Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-03-05

that he ever uttered n word in public on the
delinquency of the churches; but he Is said
to have assured his son, at the time the Meth
odist Church broke nsunder, that other men
might he more startled by the eclat of polit-
icn' success, but nothing. in his opinion,
promised more good, or showed more clear
ly the real strength of the anti ji.s!avery move
ment than that tnomentous event
In 1888, the British Emancipation in the
West Indies opened n rich field for ohserva.
tlon, and n full harvest of important facts.
The abolitionists, not willing to wait for the
official reports ofihe government, sent special
agents through those islands, whose reports
they scattered, at great expense and by great
exertion, broadcast through the land This
was ut time when no newspaper in the
country would either lend or sell them the
aid of its columns to enlighten the nation on
an experiment so vitality important to us.
Aud even now, hardly press in the country
cures or dares TO bestOw line or conniuni-
cate fact toward the history of that remark
able revolution. The columns of the Anti
| Slavery Standard, Pennyivdnid Freeman, aud
| Ohio Bugie, have been for years full of oil
that thorough and patient advocacy of our
cause demands. Aud the eloquent lips OF
many whom ! see around the, and whom !
need not name here, have done their share
toward pressing all these topics on public
attention.
remember ihnt when in 1915, the pres
ent leaders of tie Free Soil party, with Dan
icl Webster in their company, met to draw
up the Anti-Texas Address of the MassacllIi-
setts Convention, they sen, 10 0bolitionisls
for anti slavery facts aud history, for the re-
narkahle testimonies OF our Revolutionary
grent men which they wished to quote
Hear, hear.o When, many years ago, the
Legislature OF Massachusetts wished to send
to Congress u resolution affirming the duty
of Immediate emancipation, the Committee
sent to WM. LLOYD GARRIsON to draw it up,
aud il stands now Oh or Statute Book as
he drafted it,
How vigilanily, how patiently did he
watch the Texus plot from its commence.
mcnt The polite South felt that their first
move had been too bold, aud thencelorward
worked underground. For many year,
men laughed at us for entertaining any ap-
prehensions. II was impossible to rouse the
| North to its peril. ID. l.. Child was thought
crazy, because he would not believe there
WINS no danger. remember being one OF n
Committee which waited on Abbott Liw-
renee, year or two only before annexation,
to usk his countenance to some general
movement, without distinction of pnrty
against the Texps scheme. lie smiled al
our fears, begged MS TO lIuve no apprehen-
sious; stating that Ills correspondence with
leading men ut Washington enabled him to
assure us that annexation wns impossible,
aud TINT the South itself was determined To
defeat the project. IL wns but n short while
after that the Senators aud Representatives
from Texas took their seats in Congress!
Many of these services TO the slave were
done before ] joined his cause. ln thus re-
icrring TO theuI, do not suppose me merely
seeking OCCASION OF eulogy on my predeces-
sors aud present co-luborers. | recall these
things only Ia rebut the conIemptuous crit
icsm which soIue about us make the excuse
for their past neglect of the movement, aud
in answer to Ions representation of our
course as reckless iunnilcisn, childish i'm
patience, utter lack Of good sense, aud of
our meetings as scenes only of excitement,
of reckless aud indiscriniihaie drnunciuton.
] assert that every social, moral, economical,
religious, political aud historical aspect OF
the question has heen ably and patiently ex-
anined. II the people are still in doubt, il
| is from tire inherent difficulty of the subject,
ar n hatred of light, not from want OF it,.
Aud all this lIns been done with an industry
aud ability which have left little for the pro-
iessional skill, scholarly culture aud histori-
cal learning, Of the new laborers TO accom-
plish.
So Ear from the anti-slavery cause having
lacked manly aud able discussion, think
it will he acknowledged hereafter, that this
discussion hns been one OF the noblest con-
trlbuions TO n literature really American.-
Heretofore, not ouly has our tone been but an
echo of foreign culture, but the very topics
we discussed, and the views we maintained
have been too often pale reflections of Eu.
ropean politics mud European philosophy
No matter what dress we assumed the voice
was ever 'ihe voice of Jacob At last We
have stirred question thoroughly American
The subject has been looked at from a pon
of view entirely American; and il is of sucl
deep interest that il hus called out all the in
tellectual strength of the nation. For once
the nation speaks its own thoughts, in lis owl
language, aud the tone also is all its own
Il will hardly do for the defeated party 1
claim that, in this discussion, all the ubllt
! is OH their side.
. We nre charged with lacking foresight
: and said TO exnggerate. This chnrge of eS
aggeration brings to my mind fact mel
:, toned, last month, At Horticultural hail.
o The theatres, in many of our large citie
b bring Out, night after night, all tie rRdicI
c doctrines and all the startling scenes Of In
4 Gle Tom They preach immediate emanc
r patton, and slaves shoot their hunters to lou
G applause. Three yeas ago, sitting in this hal
\ ] was myself somewhat startled by the n.
. sertion of my friend, Mr.. Pllsbury, that tb
8 theatres would receive the gospel of ani
: slaveFy truth earlier than the churches.
r hiss went up from the galleries, and man
J. in the audience were shocked by the remarl
f | asked myself whether could endorse sue
: a statement, aud felt that could not.
: could not believe il to he true. Only tire
years have passed, and what.was then deeu
Q ed rant and fanaticisul, by seven out of te
: who heard il, has proved true. The theair
8 bowling to its audience, has preached imm,
: diate emancipation, and given us the who
$ Of Uncle Tom ! while from the pulpits, au