Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-02-14
NO. %.
Letter from Indiana.
DupLlN. Indinnn. Feb. l. 1s5c

advance payment for The Bugle, for several
weeks. Some fifteen or sixteen Nos have
received and read without having paid for
them. These believe are the only papers
ever did subscribe for aud read, without
having previously paid for them. 1t being
always my rule to pay for my papers in ud
vance. As hive felt sort OF guilt every
paper have read since found myself II
delinquent, hasten to enclose you Two
Dollars on my account.
And here will offer a thought, to the
readers of The Bugle. remember reading
in some book, when was very young, that
"Every man should endeavor 10 cultivate
feeling which would not suffer him to rest
satisfied, while he knew he justly owed uny
man anything" Now would usk cacl read
er Of The Bugle, when he reads this, to stop
cd cd ask himself, do owe any that ought
TO pay' Aud fso rise aud send it Oh i'm
medatey. Is it just-is il honest-is it Anti
Slavery, to keep the Printers ont lIhe means
SO long, as some do, and perhaps at last die
OF, or move OF, or run Oh aud ntuer pay
But let me not dwell too long Oh one stu
gle fault. fear there is too much apathy in
too many Of us Anti.SHyery folks, in too
many ways That We lack encrgy-lhat we
nre not devoted enough. The times call for
labor, "carncst devoted labor" by every one
whose eyes have been opened to sec the
enormiiy of the times. 1t sccns to mr, that
darkness covers the earth, aud gross dark
ness the people" Tia: I" the prophets pro-
phcsy falsely" lhe priests und politicians,
"bear rule by their means, aud the people
love TO have it So" almost fear that our
friend II. &. Wright was mistaken, especial
ly us relates to lndiana,) when he said in the
Father Mathew case, that lie should not
always rlic. IL looks US though we were
''given over to hardness of heart, and repro.
bacy Of mind, that we might believe lie
aud be d--d," both Church aud State.
Our Indiana statesmen, say ITO the cud
that justice he established and liberty pcrpct-
uatcd." GALL men being created equal"
therefore, certain mcR shall have no justice
TO equaty-no liberty. Shall not even
have the liberty to cross The line, 10 come
Into our State, 1t were only to visit a sick
or d, iHg father or molLcr, or to sec tl,cm de-
Gently buried. Again they say, all shall have
free aud equal right Of suffrage, {" All elec-
tons shall he free and equal aud then in'-
nediutely say, part of our citizens slml
"ncver have any right Of suffrage They
may haze taxation, but they "never shall
have representation" Thus they go OH,
giving the lie to themselves, and doing the
most extreme injustice to part Of their own
citizens. And our Governor in his Message
10 the Legislature, gorics that we are so
united" That there was "ciglty-siX tlous-
aud majority" of us, who sanctioned this a
trocity. Thinks !, when read it, the devils
are said to be united, aud should think
t'Ieir glory was as prniscworthy ns ours.
"Pilate aud llerud were made fiieuds" by
uni,ing in wckedncsa. Thus do oar polili
clans, (und The hall is not told on them.)--
And our chnrchmen ure no better.
There were some of our Methodist Di-
Vines, united just before the time called
Christmas, aud made up n new song or
hymn, for their children to sing at the sab
bath School. The song read thus:
my native land, my native land, o It's love-
ly land to me,
l bless my Cod that was born, where man is
free.
We've lofty hills and sunny valc' streams that
roll to either sea,
And through this varied land all, all arc free.
Our land, it is a glorious land, wide it spreads
from sea to sea,
And sister States in Union join, all, NIL are free.
We hear the sound ofyouthful toll, youths gay
shouts and childrcns glcc,
And every ono in safety dwcs, all, all are free"
| visited their Circuit preacher, and also
one of their local preachers, on the above
subject labored las the friends say) to con-
vince them Of their error, but not II word of
concession, could get from either. They
both contended that it was all correct. Yet
these nre they, who tell us that " every liar
shall burn in the lake of fire and birthstone"
But especially every "mJelievcr" shall burn
there. And these are the men who tell us
how happy they will lie, when they get to
Heaven, 10 look down and see us wrllhing
in that fire, for our Z" inidelity." These, also,
are the men who arc so happy while here,
10 live in such "glorous land" where all,
all are free. Where they eau,
un;d all their orators proclaim, this ever glo-
rous prize,
And when they mention freedoms name, extol
them to the skies"
And the Friends, fear many of them are nc