Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-24
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Letter from lIrury {, WIiglL
LENAwEE WATER CUnE. Mich,
JnI, 4 1870


Jul j. 1852.
DEAR MARiUs This is Independence dag
nnd though Sundlg. | nm just returned FROM
It's Observance in Adrinn. The friends ot
liberty and the enr,nies of slavery, hired n
Hall there for the day; aud gave onr notice
ilmt ni three, r. NJ. m Address wonli bc de-
iivered on The relation Of his Republic 10 The
progress Of freedom hrouhom The rorid; aud
that ihe Declaration would he read. The
hour came aud the audience; n guodly nun-
IL the Declaration of Independence aud the
celebration of il, be the Lords work, it ought
To te attended too the Lords day providing
this lie Ills day in any peculiar sense.
BY tie way ! was amused to see the Whig
Convention IN Baltimore, adjourn over sun
day. Were they conscious that they were
about ANY other work than His, and there
fore must adjourn over this day Or were
they 50 pious, 50 Gud d.fcnring that they could
NOT in conscience ,lO any work on that day ?
Whatever way we take IT, it was nlln-
gelhrr II Iirh scrur. A convention that had
Just pledged itself Ia hunt, catch aud return
fugitive slaves, aud to perpriuate slnvrry, 50
very pinils aud dr,uut; having such II holy
zeal aud reverence for God. while plrdging
10 hunt and cnsave his children. Then, il
not doing the Lords work, what were iliry
there Tor? Many We're there 10 dp the bid
ding of slaus. s.breeierS and siarc-humterS, aud
they did it thoroughly hut IN ilis nation,
that is considered humanity; the Lord :
work; aud those who do il, are supposed to
think God's thoughts, aud to seek Gods
pleasure.
But we had good meeting the Declnrn-
ton read mud the Address delivered to M at.
tentive audience. II was shown that, of all
obstacles to the progress of liberty IN Europe
mud in other countries, this Republic is the
greatest, inasmuch as il protects nu,l maln-
tnins the crnelest tyrany on the globe. The
most absolute aud bloodicsi despotIsn has,
here, assumed the name, and put on the cap
mud gnrb of liberty to crush, inbrute and
enslavc mankind. 1t is when transformed
into an angel of light, that Satan works the
lloodiest deeds, with IMMUNITY. The diff
Gully is to strip off the gulSe, aud convince
the people that il is slavery, aud not liberty
they nre securing to themselves and their
posierily
had two copies of the Declaration; one
ns Jefferson drafted il, and as twas present
ed To Congress; the other MS il was amended
by thnt body. One clause in the copy pre-
sen,ed TO Congress aud hy tint body struck
out, | will transcrihe for the benefit oi your
renders. II may have been in the Bngle
before hut in these days of compromises, il
should be often repnhlished that all may see
whence this spirit aud practice came from
The following is the paragraph. The Doc
alment is enunerating the causes which jus
iifiy armed revolution;
Gle" uhe British Kiug)" has waged cr'le
Syar against nature Itself, violating us iIIOs
sacred rights of life nu,l liberty, in the persons
Of distant people, who never offended INN
captivating and carry ing them into slavery u
anurher hemisphere; or TO incur miserable
death IN their irnnSI Ioralion tillIer. IHis ri
AATICAB WAHfARE, IilTA VII w
JNFIDEL POWERS, is the warfare oi Ih'
king oi Great lirnlu. Determined Ia keeI
open market, where men should he houglt
and sold, he las IrosIIIuIed his negative In
sIppreSsing every legislative attempt I" pro
hbit or To restrict this rXrcrhhle commerce
Aud thnt the nssrnblags uf horrors NIGH
want no inct ot distinguished die, le is nov
exciiing tIlose very people 10 rise IN arm
among us, aud TO purchase that liberty u
which he has deprived them, 10y numbering
the people on whom he iins ohIr'Idrd them
Ihns paying of inrurr crimes conmIIrl
ngulst The liberties of one people, viii
crimes which lIe urges them 10 cOlhhl
against the lives OF another"
This is the most important clause in ih
Declaration, except that which asserts il'
inaiienaJie right To liberty aud life. All tn
states would probably have adopted il, eH
cept South Carolina and Georgia. To graf
ify these states and keep them in the Uniol
all the rest consented to compromise an
pyeed 10 baye !. stricken out. Here was 'h