Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-12-11
Letter from Mrs. Gage.

ing thunders, and scest thou flashing lightnings
that dcstroyi Fcarcst ihoui No. My heart
| tocst me thou art not alarmed, that thy faith
is sure. Dark and protentous as are the clouds
powerful as are the mutterings of wrath, You
know, and know that there are stars and sum
beams, behind those clouds, and that their
| lightning flashes are needed to purify the air
from the noxious vapors Of falsehood and
wrong II seems to nc that there never was
time, since have known anything Of public
faith or feeling, when the great truths of hu-
manity were stirring so deeply the elements of
the moral and political world. The great quos-
ton now is human freedom" not for the
black man alone, but for the white man ;--and
be his shaeklos put on voluntary, or by force
there are true philanthropic hearts ever at hand
to redeem him. To beg, pray. plead, and last
ly of all, if need be, to force him to assert his
claim to humanity and live Free. The signal
triumph Of the Democracy, is, to me, evidence
of ali this,-whilc to other minds il seems to
bctokcn the utter downfall of our country
There is a charm in the very word, "democra-
cy," that draws all heart, that are not strong to
understand, how grossly the word in our land
has been abused.
Democrat one who aihcres to a government
of tho people, or favors the extension of the
right of suffrage TO all classes of men,"
The Foreigner, ignorant Of our language and
ignorant Of our laws and institutions -tukos
the word, and the party who claim it, as being
the reverse of the Aristocracy from which he
has just escaped; ard rejoicing in his new found
irecdom,-his newly granted privilege as u hu-
man beng, to be a man among men, gives
MS influence to that party which vaunts the
name Democracy. So the poor man, who secs,
hears, reads, or thinks but little, is lurcd by
the name, and the Democratic party, powerful
in its organism, and indciatigablc in its cf-
forts, with a man unknown to the public-onc
whose acts could not much condemn him either
for good or evil, has cainc out for chance in
the world for political glory. While tho Whig
party, who as o mass, must be acknowledged
more the thinkers, have seen through the sham
pretentions Of the leaders of both great portions,
and have refused to give their aid to either
Even military glory has become disgusting,
and many turned sickcncd from the Hero of
forty battles, who stood almost pledged, not
only to perpetuatc, but extend the area of sla- !
very. And thus by their own narrow-mindcd |
policy, and their false notions of compromising
subscrvicncy, has this great, conservative party
been prostratod, and almost annihilatcd by those
who once wore strong in spirit with them, and |
who could not, or would not sell their birth
right Of truth, for a mess Of party pottagc. 1t
was an oracle Of olden time, That whom the !
gods wish to destroy, they first make mad" 1t /
has seemed even SO with the Wing parry
And if Wing predictions, as to the course of
the Democracy prove true, that great, trium- |
phont portion, will place themselves in the
same pcrdicamcnt. Perhaps they will add moro
slave states. (But God lorbid.l But if they /
do, woe unto them as party. Their great
pro.slavory soldiers arc gone, and there are
none in the ranks who have the talent and pow.
or to wear the mantle of Calhoun, Clay and !
Webster, in the ranks of the Freedom
party, are men strong and tTuc, who are every
day adding to their ability. Once Giddings
stood almost alone, to control the fierce Ficnd !
of human chattciSm. How is it now: With
Sumner, Smith, Chase, Wade, and others, to
stand by his side, mighty mora. battle will
be fought, such as has never before shaken that
old corrupt wall.
Tic women, too, have awakened from their /,
long sleep of degrading listlcsnoss, and tho
strong, earnest persuasive advocates of freedom
ior every human soul-whcthcr its tenement
he male or female, black or white, arc starting
up all over the land. Mothers are rearing their .
sons to hate slavery, poets arc pcnning tho
stirring lays and those whose organs of speech [
are tuned to finer harnonies than their fellows,
are singing them TO the people. Tho nursery /
tale, the tract the fiction, are breathing silently
into tho hearts Of the young.
Uncle Toms Cabin is soitcnng hearts
from palace to log hut and the young eyes that
have dropped tears over the suherings OF Uncle
Tom, laughed over Topsy, or grown ferccy
indignant over Cassy's wrongs, will hardly for /
get their emotion, or give their aid, when the
hours Of manhood come, to such demoniac
institution. THUS you sec, my dear friend, 1
am high in hope for humanity, even through
all tho darkness around us, seeing light ahead.
You have undoubtedly heard OF our Mount
Gilcad meeting, or rather Woman's Rights Con-
yention. l was surprised and checrcd with the
friendly welcome the Convention received
Ministers, Lawyers, and Doctors were in attcn-
dance throughout the meeting, and did the
advocates of the cause of Woman the honor
manfully to oppose what they deemed wrong,
and to discuss, somewhat, this new subject
For this VIC should thank them. For when
ever VIC can induce men to pay us sufficient
respect to openly and fairly oppose us, We shall
have gained high vantage ground. Hence,