Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-30
AbOliiiOniStS,

| wish to say a word or two to you on mat
tiers in which we are all concerned. We are
all convinced that slavery is a damning crime,
repugnant alike to God, Christianity and the
feelings and instincts Of our own very being.
Our souls loathe the religion aud the politics
that e~nslaves OF lends its countenance TO the
cnslavement of Humanity. We repudiaIe
the man, no matter from where he comes, no
matter by what sanctity sustained, who dares
TO lift the arm of his power to the crushing
of our kind. All this is well, aye, it is God
and all our past labors, the bondman still
groans, the bondwoman still shrieks in bitter
agony. Your brother and mine still vets the
soil with tears, and disturbs the harmony of
heaven with agonies. Thousands Of new
born spirits are branded with the chattel sign,
and are commencing a life of bitterness and
desolation. The slave power is strengthen
ing its arm with laundering voice 1t pro-
claims aloud its purpose. The heart of the
stricken slave sickens and dies within him.
The nation has met again in its Conventions
and declared as with the voice of one man its
allegiance 10 the slave power. 1t has sworn
again that humanity shall receive no succor
from its hands. That all its wisdom, strength
and riches shall be employed in the laudation
and glo,y of the bloody-handed tyrant, and
to the destruction and confusion of the tyrant's
victim. While all this exists and all this
preparation is going on, what is our duty !
Shall we be inactive? Shall the boudman's
soul die within him, while he gazes on the
mighty power of his tormentors, and sees our
apathy No, God forbid. Let us be up and
doing. The very efforts of the tyrant to
strengthen his position, is proof of the effects
produced by your former efforts.
What shall you do?
Everything is to be done, and done well.
AGITATION
must be kept up; this can be done, by a Vi
gorous and manly use OF the instrumentalities
employed by our opponents. With them,
every man looks'upon himself as a commit
tee especially appointed TO labor with his
neighbor, and in his own vicinity, to present
the claims of his party, and to urge them up
on the attention of all. His plan is efficient, ii
has often worked wonders, and shall not we
use il Shall we be dumb while woman wailsl
No, no, my brothers, on us depends the reno
valion of public sentiment. Let us talk with
our neighbors in solemn earnestness, pressing
home upon his heart the claims Of Ihe slave,
and the truth OF God.
The slaveites, when they wish to gain a
point, ply well the pTess-lhey issue and
circulate their papers without stint. Every
village, almost, has its campaign paper, filled
weekly with facts and arguments to suit theiI
purpose.
They spare no e%lfolt, they scarcely look al
expense. They have their point TO- gain, and
they use means commensurate with the Object
they have in view. Shall the children of sla'
very continue wiser in their generation thar
the children of Freedom and Rightl
Let US wipe out that disgrace; we can dc
, it. Let a vigorous effort be put forth TO ex'
tend the circulation of anti-slavery papers.
am sure in every neighborhood some coulC
e be got TO take an Anti-Slavery paper for si'
months. .4J0Ltionists, try it-hy ii nOa0.-
i, There is no time to lose, the nation is strick
en-; it reels to and fro like a drunken man
? Let us pour upon it floods of well-direc'eC
4 influence, and the end will not be long.
The slave power knows well the influence