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

Wnen " gfcI man uUlWtlVhcd Tue Hla.S's.
lie finds now TINT he IL living much later, in
an age when the accumulated common sense
of tho people ouiwrighs the greatest states.
man or the most Influential individual. Let
me illustrate the difference ofU times aud
the past IN This matter, 10y their difference IN
another respect. The time hns been when
men cusrd in iron from head to foot, aud dis.
cipliucd 10y lnng years oi' careful instruction,
went tu battle. Those were the days of no
hlrs nnd knights; aud in such times. tn
knights, clad in steel, ft1rrd not II whul
field OF unarmcd pcasnniry, aud n hun,lre
men of arns have conquered thousands of
the common pcu,lc, or hcll them IL, hay
Those were the times when Niuklrricd. the /
Swiss patriot, led lis host against thc Aus
iriau plrlauX, nud, finding it impcucirhle to
the thousands of Swiss who threw them.
selves un the svrricd lancrs. gathered duz-
ems IN his arms, aud drawing them together,
ninde thus nn Inlet into the closest ranks at
the Auslruns, aud they were oyrrburnc u,
the arlual uns5 Of numbers. Guupowder
came. aud then, any finger that could pull n
trigger was equal to the highest born and the
best disciplined: kniglItly arnlor. aud horses
ciad IN steel, went To the ground before the
courage aud strength that dwelt in the ARA
of the peasant, MS well MS TINT of tie prince
What gtnpowtler did !or wrr, the printing
press has dUnc for the mind, nni tho states.
men is no longer clad IN The steel of cduca-
lion, hut every reading man is biz judge
Every thoughtful man, the country through,
that makes up an opinion, is his jury. to
which lac answers, md the tribunal lu which
he must bow. Mr.. Webster, therefore, does
not Overratc the power of this 'ruh.a dub
ngiinti0n, which knssnlh has now adopted,
stealing Our thunder daughter aud ap-
plause.) lie does not oyrrral1 the pnwer Of
this 'rub-a.dub agitation when hr says
Another great mistake, gentlemen Is some
tunes mndc. Yes, IN Bowdoin Square -
We think nothing powerful enough to stand
before despolic power. There is something
strong enough, quite strong enough; aud il
properly exerIed, il will prove itself so aud
that Is, The power o.! Intelligent public opin-
ion.' Il thank thee, Jewp That opinion is
formed, not only in Congress, or on Hotel
steps; it is made also in the school-houses,
IN the warehouses;, ut the hcarIh.s,u -, in
the railroad ears, on hoard lhe steamboats,, IN
the soca circle, in these anti slavery gather
ugs which lac dcspises. Mark YOU There
! 10 nothing poieeg'ul enough 10 siGad before Il /!
IL ipny be an almust divine Institution; il
may hc the bank vaults of New England; il
may hc the mining interests ofP'nns, vnnia
it niny be the llarwirh fishermen, whom hc
told 10 stand hy the Union, because its hunt
lug protected their decks; it nmy be the factory
operative, whom he told to uphold tho I'm.
! ion, because it made his cloth srll for hall
| per cent, mare u yard: il may be parrll-
| mcnt Constitution, ora Fugitive Slave Bill
! signrd 10y Millard Fillmore /! mo matter all
are dust on the IhrcSllng floor of n reading
| public, Ouce reused to Indignation. Rcmcu-
her this, when you would look down upon u
meeting 0fa few hundreds in the one scale,
aud the fanatic violence of State street IN tie
other, that there is NOTHING, Daniel Webster
being witness, strong enough 10 stand against
public opnion,--and il the tongue aud the
press are not parents OF that, what is?
Napoleon said, ! fear three newspapers
more Ilan hundred thousand bayOncis.'-
Mr.. Webster now is Of the same opinion.-
There is moi u monarch on carlh,' lac SAYS
whose throne is not liable to he shaken hy
tho progress aud The sentiment of The jus
and intelligent part of people, i llank
ihec, Jew" We have been lold often; that
it was nothing bur morbid sentiment that
was opposed 10 the Fugitive Slave Bill, Ill
was II sentiment of morbid philanthropy
Grant it all. But take care, Mr.. Statesman
cure or change it in time, else il will beat all
your dead institutions to dust. Hearts AMI
sentiments ARE ulivc, aud we an know iha,
the eeul!ost of natures growths will, IN time
hurst nStnder or wear away the prondeS'
dcad-wciglt man can hemp upon them. i
this he the power oiihe gcnrlcst growth, let
The stouirsI heart trcme before The torllnd,
OF people reused to terrible vengeance hl
the sight OF long years of cowardly aud nrr
cless oppression, aud oit.rrpcated msinnccl
| AZ Isnlislt nn.I ~,
build your Capitol ut granite, aud plc il n
high MS the Rocky Maintains, il il is found
cl on or mixed mp with niQnly, tho pulls
Ola girl will in ,imc heat it down. ''fhcr
is no monarch on earth " hose throne is no
liable 10 he shnhen hy the sentiment of th
just aud intelligent part Of The people, Wha
is this hut recnnlalion? doing pennnce io
the inpudence uttered in Buwdoin Square
Surely this is the white sheet aud lighted
torch which the Scotch church imposed ns
penance OIL lis erring members. Who o
YOU would imagine, that the man Who said o
the public discussion of tho slavery question
that il must be put down, could have dicla.
ted this sentiment-'li becomes uS, in the
station which we hold TO let that public opin
ion have free course? What, then, is thai
echo that we heard from Bowdoin Square 4
yenr ngO? This agitation must bg pu
down. 1T becomes us, in the station whcl
we hold, to LEI that public opinion have free
course Behold the great doughihcc, cring-
ing before the calm eye Of KoSsuth, who had
nothing bnt rub-a.dub agitation with which
TO rescue Hungary from the bloody talons OF
the Austrian engle!
This is statcsmarship The stntesmnn-
ship tint says TO the Commonwealth Of Mas
sachnsetts to-day, 'smoiher those prejmli-
ces,' aud tomorrow, there is no throne on
the broad earth strong enough To stand up
against the sentiment Of jusllue.' What is
TINT but the 'prejudces' OF tho Common.
wealth. of Massachusetts against man.hunt.
ing? And this is the man before whom the
press and the pulpit of the country would
have had the abolitionists bow their heads
and 10y thoir mouths In the duss, Instead o