Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-04-19


the more precious to his Parent because OF
hi, wrongs and miscrics; you the more gull
~ and acCurscd, IT. YOU pity not those mise
ries, If YOU seek not to redress those wrongs.
Listen again. II is Gods method TO save
man by man. Hence your missionaries scat
tered over the fjrce of the earth. Have you
faith to believe that you can save your broth
er in Japan, in Burmnh, in the interior OF
Africa. nj the untipodes, aud have you none
in the cause ofyour brother here? Remcm-
bcr, "Ilc who cares not for the things of his
own house. has denied the faith, and is worse
than an iufidel" Think not that one Chris
tian mude abroad, will atone for thousand
heuthens made at home. Who hath requir-
ed this at your hands, it it is not also requlr-
cd that you first cease from blood-guiltness
at home? The slave is helpless. The fur
thcr ou are from him the greater your obl-
CATION to mid him. The law, which is your
guardian angel here, is his destroying angel
there. The army, which protects you from
invasion here, invndes his sacred rights, aud
is maintained to butcher him it he dare to
assert the dignity of man. The Chrlstiani-
" which tells you at the North to be free,
tells him to crouch at the feet of tyrNut,
and to take toll aud chnstisemcut with graft
tudc, for the Lords sake. Do you tell me
these are not your views? | tell you that
for that very reason, it is your duty to EN-.
brace this cause, for you are the very persons
that can help the slave.
You tell me it is a question Of property
know it-of property of God in man, and
man in himself. As for the property of man
in man, the doctrine is the boldest blnsphe-
my that ever was preached. Man can hold
no property in man. Grant that man eau
hold property in man, and our ground Is
gone, aud we are impairment Intermediates
and are seeking to invade legitimate vested
interests. But embrace the contrary doc
trine, and we ure co-workers with God, and
have universal truth, aud the elements OF hut
man nature, aud the cousciences of all men
and the echoes ofall hearts, and the instincts,
affections, agOnies and cXIltatons of human
ily on Our side. No! Man can hold no pro-
porly IN man. Man hold property in man :
Cun finite creature be God and man nt the
same time The servant OF his own Maker
and the nramt aud owner of his fellow p
Can man, made in the image of God, and
but Il ltlc lower than the angels, he man
and beast at the samc time ? Can the pot
shcrd own the potshcrd? the unrepcniunl
tyrnut be the owner of ChTists free man
tho child OF the Devil sell tic temple of the
the Righteous Judge hand over his prcrogn
tive tn.gsnn,llers, ndaitercrs aud whore inons
ers ? Has tho niaster II soul? 80 has the
slave. IL he iumouaI? Sois tie slave. l.
he responsible? So is the slave. Has liC
affections So has tie slave. Does he hope
fear. lpve--kunw Joy. sorrow, anger, hatred
revenge? 30 does the slave. Must the one
Dee itee. Iiut he mny serve Cod? So MUS
the ulhur. Nuuld the Que hG tOrmrntcd bN
slavery, and lose his crown OF earthly glory
in the day when SLAVE WIS written on lli
brow? IL is even 30 with tie slave. How
| then, can heing, no better ut his birtli--n'
| better in his clcmCuis--uu higher III liis DIES
! tinies--whOm worms will devUlir and io
! whom the same Judgment waits, own hi
! icllow-man? lie lies, WHO snys he can.-
| What, then, is Your duty aud nine? Ii i,
to abjure This lie-to expose ito hunt
! through the world, aud out of the world, Il
| It's native hell. Ii is, TO demand That on
! hIolllcr shall no longet be the victim of tlli
! lie. Ii is, to make the man who lives am
| practices this lie a monster. IL is, in wore
10 substitute the truth for this lie. How sim
! pie is the truth! MAN is MAN. Art thou
man, and no more? the negro is man, AM
| no less. Ought you to be free? SO ongl
he. Would the man he villain who plun
dcred your cradle? The man is villai
who plumbers any cradle. Ii You were
slave, would you be free noio? Go, then
and demand the instant freedom of the nc
gro. This is the work before us. Let u
he worthy of il. That we may free Others
let us be free ourselves. That we may fire
the slaves at the South let us give freedom
to each other Mt the North.
Then Knavcs and Fools may rage and storm
And growing Bigots may deride-
The trembling slave away may run,
Or ia Tyrant's dungeon hide;
But free, aud bold, and true, and good,
We to this oath our seals will set
From pole to pole, we'll free each soul,
The world shall be f;v better get.