Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-10-20
SALEM. OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1918.

" 1'"'tfOs " l'tdhVt dllu Iuitt GINbTN one
OF us should be ashamed to conside. himself
free, while his brother is a slave. Tbe
wrongs Of our brethren should he our con.
slant theme. There should be no time too
precious, no calling too holy, no place too
sacred, to make room for this cause. We
should not only feel it 10 be the cause of hu.
manity, but The cause of Christianity, and
M work for men and angels. We ask Won
10 devote yourselves to this cause. as one of
the first, and most successful means of self.
Improvement. In the careful study of it.
you Will learn your owl rights, and compre-
bend your W responsibilities, and, scan
through the vista of coming time, your HIGH.
and God-appointed destiny. Many of the
brightest and best Of our number, have be-
come such by their devotion to this cause,
and the society of white Abolilionists. The
latter have been willing to make themselves
OF no reputation for our sake, and in return, !
let us show ourselves worthy of their zeal
and devotion. Attend Anti-Slavery meetings,
show that you are interested in the subject,
that you hate slavery, and love those who
are lahoring for its overthrow. Act with
white Abolition Societies wherever YOU can.
and where you cannot, get up Societies among
yourselves, but without exclusiveness. 1t
vii be a long time before we gain all our
rights and although it may seem TO conflict
with our views of human brotherhood, we
shall undoubtedly for many years be com
PEELED 10 have institutions OF a complexlonal
character, in order TO attain this very idea of
human brotherhood. We would, however,
advise our brethren to occupy memberships
and stations among white persons, and in
white Institutions, just so fast as our rights
are secured 10 US.
Never refuse TO act with a white society
or institution because it is white, or a black
one, because it is black. But act with all
men, without distinction Of color. Bv so
acting, We shall find many opportunities for
removing prejudices and establishing the
rights OF all men. We say avail yourselves
of iOhife institutions, not because they are
white, but because they afford a more con-
venient means of improvement, Bot We
pass from these suggestions, to others which
may be deemed more important. In the
Convention that now addresses you. there
has been much said on the subject Of labor,
and especially those departments of 1t, with
which we as a class have long been identi'
fed. You will see by the resolutions there
adopted on that subject, that the Convention
regarded thoss employments though right il
tA2sE--tseA.-aeebeing-neyerihele degTadin.
, to us as a GLASS, and therefore, counsel vol
to abandon them as speedily as possible, anc
to seek what are called the more respectable
e~mployments. while the Convention do
not incuicate The doctrine tina. any kind Of
needful toll is in itself dishonorable, or that
coiored persons are to be exempt from what
are called mental employmen,s, they do mol
mean TO say that such employments have
been so long and universally filled by colored
men as TO become a badge Of degradation, in
that it has established the conviction that co.
lored men are only fit for such e~mployments.
We therefore advise you, By all means, to
. cease from such elhployments, as far as pfac-
ticable, by pressing into others. Try to gel
your sons into mechanical trades press them
: into the blacksmith's shop, the machine shop,
D the l%oiners's shop, the %heeiwrights shop,
> The cooper's shop, and the %lailor's shop
Every blow of the sledge hammer, welded
by a sable arm, is a powerful blow in sup.
! port Of our cause. Every colored mechanic,
= is, by virtue of circumstances, an elevator Of
: his race. Every house built by black men,
!" is a strong tower against the allied hosts of
= = prejudice. 1t is impossible for US to attach
= Too much importance to this aspect OF the
g subject. Trades are important. WhereveI
a man may be thrown by misfortune, If hi
has in his hands a useful trade, he is usefuI
to his fellow man, and will be esteemed &C.
u cordingly, and Of all men in the world who
Z need trades, we are the most needy.
- Understand this, shat independence is an
, essential condition OF responsibility. To b.
. dependent, is 10 be degraded. "Men ma,
h indeed pity US, but they cannot respect us
- We do not mean that we can become entire
ly independent Of all men that would b.
absurd and impossible, in the social state
But We mean that we must become equal
independent with other members of the com
munity. That other members of the com
munity shall be as dependent upon us, a
- we upon them. That such is not now tn
ease, is too plain to need an Argument
y The houses we live In are built by whit
70 men-the clothes we wear are made by whit
~ tailors-the hats on our heads are made b
white hatters, and the shoes on our feet al
a made by white shoemakers, and The foo
~ that we eat, is raised and cultivated by whit
men. Now 1t is impossible that we shoul
10 o ever be respected as a people, while we ar
~ so universally and completely depender
Al upon white men for the necessaries Of litt
~ We must make white persons as depender
- upon us, as we are upon them. This cannC
.SC' be done while we are found only in two c
o. three kinds of employments, and those er
u, ployments have their foundations chiefly,
% not entirely, in the pride and Incidence {
the white people. Steiner necessities wi
es bring higher respect.
!" The fact is, we must not mefely make tn
- white man dependent upon US to shave hin
70 hut TO feed him not merely dependent upo
60 US to black his boots, but TO make them.
y. man is only in a small degree dependent o
=. us, when he only needs his boots blackeC
W or his carpet bag carried as a little ie'
~ pride, and a little more industry on his par
" NAV enable him to dispense with our serv
u ces entirely. AS wise men, il becomes
- 10 look forward to a state Of things whiC
10 appears inevitable. The time will DOM
e. when those mental employments will affol
a. less means of living than they now do
,., What shall q large class Of our fellow oou