Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-05-11

and those who are nicknamed Garrisonions.
That truly illustrious name needs no defence
and no %eulogium of ours. 1t may be safely
transmitted TO The guardianship Of the Fu-
ture. But that Mr.. Greedy should charge
Garrison with fanaticism as a fault, has we
confess. been a matter Of wonder 10 u.s.
Why, God sent him into the world with that
special mission and none other. 1t is his
peculiar glory that he has fulfilled it so en-
tirely. 1t is that which will make his name
a part of our American history. We would
not have all men fanatics, but let us be de-
voutly thankful for as many Of that kind as
We can get. They are by no means too com.
mon as yet. Let US remember DR.. Johnson's
excellent advice, above all things to endeav-
or 10 clear our minds of cant. And there is
no cant more foolish, or more common than
theirs, who under the mask of discretion,
moderation, craftsmanship, and what not,
would fain convict of fanalicism all that
transcends their own limits, and then abolish
it as dangerous 10 the body polite. From
the zoophyte upward, everything is ultra 10
something else. And oddly enough Mr..
Greedy owes his success TO the fact that this
element of uLratsm slightly preponderates in
his composition. Undoubtedly the zoophyte
taxes the b%arnacle with a rash activity, and
considers the framework Of society endan-
gered by the unsettled notions of the peri
Wrinkle. The friends OF every class Of Re-
form in America owe a debt to Garrison, and
in such matters there should be no %repudia-
ton. Especially let not the butt-end Of the
wedge sheer at the uIrdiSm of the entering
part.
How does it happen that only Abolition
lists are charged with wanting moderation,
and that Slaveholding is the one sin that is
to he treated with tenderness! Is there, then
a scale Of righteousness in crimes Mr..
Greedy subscribed five hundred dollars to as
sist instruction in Ireland. We freely ad-
nit that, if ever rebellion were iustiiable, it
was so in III, case. And why Because
no Plan Of relief was sufficiently radical,
and because all Of them looked to the great
landholdrrs rather than Of the great body Of
the people who were chiefly concerned
But let us apply here Mr., Greeley's reason
ing in regard 10 Kentucky. Surely Lord
| Clarendons and the great landholders, who
were on the spot, could Judge better than
ANYBODY else what measures were most jn-
dicious and most likely to have a salutary ef-
feet. If what the law makes property be
property in kentucky, why is it not so in
New York, and how will Mr.. Greedy defend
his a~nti-rent doctrines? But perhaps a mans
l u III NV DOhAOS NV 'Obl ~ h'' ~
low-cilizens is more sacred and indeieasible
than his title to the soil.
We did not think that rebellion was the
1 best medicine for Ireland, nor should we re-
commend a s%ervile war as a cure for kentuc.
XIV. The cold-blood cure is not TO our fan
CIV. But it seems to us that Mr.. Greeley
was more nearly right in his Irish than in
his Kentucky prescription. In that case, al
least, he followed the diagnosis of his heart.
We humhly conceive that, when justice is
TO be done, some portion Of consideration and
even of redress is due to the injured party.
The very same arguments are brought a.
painst the Irishman and the African. He is
improvident. he is lazy, he cannot take care
Of himself, he is creations natural loater.-
In short, there is a wonderful sameness In
the arguments Of oppression all the world
over.
1t is said that the Abolitionists, while they
are dissatisfied with the plans Of everybody
else, offer no plan Of their own. This is moi
to be complained of in them, for it is the
necessity of their position. They are crl'
tics and not eonstructives, it is true, but they
are fulfilling their appointed destiny Cn
lisiln must precede construction. But, 1
ever there was.a case where criticism Is th'
one thing needful, ii is in regard to American
| slavery. Iltlt 10 a 'hsO NV l'''''H
laws OF Nature are violated. All that is ne
cessary is that this violation should cease
and that Nature, always organizing, Away
constructive, should be left free to work
cure. A limb of the body polite has taile
asleep. Remove the unnatural pressure an
the blood will circulate freely again. Ih
Abolitiorist unquestionably is a bore. )
was the old Roman with his deiendl est CdI
J thago, his old fashioned protective tariff
2 But he carried his point, and so Will II
> Abolitionist. 1t is true that the Additions
; plan does not please the STAKEHOLDER. Nelif
b er does the Associative plan carry lnsiaI
= conviction 10 the minds of the ciVllizees,-
But that is no argument against either
them.
7 We ask again what claim the slavehold
: has to peculiar tenderness of treatment!
: the holding Of slaves more innocent than Il
D holding Of Loco-foco opinions Mr.. Gre
V can find it in his heart 10 denouuce Nh
{ offence. Will denunciaiion convince the o
l. and only eXasperate the otherl We ayr
with Mr.. Greeley that society needs a radio
reorganization. Perhaps he thinks I'll
l' Slavery is one of those natural conditions
the progress of society which natural pI
l. press will remove without Intervention
J ours. If society must go through all the
natural stages before it reaches that point
y disorganizatlon where reorganization W
II be for the first time possible, why oppose I
d introduction of Slavery into the new terri
i ~! 1t cannot there survive its d~issoluti
re in the older States. The plan of the Al
, l%itionist, if it do not look TO natural laws
a. the extinction Of the evil, is willing TO tn
10 to them for the safety Of society whene'
70 its extinction can be brought about. Al
as asks is that these natural laws shall be d
Sc entangled from the snarl of an odious d
~ fatal discOrd.
" But, while Mr.. Greeley seems TO deny,
r.. least by implication, that the occasion
Anti-Slavery action has yet arrived, he a
,r. implicitly admits that the golden moment
N opportunity is numbered somewhere ~