Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-10
From the PNnsgurgh Conn. journal.

Mn. RIDDLE IL see by last week 5 jour
nal that the ladles-bIess them-who would
not wish to be IA lady !-have been present
ing Captain Ilowiey and his company a ban
ner, and all that. Why did they not also
give them a Bible and d bowie knllp, i pair
Of pistols aud d Psalm book God help the
ladies, aud give them more sen,e neNt time,
for they have need Of it-but they have a
right to show their warlike predictions if
they please. Men are in duty bound To bring
acceptable offerings to "beauty's shrine,'
and if broken homes, cloven skulls, and torn
fragments of mangled flesh are most agreea-
BILE, of course they ought to bring plenty. 1t
is IA pity the caruiverous appetite OF their Di-
vinity could not be appeased with the blood
-" of oxen and Of fatlIngs," such as were pre-
scented on the Mosaic Affairs, for then the wor-
shippers might regale its dainty vision with
panoramic views Of our common slaughter
houses buta as it is a Jugernaut, and requires
human victims, its worship becomes fearful
" expensive. Heaven bless the laGies How
nice it would look to see ii crowd of them ga
thered round a butcher shop to enjry the spec
tacle Of killing becves; but that would not
be much of a sight! It's all 50 systematic
that the suffering is short. The blood Is soon
cleared away, and that is an end Of the mat
ter.
We had a rare spectacle here last spring.
and dear ladies', if ! had had any idea how
agreeable il would have been to you, you
should have had word To come and SEE 1t. The
dogs one night killed all our sheep, and The
sight in the morning would certainly have
been very entertaining to the lovers Of mill
taTy glory. Bullets and bomb shells never
could have torn human forms more frIghttul-
ly than the sheep were torn. Human eyes
could scarce have looked more pleadiugly, or
a human voice have uttered more pIieous la
mentations than did those OF two manglsd
lambs. Ladies' dear, ! wish you could have
seen them. What a rich treat it would have
been to you! A FAINT representation, 10 be
sure, of the scenes enacted in your service,
with your appreciation, and the hope cf win
ming your smiles, by your gallant worshippers
on the plains of Mexico; but as you are pre-
vented from enjoying these sights, something
ia kind might be agreeable. What rich
scenes they must have down there! Passing
over the batlle-felds, even the hospitals must
be a rare exhibition Of iady Uorshjp. One
Surgeon writing, says, "turuing to look at
my amputating table, there was "A perfect henJ
Of arms and legs underneath. while ! was H.
teraliy covered with blood" Dear, gentle,
m~erciful, ind-hearted, timid ladies', if we
could all have been there to have turned over
those arms and lpgs-counted how many OF
each were in the heap-noted the haired liga-
ments and mangled fesh-watched the fierce
agony which worked upon the brow Of each
bound victim upon this altar at hPauty's shrine
as he parted with his limb, what rare enter.
tainment it would have been. And after the
operations were over. the rolling eyes, the
quivering lips, the clenched hands, the great
drops of sweat standing in globules upon the
working hrows-the stuffed groans, aud deep
ly muttered curses wruug out hv intense az,
ony. Oh, ladies', if we had only been there
And then 10 know that each foot in the hear
chad once been pressed by a fond mothers
lips"-that every hand had given and recrlv'
ed the warm clasp Of love-that many hearts
should thrill with agony when hearing o
that hour. and wait in all the wretchedneSH
Of hope deferred, to learn the worst. Ii was
a costly offering, and anything, dear ladies
except your smiles, would sure be dearly
bought al such a price but if | were a LADY
and had smiles to dispose of, ! should GIVE
them to some one for "A tin ftp, an arm full o
buckwheat straw, or a needle with the poin
broken of, rather than take such recompense
The reason | should like to be with you Will
witnessing these offerings presented to VIII
your favor, is simply to hold the hartshnrI
while you were all fdinting. But seriously
ladies, did you ever read "tne Story OF tn
Glove" and was the act Of cruelty there spo
ken Of any more wanton than that which yo
have committed Do yourselves or you
country require projections. that you Shnul
encourage men to peril life in a war agalnN
God and man, where far more fall by dISeds
than by the sword! Do you fear the invasio
of your homes, that you call upon strong arm
for add What harm have the women
Mexico done you, that you wish TO sre theI
widowed aud childIess-!htir homes a hed
of ruins, and themselves in the power Of II
furiated and often brutal enemies
Follow your banner to the hattle-ield.-
There stands a horde Of half civilized me
the only protection of their homes which !
behind, where cling terrified children to "
men kneeling in an agony OF prayer that Il
invader may be turned back but these hom'
are the goal OF glory which you have pied
ed that invader TO reach. The way lies, e
cry inch Of it, through blood. Fathers, hu
bands, brothers, must be turned to heaps
CHASTITY corpses, ere your " beautiful banne
can float on signs and groans and shrleks
agony, the widows wall and orphans lame
tation. Doubtless Rowley will carry II whe
it will require no other air to spread its eve
fold and What a merry time it will have, fiji
terinp in the breezes raised by the configr
ton of happy homesteaGs. Presiding ov
such scenes, how will it represent the chr
tian ladies of /" the city of churches! u
pardon YOU, ladies, and give you more sens
for YOU have great need of it. May that lu
never come. when the measures you ha
melted shall be measured TO you again. X
member the tales of horror which have cor
up fiom that cowarlly war-which come fra
every war-of the degradation of your Sc
Picture to yourselves a drllcatrly nurtur
woman, struggling in the arms of a s'rlng
rufian man, and blush for your want OF "
manhood, in sending a token of appro1alI
there do not say that you never meant to {
courage scenes like this; they are the Inc
table accompaniments OF war, and have STAN
ed this one with infamy. II youeomml5s1