Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-05-22

| blHS lou w Eulltl. lUcie is atlOtnef
point. ! really believe if jury of Boston
merchants should steel themselves to vor-
diet of guilty. that governor sitting in the
seat of Samuel Adams or Henry Vnne would
never dare to sign the warrant until he had
secured passage OH board Cunnrd steam
er. think k,hereloro,il that il is possible an up
! peal to the criminal jurisdiction OF the Stnte
might save man. Perhaps it might be just
that final blow which would stun this drunk
en- nation into sohrieiy, aud make il heed, at
last, the claims of the slave.
Mark me! do not diyise any one TO take
/ the lie OF his ltlow-to brave the ven
! geauce of the law, aud run the somewhat,
after all, unequal risk OF the hard technical
! heart of a Massachusetts, jury. Such an act
must he, after all, ones owu impulse. To
burst away from all civil relations, 10 throw
ones self back on this primal right of self.
! protection, al all hazlrds must be tie growth
OF ones own thought and purpose. eau
only tell the sufferer the possibilities that lie
before hln-tell him what | would do in his
case-lell him that what would do for my
sell, would countenauce another in do.
ing, and aid him TO the extent OF my power.
No. confess um not n uon-resistunt.-
The reason why advise the slave to he
guided 10y II policy Of peace is because he
b"o wv NhhhN's ~ It uuu OHt-ll iutl
ms good II chance as those who went up To
Lexington seventy-scven years ago, should
call him the bnsest rccreant that ever desert
ed wife and child il he did not viudirute
his liberty 10y his own right hand (chcers).-
And am not by any means certain that
Northern men would not he stnrlcd-wouId
not he whoesomely startled-hy one or two
such eases as n scouudrcl Bustcrd shot over
liis pCilurcd affidavit. Ii n Morton or
Curtis could he shot on n Commissioners
bench, 10y the hand of him they sought to
sacrifice, | have no doubt that il would
have u wholesome effect (greHt appnuse).-
L. there a man here who would either him
self go to Georgia, or let any one, near aud
dear to him, 20 there, il hc could have arms
in his hands, without sending somebody he
tore him To lighter aud cooler place than
Georgia plantation?
| am not dealing with the cause of tlree
millions Of slaves. | anI not dealing with
the question OF great sin and wrong exist
ing among us. believe | understand the
philosophy of reform. | understand the
policy of waiting. know that, in reorm-
! ing great national abuses, we cannot expect
! TO hc in haste; that the most efficient pro-
lection for the three millions of slaves is to
erradcato the prejudice of the twenty mill
lulS VI WHITES NilO sIduu UUuNt Ucltl. 1
have learnt all that. But Mr.. Chairman, the
question to which speak is very different
one. II is this. /, William Crafts, an indie
pendent. isolated individual in myself am no
more called to secure the safety of three
million of slaves than you are. ], William
Gratis, have succeeded in getting TO Boston.
have reached what is called free territory. |
II happens tIIatth arc strong aud sufficient |
reasons why | cannot leave those shores, or |
cannot YET leave them. lnve got posses
sion of arms. ! have inquired of llc most
Intelligent men, aud they tell me that the
laws afford me no protection. ] hive asked
of the highest authorities ON government,
my duty IN this emergency, and they tell me
one aud all, from Groiius down TO Lord
BrOughnm, that when government ceases To
protect the citizen ceases TO owe nllcgiaece.
Very well. My case stands by itself IL is
for me to decide tonight whether will 90
back to Georgia Tomorrow. IL is no special
comfort 10 assure mo that half century
hence, somebody will go down to Funcuil
Hall, sOmc Robert &. Winthrop, perhaps,
for the occasiou-und pronounce
an Grafton on the jubilee of American free
dom. Ii is no answer to tell me, thul, in or
der 10 this, il is considered by some people
to he a great thing that the fugitive should
go willingly aud quietly hack TO Slavery
There comes up to the II man who says lie is
an officer aud has parchment warran, in
his pocket. Somebody has given him au-
thOrlly TO seize me. ! aln MOTTO he hullied
by institutions am not to bG frightened 10y
parchments. Forms aud theories are noIII-
lug to me. Majorities are nothing. You
have outawed me from your law. You
have eXiled me from your protection. | um
1nsgaItflnl ff Loo
against ne, my hand against every nan.
have no time or means OF escape, no defence,
except make il. Ii make it, secure the
Innr of liberty and escape. | decide TO
make II. | shoot the miscreant, and thus
gain time 10 pass from the spot where / wns
o have been arrested, TO freedom under tue
tag of England or on the deck OF vessel.
Let him who fully knows his own heart aud
strength, and feels, as lac looks down into his
,hilds cradle, that he could sund 10y and
see that little nesting one borne away, aud
him cast the first stone. But all ,
'Ou, whose blood is wont 20 stir over Naseby ,
md Bunker Hill, will hold your peace, un-
ess you are ready TO cry-Sic sempu Iyrdp- /
as So may il ever be with slavehunIers I
Mr.. Chairman, it seems to me that the {
nan who is not cOnscieniiously a non-re- :
istnnt, is not only entitled he is bound, 10 {
lse every means that he has or can get, To !
esist arrest in the last resort What is the {
lave, when he is once surrendered? lie
loes back to degradation worse than death. @
{ he has children they are To perpeluate l.
hat degradation. lie has no right to sacri- i
ice himself or them TO that extent. These 5
ne considerations which it is just as well TO i
tate, aud to bring before the community 1
know my friend Mr. Garrison differs from !
ne on this question. You will listen TO q
,im. shall not quarrel if you agree with |
lis judgment, and leave me alone. | am
alking tonight TO the men who say they
we're ready TO take up their muskels in de-
ence of Thomas Sims, or Shadrach, or
else 1t is very well for fiction