Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-05-15

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slaves held by protesting Chris,gns &c.,
563. Let these churches dcrlure Slavery a
heinous sin in the sight of God, let them
compel the mnn-stealcr TO choose between
God aud mnnIuOn-uu how long would
slavery exist
The first time ever entered an American
church wus in the city of New York-a
Presll ltcrian church. A friend who was
with me went into one pew and | entered
another. Immediately ] noticed several per.
Sous stirring NJ him IN particular manner,
aud at least gentleman rose, went to one
of the ofice-bearcrs, whispered aud pointed
at my friend. The second gentleman lelt
his pew, went to my friend aud most politely
conducted him TO another seat. Both of us
attributed the circumstances ut first TO cour-
tCsy, hut we soon learned that We had got
into the black pew, in which no white man
should bc degraded To worship his Maker
! (Iear, hear) The thing is too common to
he denied-nnd that at the sacrnnantnl table,
the huck christian must sit apart from his
white brother worm. Sir, ! must apologize
| for OBTAINING the audience so long, but one
word more and have done. The question
/ is often put, What have we in Canada to do
with American Slavery? Sir, we have
every thing to do with il. VI is question
of humanity, and no man has right to re-
/ fuse his aid, whatever it mny bc, IN anchor
aiiug the woes of his fellow men lchecrs.)
! Ii is question OF Christianity, aud no cllris-
tinn can lnve pure existence who hesilnies
10 liii his voice against n system which, TN
der the sanction OF Christian altar, sets nj
defiance every principle Of Christianity
(cheefs.) We have to do with it on the
score OF scli.protection. The leprosy of the
air0cious system affects all around il, il rav-
ems the thoughts, the feelings, the institutions
of the people who touch it. Ii is u barrier
To the spread of Liberal principles. Who
can talk gravely of liberty and equality in
the States, while Slavery exists ? Every in
iclllgent American who prulcsses TO he
Christian aud upholds Slavery is committed
ro guring niidelity which must lead him
continually astray, in trying to square with il
! in his every day conduct (cheers.) We nrc
! alongside of this great cvil-our people
miulge with tive nrc affected by it now
aud every day enhances the evil. In self
protection then we are bound to use every
effort for his abolition, that our people mny
not lie contaminated 10y its wilhering moral
influence (chcers.) And, Sir there is nnoIb-
er reason why we have to do with Slavery.
We are in the habit of calling the people Of
the United States, ''the Americans"-but we
| too are Americans on MS us well os on them,
lies the duty of preserving the honor OF this
continent Cheers. On us, ns on them, rests
the noble trust of shielding Free Institutions
from the reproach of modern iyranls. Who
that looks at Europe, given over 10 the Des-
pots, aud with but one liile island yet eft to
uphold the flag Of froedom-ran reflect
without emotion, that the great Republic of
this Continent nurlures n despntsm more |
base than them all. Cheers. How crush |
ingly the upholders of tyranny in other
lands, must turn OIL the friends of liberty |
"BehOd your free institutions" they must
say-"look at the American Republic pro-
claiming all men to he born free aud equal
and keeping near -four millions of slaves in |
the most cruel bondage ~ The people OF
Canada are truly frec--we have no slaves
all men are nike in the eye Of Justice
Cheers. Long may il he so, and il is our
duty TO raise our voice rs freemen against n |
system which brings so ioul blot on the |
cause Of popular liberty. Cheers. Our
neghhors are wont to boast thnt monarchy |
will he swept from this Conlinent-lct our
effort he that Slavery shall he driven from il,
that tyranny shall here fnd not ioolhold.-
Loud cheers. But how shall we proceed,
what shall we do? Speak against it-writc |
against it--agiiute il. When you get hold |
OF Il Yankee, drive il home to him-tell him |
his country is disgrnced- wound his PRIDE
tell him his pure institutions are grand
shnm-send him home thoroughly ashamed
Of the black blot on his country's esculcheon.
Cheers aud Laughter. In steamboat, or
railroud, or wherever you are, hunt up II
Yankee, aud speak TO him faithfully there
is 10 other so sensitive as to whit others may
think of him. You find strange nrgenunts
TO meet, but every man of them viii "6c as
much opposed 10 Slavery IN The abstract as you"
its great evil, they will say--but what's 10
be done with il? Tell them that Slavery is
not an evil hut a sin, breach Of every Com
maIdment in the decalogne, aud that there !
is 10 choice but immediate emuncipatiOn.-
Tell them there was oHce n Ten-tax attempt |
ed TO he imposed on them, aud there was no |
word Of "whnl's TO be done" tlen--lhey |
fang the tea into Boston hnrbor, aud they |
must inst send Slavery after il. Cheers aud |
Laughter. They'll say with the deepest |
sympathy that "lhe poor creatures could not |
take care of themselves" but you can tell |
them :hat we have thirty thousand of them |
all seem To get along, and that the men
whom the CUloniZationlsls wish 10 make |
Missionaries TO the heathen mny he snfely |
left TO find for themselves food and clothing.
They will presently get Angry, aud nsert thai
but for the violence of the Ah0ltionisis,
Slavery would have been done away long
ago-iut you can tell them that the cry of
every Despot since the world began has
been-"Oll these pests that turn the world
upside down" aud il is wretched argument
for free American. Then they will come
down on you with their grand reserve
"dou't you Britshers talk of Slavery-you
have plenty of slaves in Great Britain and
Ireland, a thousand times worse off Than the
suIerings of our countrymen should he n
cause of reproach-but il is the misfortune
of Britain far more than her crime. But 60
to the very den of pauper misery in England