Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-08

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eoncerns Of the British Americenl Senate, con-
trary to the laws Of justice and reason, bringing
them into considerations and concessions, as If
ROBBERS, thieves and dcpredators had right to
the profits of their perhdyl
80 yc inhabitants of the British [Amcricanl
nation, who have bewitchcd you! Have We
not followed after the idols of your avaricc, and
have adhered to the arrogance of your legsla-
tive assemblies, in setting up laws and statutes,
from time to time, as claiming an arbitrary aa-
hoyiiy 10 themselves, in reversing the laws of
justice and disrcgarding the light of His truth
and the words Of His command, who only cod
make yc wise And as foolish people and a
rcbollious nation, have you not adhered to bar
oartcs and iaics Of murder, which even hcathen
nations would blush to execute; have no
reason to abuse you falsely; your own hypoc-
risy and arrogance will show the matter. Ye
have put away that authority from you, in the
science Of your law, which, in other respects,
ye generally profess to believe. But ye may
''''i "''N 80 '"hb hiiNb"iih NN NAiit ~ NhA
mo- profit you in the end and the truth, while
it gives you light, will bear its own testimony
against you.
"Thc horrible combination Of that man-de-
grading traffic, has appeared as a monster roll
led in blood, as horrible twisting serpent
seeking the vitals of its prey, and as gorging it.
self with the SLAYER Of its own wickeduess and
1t has been suffered to 90 abroad, with all the
power and force of villainy and violence, de-
vouring and expressing men, and has come
back with the turpitude of its cruelty ard vo-
luptuousncss, in all its channels and courses, to
stihc and bonumb the virtues, to tarnish and
corrupt the morals, and to spoil the natural
generosity and urbanity of the people of this
country; and, like a corroding menstruum, it
has speckled the inhabitants with british bar
barity, frctting to the bone, and with tyranny,
cruelty, trcachcry, and covctousncss, in all
their occupations, in their boats, in their ships,
in their houses, in their lands, and in all their
situations, callings and offices Of life. For a
little lcaycn leavcncth the whole lump; and
when tyranny, injustice and oppression have
uill Ioot ullu luNNi NilNS w iAN
,lecp and be still, but go on in all the villanic
| Of violence where they can find occasion, ant
haSc power to exercise its depreciation. II
proportion as any government admits tyranny
injustice and oppression, the people under Its
jurisdiction will be tyrannieai, tredchero,S, cov-
etous aud unjust And when such barbarity as
the abandoned traffic of slavery is any where
tolerated, and suffered with hnpunity, and
without hindrancc by the government Of any
nation, and where almost nothing else in COM
pnrison could be rcckoned as crimes among
men, may not every william exult in his wick
cdncss, and triumph in the guilt of his covct-
ousnoss =
These extracts, my dear friend, strike MI as
very singularly applicable TO the present crisis
in our guilty land They occupy so large a
portion Of my sheet as to exclude some other
topics upon which l intended 10 expatiatc,-
especially in reference to that most heart-rend-
ing and atrocious enactment, the Fugitive Slave
Bill, to denourco and disregard which is the
imperative duty of every one who fears God
and regards man. If to put it bcncPth my feet,
and to hold up those who arc for executing it
to the cxecration Of the world, as the most per-
lidous, inhumOn and lawlcss of men, be rca-
son, then glory in being a traitor, and am
ready for the dungeon or halter at any moment.
All carnal weapons l have long since rcnoun-
ced, but only to put on "the whole armor of
God" that 1 may be able to Withstand in the
evil day and having done all, TO STAND"
''Glory to those who die in this great cause,
Courts, judges, can inhct no brand of shame,
Or shape of death, to shroud them from ap-
plause
No, managers of the martyrs earthly frame
Your hangman fingers cannot touch his fame
Still in our guilty land there shall be some
True hearts, the shrines of Freedoms vestal
namc:- -
Long trains of i'll may pass unhcedcd-dumb,
But Vengeance is behind, ,andJ Justice is to come
Yours, for universal liberty,
WIN. LLOYD GARRISON.
]. NJ. MKM.