Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-02-15

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failed to remember them that are IN BONDS
ms bound with them'-it is all DESIRE oho
thing can truly affirm II have counted no
thing too dear TO peril in the cause 10 Whlcn
INV iiCa is devoted. For that cause have
sacrificed whatever is desirable in good re-
mutation, or pleasant in human friendship, or
allurinr in worldly udvacement. For II
have broken the strongest political ties, ana
| divorced myselffiom once vcnei aicd religious
| associations; assured that whatever is hos
| uIc TO its progress must be inherently cor
rnpt or erroneous, whichever its pretcnsions
| to patriotism or piety.
Here must pause. am wholly unable
to express my feelings. thank you for this
kind manifestation of your regard. But,
without your cooperation, what could have
done? 1t is such as | see around me, aud
others equally loborious in the field else
where, who have given such an impetus TO
the cause of emancipation. can add no
more Loud chccrs.)
GEORGE THOMPSON was the next speakcr.-
After pertinent exordium, he proceeded to
narrate the circumstances attending his carly
| acquaintance with Mr.. Garrison, and dwelt
with great oarncstness and cloquencc upon the
important services he had rendered to the cause
of the slave.
As the porplexed fugitive in his wander
ngs has ever found one star in the heavens
to guide and cheer him, and show him the
| path TO freedom, so have ever found MIR.
Garrison in the same place in the unti-slave-
ry frinament-the lone particular star. En-
thusiasm.) Let us hear in whot spirit he be-
gan his great work. ] read from the first
page of the first number of the Liberator.-
| Here is my friends vindication of pluinness,
and what men call severity of language =
Il am aware that many object TO the Sc
verify of my language. But is there not
cause for severity? | will be as harsh rs
Truth, as uncompromising as Justice. On
| this subject, do not wish to think or speak
or write with moderation. No! No! Tell n
man whose house is on fire TO give modcr-
ate alarm. Tell him to moderately rescue
his wife from the hands ofthe ravisher. Tell
n mother gradually to rescue her babe from
the fire. But urge inc not to Use moderation
in cause like the present. (Cheers.)
There spoke the man who, from the be-
| gining remembered them that were in bonds
as bound with them, and felt as hc would
have done if the i1ttcr had been upon his
own limbs. This language bespeaks the
man in earnest. II reminds me of a story
told of an ancient orator. 1t is said that he
was once besought by man, who complain
ed that he had been previously outraged and
insulted, TO take up his cause and obtain JUS
tice for him. The manner in sASiiirhE ,i-r
man told his story led the advocate to say, i
cannot vindicate your cause, for do not be-
licve YOU have suffered ns you have stated
'Noi believe it, said the man, his whole man
ner changing IN moment, Il tell you il is
true-true, by the Gods! ! was insulted in
the presence of my lellow-ciiizens wus
spat upon was struck foul blow! Not
| believe it it!'-'lloldp = said the orator; now
believe all that you have said. Now, you
! speak like an injured man. i read the truth
of your story in the fire of your eye, in the
quiverimg Of your lips, in the tremor of your
muscle. Now, you shall have justce.-
! (Cheers) Sir, the man who takes Just view
of the institution of slavery, aud all its guilt,
and sufferngs, and horrors will not speak of
it in measured language, and with less con-
Germ than of n prick with needle npon his
own little finger. The man TO whom God
has given the capacity TO perceive the essen
ta sinlulness OF slavery, and TO fathom
uright the deep dannation of the deed, will,
like MIR. Garrison, fling moderation TO the
winds. The man who lives in the daily con-
temptation of the all but infinite criminality
of the act of making one immortal being a
slave, and then multiplies the crime three
million times, will find that human language
supplies no terms in which adequately to
describe aud denounce the outrage commit
ed against the majesty OF Heaven and the
rights of the human race. (Applause.) Mr.
Garrison proceeds
Il am in earnest. | will not eqitiuOcdte. i
will not ercuSe. | will not retreat n single
inch. And ,ViH be hedrd9 (Sensalion.)
These words should give us pause, for
they are among the most remarkable, as
they are among the most emphatic and pro-
phetic ever uttered. Through coming years
and ages, they will he household words over
the vast continent ofAmerica. They const;-
tute the picture of the man before you.
have met with nothing in the language OF
any other Reiorner that ever gave ne so
, clear an insight into the soul of man, as these
words into that of Mr.. Garrison. Illuminat-
, ed by his subsequent life, | am satisfied that
l knot0 The man.
William Lloyd Garrison is our cherished
Q guest tonight; but he is also on his trial.
a lie shall be tried by his own words, aud YoI
: shall deliver the verdict On the first day o
!, January, one thousand eight hundred ant
5 thrty-one, this same William Lloyd Garri
!; son did fling upon the breeZe-ay, twas in
/ deed so flung, for Heaven was its only guide
to the place where it should iall-this firs
t number of the LibeatOr newspaper, where
g on he did inscribo these words, amongs
Z others--'I AM IN EARNEST i call upoI
| you who are here assembled, who have beef
l witnesses of his life and conversation from
, that day forth until now, to say whether, b.
: his deeds, he has demonstrated the truth o
I that declaration? ['Yes, yes.' He di'
further say-'I WILL NOT EQUIvocATE.-
!. Your verdict! Have you, during the lonI
= course of twenty years, ever known the maj
to forsake the straight line of plain and man
G ly teaching, for one that was indirect, an
0 tortuous, and unworthy No! Neyer'
3 Have you ever known him to mix, to modify
0 to adulterate, or to accommodate the truth p
i 'NeverP1 He did further say, Il WILL no
y EXCUSE Have you ever known him, i