Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-02-14

il is not for such TO censure Kossuth; but if
we feel that the oppression al our own door,
though claiming our first sjmpitlIics and
wdrmcst efforts, can exclude from our view
no spot on earth where oppression conquers,
he it Hungarian battlefield, Austrian scat
. fold, Ncapoitan dungeon, or French naiiot-
: nox, thcn do we claim TINT no toll and sacri-
I flee for national rights shall exempt any man,
I when circumstances call, from bearing that
great testimony for freedom universally,
/ which he owes, not TO one nation or race
m rely, but to mankind.
TO errors Of tIstc, the ubolitionsts may
[ often plead guilty. 10 errors of temper oc-
cnsonally for, exposed ms we are To hit
/ tcrncss of opposition unknown IN any other
Z question, labOnng against such immense
odds, it were indeed miracle were the
/ truth always preached in its appropriate
/ spirit Ii Is, after all, not with ON taste or
/ our temper that the world is actually ut is
/ sue. The real question is shall slavery be-
| come so infamous, shall this scorpion he so
| walled round 10y the fire of public opinion,
/ TINT it shall cease to exist Aud this recalls
/ our statement, that while wc arc hopeful of
| abolition we are doubtful whether it shah
| occur IN the way for which the ubotiouis,s
/ hnyo prayed aud laholcl. 1t might have
/ been 80, had the proii'sscd moral sense of
| the county, ms embodied in itS churches and
ecclesiastical organizations, joined lcIh in
stead of arainsi them. As II iS, not Que Of
! those prayers or lHhors shall have been in
vain, or lc other than an important instru-
/ mCnt in forwarding an event that agencies
more turbulent and material shall yet he
called in To accomplish II is not in the
worlds present age, time full of discov-
crirs, aud Inventions and theories, dlSiln-
gushrd by the most intense physical and
mental activity, the most active competition
hytWcrn states aud nations, aud also 10y events
OF the most unexpected aud startling charuc-
, ter, that such an institution as American
slavery can long survive. II is within the
last century that thrones aud hiornrchiCs
stronger hy a much older immunity in crime
than has been given TO this, have fallen ns in
II moment A. the hour OF dOOmcd lnsii-
tuition draws on, an observation OF all the
ucccleruing forces is hey0uud the reach of
human vision. But not less speedily or
surely for this is each one ofthem accomplls-
ing It's work. But does any one ask, is
your hope founded on faith alone? is moth
ing vouchsalrd to sight 2 With the Fugi-
tive Slave Law carried out in Boston, the
abolitionisis unable to obtain the luniblesI
building in the city of New York IN whcl
To hold their annual meeting, nnd men tried
for treason on charges palpnby ridiculous
even in the eyes of Il proslavcry community
we can give only negative answer. AS we
know that duliverulcC was never nearer lt
the children of Israel than when Pharaol
pursued after them MS they entered the ket
, Sen, so We may infer iar the oppressed o
our own day, delveraucG more analogous
to that of old than the peaceful and quiet Is
sue to which the la bors Of tie abolItlonlsi
would have tended. We do not call this eX
= pcciuiioH lanaticism.
I For whom
, Hath he who shakes the mighty with breath
, From their high places, made the icarlulness
? And cr-wakcinl presence of his power,
, 10 the pale startled Garth most manifest,
. But for the weak Vast for the hclmed an
crowned
: That suns were stayed at noon-day; Storm.
i seas
Asa rill Parted. Mailed archangcls sent
o 10 withcr M tho strength of kings with death
IS tell YOU, ii these marvcls have been done,
h Twas for the wcaricd and TIA oppressed of men
q They needed such and generous faith HI
10 power
Dy her prevailing spirit cen yet to work
Dclivcranccs whose tale shall live with thosc
: OF the great elder time
n, To look back on past nges; TO obser,
IN how events uuihought of aud unlocked Il
- have co-operatcd with the lahors Of the
"a martyrs aud relormcrs; 10 notice, after n
,d how limited power for evil is, IN the nalu
IL. of things, given 10 the tyranlS OF the cnrli
ii, 10 sec with Lanlartine, that there is dams
m crises humuines, quclqne chose de pins ''
SO que les honmes qui pnralSscnl les dliiSe
ri. la volonte dc leyenemGnt mImcme'-all IL
ON affords legitimate ground for hope ana c
~. courngcmcnt, If by such view our own OF
yc nest and active lahors are thereby promote
do for TO say philosOphically, that causes are
operation that must, without oar help, brl
,rv slavery TO nm end, or piOusly IN remark Il
ise God does not need It's TO carry forward
nm, purposes, shows very plainly that we
oIo neither philosophers nor Christians =
.J erous self-sucriice, spirit of heroic ende
of or on our own part, is the best proof
80. ulcdgc of its existence in other hearts; {
nG. when we shall be willing to give up CT
yyn and time, aud worldly reputation, and so'
,eir responsibility in the slaves behalf the M
ous may we encourage our hearts that the h
ex- of his deliverance draws nigh.
rec
ne In closing this paper, necessarily i
ion, and inadequate, wo feel that our whole
tier were not discharged, did we not renewC
commend the American A. 8. Society to
to donations and sympalhies Of all who
in seeking to find the only real aud effic
IRA anti-slavery nstrumenlulily that the con
ored affords. Free Soil parties, Vigilance L
' ms inittees, Associations for the improvement
,ess, the Colored Race, Free Produce ASSOCIATE
# of Schools for Coored Children, all and {
so of these do partial, and some of theI
made praiseworlhy work, in aid of the anti-s'A
any enterprise. But they are only collat
u for and dependent for their vital breath on
the life created by this organization. The
and ing members aud friends of the Amer
lnga- A. S. Society have consecrated their liv
she This work. What fame and power
l..,;n ara IN nj