Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-06-05
T II Il B U G l. E
American Example Necessary for the Emnn-
ripatlOn of the World.

clpullun Ol Tue NOTlu,
Such is n prominent idea in one of the
best speeches of the late New York Amir
versnri"s. The speech was unde ly Rev.
J. =. Gullivcr of Connecticut, NJ the Annual
Meeting of the American Home Missionary
Society. How he eau hope to bring this ma
ton to set the desired example, is more than
we can tell. II rs he ellirms the battle for
the worlds iircdom is To be fought here, he
will have to enlist some slrrncr warriors than
the Missionaries OF that Soricty. hissiona-
ries who us the price OF ihc.r daily bread,
ure well content To affiliate with slave mas
tiers aud greet kidnuppers us worthy bretI'-
r~n in the Lord.
We COPY the following extract from the
Independent.
Sec what our example has already done.
lnprrftct us il is, S,-iucuusiSlrut ~ II Is ~
many respects, il contributed more than any
more thnn all other cntises, 10 produce the
recent iiplicnving in Europe. IL Is doing, NJ
this moments ,nnrc 10 change Iljc political con-
condition of nnn, than all Tie armies nnvics,
than NIL the diplomacy and king-cr0It OF the
world.
They talk, sir, of intcrvenlion-of rrmon'
s;rnlion with the nhsUlutisiS, OF emdrUNnring
10 terriiy them 10y the uiicrance ol oiir oriu-
ion WlInt care they for Our opiu'nu or
rernorstrnuccs 80 long rs we do not
deprive them OF the power To do us they
please?
They talk Of armed Intervention. All!
well would il please the drSpo's 20 see ilic
energies now - successfully employed IN
creating knowledge aud wealth, ~ S,ild"lhg
the forest aud runqnerug the sea, ~ evolving
all the ulcnrns ui nuipnni greatness I" see
thrir energies drawn from their legitimate
cha,lnrls into mn rNliaUsiug war carried on
Mt II dsinnrr ni' three ar four thousand miles.
Well would il plcnsr them 10 cunnicrurt the
mighty influence of this nation among
the masses OF their suljrcis, 10y cNri'"g
patrioiism and national pride 10 resist AMER
lea, by nrralitg Ilirir people ~ na'G'H'h@
contest " iii republicans, hy tcnclhnE lhehl !"
regard AZ enemies those NInm they are lIr-
ginning To consider their only friends. NO.
Ii is not the opinion or the urt"S "l A"'rl''.
which causes ,rrnlhling nj Petersburg, ana
Brrlin. and Vienna. II is'nrr example ihry
tl,ey fear. 1t is moral con'agion they
strive to avert by their vcNn,ious qihr"h'ih'H'
II is the opinion Of their own sulJrr'S, "l'l'"
is spreading itself lih" ,hc extending "l III
terln fires, and which ere long wa ""s'
will yoIcai,ir urIi hrurGih ihrlr ilnou"s.-
This is tie work wich America Is INV 90
iuu in Europe this is IEc sublime ln'i sl''
!. now uln,ing on tlc ihcnrrr of ritnts-
this is her noble cuulrihuiiun io the r"uHn Z"
hunluu freedom | wish iuu could Know
how nuNioI,sly the mnuarCliS niih hiiiiss"i'
OF Europe guard ugnisi this Ii'iIuen'e o
ours, | wish ynu could see how "lsuh'i,
they watch for nnr hnIing; ! wish you r""''
observe for yourselves how every l"n' "
flaw in our system or ourselves u sei renee
out and published iur aud wide. WISH So'
might know how familiar every EUROPEAN
with the story of the wrongs we nave ""h
the red man. of Our reputation oi ear J.''
debts, of our theft Ol Texas, ana ol our ~
ynsion of McXicO,-how wei ie u u''orn'
in regard 10 every prcnluri'y OF manner
EXPRESSION md OF custom among us, M
especially how thoroughly hc appreciates VI
Inconsistency of the institution hud laws
slavery. will our loud professions ~ resni
10 liberty and equality aud the lnh'le'Iah
rights of mnu. | wish you could see ho
generally the guillOiiuG and the reign
irerror are associated in the minds of lhl
with American slavery, and how h'i 'he
.reyolIing ihens are linked Ia tie lden al :
lpub!icanism. The definition which iilul
tI,les would give Of II republic, II h'
should precisely utter the IDEAS lh'y nav
would lie somelhing like this; "A loose al
feeble sort Of governments which allows nv
TO plunder and enslnve and murder 'h'
fellow-nen us they please" These ihlSe I"
exaggerated notions are promulgated W
the greatest diligence, and every occnren
which favors them is carefully made kno"
In the very depths of Rnssin, where HE pt
pie scarcely know Of the existence OF q
aiasion, where at lens; no good report OF
has ever penetrated, ] found the history
-onr so-called fugitive slave law wns qI'
well understood. Said mn intelligent IL
asian nolheuen 10 the, "Whnt strange ptol
you republicans arei-we have nothing
dIad ns that IN Russia" These arc the tlrH
(which the enemies of Cad aud nnn Il
unost efiicncious 10 check and to destroy
influence of this country in behalf OF
tcause OF liberty. Would 10 God they
ceived no aid from ourselves! Would
God the American traveller conld'lilt
hand to heaven, and declare that these
.coun,s arc, from beginning to end, iyl
fabricaiions! If that could he, the tide
revolution would roll like an ocean o.