Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-02-21
WHOLE NO. 1885,.

] ,ln not quote Mr. Wehsief's ouiDion FOR
what IL * worth, hecause il Is worth nothing.
He changed his opinion yesterday. anil hc
my iyrhIngo itng1iu Tomorrow. But uuoto
IL becaiise we have been accustomed to co,ns
here, somC'mcc, and feel somewhat awed
by The inagr uf the colossal institutions
about us, which seem to hc opposing our
progress. II cause there nrc soumc who oc-
rlriunully wcnry of this moral sua,iOn, nnl
sigh for something tangible; some power
that they can feel, and sec itS opcrafiun.--
The advancing tide you cannot mark. Tho
gem grows unseen. Tho granite increases
and cr,itulics, and you can hardly mark eth
er procCss. Tie great change ~ nations
opuinn is the same. We stand here to day,
and it we look back twenty ycurs, wo eau
see change IN public opnion--yes, VIC eau
see n great change. Then, the great states
men hrd pledged themselves not to talk OF
this subject. They have been made TO talk.
These hounds have hccu whipped into the
traces ol the nations car, not hy three news-
pnpers, which Napoleon dreaded, hut by one.
! (Cheors.) The great parties Of the country
hnve bccu broken 10 pieces and crunihcd.
The great sects have been broken to pieces.
! Suppose you cannot put your finger upon an
Individual fact; still, IN the great result YOU
sec " Wliat Webster tells us in this speech
Depend upon IL, gentlemen, that between
these twU rival powers, the autUcralir power
maintained by arms aud force aud the pom
ular power maintained IS opinion, the for
mcr is constantly decreasing AMI, thank
God, the latter is constantly increasing
scal human liberty is gaining the ascendant;
- hu must feel sad at that lard ihc part
which wc have t0nct in all this great drama
is 10 show ourselves in favor of those rights;
| 10 upheld Our usceudancy, and lo carry it on,
until wc shall see i; culuinatc in ihe highest
heaven over our heads
Now, look upon tlut speech ns the most
remarkable Mr.. Webster has ever made on
the auIi.slavery agitation to which we nrc
dcvoicd--as most remarkable confession,
under the circumstances ! read it here and
to you, because, in the circle ! sec around
nc, the larger proportion are aboliIionisrs--
nCn attached 10 the movement which this
J meeting rcprcsnnts-np whose thoughts
arc occasionally occupied with tho causes
| aud with tho ritecis of its rcRl progress. |
would iurce from the reluctant lips of tho
| Secretary of State, his testimony TO tho real
power ot the misses. said that the day
was, before guupowder, when Iho noble,
clad in steel, was u match for n thousant,-
Gunpowhcr levcllcd peasant and PRINCE
The printing prcss has done the same. In
the midst OF thinking prople, in the long
riln, there are no great men. The accumlI-
lated intellect of TIC masses is greater than
the hcav;cst brain that God ever gave 10
T single man. Webster, though he may gath-
or into lis own person tho confidence Of
parties, and the attachment of thousands
throughout the country, is but feathers
weight IN the balance against the average OF
OF public sentiment on the subject Of slave
~. newspaper paragraph, county meet
ing, gathering for conversation, II clinnge
of the character of n dozen individuals,
these nrc the several fountains and sources
of public opinion in ulr midst Aud, friends,
wlcu we gather, month after month, nt such
meetings "a these, we should encourage
! ourselves with considerations of this kind I:
--ihat we live in M age of democratic
cVIaiity TINT for moment, II party n.sy
4, stand against the ngc, hui, IN the cud, II goes
T 10y The board ;-tut the man Who launches
| II sound argument, who sets Oh two feet n
startling fact, aud bds it travel from Maine
To Georgia, Is Just ns certain that hc Ia tho
/ end will change the government, MS it, 10 de-
siroy The Capitol, hr bad placed gunpowdcr
under the Scnute Chaiuher. n tuml PHI
lo'oplerS tell us, that ii you will only mul,i.
ply the simplest force inio enough time, il
viii rqnal The greatest. So il il with tho
slow intellectual mOycmcntOt ,lic nasscs.-
IL cnu scarcely hc seen, bur il is constant
movement; it is the tide, II is the ocean,
+ ginning ON the proudrsi and strongest bull
waIks tia, human art or strength can build.
} II may le deiicd for moment, hut, in tho
: end, Nature always triumpls. 80 the race,
= if ii cannot drag Webster along with il,
) leaves hini behind aud forgets him. loud
Y checrs.l The race is rich enough to afford
= to do without HE greatest intellects ,hat Cod
T. ever lrt the devil buy, Stranded along tho
L past, there are a great many dried mummies
G of dead inlcllecis, which tie race found too
t heavy To drag forward
e | hail the almighty power of tho tongue.
I | swear allegiance to The onnipo,rncc Of thu
r press. The people never err. 'por popuh,
por Def-ihc voice of the people is the voice
of God. du not mean this o. any single
verdict which the people of today mny re-
{ cord In time, the sellishncss of one class
t neurnliZcs the sclfsluess Of another. Tho
interests of one ngo clash against Tho inic-
rests of another; hut, IN The grrnt result, iho
, race always mean right. The people always
mean right, and, in the end, they will havo
/ the righr. believe in the twenty millions
hot the twenty millicns that live now nee
essarily--iO arrange this question OF slavery
which priests and politicians have sought
TO keep out of sight. They have kept il
locked up in the Senate chamher, tley havo
I NNlttu u bChIUN A'iO ehh'f
have appealed tn the supersliIious aud iaola-
t lrous veneralion for the State aud the Union
TO avoid this question, and SO have kept il
from tho influence of the great, growing
democratic tendencies of tho masses. But
change all this, drag il from Ills eOncealment,
aud give it to tho people launch il on tho
age, and all is safe. 1t will find a safe har-
hor. A man is always selfish enough for
himself The soldier will Lie selfish enough
for himself; the merchant will be selfish
enough for himself; yes he will be willing
TO go to hell TO secure his own fortune, bu
he will not he ready to 60 there to make tbs
& fortune Of his neighbor. No man ever ye