Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-02-01
Be OF Coed Courage.

propose TO say few words Of the prin-
ciples oil prospects of the anti-slavery cause.
Their principles ! read in the notices that
adorn these walIs:-'.M men are created
equal DO unto Others as ye ;rould that Hey
should do 10 you.' Aud tho method of pro-
claiming these noble sentiments is written
upon that other standard--'I am in earnest;
iciH not retreat; tcW not grouse I,cM
not equirocd'e; and | WILL DE HEARD
(Chcers.) 1t seems to Inc that the anti-slavcry
cause may well he illustrated by the story
of the Pilgrims; and refer 10 them now,
not only because we have Just come up from
Plymouth, glowing with Pilgrim associations,
hut because the friends of slavery, meeting
in New York on the anniversary OF the land
ing, have been engaged in dcsecrating tie
memories of our fathers, 10y quoting them in
opposition 10 the cause of humanity.
You are charged with being bigoted and
fanatca Do not deny the accusation! A
bigot as we understand the word, is a man
who believes his principles with his whole
heart; fanatic is one who carries those prin-
ciples into his life. Tried by this definition,
what were our Pilgrim Fathers? No cow
Rrdly triinmers, no timid cOmproinscrs
steered the Maynower across the sea, aud
made New England what she is to-day
None but ultras,' none but fanatics, crowd
ed the deck of that noble vessel. Tic early
history of our Commonwealth is not the lis-
tory of Conservatism. Fou8Iicisln laid the
cornerstone, and iron bigo,ry watched eve
ry rising pillar of the State. We are the
children of bigots; oil tlut we have, and
are, and hope, we owe TO fqnaticsm. Let us
not dsdain 10 walk humbly in the footsteps
Of our fathers.
Does it sometimes appear, that the friends
of liberty are weak and powerless, when
compared with the forces mustered OH the
side of the oppressor? Do your hearts ever
faint when you see, on the one part, II lille
band of faithful men aud women, and oil the
other, wealth, talent, influence, prejudice
every source OF power, except Tie TruIlis 7
Look once more OF the story OF our Pilgrim
ancestors. Go back with mo TO the day
when the white sail of the Mayfower is
first seen across the blue waters of Plymouth
Bay, like a faint cloud upon the horizon,-a
little cloud no bigger than mans hand
yet charged with what immortal aud infinite
destinies for the old continent and the new
Aud now contrast the weakness of that band
of shivering cxiles with the greatness OF the
work before them, aud learn that truth, which
every reform illustrates, and which ioye 10
repcat-that no man is weak who IL III earll-
est for the RIGHT. (Applause.)
DO the prospects Of Freedom ever seem
dark? Are you ever inclined TO despair OF
lis triumph? Go back once agtin TO the Pil-
grims, md tell me whether this cause has
ever seen so dark time as that cheerless
November day, when the icy sails oil the
Mayhowcr were lirled in Cape Cod harbor,
aud when our fathers met in her narrow cab
i'm 10 form that famous compact designed to
perpetuate liberty, falsely quoted in defence
of wrong. Tell me, have even you, 10 Mr.
GarrisonI ever known an hour so dark as
that cold morning in March, when our faith
ers met upon the Rock, to lay the fiitieth OF
their number beneath the ground where
Governor Carver and Rose Standish, and so
much of the strength and beauty OF their
Iule band already repoScd; or as that time
of danger in June, when the skies were us
brass, and the earth as iron; when the green
blade was whitening, aud the hope of the
wear was almost cut off? Well said GEoR0E
TsoxP,oS, that the God who guided the