Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-03-02


that the several South American Repub-
lies have made provision, by express laws
for the abolition of slavery. Holland, it
is believed, will follow the example that
has been set by her neighbours, and will
soon stand before the world, free from
the charge of holding any portion of the
human race in bondage. Portugal has
also given assurances that slavery, as
well as the slave-trade. shall be abolish
ed throughout her East Indian and Afri.
can possessions. 1t is due to France to
say, that, in addition to her having pro-
claimed emancipation in her West In
dian and South American colonies, she
has also decreed the abolition of slavery
in every form in her African settlements.
The Bey of Tunis, moved by a noble
impulse, has liberated all his subjects
from bondage. The Sultan of Turkey
and the Shah Of Persia have each adop-
ted measures for the suppression of the
slove-trade; and in the north of Europe,
it may be added, that millions of serfs,
who formerly groaned under the oppres-
sive yoke of their masters, have been set
free. To the United States, Brazil, and
Spain, belongs the bad pre-eminence of
holding nearly seven millions Of Africans,
or their descendants, in the most abject
slavery and, to the two latter powers,
the Tor guilt of perpetuating the
foreign African slave-trade. But the
Committee trust that the time is not dis.
tant when, even in these countries, the
song Of freedom shall be heard, and the
great truth be universally recognized,
that "God hath created OF one blood all
nations of men for to dwell on all the
face of the earth"
"Haytiansl 1t is in your power TO
help forward so glorious a contamination,
and TO unite with the friends of humani-
ty and freedom throughout the world in
their strenuous efforts to overthrow, by
p~eaceable and moral means, the institu-
ton Of slavery, which still crushes, de-
bases, and destroys so vast a multitude
of mankind. You can do this by pre-
senting to the surrounding nations the no.
bic spectacle Of union among yourselves !;
you can do this by bringing your institu-
lions into harmony with the principles of
universal justice !; you can do this by an
impartial administration of your govern
ment and laws; you can do this by de.
veloping the resources of your soil, and
bringing your produce into competition,
in the markets Of the world, with the
blood-stained produce of other nations,
who yet tolerate the existence of sla.
very.
"You can, moreover, do this, by i'm.
parting the blessings Of a thorough edu-
cation 10 your children, and by early i'm
buing their minds with the principles OF
asound morality, sanctiied by the spirit
of the Gospel, Thus will you entitle
yourselves to the sincere respect and
sympathy of all who take an interest in
your welfare and progress, and silence
for ever the calumnies Of your enemies,
whose constant aim it is TO impede the
onward course of freedom, by denying
that any of the African race arc either
capable of approaching its privileges, or
fitted FOR its enjoyment.
1.-THE British markets are now open
to you, and the abolitionists of this coun-
try would hail, with sincere delight, eve-
ny cargo of sugar, Of cotton, or Of coffee
that you could send them"