Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-05-14

why dld he not append this last article as
postscript or ccdicil to the petition itself?-
IL such are his opinions, should he not have
plninly said So? Was there no 'ack of
ifankuess' here? Did he not 'smother his
convictions at all, and play at 'Comprolnise'
with the American Devil? Had he or had
he not the Same mental reservations,--nulli-
Tying his purpose and stultiiying HIMSELF
when no beseiged the door of the Legisln
Iure, or peiitoned the Boston Aldermen for
tho uso of Faneul Hall, or Congress on the
subject Of slavery, or signed the mammoth
Latimor petition? Does not this present the
subject of tho Right of Petition IN somewhat
Of new light? Was it tho object of both
governments, State and National, to secure
by constitutional guarantees the right to petit
'iou, not for what the people do want, but for
what they do not,-lor what they despise,
execrete, md believe n soul-destroyng sin.
Really, on these principles, what we thought
the over-exccrnblo Twenty Rule was
not so bad Rule nfter all. It only saved
people from showing themselves cheats and
Ounces.
But this does not exhaust the case. Mr..
Phillips can he terse as well rs terrible. In
tho Inst column of his last letter, within tho
spnco of fire consecutive lines, he has these
three propositions IL. Tho possession of the
right to vote is no SIM 9. Tho ercrcise of
that right s.' 3. Many will yote,'-thnt is
many women will vote, il invested with tho
powcr. Chris, said, ia tho wiscst prayer
ever made, Lend us not into temptation /
Mr.. Phillips digs n piuall Of temptation for |
Il tho women of Massachusetts 10 iall into
nuy, pushes them into h aud vet, he has
HO responsibility, ,--ony more than Caphnrl.
lie does not send Sims to bondage lac only
fl.. to, hall .l
rosls. llc does not bring oil the mothers mud
-igicrs Of tho State into condition where
hey orc under on express or implied oath To
help catch fugitive slaves; he only gets the
Convention TO do il, assuring them, with the
most solemn of faces, that il is u measure
of citGl importance TO the welfare mud pro-
gress Of tue State nnd ono of the most i'm
portnnt Of civil rcforDs'l
But perhaps Mr.. Phillips viii say tim, wo-
men may vote, notwithstanding this express
or implied onth, nnd still do it,conscicntiously;
and then, TO them, il will DO no SIM II so,
then do not oil his accusations ngains; Free
Soilers ihl 10 the ground?
But there il grnvor view Of the subject
thnn any yet taken. nIn willing TO suppose
that hdeous wrongs may bc done, yet under
Nuch circumstances Of ignorance or super
siition, that they involve no moral guilt. But
though the docr should stand cxculpated, yet
all tie natural consequences Of the wrong
will he visited. upon the world. And as all
wrong violates tho moral order of the uni
verse, il must result in suffering and loss Just
~ certainly az coninct with fire brings pain.
so Mr.. Phillips prAys TINT women may be
allowed 10 vote knows that they will violate
their express or implied onlh 10 the Consiitu-
ton il they do not vote and commit 'siu' if
- st ,F.N, y nd
even supposing thn some car vote under such
circumstances ~ will not incur personal
guilt, yet he also knows that the inevitable
natural consequences of their wrong doing
will be visited upon themselves and The world
for ever Now, this is not Ethics but Dia-
boiicS,--I must have now word for new
iniIiiiy! Mr.. Phillips said, little before !
this, that ho claimed 'io know righ; from |
wrong Aad he offers this Theory and !
Practice of Diabolisn' in proof
But now look at the Logic 10y which he |
defends his horrible doctrines. J will refer,
though with condensation, 20 every one of
his arguments and annlogies. lie would de-
fend Daniel WebsIer's right 10 speak, and
Orville Dowey's right 10 lecture, and the col |
srcd mau'e right 10 enlist in the militia, and
any mans righ, to belong TO any religious
donomin ation, and to worship in any church, !
though he would not 4 for all California DO /,
the things that have hecn done under these !
rights. But is j; possible he can be so blind !
ns not 10 SEQ thut the right TO speak, TO lee |
tuTc, TO defend ones country or keep the |
peace, to investigate and choose ones relig- |
ious faith, and 10 worship God, are, every
one OF them, rights to do right things RIGHTS |,
10 10 RioHT THINGS, repeat? But il voting /
under our government be sin aud non-vo- |
ting, for the voter, bo perjury then voting, in |
all forms Gnd under any conceivable circum- |
stances, is wrong. There is no way to vote |
without incurring either moral evil or uatu-
raj evil, -genernlly both, always the latter.
Mr. Phillips, therefore, petitions to have oil
women offenders. IL is thousand times
worse than the old Popish doctrine of lndul-
gences. There they sold indulgenccs TO
commit sin only TO customers who applied,
and had the money TO pay. Here, hc forces
the indulgences upon all women, whether
sought for or not, aud gives them gratis.
There is, or lately was, a sect of religion
ists 10 India called Thugs who traversed tho
country iiorn side to side, decoyed strangers
to travel with them, by showing all acts Of
apparent Kindness aud courtesy, then fell
upon them and murdered aud robbed them.
Should Mr.. Phillips petition tue East India
Company TO make Thuggery lawful, through
out all its dominions, knowing that many
trould become Thugs, and that all who did no.
become ESQ would violate some express or
implied OATH he would have case exactly
parallel to the one he now defends For can
rhuggery itself bo any worse ihnn cove
nant with Death aud an agreement with
He'll? But this must suffice for this time.
MIR. Editor, this controversy has been en-
ineutly painful TO me, and, fear, not useful
to the public respect the talents and zeal
of my opponent in the noble cause Of Human
Freedom, and honor the seli.dcnial of any
man, who, at great sacrifices, subjects his life
10 his convictions of duty. But this coniro-
versy has been protrncied, i suppose, far be-
rnnd u,hnf cifller of tho nnrIieH 10 il origin-