Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-07-23

VIII welcome you as q brother, anu treat you
ms n friend.
"You ask, 'Whnt hive the abolitionists
done ? and you intimate that they have done
nothing, either in Congress or out of it. !
am sorry you are so in the dark on the sub
ject. II is nothing to your credit, Sir. Twill
tell you some things the abolilionists have
done but I am sorry cannot do them
justice. They have done their duty, Sir
They have satisfied their own conscieuces.
They have freed themselves from RESPONSE
bility for the inhumnn system of slavery, and
for all its infamous aud internal appendages.
They have done for the oppressed and plum
dered, rs they would have others do for them.
They have crowned themselves with eternal
honors. They have earned the gratitude Of
the world. They have endeared themselves
to the lovers of freedom in every land. With
the fame Of their daring and philanthropy,
they have filled the civilized world. They
have struck blow at universal despotsm.
They huve entered the list against oppression
aud tyranny ofeyery kind, in every land. They
have proved themselves the friends of uni
versal freedom. They have broken the silence
of death which brooded over this country
in reference to slavery. They have disturbed
the SUMMERS of the church aud state, and
rendered it impossible for them ever to
sleep again. They have revived the spirit Of
freedom in the land, and given new vigor to
the cause of humanity in both worlds. They
have saved TO the country the right of the
freedom of the press aud the freedom of
speech. We nre indebted to the abolitionists
for the privilege of expressing our views in
this place, this morning. The priests and
the churches stood by, while pro-sOvery
violence aud mobs attempted TO silence and
gag the whole laud. 1t was hut yesterday
that the Wings and Democrats, backed by
the priests andl dlchurcEes whose servants and
representatives they are, joined to'stife the
soul Of this great nation. TO the abolitionsts
we are indebted for the Illustration of their
deadly plot.
"What have the AboIitionists done p
They have checked the encroachments of
the shareholders, when they were about to
rob the nation of its last remuns of freedom.
They have driven the tyrnnt backward, and
saved the land. They have kindled the fires
of freedom in the hearts Of millions. They
are feeding the holy flame. They have ere.
nted new literature, which is an honor to
In nsrp al,
They have frightened the tyrants of the
South, aud spread dismay throughout all
their ranks. They have made them desperate,
and caused them to show signs of that mad-
ness which precedes destruction. They have
divided tie churches, and separated the better
portion of the members from the worse
They have destroyed the reputation of your
pro-savery churches and clergy both in
America and in Europe. They have made
your churches loathing, and your clergy
an abomination. They have shut the English
pnlpits against your pro-slavery clergy, and
closed against them the doors of English
hospitality. They have made the vile clerical
Editor of the your New York Christian OBJ
server as loathsome in the eyes of the people
Of England, as lie is mean and deviIish in
his own soul and character. Respectable
families would not admit him into their
houses, nor would the clergy themselves
admit him into their pulpits, or allow him to
sit by their side oil the public platform. lie
had to sluk in darkness, like thing of shame.
They have destroyed the authority of your
pro-slav,ry churches nnd priestboods, and
lowered the credit of your slaveholdins patri-
nrcls They have lowered the reputation,
and lessened the influence of n Pre-. slavery
Bible, and delivered multitudes from its
mischievous authority. They have shaken
the whole framework of our pro.slavery
institutions. They have broUgh, US near the
glorious consumation, the abolition Of the
vilest, the most inhuman and internal system,
that ever tortured humanity, or cursed the
creation of God.
"And they will finish the work, amidst the
shouts of enruptured millions, while your idle,
selfish, cowardly, trencherous churches and
priesthoods shall go down with the nccursed
system they have fostered, to the deepest and
darkest hell in all Gods universe.
"The nbolitionists have done more than
this. And they have done it under the most
unfavorable circumstances. They have done
it with tho church and ministry against them.
They have done it with the power of the
Government against them. They have done
it with a powerful and unprincipled press
against them. They have done il in the face
of mobs and government prosecutions. They
have done ii in the face of danger and death.
"Yes, Sir, the .aboiiionisis have done this,
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