Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-09-01
Adm BALLOU.

II has pleased our great Fathers 10 kindle a
spark in the breasts OF a few, 10 incarnate In
a few pioneers the life of these sublime prln-
ciples, to give them a firm and iniexibie aim
al this result, though it were to be reached
through FIRE and water. or the flaming fagot
pile itself. Are they not engaged in a noble
workl Do you net feel il a reason for holy
rejoicing that you have ever given any infiu-
ence at all, that you have thrown a grain of
sand into the scale Of freedom ? Is there n
soul in this great congregation, under this lol-
ty canopy, who il proud TO have been iudit-
ferent TO the anli.slavery cause9 Are any Of
Won proud 10 have hung back and hindereH
the efforts put forth 10 hasten The glorious
day which is 10 be Gods acceptable fast aid
jubilee ! There are thousands whose hosoios
expand, and whose hearts respond toihe gQdf
like conception If regenerating their race
fhey DO not feel that shsv are smtsA
sss on the surface OF human existence, fdrolI
over and over in its fuaming surge, and the
moment they chance 10 receive a wound, he
mercilessly pursued by their fellows, until
! driven ashore and left to rot upon the sands.
But they have an immortal destiny before
them, and if they supposed that this day Of
emancipation wculd he postponed a thousand
years, still they would be proud TO have their
names recorded among those that hoped for
it, that loved it, and that were ready, if need
be, 10 die for it.
Where are the sympathies, and where is
the sense of Justice in the people of this ma
ton, that they are so quiet and contented res
pecting this momentous question! They are
nurrinr over other selfish schemes, planning
lhis. that and the other petty enterprise
while, if they should see a father, or brother,
or wife, or child IN slavery, they would move
all heaven and earth for their dGllverauce. Yet
here are millions. millions, in this proftssed.
Iy T publican aud Christian country, where
/ there are 10000 nominal preachers Of right
eousncss, three millions that are lifting up
their mauacled hands, and enlreating lheil
more fortunate fcIlow-men to do 10 them as
they would be done unto, to whose cries they
are deaf. to whose distresses they are indiE
Cerput, by whose miseries they remain nnmo
we'd. 1t seems TO be a matter Of query to the
ureat mAss. whether they will do any thin.
at all for the emancipation Of these down
trodden millions. Bat we have assemble
here, that if possible we might stlI up eacI
others minds TO The consideration Of this sub
iect; that we might quicken each others am
bition for the prosecution Of SO great AM
good a cause.
What will you do, friends Mr.. Presi
dent, what will this great congregation {
professed abolitionists do! DO we TeaIl
hate slavery and long for its overthrow !
Will we work for it? Will we spend none
for it! VIII we live for it! viii we VI
compromisingly oppose and denounce ever
I thing that s~ustalns slavery Or, grown
weary Of our labors, will we turn, each to hi
I own selfish course! VIII we seek for worlt
e " promotion and honor, and leave uufrlende
~ .l,r, -, lie ,,rD.c nc tho Drig
/ and the Leyile left him who fell amor
thieves, passing coldly by on the other sid
c Nay; let us hope that a fire has been Hi
d died that it has begun to burn in many
these hearts; and that il shall never
quenched until utterly consuming this aboc
# %ination, it ushers in the illustrious peril
which we have rndeavored to Imagine. {
Y then, let US not be ashamed Of our cause !
Let us not be Indifferent! Let no inferior O
iect or subject in the world inspire SO mu,
O enthusiasm as this Let "A consciousness
If the fact, that we are Fastening The great an
Y cipated Jubilee, bear us VIGOROUSLY onwa
# to the day Of Triumph ! feel, for one, tn
k ibis is a gospel not to be ashamed Of; tn
q this is a warfare Of truth and rlghteousne
against i|niquity in which we are never 10
J. weary until the end be accomplished. !
surely as there is a spirit pervading This va
1t universe of %natare, infinitely wise, good a
It great, that result will take place. Such a hi
% low and superficial republication as We ne
J. have shall be buried deep in the grave OF Q
n %livion. Such an apostate Christianity as pl
al nounces its benedictions on unrepenIant slaN
Or holders shall also be buried deep in the gra
s, Of oblivion. The ignoble ambition which
r. satisfied with its own aggrandizement, and
ready 10 thrust back into the dust fellow-cr'
IT ture of equal rights, is giving way, In
re place, the higher sentiments OF humanity