Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-02-21

ever VIC snail TIC nblc 10 show This natior
Vho' the interests OF class, not of the whole
the interests OF u portion of tho country. no
OF Tue mnsses, ore subserveh hy holding ON
lqeilow men III bondage, then we shall spike
'he guns of the enemy and turn their arti.e
Ty TO our side
want you to turn your eyes from insii;u
tlors TO men. The difficulty Of the prcsen
day aud with US is, we are bulIied hy insiiiu
hons: A man gois up IN tho pulpit, or sit,
on the bench, aud VIC allow ourselves to h,
bnllied 10y the Judge or the clergyman, when
" he stood side hy side with ~. on the brick
pavement. MS II simple individual, his ideas
would not have tiisturhcd our clear thoughts
hn hour. Now, tie duty of each anli.slave.
~ mnn - this. Strnd Oh the pedestal OI
Your own individual independence, summon
These institutions about yO,i, and Judge them.
ihe question IS deep enough To require this
judgement of you This is what The cause
asks of you, my friends; md tho moment
you will bc willing 10 dp this, 20 fC!y upoi
yourselves, that moment TIC uHihs have
rend iroui Tie lips OF tho man whom tic
country regards rs It's greatest statesman,
will sliiGe over yuur path, assuring you that
out Of ihis agitation, MS certain rs The sun at
noon-duy, the future character of the Amer
icnn government will bc formed.
Men hlnme us for the bitterness NJ our
language and TIE personality of our attacks.
II results iruni our position. The grcn, mass
ot the people eau never he made to stay aud
argue long question, They ut,st hr made
to feel II, through the hides of their IDOLS
When yon have launched your spear into
the rhiuucrroa hide Of Webster or n Benz
ton, every Wing AID Democrat feels il. II
Is on ths principle lhnt every reform must
rake for lis text, the mistakes Of great nieii.
Tod gives us great scoundfcls for texts TO
abii-sllvery sermons. See To II, when Ma
ture has provided yOu a monster like Web
ster, that You exhibit him, himself II whole
'ncnagoric, t!roughou; tic country. (Great
cheering.) IL is not often, in the wide
worlds history, TIN, you see u man so law
islly gifted by nature, and called IL the
concurrence OF events, 10 n position like
That which ilc occupied on the 7th of Mnrch,
surrender liis great power, and queuch the
high hopes of lis race. No man, since tie
nse OF Luther, las ever held in his single
Land, so palIably, the deSiincs and charlie
Ter of mighty people. He stood like tho
Hebrew prophet, betwXt the living and the
dead. lie had but 10 have upheld the cross
Of common tra,li and honesty, and The black
dishonor OF two hundred years would !iave
been eflaced for ever. lie bowed his vassal
head TO the temptations Of the flesh and Of
lucrc. He gave himself UP into the lap Of
the Delilnh OF slavery, for the mere promise
of q nomination, md the grentest hour of
the aye was Dartercd away,-not for a mess
Of poltpge, but for the promise of II nIess OF
rotlage; a piomisc, thank God, which is to
be broken! Enthusiastic appausc.l say,
1t is not often that Providence permits the
eyes Of twenty millions OF thinking people
10 behold tic fall OF another Lucilcr, from
,he vevy ba,,lementsof heaven, down into
,hai 'lower deep of the lowest deep of hell.
(Grent scnsnlion.) On such text, how CT.
ieciivo should I've iLe sermon!
Let us see to il, that, IN sIlitc of tie ten
''erncss oi American Irciud,ce, III spite OF
Tins noriid charity that would have Ts hold
"p The sin but drop the sinner in spite Of
ihis efcminatc Christianity, that would lei
millions pine lest one uni's feelings be in.
iured; let iis see 10 il, friends. IhGt we be
'hursil ns truth and unr6nprouisirg MS JUS
flee : remembering always Il'Rt every single
irnn sci against this evil uuv be another
Moses, every single thought y0u laruch may
bc the thunders of another Napoleon from
fhe steps oi another -. Roche: rumenll er-
ing thai we Ire not IN an ugc of niinorii.s i
when a Charles the Fifth could set np or
pot down the slave trade, hat surrounded hy
twenty millions, whose opinion is omnipH-
tel: that The hundrcd gathered in New
England schOoi-hoLse may bc the hunAi ed
who shall ieacl, the rising men Of the other
half OF The continent, and stereotype licc-
dom oa the banks of tho P.cift: remem.
boring aud worshipping reVcreniialiy the
aient American idea Of the Omnipotcnre of
thinking men, uf The Sentiment of islcr'
signiiiS' Nbcl no throne il potent enough 10
stand, no Constitution sacred enough 10 ell
curr Renenhcr this, :,hen YOU go 10 mn
gathering in = schUDl house, nnd
kDow ihat, weighed aguins, iis solemn pur- ;
pose, its te,ih.e resolution, It's earnest
ihoupht Webster linsGlf aud all hucksiel-
ing statesmen, in 'iie oprusiie scale, shall
tick the beam. Worsiiipping the tongue,
let US be willing, at all times To he known
the c0Hln.uuity as the all talk
party. The age OF bullets is over. The ngs
of men armed ,n mail is over. The age of
ai.gones has gone by. The age Of statesman
Cod be praised saeh sIatesnirn--is over.
The ugc OF thinking men has come. Ni'h
the aid of God, then, every man can reach,
! will sci LIiHking on the subject of slavery.
fChcers.) The Hge of reading men has
GONE. VIII lry 10 ilhbile every newspaper
with GarrisOniaDisn. Loud applause. y
Tie age of lhe Innsses hns cone. Now,
Daniel Webster counts onc-A5od give him
iuy of it!--but the 'rub-a-rlub agitation
counts at lenst tweuiy--uneteen LETTER.
Nineteen, whom 10 chance of nomination
lempts TO change OF opinions once
,wcveniunth; who need no KossullI advent
20 recall them 10 lleir senses.
What want 10 impress you with is, the
aren't weight that is attached 10 the opinion
of every Thing that can call itself man,
Give me any Thing rIint walks erect and can
read, aud he slinll count one in The millions
of the Lord's sacramenial host, lint is yet
10 come aP aud frample all oppression IN
the dust. Tic weeds poured forth IN ma
ture's lavish lux,rance, give them but lime
aud their tiny roots shall rend Gsunder the
foundations of palaces, aud crrInble The