Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-03-26


one now remains. In reviewing the past,
, il appears appropriate that the issue nade
upUn the existence Of U. $. Bank, should
} be cOntcmpowueous with muddy roads aud
semi-monthly or weekly mails. The nb-
sorbing contest in regard to the division of
the proceeds Of the public lands, and pro-
tectiyc tariff, appears appropriate to the pc.
riod when we travelled on horseback, to
New York and other Atlantic cities; aud we
should he no more nsiouIshed to meet n
conservative, now advocating the ancient
mode of carrying the mails on foot, than we
should to meet one who attempts to revive |
the political issues of 1896.
! AT that time few, very few, admitted Con- |
gress to possess the constitutional power to |
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia
now no stakeholder denies it,
/ In 1910 our people generally regarded
slaves MS property; now no ilinn will insult us
I by pretending that shareholders aud dough-
luces convened in Congress, 10y important
words, arranged in the form oia Congress.
sional Law, can convert the image of GOD
containing living Immortal soul, into prop
| erty, aud degrading il to the level ufa brute.
The popular sentiment among us now de-
nes the power of human Legislation to
TO sunctily crimes which Gop has denounced.
The man who under the supposed protection
of Congressional law, now boys men aud
women in the District of Columbia, and sells
them to the far South with the perfect know
ledge that they will he hurried to premature
| graves under ;hc scourge, is regarded 10 less
u murderer, than he under whose lash the
victim expires nor is the member of Con-
gress who lends his influence to sustain the
slave trade there, considered less guilty be-
fore the Searcler of hearts, than the man
vino buys aud sells his fellow mortals under
The sanction aud protection of laws sustained
10y Congress.
ln the city of Washington, we have receut-
| ~ seen children tUrn from the embrace of
I ilieir frantic parents, aud mOuning aud sigh
ng, dragged TO the auction block and sold TO
d the highest bidder. lfany criminal on earth
deserves death, ! think those who commit
such revolving crimes should hc the first to
sulier; but are they mure guilty thnn those
members Of Congress who put forth their
Influence 10 keep in iorce the law which au.
thorizes I!lcse trauscendcnt iuquiiirs?
But You are aware that both The late Wing
aud Democratic candidates for President
were pledged TO sustain the law that an.
uiorzcs these onragcs-comnillrd to sus-
Inln crimes nt The contemplation of which
we shrink back with horror; aud yet Chris
/ iihns were asked TO vote for them. Aud we
! KNOW that every man who voted for these
candidates, did, in fact, encourage aud sus.
! tain iii;S commerce in human flesh.
would not he understood ns SAYING that |
! all who supported Scott and Pierce intended |
10 WELD their influence to such purpose | |
speak not of their motives. | only state n |
most Obvious fact. do not say that their |
moral e'it was us great as his who deals in |
the Indies of muthersilnd children in WASH |
inslon City. They did not view the effect of |
such vote in the samo light in which we |
vlew il, but hesitate to say that would rs |
sOon have voted TO continue the slave trnde, |
or deal in human flesh myself as would
vote for any man pledged TO uphold it; nor
can think God of justice would hold me
less guilty for voting in favor Of n man who
was consclnus would sustain that infamous
crime, Than he would for ,lealiug,in the bodies
of mankind.
am happy in saying that the popular
sentiment on this suffice. of moral RESPONSE
bility connected with lotical action, has also
greatly improved. We no longer hear men
denouuce others for connecting moral prin.
cple with their political action; indeed, the
man who now votes without rcgurd TO mornl
duty, is considered either um infidel in prin-
clple, or wanting n proper appreciation of
his obligations IN God aud man.
The tone of our pulpit ornlory has greatly
changed. We no lorger hear preachers Of
TIE gospel eNhOrt MS to reverence aud obey
the infamous fugitive law nor do lhey now
attempt TO argue that slavery is a divine in.
s,tuiion. No lower law" sermons are now
printed and sent over the land TO insult n
Christian people.
have not time to speak Of the changes
in Congress-; Of gag rules; of trarnpling
upon tie right of petition; of the insults,
ulre"is, and assaults upon members who in
former times, advocated the great truths
which lie At the foundation of our govern
neht. These things have passed away: they
exist now only in history.
AT no period of the world has populnr sen.
''mcnt been undergoing such rapid improve
ment us at the present day. The literature
OF our nation, of England, and of Contnen.
tai Europe, is putting forth powerful influ-
ehcc III laVor OF liberty, OF truth, Justice, aud |
humanity; teaching men TO follow the pre-
ceits OF that gospel which speaks pence and
good VIII TO all men-which directs ms In dn
unto others us we would hive them do unto
US.
Nothing more distinctly marks the nge in
winch we live, than the application OF The
doctrines of our holy religion TO the nolii;cni
duties OF governments aud of peoplr. No
real distinction cnn he drawn between thnt
iniidellty which denies the responsibility of
human action, and that political conservatism
winch 'naintnins a traffic in hulnnn flesh
indeed, would far sooner share the respon.
slhllny OF the just, humane inidel. in the dnv
OF hnal retribuIion, than of that sluye.deoler
VINO Proianes all Tint is sacred and pure.
ana holy 10y protesting to preach of Christ
or to love the gospel.
The brotherhood of mnn and nations is
rapidly becoming the ruling sentiment of
chrlslendom. The heart OF the civilized
world beats for truth, justice, aud humanity
ana almost every steamer from Europe brings
us some cheerlng-sone word of encour.
ageincht ironi the philantIlropst OF the old