Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-10


mother in her helpless desulution; are my
II homeless sisters whom you feed to-day, that
they may work tomorrow; are wo your
neighhors, unto whom you do as you would
others in a similar position do unto yourself?
| Aud is every one of my down-irodden peo-
pie ne!g,nor TO every one of you; but all
my people collectively, is 1t not n neighhor
! 10 you! Aud is my nation not neighbor
! to your nation? L. my down-trodden land
neiglhOr TO your down.troddcn land. Oh
my God, men speak of the Christian religion
and style themselves Christians, and yet
make u distinction between virtue in private
life and virtue in public life; as if the divine
law of charity would have been given only
for certain small relations, aud not for all the
relations hctwccn men aud nen.
"I'here he is again, with his eternal com.
| plants about his country 5 wrongs" may per-
hnps somebody remark: This is an assem-
! bly, of charity, assembled to ease his private
woes of family, aud there hc is again speak
| ing of his couutry's wrongs, and alluding to
our foreign policy, about which he knows
our views to be divided. Thus | may be
charged.
Ny "private family WOES !" But all my
woes, aud all the woes OF my family, are con-
ccutrHtcd in the unwurrnntabe oppression Of
| my iaihctland You are an assembly Of
charity il is true; and the Almighty may re-
| quite you for il, but being charitable assem-
! hly can you blame me that tie liliul aud fra
tcrual devotion of my heart, in taking with
gratitude tho balm of consolation which
your charity pours into the bleeding wounds
OF my family, looks around to heal those
wounds, the torturing pains of which you
case, hut which cannot bc cured but by
justice and charity done 10 my fathcrlnnd.
Shall this sad hear: of nnnc he contcntcd
10y leaving to my homeless brother aud sisters
the mCaus 10 have their bread by honest labor,
their daily bread sailed with the bitter tears
of exile? And shall not care to leave them
the hope that their misfortune will have
an end; that they will see again their beloved
home; that they will see it independent aud
free, and live where their fathers lived' aud
sleep the tranquil sleep OF death in that soil
with which the ashes of their fathers mingle?
Shall not care TO give the consolation 20 my
aged mother that, when her soon departing
soul, crowned with the garland OF martyrdOrn,
looks down from the home of the hlest, the
united Joy of the heavens will thrill through
her immortal spirit, seeing her dear, dear
Hungary free ? Your views are divided on
the snicct, it inny be; hut can your views bc
divided on tho subject that it is the command
of God to love your neiglhors us you love
yourselves? That is the duty of Christians,
that is the fundamental principle of the Chris
lan religion, 10 do unto others rs you desire
others 10 do unto you? Aud if there is, there
can be no difference Of opinion in regard to
the principle; /; if no one in this vast assembly
Whatever he the platform of his party
ever would disclaim this principle, will any
one blame me that in the name of Christ ]
am bold to claim the application of illa;
principle Should not speak of politics
Well, ] have spoken of Christianity. Your
politics either agree with the Law of Christ,
or they do not agree with il. II they don't
agree, then your politics are not Christian
aud if they agree, then | cause no division
among you.
And shall not speak of my peoples
wrongs? Oh! my peop'c-thou heart of
my heart, nnd life of my ifc-to thee are ben,
the thoughts of my mind, uud they will re-
main bent to thee, though all the world mny
iiown To Thee are pledged I'll tie ofitc-
lions of my heart, aud they will be pledged |
to Thee as long as one drop of blood throhs |
within this heart. Thine urc the cares Of
my waking hours; thine nre the drcnns of
my resil ss sleep. Shall forget thee, but
for n moment? Never Never! Cursed /
he the moment, and cursed he | in that mo-
ment, in which thou wouldst be forgotten
by me!
Thou nrt oppressed o my fd,berland be-
cause the principles at Christianity have not
been executed in practices; because the duties
OF Christianity have not been fulfilled; be-
cause the precepts of Christianity did not
control the policy of nations: because there
are many impous governments 10 offend the
law of Christ, but there was none TO do the
duties commanded by Christ.
Thou art fallen, Oh my country, because
Christianity has yet 10 come hut it is not
yet come-nowherc! Nowhere on earth
And with the sharp eye of misfortune pierre
ing the dark veil OF the future, and with the
tongue OF Cnssandra relating what see,
! cry it ont TO high Heaven aud shout it out to
! the Earh,-Nations, proud of your momen-
tnry power; proud OF your freedom; proud
of your prosperity. Your power is vain,
your freedom is vain, your industry, your
wealth, your prosperity are vain; all this will
not save you from sharing the mournlul fate
OF those old nations not less powerful Than
| you not less free, not less prosperous than
! yoU,-and still fallen, as you yourself will
! iall,-nll vanished as you will vanish, like n
bubble thrown up from the deep! There is
only the law of Christ, there are only the du-
ties of Christianity which eau secure your
future, by securing at the same time hu-
mnnity.
Duties must be fulfilled, else they nre nm
idle word. Aud who would dispute that
there is positive duty in that law Z" Love
thy neighbor as thou lowest thyself?" Do
unto others as thou woulds that others do un-
| to thee. Now, if these are duties in that law
comprised, who shall execute them, if free
and powerful nations, do not execute them?
| No government can medde with the private
relations of It's millions of citizens so much
as to enforce the positive virtue of Christian