Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-12
Z. J. FULLER.
An EXhOrtatiOn 10 Friends.

Hear yo not mothers wailingl children
weeping as they are torn forever from parents
and friends most dear! Who can think Of
such misery and not shed a tear Of pity for
those pining in captivity, imploriug with up
lifted hands, the Author of all good 10 rescue
them from the grasp of the oppressor, that
they may enjoy a few days of liberty-sweet
liberty-beiore they are called away from all
earthly suffering!
Has the Society Of Friends nothing to do
towards meliorating the condition Of the moor
down-,rodden slave' Are thew not called
upon to do something more fer tina, oppress-
cd class Of people, than to answer once a wear
TO il 'qCery' upon the suhjcctl "We have no
slaves amongst US, ard those who have bad
their freedom secured are suitably provided
for." Is this all that is required at your
hands! Were you willing to give This sub
ject a close examination, no doubt many of
you would find much to do in this important
matter. Can you with a clear conscience
withhold longer 10 lend aid to the great work
of reform!
Was there ever a time when there was
more need Of Friends being aroused from
their beds Of ease, where they have reposed
in a kind Of l~ethargy and slupor until they
have become lukewarm in every subject of
reform. Reform seems out Of the question
in the Society. They love ease too well to
be disturbed in their quiet. Some seem to
be in the situation Of Martha of old, scum
bered with many things" They leave no
time TO think Of the three millions of human
beings who pine in cruel bondage, but they
find much time TO denounce and prosecute
those who feel it their duty to plead the cause
Of the poor, and open their mouths for the
dumb. What is 10 be expected of a people
that have been retrogading for a long time,
until their vision has become dim and they
can no more see things as they are than Saul
could when he prosecuted The Christians and
thought he was doing good. Would that
some would become converted as he did,
But through fear and the love Of sect they are
trammelCd and teitered.
Had tue Society of Friends been faithful,
and carried out their principles as they bepan
when they cleared their own skirts of slavery,
no doubt the evil would have been abolished
long ago; for their influence was much great
or then than it is at The present time. Others
now seeing their apathy and Indifference,
have lost all confidence in their doing much
for the slave, Are they not standing in the
situation of some formerly! They will nei-
Their do good themselves, nor suffer those TO
60 orwar who wish to enlighten the public
mind on the subject Of slavery. They seem
TO be stumbling blocks to serious inouirers.
Is there any evil in the world greater than
that of slavery or one that ought to claim
the attention Of the people more than This I
There are other evils in our land, war and in
temperance are among them. The one de-
stroys It's thousands, The otheri its tens Of thou
sands. The one is immediate in its des,ruc-
, ion' the other gradual. War gives its VIC
llms no lime to prepare for death but launch
es them into eternity without time even to
, bid adleu TO those who are near and dear in
life. 1t seems wonderful to look over the
world and see what a disposition there is in
man to Stay his brother. Even in the most
enlightened countries, men are ready at a mo-
menrs warning to grid on The sword and Ay
to the field of battle! Some of these, how
ever may return again to their families and
%irlends; not so with the poor slave who is
torn from all his relations and sen. away to