Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-10-16
WHOLE NO. 368.

and claiu for il a more extended influence.
Mankind at beet is sill shrouded in Ignorance,
and il is wise to lny hold of every light whose
genial heams have bIcst our earthly abode.
Let MS then garner up these precious moral
truths, that accord with the provisions and
clnims Of nature. Aud where will we find a
system, so natural, so practical, and so hen
veuly, as the religion Of Jesus Christ There
is salvation in its prccepis. Salvation from
sin against our fellow beings; for we can
conceive of no higher moral duty than it in
cnlcates; no purer spirit than il breeihes.--
II dissovcs m Immortality ofter which all
aspire Without deception, it teaches that
happiness, or misery, is the consequences Of
ohcying, or dsoheying the divine laws OF
our Crentor. Lot us not be deceived, ifthe
docum Of eternal progression, which is in
scrihed on every page ia the great book Of
nature, be true, there follows iehrful loss II
We rervert our God-gvcn talents, during
our eTillly existence. Let us then beware
how we reject such q holy light, that not
wnhsianding It's adulteraiion, has done inf.
nitely niorc 10 cnlighten mankind, than oil
other systems Of religion, and morality com
hined While wc confidently hope to effect,
without bloOdshed, n moral revolution let
us not forget the disastrous results Of former
revolutions. While we ienrlcssly contend
for tire exercise Of reason, let us not forget
tlrc example OF bloody France, whose pre-
,cndcd libera,ors,in fleeing from one extreme
of ianatdcism, wreck themselves, and their
country upon the other. Reason WINS made
To rcign. Its light may be, ns it ever has
been, obstrucied; but it can never be ex-
iinghished.
Pyihagors was compelled to teach the
clnmorous multitude, that tic earth was fix
ed, with the snu, stars, and planets revolving
around il; and centuries passed away before
their offspring could receive denonstratire
evidence TO the contrary; while his reason
ing pupils were secretly taught the uue
systematic arrangement of the UNIVERSE
Ambiguous To this is the popular opinion of
amy age, immovnbly fixed in the centre, while
( any other opinion, (tho' founded in truth, y ia
considered lesser, and an inferior light;
and is compelled to revofve around, until il
becomes sufficiently luminous to eclipse the
| pnlcr nucleus; and by its own inherent ST.
pcriority of attraction, proves its centricity.
The advocates Of equal rights, in our day,
find themselves now occupying tho same
position in the moral world, that the sun
wns supposed to occupy in the solar system,
in the days Of Pyhagorus. And, il the
| principles claimed by them, lie indeed the
eternal laws ordained of God to govern the
moral world; just so sure as the suns true
position is now acknowledged even so will
those natural truths, that demonstrate human
equality, become the unehanging central
basis of UNIVERSAL JUSTICE.
During Our remarks we have anticipated
the demand that laws be founded on natura!
truths; and we now close by anticipating
the chunges that must inevitably take place
in the political world In contending for
universal suffrage, we find that principles of
justice assume different phases as they are
denied or enjoyed for those very men who
were once denied the right of suffrage,
when ironchised, have been among the most
zenlous in denying the same right to all over
whom they have had any control.
But uoIhng is more absurd than the idea
of iinuliy in human legislation so long as
the mass of mankind are resolved in differ
ent strata, one reared above another, until a
few find themselves occupying n supreme
elevation; while those below possessing the
same specific glaviiy, mentally, are kept
down for the time being, only by an extra
neous force, that contains within ITSELF no
means of reproduction. The equilibrium OF
human rights is destroyed. And the mighty
governments Of earth, being reared in oppo-
silion TO natural laws, contain in their COM
position, the very elements Of their own dis
solution.
ln vain do tho supreme poientates call
upon the uphcaying mass below, to submit
to their authority. In vain is the demand
echoed by every sub.tyrant, down into tho
depths of crushed humanity. From the
lowest ranks through the whole struggling
pllalanX, tie response comes up in thunder
tones, " God made us free!" Yes, the op-
pressed female, with her long ages of wrong
tile degraded down-trodden slave, that
now wrirhes bencalh tho lash of his preien-
de'l owner ~-lle poor wanderer, that has no
foot of earth from which to gather his food
all, all shall be free Free TO parake and
eniny llIo houulies aud blessings, that M
lures Godhas provided for equal distribution
among his created intelligenees.
When the immortal Sidney was told that he
| Inlall save h.h life hY telling falschonh-hx