Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-10-05

nity OF that which our fathers waged sew.
en- years war to throw off. The slave sees
Deiqre him nothing but destiny Of outrage
and cruelty, for himself and his children. so
iong as slavery shall last. The grave is the
on'f asylum in which he can ever hope to
nnd rest Yetby the Legislation of the Con-
gress OF the U. >, in the year 1850, il il
inune crime TO attempt to peacefully es-
cape from his Chains. To help him on his
way or even refuse to assist in ihr1istina him
Dack, is TO he punished by fine and impris-
onment Haynau might justly feel SIAN
aereil u named in the same category with
the men by whose votes this act was passed
~ Is stale truth which we are tired of re-
peaang, that IL any one of the oppressors,
or tpelr northern allies were placed in the
conpiiion Of the slave, they would esteem il
a virtue TO escape, and kill their masters in
ihe attempt il that were necessary to sue
cess. Now with what feelings would these
men md themselves seized ard hurled back
10 their bondage by the citizens of free
state TO which they had fled on their way 10
freedom? How would they regard a law
punrhng with fine and imprisonment, the
man who should give them a crust of bread
ana cup of cold waterf The dialect of
heh would be searched in vain to find words
70 express their conception of its atrocity.
YET 'iis same thing they can coolly do to
othets, and then wipe their hands and call
themselves patriots aud Christians. The
worst feature of the whole case is, that the
men who have voted for this uct of name
less iniamy, have been elected by the votes of
men claiming TO be the followers of the
meek and lowly Jesus aud will be voted
for again by the same men in thousands.
The North has been used to submission so
long, and the collsciences of the American
people are so completely drugged with " the
wine of the fornicaton of the American har-
lot = slavery, that we have no hope that those
who have enacted this bill will receive i'm
medlaiely that retribution they deserve.
Yet il is a consolation TO know that while
party drill may save these men from their
ineri,ed doom, there is yet too much hui
manly LEFT among the people to permit this
enactlnent to be any thing more than n
practical nulliy. The poor fugitive will
still fnd warm hearts and open hands TO
supply his need, to feel for his woes and
help bin on to freedom. The shareholders
and their miserable tools will find how utter
ly vain are puuy legislative enuctmenfs, 20
stifie the movings OF warm-Iiearted philan-
thropy. Could our voice reach the poor
MS in specchless agony she
bends over her sleepless babes--soon to he
torn f.sm her embrace by the ruthless trader
---.@ --,,fi 500 i,,ss 40 not siesr,nir: anfl,
err up those Household treasures aud make
your way " possible TO PENNSYLVANIA or
Ohio, and you will find our houses open TO
shelter you, and swift conveyances TO carry
you, TO that country where, beneath the
of Great Britain you may
cherish those tender babes, safe from the
claws of the American Eagle Let slave
breeders threaten, and sncaking dough- faces
echo the cry, there are yet those who will
obey God rather than men; who will hide
the ottcast, and deliver the spoiled out of
the hand of the oppressor.-Free Presby-
Ieian.