Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-15
7 II E B U GLE.
Address 10 the NOrlhman,
From he Ohio Repositorn.

Mrs. Frances d. Gage, in which cnquircd of
her what she thought Of the Fugitive Slave
Law received the following, which you
would obligc me by publishing though it is
not perfectly satisfactory to our Fillmore, our
Webster, our Clay. L. A. @.
"1f your heart has burned with as deep an
indignation as mine has, since the passage of
that Fugitive Law it must be pretty well
charred. But still, am proud of our country,
for know nnd feel that it Is not the many, the
good and the true that have done that evil
thing. Oh that had the inspiration of q
Shakespeare, Byron, or even a lTemans or an
Osgood, while answer your question. Blame
me not IL my song is tamc-my spirit is not"
Do you ask what think DO you ask what l
fceli
Came my thoughts from the pG' Is my heart
made Of stceli
Does the lamb skip and play when he hears the
wolf how'll
Does the Nightingale sing in the claw of the
owl
Do the deer o'er the green hills, go bounding
no morei
Has the Eagle forget on proud rnion TO soar;
Have justice and mercy deserted the earth;
Love, kindness and feeling the homo and the
hearth
Could you Mink that aught clso from my spirit
would flow.
But dirgo for my County Of sorrow and
woe
A dirgc for my Country of guilt and Of wrong,
A dirgo for the weak, broken down by the
strong,
A dirgo for the glory that's passing away.
A dirgc for our Fillmore, our Webster, our
Clay;
Woo, woe to the few, who have sullcd our
stars,
Who'vc forgotten our heroes, their tolls and
their sears;
The curse of the victim shall blackcn each !
namc
The scoru of the true men shall hand it to
fame
As blot, pollution wherc'cfit is traced,
a word to be hated, dishonorcd disgrsccd.
Oh Northman! Oh Northman beware Of
the hour
When you sell yourself out to the Slave
holding power
When you barter your soul for lyC dollar
fec,
To fettcr the spirit that dares 10 be free;
Beware how you take up the shackles, to bind
The limbs that have left u harsh master behind.
Beware how you stand in the way of tho brave
NNbN boo r,ophoo1 70 rcpl Io u.ill ln n
slave.
Beware if you covct such bloodshed and strife,
How you triAc with what is far dearer than
life;
For hands strong and willing from hill top and
plain,
Will dare you to fasten the 'Fugitive's chain
OH who were your sires Came they not
from that band
Who spurn'd the oppressor with heart and with |
hand,
Who with sword of Rebellion bound firm on !
their thigh,
Went forth with strong will to be freemcn or
DEF
Signed their hands to that great declaration
that We
So boast /; that nll mon are born equal and free,
And now will you sully the name Of those
sires,
Will you pull down homo nltars and put cut
home fresa
Will you break the bruised heart for the tinse of
the skin,
.nd smother The Godlike that's burning within :
Oh Northman Oh Northman! beware of
the day
When you place yourself thus in hostile
array
'Gainst the seeker Of Freedom, wdaterer las
hue;
Though his skin should be sable, his soul may
Be true.
Is the Negro a Man Hath his voice rot
tone,
A language, music, that answers your owni
Hath he not the same hopes; hath ho not the
same fearsi
Feels he not the same joysi woeps he not the
same tears
DO not the same loves make his lulso wildly
start,
Are not wife mothor-sister, as dear to his
heart;
Bears he not the same sorrow; the same chas-
tening rod;
Has he not tho same Saviour; Aas no not tho
same G0d9
Oh Northman Oh Northman will you be
the knavc,
Thst will! turn out to fettcr tho Fugitive Slave,
and bind like a beast for masters control,
The man to whom God gave reasoning SOUL
And help bear him back into Slavedom again,
40 toll out his years meath the lash and tho
chain
a curse to the land where his sweat drops shall
fall,
a curse to the country that holds him in thrallj
oh Northman Oh Northman beware Of the