Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-07-13

tact, quickness aud sagacity Of the Kontuck-
ian, and the slow, cumbrous, and selfexpo-
sing movement Of the Yankee, il brings to
mind Fuler's picture of Ben Jonson and |
Shakespeare ;-'Muny were the wit-combats |
betwixt these which two beleld like a |
Spanish great galleon and an English mun-
of-wur. Master Jonson, like the former, was
built far higher IN learning, solid, but sloic ia
has performance; Shakespeare, like an Eng
lish nan-oi-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter IN
sailing, could fiTn tcifh all tides, tack about
and take advantage of all winds, by the
quickness of his wit and inyention.' IL this
last be not Henry Clay, who is il? (Chcers.l
Let us leave politics. Suppose now an
ticipate Mr.. Gliddon, snd unroll The mummy
of Winter Street Church. daughter, sh,l
cheers for Christianity The Christianity
which Is at peace with the oppressed. Dr.
Rogers is reported to have said that the dis
unionlsis would in tie next world sit check
by jowl with Judas. (Applausc in the rcar)
There is certainly one point of resemblance
between Judas and tic disuni0nists. We
read that when Judas hud taken the thirty
pieces of silver, aud saw his Lord wus con-
denned,-but, mark you, il it is thought bad
taste 10 introduce here an illustration from
that book we all look upon rs sacred, let it
he remembered the most basphemous of us
comparison IN the case of the great North
ern Iraitor, but confined ourselves to Bcne-
diet Arnold II il be lacking la taste, rcmeni-
per u was clergyman who lieut. us the IL
lustralion; once introduced, in using it, |
only follow in the footsteps of my illustrious
predecessor: (meuimenil-now we read that
when Judas had taken the thirty pieces Of
silver, and found that his Lord was condemn
ed, he repented mark you thatl lie rCpeR-
ted, and brought again the thirty pieces of
silver, saying | have snned, in that | have
betrayed innocent blood When the aboi-
zionist first awakons from his dream of his
torical admiration for those great men, who
enacted their high parts in the political dra-
ma OF our country; when the Constitution
rises before him, betraying innocent blocd,'
then il is that lie, like Judas, repents, confess
ses that he has snned in thnt he has bctray-
ed innocent blood, brings back the thirty
pieces OF silver his citizenship and ballot
and refuses all further allegiance, striving by
every sacrifice to atone for the wrong nc
has unconsciously committed. Alas the
slave could point TO some who have followed
Judus thus tar--to sell him for fine words
Glorious Union fame of our iathers'-ior
extended country--lor personal easc--for Of
hce-lor the ballot. Would they could turn
over one other page OF tho story, and initiate
That repentance disdaining TO be slayc-hun-
tiers and slaye-iailors for any silver, however
weighty-any land, however broad-any
peace however specious
marx, you! there was great man once,
who went down TO Washington, and saw on |
the block of the Slave Power the image of |
God cut in ebony for sale for thirty pieces |
OF silver' His past liie-the land of his
birtli-the heart of the age, echoed the cry
OF the bondman, and bade him lift up his
mighty voice in behalf of justice and hu-
manty. But custom, base laws, old habits, |
bright hopes, first luiled him into silence |
then woke him to treason. He bowed his |
vassnl head; lac counselled Massachusetts
his mother-to forget her 'preiudices.'-
liroans.l When he Tspents, he will he wor-
thy to go up higher and stand by Judas.
You know the old story of Rip Van Win
kIe' When he had been asleep twenty years,
he woke up one Sunday morning; saw his
grandson, and in the confusion Of his first
waking, said to those who stood around him,
u nm not myself l am somebody else.-
That's me, yonder.' So in that other state to
winch we are all tending, if Judas should
wake up, having thrown away his thirty
pieces of silver, he would say, Il am not
myseli-that is myself, yonder-that great
Statesman, who made a speech in March,
hlrtii and misses. Great noise and conlii-
SION. The officers remove two or three dis
orderly individuals from the hnll)
Let me congratulate this triumphant u.s.
semblage on the progress of our cause.
maintain i is n triumphant assemblage. 1t
shows an impulsive, enthusiastic people. /
remember, that in this very hall was told
some twelve months since, by one Of the |
most eloquent clergymcn Of Boston, that if I
ever he became an abolitionist, he would |
show us what an abolitonist was. lie said, |
l was born Virgninn, and that hot blood
boils in my veins. If become an abolition
ist, all that Garrison has said will be tame in
the comparison In this sense, like your
spirit tonight II conyinees me that when
you are thoroughly converted to the doc
frines OF The nnti-slavery cause, you will |
make glorious sbolitionists, every one of YOU, |
morally, six feet and four inches high. PRO
jonged appIause.)