Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-03-22


mill unto Cotton, aud he was unto many of
them ms Conscience.
IL. Now when the decree came to Boston,
divers of the merchants, and of the money
changers not few, md also OF babes aud
sucklngs, in aud about the street called Milk,
rcioiccd thereat with the mob of Belial and
worshipped Cotton. For they said, We
shall now be savory unto the Southernites
aud they will lay tax (called ia their tongue
n Tnriff.l upon the people, for the worship
ers of Cotton, aud the people will sacrifice
unto our net aud our drug, and, like the sons
OF Eli, we shall share in the sacrifice.
Is. Thcu they held a meeting, aud cried
ont, Great is Cotton of the Bostonians; there
is no God hut Cotton aud Money; no King
but Daniel; nothing better than riches, and
no Justice, hut only the Statutes of men.
10. Likewise the nine hundred and four
score aud seven who knew not Good from
Evil, they added further, and wrote letter
unto Daniel, concerning the decree aud
they said, il is the voice of n God, and not
OF mau, hearing it was the voice OF Cot
ton.
30. Ilowbcit there were yet others who
said stuuily, yet in weakness, Nay now, il is
n wicked thing to keep this decree, aud we
will not hecd il, MS the I.ouD liveth, who
brought up our fathers out of England and
helped MS nightly ut Lexington aud Bunker
Hill. Thereupon they looked at the monn
ment aud they said, Ebenezer: Hitherto hath
the Lord helped us.
81. So they badc the. outcasts to tarry
even in Boston, saying, BE ye of good cheer;
if the Lord he on our side who shall rise up
against us?
% Now there WIS n certain Satrap in
Boston named Charles, appointed To ensnarc
the outcast, aud 10 watch for his haltDg.-
The same was mn upright man aud modest,
yea, comcly without aud not evil ia his heart,
albeit hc swore by Cotton 10 keep the law.
This man was accused unto Daniel, that he
could not do a disagreeablc duty and with
alacrity. So he was had before the King in
his palace, to shew cause of his slackness.
%. And while he was sbsent, certain
subaltern of his, II Bumbailifl, called Patrick,
stood in his place, and was his deputy Sa-
trap. The same was n Paddyite, from an
Island where, it is said there he 10 tonds,
(hclike it is as it is so said, because they
come AWAY thence, and squat in other lands
10 do mischief therein,
"a. Then Patrick, the Bum-bali(f called
together the servants of the chief Satrap, his
beadles and his runners aud his scouts aud
his spies, aud his hog reeves and his Geld
drivers, and swore after his fashion, BY the
shoul of 81. Patherick that they would tnke
them an ouicast aud sell him unto bondage.
And the thing pleased the fellows, for like
consortetb with like.
25. So they went aud laid hands on one
Shadracb, servant in an inn. Aud they
took bin away from his irying-pans, aud his
skillets, and his ovens, aud his gridirons aud
his spts, wherewiIh he had made ready a
feast for this ungodly crew.
25. And they had him into the court in his
shirt sleeves, with his serving-upron on, and
his napkin about his neck, and the SAVIOR OF
their breakfast in his garments. And he
was there on trial for his lite and liberty be-
fore single Scribe; aud such was the de-
cree.
%. Then arose George, one of the Scribes,
and sat down in the seat of the Scorner, aud
made all things ready for TO deliver up Shad-
rach unto the torlncntors. Now the decree
went, that If the Scribes sent the ontcast i'll
TO bondage, they should receive ten talents
of silver, but il Into freedom, only five tai
ents. For Daniel, Of oil men, knew that a
Gift pervereth judgment.
%. Then said the Bun-bailiff, making a
grent swell in the Court, and looking brave
and big, Will ye not buy this slave Of me ?
DHt ITO one OllcTcu 10 Dlll " Hldu.
90. Then there urose one Seth, u Centuri-
on, the servant of the kidnappers, mnn OF
mean stature, having very litile hat in his
hand, aud demanded TINT Shudrach should
he delivered up unto his tormentors, and that
suminarIly.
80. Then Shadrnch cried unto the LORD,
saying, oil! LoRD Con, who vert with Jonah
in his extremity, and ddst deliver thy pro-
plet out of the liou's den, and Shadrach, my
father, out of the furnace of fire, deliver me
also out of the hands of this Bun-bailiff.
81. Then the LoRD Con answered his
prayer, and said, Fear not, Shadrach Lo,
am with thee, unto the end of the world.
80. Then the Loan, whose eyes are in cv-
cry place, beholding the evil and the good,
sent down his Messengers from before his
face, aud it was all dark about them, and the
doors were opened, no man knowing how ;
hut some said il Numbered aud others, that
the earth bad quaked. Then the Angels
came into Court, and for fear of them Bum
bailf and his beades and his runners, and
his spies and his hog-reeves aud his field
drivers and all the crew OF them, did quake
likewise and stood still.
80. Yea, the Bum baiiff even added vet
above all, TINT he shrunk down behind the
door aud became as dead dog; for all that
he did 10 us, was to swell and look big.
"a. But the Angel of the LoRD took Shad-
rach in the hollow of his hand and carried
him out of the great city, even out of the
midst of Boston at high noon; and ON the
way showed him the stones of Help, the
monuments at Bunker Hill, and at Lexing-
ton, and at Concord, and comiorted his heart
in him, and set him down in a safe place
prepared for him.
35. All this happened that it might he full
filled which was written,-He taketh the
wise in their own eraftiness, and the counsel
of the wicked is carried headlong yea, an
other Scripture likewise saith, The sinner
shall not escape with the spoils, and the pa
tsnes Of the godly shall not be frustrated,
AMEH AND AMEN,