Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-10-06
THE ANTI-sLAvERY BUGLE.

It's tone was too uncompromising to win popu-
larity save with the unpopular few, the ,forlorn
hope of Freedom in her hour of darkness and
peril. Few journals, even of the radically re-
formatory class, have been called to wage a
more desperate conflict with the hcartless con-
servatism Of a false Church and a corrupt State,
or to contend against a stronger current of UNI
toward influences, originating in the timidity,
the short-sightedness, or the selfshness of those
who coveted the reputation of rcformcrs, while
they were unwilling to bear tho cross which fidcl-
ity to Truth in the midst of a crooked and per-
verse generation ever imposes. That it has
lived, in spite of all opposition, through a peri
cd of moro than four years, and that without
veering to the right hand or the left to concil-
late its foes or secure the support of half-hcart-
cd friends, is evidence of a tolcrably sound con-
stitution and a good degree of moral Vitality
1t is due to truth, however, to say, that its SUBJ
scription-list has not at any time been adequate
to its support, and, but for the liberality of a
few devoted and self-sacritising friends, it must,
long since, nave been discontinued. Whether
this fact is crclitablc or otherwise to the great
Nv NhC NGNtg PtllidDo ~
would hardly be modest for us to say; but
that it is in their power, within one month, to
DOUBLE ITS CIRCULATION, and thus greatly aug
mcnt its usefulness as an anti-slavery instru-
mentality, we entertain no doubt. Such an
increase Of patronage would lift it above pccu-
mary embarrassment, and enable the Commit
tee to remove it to a moro prominent point-a
more central location, regarding it as the only
organ of the cause West of the mountains. Its
influence is at present mainly confined to a
small, though by no means an unimportant
field, embracing the Northeastern portion of
Ohio and even here its circulation is not so
great by onc-half as it might be, if its subscri-
bers could only be induced to put forth a uni
ted and simultaneous effort in its behalf. Can
not such an effort be made; Reader we put
the question to YOU. Do you not know of
a neighbor or friend, who would be likely to
become a subscriber at your solicitation : Ifso,
let not the day pass until you have made the
application. Do you lack faith Up and make
an effort. Call upon your neighbors, and con-
verse freely with them in regard to their duties
to the oppressed and the responsibilities of all
who live in this important age. Perhaps you
will meet with success where You least expect
it; but whether you succeed or fail, your W
nti-slavery vitality will be increased, your NOR
al feelings ~quickcned by the effort. Even if
you obtain not a single subscriber now, you
may induce many to think, to weigh arguments
and facts, and thus prepare the way for obtain
in0 a nnzop hnroarfor T., 80 az11 -.
more e~ifcctually scatter the seeds of anti slave
ry truth among your neighbors than through
the conversations and discussions which such
an effort couldnot fail to excite in the workshop
and the Held, and at the evening ircside. Your
example may arouse others to put forth a SINH
lar effort, and thus a whole town or village
may ~pcrchance be visited by an anti-slavery
revival the lukcwarm may be quickened, and
converts to the cause multiplied by scores and
hundreds.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good We oft might win,
By fearing to attempt"
That the Press is an indispensable agency in
the work of Reform, is a universally admitted
truth and VIC believe the readers of The Buglc
will not be slow to acknowledge that, in spite
of its deficiencies, and even of its faults, it has
done much within the field where it circulates
to impart strength and vitality to the Anti Sla-
very Movement, and to enlighten and rectify
a false Public Opinion. In many n forest
home, we believe it is always an eagerly well
coined messenger of Truth, and in all the fami-
lies in which it is received VIC trust there is at
least one who would regard its discontinuance
as a calamity. May we not then so far rely
upon the friendly interest of most of its present
readers as to presume that they will make a
hearty effort to increase its circulation p
Friends of the Slave! we leave the matter in
your hands. May you act wisely, cncrgetical-
ly, quickly, doing with your might whatever
your hearts shall prompt, or your obligations
to the cause c~onstrain you to undertake in this
behalf.
-" The LETTERS addressed to the Berlin
Convention md which occunv so much snaca