Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-11-10

in velocity and glow like a comet approsch-
ing the perehelion point Of Its orbit, 90 that
the sure coming Of the " good lime " for the
slave is seen not only through the telescope
Of christian faith, but even by tie raked eye
of all who look up and around. hen |
consider all the present aspects OF the cause,
! AIN moved to declare with the emphasis Of
absolute convictions, The "union" OF Anil
Slavery and ppace-"n must be preserrsd."
Slavery will b. abolished, and that speedily.
Must il be in blood Dormant Liberty has
passed the period Of its Information and IS
awake in thousands Of hearts. ii viii sweep
over the whole country aeon and purify the
county from the miasma Of Slavery which
has well nigh shaken the Republic 10 atoms
with It's ngue f,s. Liberty, riding on the
gale and the whitlwind, will reach the land
of whips and chains. the ear and the heart Of
the slave. Let Peace 81 with her TO govern
the gale and direct the whiGl~ind Let US
Ms 0niverssl abolitionis,s see that Freedom be
not sent To the slave baptized with the bloody
religion uf this land not in the name OF the
God OF Battles wofshipped by the American
Church but baptized with the spirit Of
Christ, ae a disciple Of Jesus, the Prince Of
Peace, in the name Of our Father, the God of
Love.
Who nov, are the insstreclionists," the
preachers Of " sejAion," circalators of in
aauiasory Documents" txcilers TO rebellion,
eic.7 Where are such : ] charge the Amer
lean Church, which holds 10 bloody resist
ancc, which ~jusifies defensive war; glori-
hes the Revolutionary war; which in the
name Of Christ sanriifcs the tratricidal max
i'm Of the State, that mutderous resistance 10
tyrants is obedience to God which teaches
the people that the immntable God sent Mo-
ses and Joshua and David 10 war, and babe
them riot in the blood Of their neighbors.-
pom these sentiments Taught by the priests
OF our day lies the charge they have so false
" brought against the aboliuoi,ists, Of "in-
surreciionary" movements. Upon these
sentiments, whetesnevrr, by whomsoever or
whensoever taught, in word or deed. by pre-
cppt or example, ! charge %solrmnly the crime
Of aiding and abetting the slaves in n bloody
Instruction Dr.. Dewey's last address be-
fore the American Peace Society at is last
annual meeting is an infammatory document,
and the Society, inasmuch as as il recognizes
the author as a worthy member in fellowship,
sanctions instruction by the slaves for IL
ever murderous resistance he iustifable, Gas
he afirins it is in some cases. it would he in
the case of the slaves. Let then the Abuli-
iionists preserve ire union SO
early in their life Let not the cause fall
into the hands Of a pto-war priesthood. IT
the Church and clergy re1ch up to the high
ground upon which the cause has ever stood,
welcome : all hail 10 them ! But we cannot
bow 10 Baal.
The union to which I am attached and for
the preservation Of whIch would labor, is
at this time particularly in danger from the
connection Just formed and becoming popu-
lar between the Antr.Slavery movement and
a political party under the name of Free Soil,
] - a .~. rNa-,i., ~ v,r3V
AS good a party as could be formed with the
Constitution for &c supreme law Already
we see unstable and short-sighted men yield
ing to a popular current and floating back
from the position gained for the abolitionfsts
by hard rowing against the tide. Instead of
! rowing on harder and faster than ever, these
t Law on their oars to watch the clrcling eddy
of this Maelstrom Of a" non-extension as il
: enculphed thu old political parties, till alas
e they back and have -heen "sucked
d in =" themselves ! they ought 10 have stood
a m~anfully 10 their oars and pressed onwart
D toward universal abolition ard actual exter
mination of Slavery as guides 10 these par
? ties when they emerge from tire whirlpool o
political action. The party followers viii
finally come out or sink. Following the OLE
char, they will circle round and round Ill
they learn their only hope is To abandon tn,
chart and steer Try the North Star.
The descent 10 a connection wIth This non
extension party not only retards the progress
of the abolition of Slavery, hut any %volunta
~ connection with a pro-war government
even for the purpose Of restricting Slavery
endangers the union for which the friend o
! the slave and STAKEHOLDER should work, TIT
! union of Peace with Abolition.
"Leaguers abandon their league princi
; pies and break the " Pledge" for the sake o
limiting Slavery, while at the same time sp,
by the same effort they render support 10 it
& legal existence. For this partial object ant
0 this confictinp result they take their position
on board the man-ofwar United States, anC
y frigate Constitution, cannon pointed, torch il
3 hand, sword girt or musket shouldered, L
! stay the course of Slavery ! With such
: precedent on the part of Anti-Slaver,
u men and " Peace men," what shall hinde
. the slave from demanding the army and nav
u for his service when the northern gale shaI
n tell him Of his rights How can they b
: refused They will not be, if Leaguers an
Peace men are not truer TO their principle
and " Pledge" The slave will then say /
the men in power, "You have professed {
be orposed to Slavery, friends of the slave
we now demand proof; WELD the Who'll
at power for whfeh you have striven and whic
ne you have now gained, for our freedom
H. Commission us as soldiers; arm, equip an,
discipline us, and under the sanction Of you
government, which recognizes Vie war Prin
~ ciple in cases of tyrannieaf opPressions ali
n. us to be Free" What can an Anti-Slavery
Of administration, with an army and navy Ait:
ID bidding, recognized as " necessary to tht
protection Of a free government answer Il
this appeal. There will be no time then Il
recant. In vain win it be to hold up you
!, Pledge and say, "we have signed this "
" We are Peace men," The slave will hold
up to your face and eyes the Constitution
n saving, "you have sworn to this, and pro
# missed us freedom; the SHPreme law Of III,
land you have sworn TO execute, and har