Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-11

your adherence 10 the cause Of dow n-,rodden
humanity the wide world o'er.' This assn.
rance Is indellbly impressed upon the hearts
OF bond and free-all Of whom, from lisp
ing youth 10 silvery age,' will proudly unite
In weaving for your brow a chaplei Of uufa-
ding l%aurels. The name and deeds of VIII
LIAM LLOYD GARRISON will be Transmitted 10
posieIl;y, enkindlirg the inspiration of the
orators tongue and the poets pen, when
vlclors wreaths and monarch's gems shall
blend In common DUST And when a few
more years shall have rolled away, and the
last chain fallen from the limb Of the last
slave may all, with uplifted eyes and tears
Of heartfelt thankfulness, participate with you
In a JUBILEE OF FREEDOM f~orttaste
OF the Joys awaiting your advent 10 tina, world
above, where exists not the distinction Of
master and slave, but where all-all are free!
Friend GARRISON In presenting This Pitch
er, bearing the inscription as your chosen
motto, : Ny Country is The WorId-my Coun-
frymta are aN Mankind we would humbly
ask It's acceptance as . mutual pledge for con-
tinned service in Freedoms cause-that we
may aid you in rearing upon The soil of our
much loved though guilty land, the tree of
Impartial liberty, 10 be so watefed by our co.
labors, that all who will may pluck fruit from
Us bending branches. We Invoke for you
iieaVen's choicest blessings-that YOU may
be cndowed plenieously with that energy of
lear' and mind TO comba, Slavery 10 the end,
as yen have from the begiuning-
.un,il no longer, in this favored land,
Is hesrd the voice OF tyranny; amt al
Who breathe the same pure air alike are free!
So may Gjd bless you-and the franchised slave
Renenbtr only in his grateful prayers.
That be has ever draintd Expressions cup,
| And that hg owes his liberty IN YGTT -
(APflause.)
Mt. Garrison, on rising. was cheered by
heavy and long-eontinued applause. He
said r.
Mr.. Chairman-Beloved Friends-If
were Standing in The presence Of the malig-
nant Enemies Of Ffeedom-or those who hate
and prescribe me, because ] will not betray
her sacred cause--I should feel strong, conf
dent. serene. But now, surrounded as ! am
by those whose hearts beat in unison with
my own, who are here 10 give me their
smiles, thanks and applause-l am filled with
the tsepest embarrassment. All that can
say is, that in tue spirit with which this beau
liful gift is ptoffered 10 me-ihe spirit Of cor
disl@9isen, Of warm affection, of ardent graf
itude-do ] accept of il. II II be no proof
that | am deserving such a token from you,
my coloTed fellow citizens, it is al least con.
elusive evidence that yca regard me 10 tbs
light Of a beneractor.
TO the accusation which the enemies Of
the anti-slavery enterprise have so often and
so fippanily brought against me, that my la
bors have done more harm than good-lhat |
have retarded rather than advanced the cause
Of emancipa'ion-my reply is. it cannot pos
sibly be irne so long as, on the one hand, the
slave-traffickers are Offering large rewards for
my seizure, and denouncing me in unmeasu-
red language; and, on the other, those whose
advocate claim 10 be are giving me their
smiles, blessings and gifts
How have | put back the %cause'f What
have | done 10 strengthen the hands of iyran-
ny What have been the head and front Of
my offending?
! began by affirming tha, THE SLAVE
is A MAN-not three-6flhs OF a man. hut a
whole man-as good, as precious, by birth
and destiny, as any other man ever created
by God.
Next 1 commended that, being n man, to him
belonged all the rights of a man; and, there
fore, that he ought TO be Immediately and I'M
condilionally set free from his chains-not
colonized in Africa, as the condition of his
freedom, but protected aud ELEVATED here, in
The land of his birth.
demanded for him equal educational, So
cial, political and religious privileges.
called for the immediate repeal of every
pruscriplive enactment against persons Of col
or, in the name OF reason, justice, humanity.
Thank God. The work has been effeclually
performed in The old Bay State! No such
enactment can now be found on her statute
book.
maintained that men were not response.
| h1n f,r ,Ia onlor ~ tI,,,r chin .nl A., 40 ,.,o
equally absurd and outrageous TO exclude
from the common privileges of society, any
class on account Of their complexion.
Mr.. Garrison here alluded TO The wonderful
change tina, had been wrought in public sem
timent on this : delicate subject within a few
years past; and dwet with special pride and
satisfaction on The fact, that in the railroad
cars and other public conveyances in this
Commonwealth, from which refined and in-
telligent colofed persons were nnce brutalIy
elected, no complexional distinction is now
recognized. This was the way in which their
cause had been put back
He also referred 10 the auspicious changes
which had taken place in religions bodies and
political parties on The question of slavery,
and made special reference to the conirover-
sy now going on between Calhoun and Rem
ION. The Southern house was al last divi.
ded-and = a house divided against itself can
not stand while al the North, we were
growing more and more uniied Ia the cause
OF freedom.
He alluded TO the state Of the country al
the time the Liberator was started, and when
scarcely an individual was willing 10 avow
himself an abolilionist, and compared it with
the present, in which hundreds Of thousands
are proud of that tile, and the land is sha-
king beneath the tread of the increasing hosts
of freedom. How wonderful the change;
how inspiring The retrospect!
He proceeded to disclaim any special mer-
it for what he had done. lie was only one
of many, who had labored with equal zeal,
fidelity, and success, and whose cooperation