Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-02-09
"NO Union with SIavehOiderS.''

There are many now that feel as did the
leper who went 10 the prophet of olden time
TO be cured of his disease. They know that
the plague spot Of slavery is upon them, they
are conscious Of its loathsome presence, and
would be redeemed from its contamination.
But how shall they be cured What means
shall they resort 10, 10 obtain deliverance from
this living death They consult the proph-
ct Of the Lord, they ask counsel OF Truth,
hut when the reply comes I" Be CONSISTENT!
CEASE TO DO EVIL like Naaman, the Sy-
rian, they turn and 60 away in a rage. They
are willing 10 do some great thing, but The
washing in Jordan, the simple beauty Of con.
sistent action, the cessation from evil is so
far inferior in granduer Of character 10 the
remedy they anticipated would be given
them, they are unwilling 10 adopt it. a
cheerful obedience 10 the command, "Cease
10 do evil" seems to them improbable in
action when applied to their own case. And
yet slavery would fall to-day, did the slave
holders adopt such inaction.
The time will come, and is not now distant,
when the light Of truth will so abound that
it shall be seen that every supporter Of this
government is a slaveholder-that is, a hold
er of slaves by and through the government
and that all that is necessary to effect the
destruction Of clattelism, is The constant,
faithful preaching Of the doctrine Of "do-
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ed, the doctrine Of first ceasing to do evil,
and then learning 10 do well, OF refusing lon
ger TO sustain slavery by a union with slave
holders. This doctrine, like the principles
of christianity upon which it is prcdicated,
eommends itself 10 the unperverted under
Standing and the unsophisticated heart
There is something repulsive to our nature
in the idea Of an honest man fellowshipping
religiously or politically, an oppressor of his
race, an enslaver of human beings and it re.
qulres a vast deal of sophislry TO bring US 10
consent 10 such a union. And even when
we have signed and sealed the contract which
binds us in such unnatural bonds, we feel il
is scarcely, justifable even though the politi-
cal fellowship of men-thieves is end ured only
that they may aid us in legislating for human
freedom, and their religious companionship
tolerated only that they may assist in promul-
eating the gospel.
The annunciation Of the doctrine Of " No
union with slaveh olders" is drawing the
line of demarkalion between the friends and
foes OF freedom more definitely than it has ev-
er yet been done. 1t is rerfecting the moral
vision of the people, and leading them 10 see
that any attempt at union between those who
desire righteousness, and the ~wrong-doer,
must result in disaster. 1t is making them
feel that in morals there can be no compro-
mise without sin and that it is alone by
strict conformity 10 the law of righteousness
that a nation can be exalted. And it is not
the Disunion. abolilionisis alone who are
drawing The line Of demarkalion between the
supporters and the opponents of slavery
Politicians Of the Calhoun school, and church
men Of the Anderson and Plummer class, are
in this respect doing a good work, and should
be honored for consistency, if not for righ-
teousness sake. On the one hand, abolition.
lists assert that all shareholders are men,
thieves-are guilty Of the highest kind Of
crime; and, therefore, that honest men should
have no fellowship with them. On the other
hand, 1t is assumed that slavery is right, is
christian; and therefore it would be degra-
ding to shareholders to fellowship those who
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them and their ~favorite institution. The con-
illusions Of both are right, though the premi-
ses of ore must be wrong but so far as the
question of union between Shareholders and
abolitionists is concerned, it matters not
which il is.
We are glad tina, Doughfaeeism is between
two fires and that men who are men, and
consistent men, are beginning 10 take sides,
and 10 shout with the abolitionists of the
North, "No union with s~LauehOlders,'' or with
the slavery propagandists of the South, A" No
union with aLOLtionists! :" Let these con-
ficting battle cries ring out loud and clear,
and we have no fears for the result. When
men are compelled 10 be either hot or cold,
to serve either God or Mammon, the great
mass will rally around the standard of righ-
teousness, and practically do homage to the
principles their very nature has taught them
to reverence,