Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-01-17
NO. 19.
Writings Of Mr. Garrison,

are the distinguishing characteristics Of Mr..
Garrison's style. And as with wonderful oner-
gy and singleness of purpose he brings this
style to bear upon the support of great princi-
ples-his arguments are almost always invul.
nerable-and his exposures of injustice intoc.
rable to pertinacious wrong doors. Hence
while Mr.. Garrison has had the warmest and
most devoted Of friends. He has been maligned
and hated beyond all modern examplc, by the
foes of freedom and justice.
A judicious selection from his productions
would embrace much that would be of perma-
nent value as the exposition of unchanging
principles. From basty glance at its contents
we see that it contains extracts from what we
have heretofore considered his most successful
efforts. Wehope the book may have an extcn-
sive circulation Buy it. You will be the bet
ter for its perusal--spread it over the land. Its
uncompromising advocacy of justice is just
what this time serving, mommon worshiping
people need.
Take the following for an example. II alone
is worth more than the book can cost.
NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY.
Let not those who say, that the path of
obedience is dangerous one, claim to he
lieve IN The living aud true God. They deuy
his Omncicnce, ouuiprescnce omnipotencc.
1t is lis will, that tho hands of wckedness
should be loosed, the heavy burdens oft iyra-
ny undone, the oppressed set free. They re-
Ject il as absurd, iupracicae. dangerous.
II is his promise, ihnt the results of enanci-
pniion shall be nOOI-dny light for darkness,
health for disease, fertility f)r bnrrenness,
prosperity like spring OF water whose wa
ters fail not, the building up of old waste
places, the restoring of paths to dwell in, the
glory of the Lord for u rcrewnrd, aud his
guidance continually! They affirm, that the
promise is worthless, and to disregard il is q
duty. They exult the Spirit of Evil above
all that is culled God, and raise an Ephcsiun
clatnOr against those wlIe will not fall down
mud worship it.. Yet they put on the gorb of
religion the extol laiih hope, charity they
huild aud dedicate temples of worship in
the name Of Christ; they profess to be the
disciples of Him who cune To procl, i'm lib
rry To The capiives, and the opening of the
prison to them that are hound. Unbushug
hypocriles think not, by your pous disscm-
bling, to hide your iniqniiy from the pure in
heart, or TO circumyent God! lmpious con.
tcmners of Divine wisdom aud goodness
from your conpanlOhslip, the spirits of the
free shrink with horror
For more ilnn two centuries, slavery has
Iolluted the American soil. IL has grown
with the growth, and strengthened with the
strength of the republic. Its victims hnve
multiplied, from single cargo of stolen AZ
ricnns, TO three millions ofnaive-horn inab-
itants. In our colonial state, it wns deemed
compatible with loyalty to the mother coun-
try. In our revolutionary struggle for indie.
: a., Of
nrry for the siar-spnnglcd banner of repub-
licansnl, under the folds of which it las
found ample encouragement and protection.
From the days of the Puriinns down to the
present time, il has been sanctified by the re-
lgiOn, and upheld by the patriotism of tho
nation. From the adoption of the American
Constitution, il has declared war aud made
peace, instituted and destroyed national
hanks and tariffs, controlled the army aud
navy, prescribed the policy Of the govern
nent ruled in both houses of Congress, oc-
cupied the Presidential chair, governed the
political parties, distributed offices of trust
nnd emoluncnt among its worShippers, lct-
tered Northern industry and enterprise,
and trnmplcd liberty of speech aud OF con-
science IN the dust.
Slavery must he Ovcrthrown. No matter
how numerous the difficulties, how lurmida-
anquishcd--slavery must cease TO pOluie
the land. No matter, whether the event he
near or remote, whether the tasllmaster will
lingy relinqushed his arbitrary power,
whether by peaceful or bloody process
slavery must die. No matter, though, to eff
feet il, every party should he torn by dissen-
sons, every sect dashed into fragments, the
national compact dissolved, the land filled
with the horrors ofa civil aud n seryile war
still, slavery must he buried in the grave
of nfamy, beyond the possibility of n rcsur-
recton. Ii the State cannot survive the anti
slavery agitation then let the Slule perish.
II the Church must be cast down by the
strugglings of Humanity to he free, then let
the Church fall and its fragments be scatter
ed to the four winds of heaven, never more
TO curse the earth. lfthe American Union
cannot be maintained, except by immoluting
human freedom OF the altar of tyranny, then
let the American Union be consumed hy a
living ihunderbolt, and no tear be shed over
its ashes. II the Republic must be blotied
ont from the roll of nations, by proclaiming
liberty TO the cnpIiyes, then let the Republic
sink beneaih the waves of oblivion, and n
shout of Joy, louder than the voice of many
Uaters, fill the universe at its extinction.
Against this declaration, none but traitors
and tyrants will raise an outcry. Ii is the
mandate of Heaven, and the voice of God. II
has righteousness for its foundation, reason
for its authority, and truth for It's support. 1t
is not vindictive but mercilul not violent but
pacific, not destructive but preservatiye. II
Is simply asserting the supremacy o! rlgh
over wrong, Of liberty over slavery, OF God
over man. 1t is only raisng the standard o
rectitude from the dust, and placing it on Tho
eternal throne.
There must he no compromise with slave
y-none whatever. Nothing is gained
every thing is lost, by subordinating princl
pie to expediency. The spirit of freedom
must be inexorable in its demand for the in
slant release of all who IRE signing in bond
age, nor nbate one jot or title of its righteous
claims. BY one remorseless grasp, the right