less exciting
than either the political, or ecclesiastical
questions, but not for that reason of less real
TO individuals in perfecling moral
and securing the answer of " well
10 those who are faithful to their con-
.victions ;-fnrther it may and does require
more steady adherence to principle inasmuch
as appetite, taste and purse are put under re-
QUESTION. In the existing state of things, our
bles cannot be furnished with as many deli
%cacies, our dress cannot he as neat, if we
bear testimony against chattelism by absti-
hence from the products of slave labor, and
the cost of living will be greater do these
should! The position these questions place
us in, is one from which there is no escape.
Can the come-outer hold a slave! No! is
the indignant answer. Can he aid another
in holding him! Can he give evidence in a
court Of law that he is a slave? Can he ar
rest the fugitive and send him back to his
claimant Or can he take the slave into his
employment by contract with the owner to
whom the slaves wages are stipulated to be
paidl The same stern No! will be the an
swer to the questions severally. After this
inteTrogatory course, it might be deemed an
insult to ask, Can he compensate the owner
for retaining the slave in his condition ! as it
would indicate a doubt of his sanity or sin
cerity and yet does not he who buys the
products of slave labor, knowing them to be
such. absolutely and directly, pay the slave
owner for keeping the slavel That there is