Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-08-02
GEletttons.
The Voice Of the Pulpit.

Close Of Theodore PUker's Speech at he
.Netc England Contention May l5.
Look moment now at the pleasing side
OF our history, at the NORMAL MOVEMENT OF
AMERICA during the same time. That anti
slavery enterprise has called forth an amount
of disinterested heroism and self.denial
which is rare in any age. True Ideas have
been set forth in opposition to the three false
Ideas OF the pro.slavery party. The true
design of government has been stated the
true design of human law, and the true re-
lotion of the traditions of men TO tho etcr-
nal commands of God-und the true pre-
cepts which are the collateral security there
OF; all these Lave been set before the pco-
pie with clearness and strength-yea, with
eloquence and beauty. Inquiries have been
made as TO the value of human government,
the foundation of human law and of the OBJ
legations men owe TO it. The great truth
has been widely spread abroad, that the Law
of God Is over all human statutes, and
man must pay allegiance TO that, though all
the governments of the world say no.
III Congress and out of it we have had
noble speeches and noble truths-ffom
Chase and Seward aud Hale and Giddings
and Fowler and Allen aud Mann; from
Charles Sumner-who has an early reward
for good deeds, and hope will do more
than redeem his early promise. One other
niaI,-shy and retired, hut always a power
fully ally OH the side of Human Liberty and
the Eternal Laws of God, Ia fit defender of
the First Good, first Perfect and first Fair
has come forward aud delivered his
thought ut the right time and place. Ii was
appropriate that the man in whose intellect,
80 fairly just, so plainly fair, the spirit of
America now eliminates and comes to con-
sciousness; it was appropriate that Emer-
son, like Michael Angelo and Milton, should
come out Of his study TO the defence of the
Eternal Rights of man. lie has added
new laurel to his bonored brow.
Let me come to the conduct of the cler-
gy. The clergy of New England have OF.
ten been tried. Sometimes they have not
stood the rack. They have never lone so
well as in this their greatest trial. The rea-
son is plain enough. The Fugitive Slave
Law is not only hostile TO the noblest in
stincts of human nature, to the commands
of justice, TO the principles and sentiments
of Christianity, hostile to the design of all
righteous laws,-which is TO do justice, to
harm no one, TO give every man his OWL
but il is adverse TO the very letter of the BIZ
ble--New Testament and Old Testament
WV llCt HlC ICuu lOu cOtuc hlpilluCUUl lflluRb.
Here is sermon from DIR. Furness of Phil
adelpha, always OH the side of right
preached there April 10:
IF the South be serious-what is impli-
ed? When she says, Return our fugitives
or we will secede, does not the South virtu-
ally declare that the essential value of the
Union, to her, consists in the protection
which it oftords to her slave property? She
wants us-it appears we are necessary TO
her-only as her slave hunters and slave
drivers. And are these offices, will not
say for Christians but for men? If upon,
these terms we maintain the Union, what, in
the name of all tina. is honorable, is the
Union to us, Union by which one party is
10 possess slaves, aud the other TO stand
guard over them, and hunt them us occasion
may require? To be sure, they will pay us
in trade, and we may grow rich, but what is
all this wealth by which we buy only shame
it may gild but il cannot hide our chains
II cannot ransom our lost hour. We are
nothing but slave drives, after all, every man
of us. Are we ready TO make up our mind
TO occupy SO pitiable position? If we do,
we must first forget our fathers. We must
disown our Christianity utterly. we must
deny our Cod
Here ID anothel from OLIVER STEAhNs OF
bingham, modest aud most godly man,
preached March I'd. Hear him:-
Suppose Massachusetts should compel
him DIR. Dewey to 60 in the, fhgitive's
stead, and to remain, what then? Would
he name any consequences in mitigation of
the moral nirocity2 Or would he consent
that his own brother or his own son should
be compelled to 20 az a peace-Otlering P
Brother or son, thank him for the word,-
il gives the true test. look around me
try TO think of some head Of family torn
from il by violence, for no crime, by fate
20 which drowning at sea or perishing of
fever would he blessed boon or of some
young men with bright hopes preparing for
the business of life, or of some fair young
woman,-of my own children--put into nc
tual slavery, with all its liabilities / think
of hopes blasted, of faculties stified, of mind
extinguished, Of the doom on posterty,-and
of this as a peace-ofiering. ng.--and that should
consent to this, No not to save the uni
verse. For where is God2 Where is the
soul7 Where is the law, the law which has
its seat in the bosom of God? Where is
mans moral nature ? Where is lef any
thing worth saving2 consent to that AS
soon would consent to turn this house Of