Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-13

the glittering sheen of the almighty dol
lar, so that they did not see these suffer-
ing ones for whom he died. how their
ears were stopped, so that they could not
hear their cries for succor; how their
tongues were paralized by a slavish
fear, so that they dared not even lift
up their voices in their behalf, in pray.
er 10 God who hath said in his law.
''Rob not the poor because he is poor,
neither Cypress the afflicted in thy gate
for the Lord will plead their cause and
spoil the soul that spoiIeth them"
And there were other thoughts that
came th%ronging into II mind, more sad
dening still. We turned from the South
to OUT own loved New England, and We
saw how black were her hands with the
crime, and how crimson were her gar.
mems with The blood Of the slave. By
our side sat a friend who Informed us
that he had, the day before, heard the
eXhoration Ola minister Of Christ to one
of his flock, that he would not 90 to hear
The story Of The wrongs of The slave, be-
cause "nonc but the rabble went 10 such
meetings." ''None but the rabble ~
All we belhought us then Of the Chris.
lianity Of the oldcn iime-of Jesus its
founder, who not only taught in the tenn.
pies among The doctors and learned men.
but sat down to meat with those who fol-
lowed him, the publicans and sinners Of
his age; and the memorable rebuke
which he administered to his disciples.
for their censure of that act, "'They that
are whole need not a physician, but they
that are sick. | came not 10 call the
righteous but sinners TO repentance
We ~belhought us too, Of the parable of
the hundred sheep-of the Savior's com.
mendaIion of the shepherd. who, when
one of Them should nave lullen into a pit,
would leave The ninety and nine, and go,
even on the Sabbath day, TO rescue the
one that was lost. We seemed 10 hear
that searching question, show much bet
ter is Il man Than u Sheep" and seeing
these millions of our fellow beings sunk
down, dorm, DOWN nto the lowest pit Of
human degradation and despair, and men
taking his name vainly upon their lips,
ehdeavoring 10 keep Them there by coun-
ellis such as this man gave, squeezing on,
The vitality of The Christian dispensalion,
with the bigoied selishness Of the worlds
rudest ages, we lrenbled for the future,
that in nineteen centuries, the light of the
Star of Bethlehem should be so dimly
seen by those who profess always to hold
the worlds moral telescope to theil
eyes.
1t was n gladstone spectacle, 10 be
sure, TO behold these fortunate fugilives
eXulting in their escape but il was pain
ful TO think that even here in the hear
Of this old commonwealth, they were no,
for u safe. 1t was humiIiating
to consider that the legislative power OF
the state. had moi the ability 10 prolecr
them, even though the people who con
stitute that legislative power possessed
the will because in some old comprom,
ises that our forefathers made with the
oppressors Of this man and woman-ir
some political bargain made by Massa.
chuscis and Georgia, away back in rev.
o|lutionary times, the Christianity Of Mas.
sachusetis was thrown in as boot, anC
she gave her consent that the covetou:
desires of the Shareholder to regain hi:
human chattels should be paramount will
her TO the commandments of God; iha
her soil should be the hunIing-ground o
The negro driver and his posleriiy Ina
nowhere in all the length and breadth 0
her territory, should there be one inch o
ground upon which the slave shoul(
stand erect, in The majesty Of his free,
dom, and say, | loo am a man; or one
roof so sacred that ne might sleep, un
terrified By the torturing dreams Of tina
terrible condition which every wher,
impends, and TO which he may AT an,
/, moment be again borne, with no powe
10 resist and no hope of escape.
1t seems TO us that we of the north d,
not fully appreciate our position in thi
t matter. We frankly confess that W,
never before felt it in its full force uni
the other evening, when we listened Il
The narrative of William Crafts. w,
talk about this country as a free country
and of our old Massachusetts as a FIRE
state; but what a mockery a great deal O
our talk is. Why, in our compromise
with slavery, we have not only n~ulliie'
Gods laws, but placed ourselves in a pc
sition more degrading than The meanes
subjects Of the worst despols that eve
cursed The earth. Why, even old Pagar
Rome had one little spot in The temple
of some of her %divinities, 10 which evel
the fugilives from justice might flee 70
shelter, and from which no rude hand O
violence might tear him away. Nit
the feudal barbarism Of the middle ages
those much despised popes, p~relates ant
monks established the institution of th'
"Truce of God" by which in ever,
land some place was made sacred d
gainst violence, oppression and wrong
| by which the lives of all unarmed AM
, ~defenceless people were protected, ant