Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-08-02


es, join hands with our wicked Rulers, and
IN the maine of God bid us obey, without
hesitation, law OF utter and unparalleled
wickeducss! Yea, they bid us go, if our
country should call US. to the battlefield in
support Of this law, aud in Gods name take
the life OF its opposcrsp
They vote down the proviso of freedom,
aud open vast empires for the extension aud
Perpetuation of human bondage. The arch
traitor who secured this disastrous result Of
icrs, III excuse, the plea that to pass this
proylso is re-enaclng the laws of God, by
which, without our aid. slavery is surely ex-
cluded. He knelc, and The rorld knotUs TO-DAY,
The utter Ja'Scness Of his base plea
There is a life yet to be written, which
will illustrate with n painful interest aud
power the apostacy of this nation. | refer
to one gifted by his heavenly Father with
tIunscendent nbilities,-born and nurtured
through all his early years among the insti-
tutions Of New England, who went forth in
20 the strife Of u stirring life with deep relig-
ious convictions, with noble aims IN view.-
On Plymouth Rock, on Bunker Hill, on all
the fields made rich and sacred by patriot
blood of Revolutionary sires, there poured
iOrtll-an offering to Liberty--hs voice has
been recognized, giving utterance to some
'of the noblest sentiments, aud most sweetly
spoken, ever heard Oh earth. The Old Com
monweatII has lavished her honors upon
him, her adopted aud best beloved son. But
he has fallen, and is now a wrCtched, ruined
old man. lie went aside from the straight
path of reclltudc, led OIL by ambition, ured
by impure passions, from one degree OF
baseness to another aud deeper, till, on the
seventh of March, 1850, he stood up in his
place in the Senate of the United States,
and publicly disowncd the noble principles
of his early and innocent days, and offered
his own shameless service to the cruel slave
power. Now you may see that proud intel
lect darkened aud dehased, and the beloved
champion, the very Samson OF New En-
gland, the pensioned agent of oppression,
grinding in the prison-houso of the Philis-
tines =
'Now remember these ministers know
things. They have the Bible in their hands,
and they cannot plead ignorance to justify
their course. ! said they were doing this
for some paltry consideration of present
interest. DR.. Dewey, who affirmed his readi
ness TO surrender child or mother, il ncces
sary TO preserve this Union, has obtained hi
reward. He is appointed Chaplin in the Ma
Wy, and will stand very fine chnnce TO b,
chosen Chaplain of the Senate OF this grea
Union. distinctly impcach these men o.
treason against Christ. Aud mark you this
prediction, the revelation of Eternity will
sustain this fearful charge. Those ministers
who take the Bible in their hands, aud preach
the duty of obedience to this bill of abomi-
nation, are traitors before God aud hypocrits
before men,
There is no service you can render TO
God so acceptable as this, TO succor and re-
lieve his oppressed, his suffering child. So
highly does God regard this service, that he
records it in the Book of Life, aud in the
Great Day rewards the doer for these acts of
Love and Kindness, on the ground that they
were rendered to Himself But so sternly
does God ahhor contempt of man in his sul-
icring need, that 10 him who has been guilty
OF sighting aud despising the needy aud the
oppressed, lie will say at that time Of final
award, 'lnasmuch us ye refused TO minister
to these suffering children of oppression, ye
despised and hated me; depart, ye workers
of iniquity.'
These are only a few out of many similar
things which ! might offer you. But, like
the grapes which Caleb aud Joshua brought
back from their pioneering, they show what
a land of promise there is on the other side
of Jordan. The Dewcys and the Rogerses
do not represent the Conscience of the
of America; only the COMMERCE
thereof We need not despair of Church
which can speak thus. Little associations
are passing resolutions against the wicked
and cruel law-refusing obedience to it,
The soul Of the Puritans has not wholly
died out of the churches of New England;
nay, it is not wholly asleep, and never will
be!
Hear what some of our brethren say on
the other side of the water:-
At the halfyearly meeting of the Bristol
and Worcestershire Congregational Union,
held at Nailsworth, on the 10Th inst, the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously passed:
- That the grief and shame which we have
long felt OH account of the slavery which
prevails in several of the United States of
North America, are greatly aggravated by
the fact, that not a few Christian Churches
and Christian ministers, SO called, plead for
the continuance of that wreIched system;
that our sorrow has been recently still fur
ther deepened by the atrOcious Fugitive
Slave Law which the legislature of the
S"hSu OlutSS nus cuuCttu lldlj hhhC ~
would pain us to do anything which should
even seem inconsistent with international
hospitality, especially towards our trans-At-
lantlc kinsfolk, during the approaching Con-
gress in London, we deem it right TO express
our unanimous determination not to admit
TO our pulpits any minister Of religion, what
soever may be his reputation in the States,
who hesitates to avow his adherence of
slavery, and his earnest desire for its speedy
abolition; but that, on the other hand, we
regard those American ministers, who IN
their own country boldly declare their anti
slavery principles, to be worthy of double
honor.''
These are Orthodox dissenters who pass
such resolutions.
The amount of heroism called forth in be-
half of the fugitive slaves is encouraging
The Vigilance Committee in Boston sent out
their circulars asking for money. Poor min
listers and feeble churches sent their two or