Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-03

our victory is certain.
My young friends may gather from what l
have said, that l do not think mankind err in
seeking for happiness, 1 only lament that they
seek it in forbidden paths and 1 believe too,
that they have been conducted into those paths
by false teachers. Has not the whole process of
training, given to the youthful mind, been cal
culated to lead it astrayi Has the beacon-light
of Truth been pointed out, as the leading star
of mans happiness 1 answer, ossurcdly, no
On the contrary, the youthful hungerings after
Truth have been answered by craming the mind
with dogmas and sophisms; and if the young
recipient presumed to question the wholesome
ness of the food, he has been silenced by threats
Of everlasting r%oastingl But have mankind
been-are they now-happyi Let the misery
and wretchedncss, that so abounds in the earth,
answer my question. But shall man be wretchcd
to the end of timci The whole machinery of
nature; the whispers of omnipotent love; the
voice of eternal mercy the law of God him
self, written on the human heart, all reply
NO!-Man may be happy, he must be happy,
he shall be happy. But how shall he be re-
deemed: Even by the simplest means. What
more is necessary than that all seek the truth
and having found it, boldly declare it, and make
it the governing principle of their lives? And
this, my young friends, brings me directly to
you.
You have set out in search of Truth you
have caught faint glimmcrings of its rays thro'
the mist and gloom of bigotry and error, that
before obscurcd its light; as you advance its
rays become brighter and more distinct; and
your feet which at first trcmblcd, as doubtful
whether to advance or not, arc now planted
firmly in the road of human progression. If
you advance, still striving onward, happiness to
yourselves and others will be your final reward.
If you dcviate, or rcccde, you fall back into the
ranks of earth's tyrants, and aid in r~etarding
the day of Mans redemption. Remember then
that your duty is not a passive one. 1t is not
enough that you hate injustice; you must war
against it. l have somewhere met with a sem
tcncc which says, "That no moro acceptable
worship can be offered to the Deity, than the
tears which fall for human suffering" In my
opinion the tears are but a vain ablution, with
out an effort to relieve the suffering. We must
act, as well as feel.
My young sisters, let me remind you, that
the Anti Slavery field is peculiarly YOURS, for
custom has long awarded to our sex the admin
istration of the law of Love. For ages has man
been using force to accomplish fraud d~espising
moral power, he cast it aside, and with it every
thing that could benefit mankind. The consc-
quence has been, every kind of evil has cursed
the world, Rapine and Murder, Slavery and
War, Intempcrance and every kind of Gcen-
tiousness, have reigned without control
Woman, fortunately for herself, has been in a
great degree excluded from the degrading tur-
mol. 1 know it was tyranny excluded her,
but the exclusion has had happy consequences,
for it has preserved her from entire corruption.
She took up the moral power, man had flung
aside, and with it how much has she accom-
plishcd? Forbid to use it in the highways of
the world, she silently went into the b%ye-ways,
healing the sick, comforting the afflicted; pa
tiently enduring her own wrongs content to
be considered a mere appendagc to man to be
esteemed even as nothing asking only the
privilege of being his nurse and his comforter.
And yet unknown to him, unknown to herself,
she has guided and impelled him. All it was
not her craft, Gas some basely insinuate,) that
did this it was the principle of love in her
heart, and she, a mere machine, was only acting
according to this irresistible impulse and too
often has she used her powerful influence to in
stigate evil, but she erred ignorantly, for truth
had not been revealed to her. Oh that wo-
man had always taken truth for her guide, long
since would the world have been rcgenerated.
1 am wrong. TIL world will never be regen-
Grated without the cooperation of both sexes.
But 1 proceed. Long have men marvelcd, and
looked with establishment at women's power.
1t seems strange that they did not long ago dis
cover that the mystery of it was only Love
At length the truth has begun to dawn upon
their minds, and they are beginning to discover
that woman's legitimate sphere is mans also.-
They are beginning to place themselves by our
side-not desiring us to give up our own proper
weapon, but asking as brothers, 10 labor with
us in the Anti Slavery field. And will you,
my Sisters, refuse to work in their company +;
Let it not be said. They have now thrown open
to US a wider space. We are no longer confined
to holes and corners. They have discovered
that woman is a rational being-nay, that some
of them can even speak and they are cncour-
aging her to use her talents for the Slave. Oh
shrink not from the conflict Cultivate your
talents, and consecrate them to humanity
Go boldly forth by the side of your brothers,
1t is the station God assigned you. Let no
false delicacy. no dread Of ridicsle, deter you
from your duty. If your talents are small, give
all you have, the greatest can no more and all
you can give belongs to the Slave.
Young Men allow me a few words with you,
and 1 have done. Encourage your Sisters in
this holy work. Stand by them prompt them
support, and sustain them you will find them