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

to mark out--no confession TO make, except
that VIC have come short in zeal, sclf-sacrifcc,
dcvotcdncss. If the Declaration of Independ-
enec is to be cherished, we are right; If the
gospel is to be obcycd, VIC arc right; If man is
man, we arc right We may safely defy the
world to show wherein VIC have demanded any
thing unreasonable for the slave, or unjust to
the master. What we protest against is con-
duct so tremendously wrong, so awfully impi-
Gus, that no language can oxaggcrnto 1.-THE
reducing of rational, accountable, immortal
being to the condition OF beast. We deny
that man can be rightfully the property fmon.
1t is the plancst of all propositions, and needs
no proof. The people that reject this are filed
with tyranuical spirit; the law that contra
vencs this is iniquitous, and to be disoheyed at
all hazards; the govmcrnmcnt that rcpudiatcs
this is essentially dcspotic, and forcits all claim
to respect, all right to exist. Injustice cruelty
oppression, there arc the works of the devil,
not to be tolerated but destroyed Whoever
undertakes to enforce them, whether called
President, Judge, or Commissioner, ranks him
self among the enemies of mankind; and must
take his place in history by the side of such
monsters as Caliguln, Nero and Domitian. A
compact made at the expense of the rights and
liberties of any portion of the people is "cov-
enont with death and an agreement with hell -
and that covcnant-so runs the promise of God
shall be nnnullcd, and the agreement shall
not s,and when judgment is laid to the line,
and righteousness to the plummet; and the
hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and
the waters shall overflow the hiding-placc.-
"Opcn yc the gates, that the righteous nation
which kccpcth the truth may enter in. Trust
We in the Lord forever for in the Lord Jehovah
is everlasting strength For he bringcth down
them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he lay
eth it low hc laycth it low, even to the ground
he bringcth it even TO the dust. The foot shall
tread it down, even the foot of the poor, and
the steps of the needy
have Just been cursorily reading work,
published in London in 1902, entitled, "Tho'ts
and Inquiry on the Principles and Tenure OF
the Revealed and Supreme Law" with refer
cncc TO African Slavery, "Bcng humbly sub
mittcd to the British Legislature, and to the
Public in general" by p. w. Hall. As have
never seen copy of il before, and as it contains
many things (somcwhat quantity exprcsscd,)
very pertinent to our land and times, l am
tempted to occupy the remainder Of my sheet
with few quotations
"Among the most abandoned and yillnnous
pursuits of men, that of modern slavery has
claimed the pre-cmnence as most abomn-
able. And it has appeared throughout all its
long continued depression of men by mon, ns
not only contrary to every mark of Christian
but as a most horrible disgrace to human ma
turc; and which, to the universal shame Of
civilized and enlightened nations, is very de-
basing TO them, who have imbucd their hands
in the blood of iniquity, oppression, cruelty,
and murders, by shamcfully eountcnancins
and suffering laNlcss ruffians, robbers, and de-
prcdators, to 20 out from them to various pla-
ccs of the earth, TO rob and extripatc the inhab-
itants and, for the purpose of cursed avaricc,
to set mp traffic in men, as if they were beasts
to capture murder, and enslave the people of a
dark complexion, and with internal intrepid
ity to carry them away with hostile force from
the coast of Africa to all their colonies, which
they have founded in oppression, injustice, MUIR
der and blood.
"That accursed avarice and british wicked
ness has led the tyrannical oppressors, in the
insolcncc of their infdelty and arrogance, to
form laws of iniquity for establishing combina-
tions of yillany; and the entertainments of its
vcrriality have so prevailed over the nations
that deprivation of every principle OF justice,
honesty and humanity, has so debased the un-
dcrstandings of men, that they have formed
systems of government, civil policy, and laws oi
commerce dramatically opposite, and contrary
10 the express laws Of revealed wisdom, and ev'
cry sacred right of man.
The refinery of our civilization has extended
protection and support to combination o.
manstcalers and Shareholders, contrary to al
law. reason and justice, and the efficient eXecu'
ton of the Just law has no authority over them
because those who ought to be the judges anc
administrators of the law, and the deprcdatori
and oxtortionefs, are partners in the matter =
and the only true law, either in its severity oi
wise and merciful mitigatons, is not regarded
How long shall it be o Lord God of Hosts
that the people and nations will rebel agains
thee, and forsake thy lawi
"What a coyetous, wicked and iniquitou'
generation do wo yet live in When thieves
and oppressors can rob others and bring u
gain, for our own profit, Oe lei them go /; bu
when they rob owselres of some money an'
other triAes of temporary use, VIC hang them
according to the equilibrium law ofour land
"That audacious, tyrannical and accursct
avarce which has set up its dominion owe
men as property, has extended into the yer.