Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-12-07

/ nOIu hiC uiStdut FiCt-DtIuS anu sugar Dlantn-
tons OF the South, his cries beneath the vim
dictive lash, his means at the thought of Lib
erty once his, now alas ravished from him,
would pursue me, telling the tale of his fear
ful doom, and sounding in my ears, "Thou
art the man" (Rapturous applausc
The magistrate who pronounces the de-
cree of slavery, and the marshal who enforc-
es II, act in obedience TO law. This is their
apology: and IL Is also the apology of the
masters of the Inquisition, as they ply the
torture amidst the shrieks Of their Victims
But can this weaken our accountability for
an act of wrong? Disguise il, excuse il as
you will, the fact must glare before the world
aud penetrate the conscience, too, that the
fetters and chains, by wbicbthe unhappy fiI-
gitive is bound, are rivetcd by that tribunal
that his second life Of wretchedness dates
from their agency-that his second birth as
slave proceeds from them. The magistrate
and marshal Of the United Suites do for him
here, in country which vaunts Christian
| civilization, what the naked, barbarous Pa
gan chiefs, beyond the sea, did for his grand
father in Congo; they transfer him 10 he
very price paid for his grandfather in Congo
ten dollars! f Shame! shnme!'l
Gracious Heaven Can such things be on
our Free Soil [No!1 Shall the evasion of
Pontius Plate be enacted anew, and Judge
vainly attempt, by washing his hands, TO ex-
cuse himself for condemning one in whom
he could "find no fhult!" Should any
Court, sitting here in Massachusetts, for the
first time in her history, become the agent OF
a slave-hunter, the very hinges of our fathers
would frown from the walls; their voices
would cry from the ground; their spirits
would hover in the air, pleading, remonstrat-
ing, protesting, against the cruel judgment.
[Cheers.
There is a legend of Venice, consecrated
by the pencil OF one of her greatest artists,
that the Apostle st. Mark suddenly descend
ed into the public square, and broke the
manacles Of slave, even before the Judge
who had decreed his doom. Should Massa-
chusetts be ever desecrated by such judg-
ment, may the good Apostle, with valiant
arm, once more descend TO break the mana
cles of the slave Enthusiasm.
Sir, will not dishonor this home of the
Pilgrims, and of the Revolution, by admit
ting-nay, cannot beiiere-ihat his Bill tcM
be erectied here. 'Never.1 Individuals a
mong us, as elsewhere, may forget humanity
in a fancied loyalty TO law but the public
conscience will not allow n man, who has
trodden our streets us n freeman, to be drag
ged away as a slave. [Applause.l BY his
escape from bondage, he las shown that
true manhood, which must grapple to him
every honest heart. lie may be ignorant,
and rude, as he is poor, but he is of true
nobility. The Fugitive Slaves of the United
Suites are among the heroes of our age. In
sacrificing them to this foul enactment OF
Congress, we should violate every SEN
,iment of hospitality, every whispering of
the heart, every dictate of religion.
There are many who will never shrink at
any cost, and, Notwithstanding all the afro
cious penalties of this bill, from efforts to
save wandering felow-man from bondage
they will offer him the shelter of their houses
and, if need be, will protect his liberty by
force. But let me be understood, counsel
no violence. There is another power
stronger than any individual arm-which
invoke; mem that invincible public opn-
ion, inspired by love of God and man, which,
without violence or noise, gently as the ope-
rations Of nature, makes and unmakes laws
Let this opinion be felt in its Christian might,
and the Fugitive Slave Bill will become ey.
cry where upon our soil dead letter. No
lawyer will aid il by counsel; no citizen will
become its agent; il will die of inaniton-
like spider beneath an exhausted receiver.
Laughter. Oh! it were well the tdings
should spread throughout the land that here
in Massachusetts this nccursed Bill has found
no servants. [Cheers. Sire, have found in
Bayonne honest citizens and brave soldiers
only; but not one erecutioner," was the reply of
the governor Of that place, to the royal man
date OF Charles TX. of France, ordering the
massacre OF ST. Bartholomew. [Sensalon.l
But it rests with you, my fellow citizens.
by your words and your example, by your
calm determinations, and your devoted lives.
to do this work. From humane, lust. and
righteous people, shall spring Public Opin-
ion, to keep perpetual guard over the liber-
ties of all within our borders. Nay, more,
like the flaming sword of the cher,ibm at
the gates Of Paradise, turning on every side,
it shall prevent any SLAVE-HUNTER from
ever setting foot on this Commonwealth
Cheers re-doubled. Elsewhere, he may
pursue his human prey he may employ his |
congenial bloodhounds, and exult in his sue
cessful game. But in Massachusetts he must
not come. Immense enthusasm.l And vet
again say, counsel no violence. would
not touch his person. Not with whips and
thongs would | scOurge him from the land.
The contempt, the Indignation, the abhor-
renee of the community shall be our weap-
ons OF offence. Wherever he moves, he
shall find no house to receive him-no table
spread 10 nourish him-no welcome to cheer
him. The dismal lot of the Roman exile |
shall be his. lie shall be wanderer, with |
out roof fire, or toater. Laughter Men |
shall point at him in the streets, and on the |
highways:
"Sleep shall neither night nor day,
Hang upon his penthouse lid;
He shall live man forbid.
Weary seven nights. nine times nine,
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine"
[Applause.l
The villages, towns and cities shall refuse |
to receive the monster; they shall vomit him |
forth, never again to disturb the repose of |
our community. Repeated rounds of up- |
plause.
The feelings, with which we regard the
Slave-Hunter will soon be extended also TO