Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-29
VOL. 7.

you" "Love thy neighbour As THYsELF," &c.
A people protesting to believe these rules, and
many more like them, TO be Divine, and yet
between their times oe Preaching, Praying,
Singing and Shouting, they swear in the name
Of God, We WILL deliver unto his master
the servant, &c. We sciH bewray him that
VANDERBILT. We will not hide the outcast. We
/ will not feed the hungry, nor bring the poor to
our houses, nor will we do to others what srery
one of us kao,o, we would have others do to us !.
and when through with this oath taking opera
tion, they scampcr away to their places of wor-'
ship. and raise a hidcous yell in the shape Of a
| prayer, and preach sermon on the Immortality
Of the soul, sing a song of praise, and shout
glory to God in the highest, tell their christian
experience, throw into the Missionary Treasu-
ry, pay their subscriptions in support of the
Gospel (!!) and go out into society with a long
sombcr eountcnancc, and rcprovc the first sister
they meet with, for wearing an earring, or for
having too many ribbons on her bonnet, orr
some ono, they think, is not orthodox in doc
trinc, and they arc greatly concerned, lest this
hereto should have to roll and plunge amid the
sulphurious flames Of an endless hell or, somo-
body else is, in their opinion, an infdcl hence
their first duty is, to tell lie concerning him.
Now the above may seem, to some minds to be
severe; but is it not truc' answer yes. We
have just the state of things above described;
it is fair representation of Democracy, Patri-
otism and Religion in Pennsylvania And they
/ who cannot be base enough to act thus, or to
have "pleasing degree of Union" with those
who do; arc iqficS and traitors and IL Judge
Kane, (who is full brother to the Cain VIC read
of } is to decide the case, will have to be hargcd.
On tho other hand, we have few brave souls
who defy ALL the laws, Gods, religions, gibbcts,
and gallowscs of the majority; and standing
upon their ocn manhood, refuse to be kidnap-
pcrs. Thank Heaven there arc goodly num-
Der of names, who have not de6led their gar
ments. nor bowed the knee TO Banl--who are
ready to tear down jails, or walls however
cred, in order to save mcn-thcy nrc ready for
Judge Kane's (Cain's) hangman, or for the
Mcthodists faggot, or for Prcshytcrians dun
gcon, or for the fines and imprsonmcnts of those
Free Sellers who arc so rcry loyal to this Union
I and government.
! But these .fc,r have to cortcnd with the many
/ and can mako but little progress in their great
! work but their most fatal foe, is the influence
of those who profess to bc engaged in the same
good cause.
As it is in other reforms; so in this, truck
ling, cowardly, timc-scrvng professed abolition
lists, is only icorSe than dead weight. And,
there arc those, who are too religious, either to
aid the Disunion Abolitionists, or, to let them
work alone; hence they feel it to be their first
duty, wherever they so, to cry "Infdel," &C.,
and to destroy the reputation of the Disunion-
lists as far as possible; and to this very lauda-
bic work, they seem to have given themselves,
soul, body and spirit oven unto strange towns,
and communities where eomc-outcr has ncv-
cr been. A case of this kind occurred very re-
Gently. Ono of those exceedingly Anti slave
ry Ministers, of ono of those very Anti Slavery
Churches; when in Convention with oac, who,
says that he would help catch. up a mother,
who, was escaping with her infant from Slave
ry, and return her to her mastcr and that he
would think that he was doing service 10 God,
by so doing yet this good anti-slavcry Minis
ter of good things, could not converse with such
an ono, without pouring forth his invctivc, and
pcnt-up spleen upon the devoted head of ono of
his ncighbors who has made more sacrifice for
Anti-Slavcry in one week, than he himself ever
has, or perhaps ever will. Such Anti-S avery
is not fit for decent mans dung-h
But finally, dear Brethren and Sisters, let us
renew our diligence, in the Slaves behalf We
have mighty forces to contend against on the
side OF the oppcssor is power, and the opprcs-
sed have but few to comfort them. The wea-
pons Of our warfare must not be carnal but
holy, pure, and good. Let us hold ourselves
ready for the worst for it appears that our
former suifcrings, in the way of rcproaches and
slander, by hoartlcss Church have been only
the forcrunncr OF still greater trials. The timc
is coming and now is when to be christian, is
Capital Crime. Scoursings, cruel torturings,
and hanginss are to be the order of the day, in
this free and Christian land. Shall we faltor.
Shall We un-mnn oursclycsi Arc we ready to
be Martyrs,
Let us give ourselves to the work in that
spirit, which says "live or die" "sink or swim,"
Survive or PERISH" VIC will NEVER be un--
faithful to our brother in chains. If we love
life more tEan Humanity, we are not worthy to
be part of humanity. Set your faces, as
flint against the spirit of our times, both in
Church and State fight the good fight of works,
and YOU shall have eternal lie bc instant in
season, and out of season, rcprovc, rebukc and
cxhort with all long suffering and doctrine and
the God Of goodness shall be with you.
Yours for the slave, live or die,
. T. SETuV