Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-07-12

testlIy against II IN the name OF Christ, with
out risk of martyrdom.
And now, in giving you our farewell bene-
diction, we cherish the hope that our sepa-
ration is for n very brief season. Come TO
us again, in the spirit of peace and of liber-
ty, as the way shall be opened TO you by the
guidings of Providence. Long may your
life he preserved, to be the terror of tyrants
aud the hope of the oppressed. The bless
ings of those who are perishing are resting
upon your head: with these are mingled the
best wishes and warmest aspirations of eve
ry true lover of liberty, whose motto is
Patient, firm and persevering-
God speed the right
Ne'er tn event nor danger fearing
God speed the right
Pains, nor tolls, no trials needing,
Aud IN Hearen's oicn time succeeding
God speed the right =
MIR. Garrison concluded his address amid
loud cheering.
MIR. THOMPSON rose TO reply, and was re.
ceived with prolonged cheers. lie spoke as
follows;
Mr.. PRESIDENT, Ladies and Gentlemen,-
shall have TO quit as soon as possible the
unworthy topic suggested by the address
which has Just been read, if am TO speak
few parting words TO the friends who are
now around me. They must be satisfied if
express, in one word, my deep, my earnest,
my undying thanks for the mark of regard
expressed toward me by the gathering to-
gether of this great assembly. never have
been equal to an occasion like the present.
cannot say that ] ever desire 10 be so, for /
fear that If the time should ever come when
such meeting MS this shall inspirit me,
shall be less fiji for labor in that cause, so
dear TO all your hearts, and for whose
sake you are pleased TO offer me this COM
pliment.
Sir, the doctrine which have proclaim
ed throughout this State-which | have
preached, from Portland in the State of
Maine, TO Providence in Rhode Island
from thence to Canada, and from Toronto TO
Philadelphia, is this-thnt men are not law
flll merchandise-that under no conceivable
circumstances can one man rightihlly have
property in another man. tremendous
cheering) | hold no parley with man
thief; he is an atheistical monster, demi-
demon, felon, towering in his guilt above
all other criminals; an intellectual and req
soning brute; the enemy of his species, and
the bodcst traitor against the sovereignty OF
God. (Renewed cbeers.) Man the owner
of ninn man possess n fec simple ia the
soul of his equal! Preposterous blasphe-
my! My friends, we reason too much about
this matter. The horrid lie must be smitten
down, and hurled into the bottomless pit
Those who preach this lie, know it is lie.
The depraved hearts of men would have the
lie believed, but there are not twenty men
among the twenty millions of America, who
believe that making beasts of men is law
iul occupation. A chattel man Why, the
very words contradict themselves. Write
them, and the soul shudders at the lie. Coal
are ineligible words; but
man proprietor! why, the very devil dared
not touch Job until the Lord snid, Behold,
he is in thine hand, but save his life.' am
hated because l have deemed it my duty to
denounce the dtheiSm-mdde-eaS of the A
merican pulpit-because have boldly brand
ed the man, however high his dignity, who
breaches the contrary doctrine, as a man
who has blotted God from the universe, and
laid feon's hand upon human soul. Keep
your standard high, my friends The slave
is MAN
Midway from nothing to tho Deity
Drag the Stakeholder TO the bar of God
confront the caitiff with the al-seeing Jeho-
yah, and the naked soul of his victim; and
make him settle the question, not before
Judge Sprague, with the United States Con-
stution in his hand, but before the Judge of
quick and dead, with bill of sale from the
he can find one. Hold to the
sound doctrine that a man is not a beast,
and stakeholder not a God; and then your
position is impregnable, and your argument
and you shall live amidst the
of truth, and command all the
elements of universal nature, and find an
echo in every human heart, and sway, as by
enchantment, the instincts, affections, in
tellecis and consciences of men.
Sir, have deducted from the doctrine /
have now asserted, the duty and the right of
immediate emancipation. If am asked
when would have slavery cease, answer,
Now Had the power, | would will its
extinction before l could pronounce the
words, Let the oppressed go fiee.' II is
eternally snfe and expedient 10 do right but
oh the guilt and danger of practising the
awful atheism of keeping Gods immortal
children among the beasts of the field. Eve
ry where, therefore, have fearlessly declar-
ed the right of the slave to himself and the
duty of his master to relinqush his felonious
grasp. Any compromise of these grand dis
tinclive principles of the American Anti-Sla-
very Society would be fatal to the success of
the movement. The great work of the abo-
litionist, and of your entire organization, is
TO proclaim these truths, and to keep your
cause as separate as possible from every
kind that compromises, or consents to com
promise OF, these vital, divine, and everlast-
ing principles. Man can hold no property
in man therefore, let slavery be immediate
ly abolished. This is the religion, the poll
tics, the moral ethics, and the political econ
omy OF the abolitionist and whenever his
doctrines are triumphant throughout this
land, host of yexed questions will be laid
at rest, and Union in righteousness bind to-
gether, in bands stronger than iron, the peo-
pie OF this great nation. Loud cheers
Sir, while have preached that men are
men, through all the varieties of our com
mon race, | have also preached that