Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-07-12
SOiree 10 George Thompson.


r occasion and to the speakers, would require
their publication entire.
VIM LLOYD GARRisoN came forward,
and was received with reiterated plaudits.-
lie then proceeded TO address Mr.. Thomp-
son as follows:-
In behalf cf this large and brilliant as
sembly--of a host of ardent friends and adj
vocates of universal emancipation, unavoid-
ably absent on this occasion-I proffcr to
you, our honored guest, George Thompson,
the strongest expressions of personal regard,
and the warmest aspirations for your health
and happiness.
Your object has been one Of disinterested
and godlike philanthropy-to assist, by all
righteous instrumentnlities, in the extirpa-
ton of the most comprehensively cruel and
/. detestable sytem of slavery that ever defied
the living God, or reduced man to the ccndi-
ton of brute. In this you have shown
regard for the honor, prosperity, perpetuity
and glory of this republic, deserving Of its
eternal gratitude, but of which an over
whelming majority of our native population
seem to be utterly destitute. Instead of be-
ing inincal to our theory or form Of gov
ernment, or to the institutions which gener-
ally exist among us, you have constantly en-
/ forced the radical truths which are embodi-
ed in the Declaration of Independence, and
fairly awarded to us all that Justice anc truth
warrant. Your single purpose has been TO
| exhibit the guilt of man claiming property
in man; to open your mouth in the cause OF
all such as are appointed to destruction to
vindicate the right of man to be free; and
to assert the Fatherhood Of God and the
Brotherhood of the Human Race. If you
have arraigned the political parties of the
country, or the government ITSELF or the
leaders Of the people, or the popular religion,
it has been solely ON the ground of their
pro-slnvery character and position. You
have raised no other issue; and in no in
stance have you had any respect unto per-
sons, or manifested any party or sectarian
bias.
On your part, il was no untried expert
ment. former vist,-never to be forgot
ten in the history of this slayeholding repub-
| lie, fully revealed to you the terrible suprem-
acy of the Slave Power over the whole ex-
tent of our national domains-the insults,
outrages, perils, TO which the uncompro-
missing advocate of the slave must be sub
jected. You had counted the cost once
and again. Instead of being received as a
friend, you knew you would be treated as an
enemy. All that n vennl press and time
serving pulpit could do TO make you an OBJ
ject Of detestation, you anticipated they
would do. You came to us with your life in
your hands and il is by the help of God, |
not by the protection of men, that you con- |
tinue TO this day. An example of such |
moral heroism is of more service to the |
world than all the gold of California.
Your visit and labors, though geographi- |
cal and specific, have had worldwide |
bearing. Slavery in this republic obscure,
! IFS otherwise glorious characteristics, gives
to despotism throughout this globe its most
formidable weapon, obstructs the progress of
freedom universally, strengthens every |
throne, and sanctions every act of govern |
mental usurpation. The oppressed and
starving millions in Europe have cause to |
bestow upon you their benediction for what
you have done here, not less than the mil |
lions of chattel slaves at the South. Instead |
of forgetting their claims, you have never |
labored more efiectually in their behalf
They will never accuse you of being indif- |
ferent to their deliyerance. The accusation |
comes from those, and those only, who JUS |
tify the enslnvement of the colored popula- |
ton in America, and care nothing for the
degradation of the laboring population OF
Europe, except as n matter of cant and by |
pocrsy. Such are ever ready TO strain at
gnat while they readily swallow q whole |
caravan of camels.'
We address you in the language of com
mendation, not as q matter OF form or in the |
spirit of flattery, but because you have been
'among the faithless, faithful found' Ofthe
tens of thousands of your own countrymen
who have come to these shores, either as
visitors or residents, scarcely one in thou
sand, whatever his anti-slavery pretensions
| at home, has failed TO do homage TO the all
prevailing proslavery sentiment of the land.
You have been, here, every thing you claim
ed to be at home; you have SAID to our IN
ces seyerer things than you have ever utter
| ed behind our backs you have despised all
| threats, rejected oil oyertures, trampled on
all temptations, spurned all bribes. In this,
| il is true, you have only done your duty but
contrasted with the cowardly, time-serving
course of nearly all who come to us from
| the old world, your conduct is calculated to
excite the Joy Of angela and the admiration
of all the indexibly good in the universe
| And for such conduct is the award to be
given in the day of final account Well
done, good and faithful servant!
On your return home, if you are asked
whether the American Union will stand or
fall in this conflict, answer, it is not for you
to prophesy. If they ask you, whether sla
very is destined to be abolished, answer, on
the veracity of God, YES BY the undying
wants aud irresistible impulses of nature,
YES BY the instincts and aspiration OF the
human soul, YES
The end will come--it will not wait
Chains, yokes and scourges have their date
Slavery itself shall pass away,
And be tale of yesterday!
Proclaim to the people Of England, that
as Slavery and Christianity were found in
compatible together in the West India Is
lands, it is equally true in America that they
are utterly irreconcilable that as the mis-
sionaries were either baDished from Jamaca
or cast into prison, and their chapels torn
down, 80, in the slave States of America,