Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-05-25

prudence, and all worldly wisdom, as a Ja-
Goblin, and a no.government man and we
come 10 this conclusion, because those, who,
in the nineteenth century, have adopted pre-
cisely his plan Of reform, striving to extir-
pate a greater sin by the same mode of ac-
ton, have been thus denounced for so doing.
Usury was a violation of the Jewish law
it was regarded AS contrary 10 the principles
OF equity, and a practical denial Of the Jew
ish brotherhood for the rich man TO thus rob
his poorer n~eighbor Of the meal in his bar
rel, or the oil in his cruise. But how much
greater is the usury which d~espoils a man,
not only of his means Of livelihood, but Of
his title deed TO humanity if that was en-
ough 10 move Nehemiah to speak and act as
he did, surely this ought to cause the very
stones in the street to cry out, and move to
action men whose hearts are of the hardest.
We are aware that it is considered essen
tial to the success of any movement that it
have the appreciation of the mobiles and the
rulers, and hence the consultations prepare
tory 10 making it, are with them, and it must
come forth b~aptised with the approval of Ex-
cellencies, Honorables, Reverends, Right
Reverends, and D. Ds. This, however, was
not the course pursued by Nehemiah, nor is
it the course pursued by abolitionists. The
mobiles and the rulers were the very men who
were most interested to sustain the practice
&c mn, ,,pprtt 10 49,, t;,., - ,l,, Ill g..
ic, just as they are now The ones most inter-
ested in maintaining humanity usury and
they are therefore the last persons in the
world who ought to have been consulted
"Then | consulted with myself" has ever
been found TO be the best kind Of consulta-
ton, for there is that within every man which
testifes of God and Truth--a small, still
voice whose pleadings ever ascend in behalf
Of humanity /; and those who listen 10 lis
teachings will ever be told to contend for the
Right and TO rebuke the Wrong.
In these days when there are so many at
tempts at Rsform made easy, when thousands
who claim 10 be ~baptised into the spirit of
Truth, spend more time in devising ways and
means to avoid offending the transgressor
or hurting the feelings of the wrong-doer
than would be necessary TO eradicate the
evil itself, the plain, personal speech of Ne
hemiah -" Ie eract usury, epery one Of yOug
brother, '-meets with but little favor. The
&octrine was good enough, and so they re-
gard the doctrine of the abolitionists, but then
this plainness of speech is so unpleasant
and so uncalled for when the truth can be
conveyed by bland insinuations and polite
suggestions. They go upon The principle o.
tickling the Devil to death.
The abolitionists are striving TO set a great
assembly against til oppressors in this land,
as Nehemiah did against the mobiles and ru-
lers Of the Jews; and as they employ the
same means that he did-charging the sin OF
slaveholding where it belongs, and i~ndicting
personally those who sustain it-they expect
to be cheered by the same results. And
when this is accomplished, when public O.
! pinion is arrayed against slavery, when the
great assembly of the people have pronoun.
ced its doom, its destruction is certain, fol
the voice Of the people would then be the
voice Of God.