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

n;ng nrepnrations made for deiacing the |
Creotor,s Imnpe. from the moment Of its all- !
nearance here on earth, aud stamping over il |
ihe image of the Devil. ] saw, from those
reekipr and pcrnicious stews, the aveDgihg
conseguences of such Sin issuing forth, and
penetratng to the highest places. saw the
rich struck down in their strength, their dar-
limo children weakened aud withered, their
mnrrianenble sons and daughters perish in
their prime. | saw that not one miserable
wretch brcathed ont his poisoned life in tho
deepest cellar of the most neglected town,
but from the surrounding atmosphere, some
pnrticulnrs of his infection were borne swny,
charged with heavy reuibution on the gene
raj guilt.
There were many attentive and alarmed
uersons looking OIL, who saw these things
TOO They were well clothed, aud bad purs-
es in their pockets; they were educaied, full
of kindness, and loved mercy. They said to
one another "1his is horrible, and shall not
belD and there was stir among them TO
set it right. But, opposed 10 these, came
small multitude of noisy fools aud greedy
knayes, whose harvest was IN such horrors;
and they with inpudence aud turmoil, and
with scurrilous jests at misery and death, re-.
pelled the better lookers-on, who soon lell
back, and stood aloof.
Then. the whisper went among those het-
tcrs lockers on, saying, Over the bodies OF
those fellows, TO the remedy"
But. each of them moOdily shrugged his
shoulders, and replied, " 1t is great wrong
BUT IT WILL LAST MY TINE And SO
they put it from them.
isaw great library of laws and aw-pro-
ccedinrs, so complicated, costly, aud unin-
-u..-.i.I. ,L,, oltLnuuh tunIprz af lnmVprs
united i'm a public fiction that these were
wonderfully Just and equal, there was scarce
ly nm honest man among them, but who
said 10 his friend, privately consulting him,
Better put up with fraud or other injury
than groupe for redress through the mani
fold blind turnings and strange chances OF
this SYSTEM
| saw portion Of the system, called (of
all things) EQUIrr, which was ruin to suit
ors, ruin to property, shield for wroDg-do-
ers having money, u rack for rlglt-doers
having none; by-word for delay, slow ago
ny of mind, despair, ilnpoverishment, tricke-
ry, confusion, insupportablc injustice.
main part of it, | saw prisoners wasting III
inil; mad people in hospitals; suicides chron-
icled in the yearly records orphans robbed
of their inheritance; infants rghted lper-
haps) when they were grey.
Certain lawyers and laymen came togeth-
er, and said TO one another, sin only one oil
these our Courts of Equity, there are years
of this dark perspective before us at the
present moment. We must change this"
Uprose, immedialy, a throng of others,
Secretaries, Petty Bags, Hampers, Chaff-
wakes, aud what not, singing (in unswer)
" Rule Britannia" and "God save the
Queen !" making flourisling speeches, pro-
nounced hard names, demanding commit
tees, commissions, commissioners and other
scarecrows, aud terrifying the little band OF
innovators out of their five wits.
Then, the whisper went among the latter,
as they shrunk back, saying, I" If there is
any wrong within the universal knowledge,
this wrong is. Go on! Set it rigbtw
Whereon, cnch OF them sorrwiuu, Thrust
his hands in his pockets, und replied, "lt is
indeed great wrong ;-BUT 1T WILL LAST
MY TINE !"-and so thy put it from them.
The Spirit, with its face concealed, SUM-
moued all the people who had used this
phrase about their Time, Into its preseuce.-
Then, il said, beginning with the Minister OF
| State:
"Of what duration is your Time?"
! The Minister of State replied, "AIy an
cent family has always been long lived
My father died at eighty-iour; my grand
lher, at nineiy-two. We have the gout,
but bear it like our honors) many years"
"And you," said the Spirit to the Priests
and Teachers, what may your time be !"
Some, believed they were so strong, as
that they should number many more years
tlun ihreescore and ten; others, were the
sons of old inculnbents who had long out
lived youthful eXpectanis. OILERS, ior any
means they had of calculating, might be
long-liyed or short-lived-generally (they
hud strong persuasion) long. So, among
the lawyers aud laymen.
But, every man, as understand you, one
and al, a." said the Spirit, " has his time ~
"Yesw they exclaimed together.
eyes" said the Spirit; "and it is-ETER-
NIFTY! Whosoeyer is u consenting party to
u wrong, comforting himself with tile base
reflection that il will last his time, shall bear
his portion Of that wrong throughout ALL
TINE. And, in the hour when he and l
stand face to face, he shall Uurely know it, as
my name is Death ~
1t departed, turning its shaded face hither
and thither as it passed along upon its ceuse-
less work, aud blighting all ON whom il
looked.
Then went among many trembling hear.
ers the whisper, saying See, each OF you
before you take your ease, o wicked, selfish
men, that what will last your time be Jusi
enough to last forever"