Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-02-02
Sc Truth is mighty, and will prevail

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There are some whe complain that ADOLF
tionists generally have not sufficient faith in
The power of Truth, that they distrust her
might in a conflict with wrong, and are by
no means confident she will be the victor in
such a contest. The reverse Of this is true
of very many and so great is the faith Of
such that ii leaves no room for the growth of
works. 1t is, in fact, of so ultra a character
that a little wholesome doubt as TO the abili-
~ of abstract Truth to destroy concrete wrong
would convert them into more efficient, prac-
tical r%eformers. Falsehood puts on his sew
en-leagued boots and strides through the
world deceiving the very elect while Truth,
with bare and bleeding feet, comes llmping
after, striving 10 undo the wrong he has done.
Her progress is slow and painful. Her
friends are unwilling to furnish her with COW
ering TO protect her feet from the finty path
she is compelled to tread, for why should
Truth be aided, she is mighty and will pre-
vail! Falsehood has his heralds who 90
abroad 10 proclaim his praises and 10 sing
peans TO his name; his worshipers send them
forth, and give l~avishly of !heir substance to
support them in their mission. Truth has
but few to proclaim her coming; what need
that a voice should 90 before in the wilder
ness to have her way prepared, her path made
straight, and the heart of the people fitted
for her reception, for Truth is mighty and
will prevail!
But 10 drop the figure we have used and
state the case more s~impIy-how stands it =!
1t is a notorious fact that very many who
claim the nam Of abolitionist have done
scarcely anything TO merit it. 1t is true they
may take all anti-slavery paper-though SOM
who are in good circumstances say they are
too poor to do this-they may buy a few anti
slavery books, attend an anti-sIavery meet
ing when perfectly convenient for them so to
do, and out of their abundance subscribe
twenty Eve or fifty cents, or it may be one
dollar every year TO sustain anti-slavery ope-
rations, though frequently they are less lib
eral than this. They think the Truth will
take care Of itself, that it needs no assistance
from them to accomplish its mighty work /;
and SO they save their dimes and dollars, and
put them out at a better interest than they
suppose Humanity can afford to give. Dis
unionists have frequently been stigmatized
by political anti-slavery men, as I" do-nothing
abolitionis,s." We have uniformly denied
this charge; and although it is eminently
false Of them as a whole, yet no term could
be selected that would better describe many
who claim to be of us. Bot then we don't
say that il is owing to the penurious DISPOSE
ton Of such, or that they should be more
deeply imbued with tire spirit of self.sacri-
flee; not at all, il is attributable to an excess
of faith in the power OF Truth. We should
not wonder if they believe that this same
Truth had a considerable fund in Bank from
which printers, editors, and lecturers were
furnished with means for their support while
laboring in her service, for holding, as they
do, that the laborer is worthy Of his hire, and
knowing that printers, editors, and Lecturers
and their families cannot live upon air, they
certainly must suppose that Truth pays them
out Of her own pocket, and therefore they beg
10 be excused from bestOwing a contribution
for Humanity's sake.
We can point to men, who, when connec-
ted with religious sects and political parties
gave literally 10 sustain them but their con-
version TO abolitionism has so increased their
faith in the power ofTruth, they so emphati-
cally feel that is it mighty and will prevail,
that the gifts they bring 10 its altar are such
as they would have been ashamed 10 offer in
a s~ectarian or political temple. We have
now in our mind a man living north of this,
who has given as much as ffY dollars a year
10 the church with which he was connected,
and has this year promised five dollars to the
an~ti-slavery cause. Now som evil-minded
persons might insist that this individual used
to love his sect ten times as much as he now
loves anti-slavery! Not at all he only has
ten times as much faith in The power of anti
slavery truth as he once had in sectarianism !.
We also know of a town in which there are
quite a number of protested Disunionists,
whose yearly contributions to the church in