Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-12-28

1 hfANi lliNtu W llit iilt NblttOi HluUN |
/ ayes winch came to tell this age, that |
rhoUGn HAND JOIN IN HAND the WICKED |
SHALL NOT PRUsiERl
Come with me, NY friends, a moment |
more, pass over this GUlgothn of human his |
iory, trending rcvcrent as YOU 20, for our
rec. arc on our mothers grave aud our shoes |
"eIle our fathers hailUWcd bones. Let us |
not tglk OF them; 90 further on (; look and |
pass 10y. Come with me into the Inferno of |
tue 'iolions, with such poor guidance us my |
'nInp can lend Let us disquet and bring |
| up the awful shadows OF empires buried |
iohg ago. aud learn lesson from the Tomb |
Come old As'yria, with the Nineviush |
! DoNe rron thy emerald crown. What laid |
,nro lowg fell by my own injusiice.-
Thereby Nincvch aud Babylon came with |
me TO the ground"
Oh queenly Persia, flame of the nations,
wherefore art thou 80 fallen, who troddest |
| the people under thee, bridgcdst the IleIlcs-
pont with ships, aud pouredst thy temple
wasting millions on the western world -
Because trod The people under me, aud |
bridged the llellespont with ships, aud pour
ed my lcmplc-was,iug millions on tie west
ern world. iull by my own niis-deeds!"
| hOn mnsclike, Grcciun queen, ihirest of
all Thy classic sisterhOod OF States, euchant-
ing yet the world with thy sweet witchery,
speaking in art, and most seductive song,
why licst thou there with bcuuteous yet dis
! honorcd brow, reposing on thy broken harp
81 scOrnrd the law OF God; banishcd aud
! poisoned wiscst, justest men; loved the
loyollness Of flesh, cmbalmed in Parian
stone; loved the loveliness of thought and
| treasured that in more than Pariun speech.
| But the beauty of justice, the lOvcliness Of
love, trod them down TO earth Lo, there
4 IL
-as one of themw
Oh nauy aud majestic Rome, thy seven
fold mural crown, all broken al thy feet, why
art thou here? 'Twas not Injustice brought
thee low; for thy Great Book of Law is !
preiaced with these words, Justice is the un- |
changing, everlasting will TO give each man |
his Right " Ii was not the saints ideul, il |
was the bypocrltc's pretencel | made in
lquitJ my law trod the nations under Inc.
lhcir wealth gilded my laces,--where
ilIou inaycst see the fox and hear the OWL -
It fed my courtiers and my courtezuns.-
Wicked men were my cabinet councillors
the flattcrer breathed his poison in my ear
Millions Of bondmen wet the soil with tears
aud blood. Do you not bear it crying yet to
God9 Lo here have my rccompense, tor
niepicd, With such downfall as you see Go
back and iell the newborn child, who sittetli
on the AlIcghallies, laying his either hand
upon tributary sea, crown ot thirty stars
about his youthful brow-tell him that there
are Rights which States must keep or they
shall suffer wrongs. Tell him there is u God
who Keeps the black man and the white, and
hurs TO earth the loliest realm that breaks
His just, eternal law! Warn the young En-
pirc that lie come not down dim and dlshon-
orcd TO my shameful tomb! Tell him that
Justice is the unchanging, everlasting will,
to give each man hls Right. | knew it, :
broke it, and am lost. Bid him TO keep il
aud he safe y"
"God save the Commonwealth proclaims /
the Governor! God will do Ills part, doubt
not OF that. But you aud | must help Him
save the Stnte. What eau we do? Next
Sunday will ask you Tor your charity; 10
day ask greater gin, more than the abun-
dance of the rich, or the poor widows long
remembered mites. | usk you lor your JUS
TTcE. Give that to your native land. Do
you not love your country? know you do.
Here are our homes aud the graves OF our
fathers; the bones OF our mothers are under
the sod. Tho memory OF past deeds is
fresh with us, many farmers and me-
chanlc's son inherits from his sireS some cup
OF Mamma gathered in the wilderness, aud
kept IN memory of our Exodus some stones
|
over sorely bested and hunted after; some
Aaron's rod green aud blossoming with fra
grant memories OF the day OF small things
when the Lord led lls-und all these attach
us 10 our land, our native laud We love
tie great ideas OF the North, the institutions
which they founded, the righteous laws, The
schools, the churches tOo-do we not love all
these? Aye. know well you do. Then
by all these, aud more than all, by the dear
love OF God, let us swear THAT WE WILL
KEEP THE JUSTICE OF THE ETERNAL LAW.
Then are we all sue. We know not what
day may bring forth, but we know that
ETERNITY will bring everlasting peace. High
IN the Heavens, the pole star OF the world,
shines Justice; placed within us US our
guide thereto is Conscience. Let us be
faithful to that
Which, tho il tremblcs as it lowly lies,
Points TO the light which changes out in heaven
On Saturday week, U. S. Marshal Devens
notified colored man, living in Boston, that
he had bill against him of $625, that being
the price set upon the colored mans wife
whom he is accused of having abducted
from Slave State aud afterwards married.
This bill came TO the Marshal from the wo-
mans owner, Aaron Miltrado, of Norfolk,
Va, who simply wished him to act as an
attorney for lis collection. The colored man
refused TO pay, aud the draft was returned TO
Norfolk by the Marshal with IL statement
that il was incompatible with the obligations ,,
of his office TO act as an attorney in matter
liable to come before IA Court with which he
was, in some degree, identified.
CLAY AND PoTTER.-It used to he said !
that clay was in the hands OF the potter; hut 4
during The progress of the "peace(9 mea-
sures," in the last Congress the old order of :
things was reversed, aud Clay moulded Pot
ter Hon. +. ID. Potter NJ. C.. from Ohiol into q
" a vessel Of dishonor. r."--Ioledo Republican.