Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-09-28
7 III Z B u G L E /.
EIGHTH ANIMAL REPORT
Exec. Committee Of the Western A. s. Society.

Exec. Committee Of the Western A. s. Society.
In presenting an account of their steward
ship for the fifteen months which have elaps-
ed since our last Anniversary, the Executive
Committee of the Western Anti-Slavery So
cieiy would congratulate their felow-labor-
ers upon the numerous proofs which a re-
Prospect of that period affords, that the cause
in which they are enlisted has made aud is
still making sure if not rapid progress. At
no former period has the Anii-Slavery Agita-
ton been SO intense and ull-pervading as a,
the present hour. The torpor Of the uation-
al conscience, induced by the deadly nnrcot-
ic of Compromise infused into the Compact
Of Political Union between the North and
South and prolonged by the poison so insid-
iousiy distilled through the medium of the
popular Religion, is ut length broken by the
power Of truth. In political Conventions, in
the halls of National and State Legislation,
in the assemblies of the Church, in the ways
Of business aud the haunts of pleasure, in
STEAMBOATS, and railroad cars, and at almost
every fireside from the Aroostook TO the Rio
Grchde, from the Atlantic to the Pucific, the
question Of Slavery, in one form or another,
has become topic Of earnest discussion. 1t
balkst the schemes Of the politician, disturbs
the peace of a corrupt Church, confises the
calculations of the man of commerce, and
bids defiance alike to the tricks Of The legis-
lator and the jugglery Of the pulpit. Hence
forth the Nation can know~neither peace Of
mind nor tranquility of conscience till this
great question is settled in accordance with
the eternal principles Of truth and Justice
Until then the troubled sea of politics will
witness no calm, its waves cease not TO cast
up mire and dirt Until then the Church
can never slumber nor sleep, nor escape from
the power of that truth which makes its ap-
peal to oil that is high and holy in mans ma
ture, and stirs the affections and sympathies
which bind him alike to his race and to God.
Yes let the faithful Abolitionist, while he
devotes himself afresh TO tie cause of Liber-
ty and Humanity, exult in the conviction that
that cause is surely blest of Heaven und des-
tined to triumph over all its foes.
"Though distant be the hour, yet come it must
ooh hasten il in mercy, righteous Heaven y
When Africs sons, uprising from the dust,
Shall stand erect-their calling fetters rven I;
When from his throne Oppression shall be
tti driven,
An exiled monster, powerloss through all time |;
When freedom, glorious freedom, shall be
given
To every race, complexion, caste, and cline,
And natures sable hue shall cease to be crime
The limits assigned to this Report will not
permit us to enter upon a survey Of the gen.
eral aspects of the cause, nor to exhibit at
length the grounds on which we rest our
conviction Of the efficacy Of our past labors
and our bright anticipations of future sue
cess To every faithful laborer, however, in
this holy enterprise, the faith we avow is in
stinctive, and needs not to be fortified by 10
gical induction or a reference to material
facts. The man who devotes himself unsel-
fishly, and from principle, to any work OF
Humanity, and counts il an honor to bear the
CROSS In an unpopular but righteous cause,
'dath the witness in himself that his labors
afe not in vain while he whose heart is but
half consecrated to the work, or swayed by
sonIe feeble and eyanescent impulse, walks
in'perpetual shadow and must be often dis
oouraged. There is in the general history
ofour cause for the last fifteen months much
TO feed the hopes of the sanguine and dispel
the doubts of the timid and desponding; but
We must turn away from this inviting field
to consider the present condition and wants
ofour own Society, and the immediate du-
tissIand responsibilities of its members and
ffiehds.
Our Society, at its last Anniversary, wos
6araened with debt Of about 8 1000, incur
rcd in the publication Of The Anti i-Slapers
Bsgie and the support oflecturing agents in
former years. This debt had been the source
dfmuch anxiety to several members of the
Committee, who were personally responsible
fbrits payment and strong effortwas made
st the time alluded to raise the means fol
in liquidation. In response to appeals made