Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-09-01
G. c. BURLEIGH.

Ours, like the enterprise of the British phi-
lanthropist, is a peaceful struggle against the
powers that sit in the high places OF our land;
and, therefore, we can heartily sympalhize
with men who attempted to achieve their VIC
tory over wrong, not like our foreialhers on
the field Of battle, not with the sword and the
bayonet, nor in The blood Of the evil-doer, but
hy a victory which should bless the vanqnish-
ed aaA the victor, and the object Of the VIC
tors Efforts, all together, if not all alike. II
was a peaceful warfare, II these ase moi cons
sfadiciofy terms. II was a spotless victory.
II was a victory achieved by II WORD or
vRuqss SPOKEN ID easncssaess and simplicity j
nod lserFia wa kaSa nccasiou 20 F~fiaiees not
mereiy Cor that which is past, not merely
aha, the blessing Of freedom has been 1ttain-
ed by 500, 900 hunan beings, without the
Soss Of a life. without the shedding of a drop
of blood, without the pouring of tears down
she checks of a single widow or orEhan-to
rejoice, aot merely that So great a boon has
been purchased al so comparatively cheap "A
swice, bat also, for the earnest that this event
gives as of the result of the labors in which
we ourselves have oeen engaged. why, TINS
has heen but tie trying OF the edge OF the
weapon with which we are fighting 1t has
heen tut testing the temper OF the instrument
with which we are laboring! And the re-
suit .ells US, that the edge is indeed sharp,
and that the temper is indeed heavenly ; that
the weapon has been given US from the ar
mory of God, so tempered that no earthly
shield can resist its edge. Wherever 1t
smitcs the armor of Graybeard Error. or the
seven-fold adamant of the shield OF lnlqulty'
il roes clear through, and wins a victory
which no resistance can prevent. we have
that weapon, AMI with 1t we are warning
against American slavery. In the doWhlai
of British slavery. as seen in the emancipa
ton of the West India islands, we hear only
the frs, ut,crance Of that word Of Providence
whicI, mas gone forth into all lands, to g pro
claim lihtriy throughout all the land unto al
the inhabitants thereof" We see in it th'
proof of that truth, which is iterated and re
iterated SD often 10 unbelieving mems hearts
that Gods word shall not return unto hin
void, but shall prosper in the thing whtroun
TO il is sent
We rejoice, because we feel that, in I'll
event which we celebrate. we discern the frs
fruits of a glorious harvest which is to crow
the granaries Of the civilized world, an
which is to benefit all future ages. We re
ioice, because in the result of this controveI
sy with wrong, we witness a proof of the ii
vincible and the wholly victorious power
the right. Men may say the cases are diffe
ent and so they are in some things, an
possibly in some things which may render
necessary for us to put forth greater energ
for the accomplishment of our purpose. 81
he who has tried the temper of the axe wi
which he fells the forest trees, upon the sol
er pines, must with the better confidence
he strikes the knotted and gnarled oaks, tn
they also in their turn shall come crashing
the earth. He who has proved his weapon
against the feebler foe, fears not to meet hi
of louder boasts, and clad in mightier pan
ply. .
Then, shall tce despair Nay, rather, til
is a lesson which we never began TO Learnt
From the day when an obscure printer, in Il
city of Boston, began to issue his publication
The authorship of which could not be guess
at, nor discovered, until after a long and co
tinued search by the Mayor of the day fro
the hour when that obscure printer sent o
his voice, demanding liberty for the slay
and affirming, in tones which seemed strang
ly enough disproportioned to the circumsta
ces-'I WiH not oquivocafe-I tCtH not co
prOmise-I DiH not gtpe back a single inch
and l tciH be heard'-until it now rings fro
the gold placers Of California, and SCUM
from the hills Of Maine-from the valleys
the Mississippi and the borders of FlonC
and from the wild prairies Of the remot
West-we have never known what it was
despair of the cause in which we arc enl
ged. For the instant in which we set {
foot on the rock of TRuTH, wherein we
tended TO found The Temple of Liberty
The slave, that instant we felt its 6Imness