Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-01-01

his descendants in proper line, and who
ever lays his hand upon one of His children
and enslaves him, might rs well lay hands
upon God aud enslave Him. The slave
code has written that the child shall follow
the condition of his mother, Gods law pro-
vides that the child shall follow the condition
of his Father in heaven. Now what n crime
is Slavery, estimating man thus. Our diff
Guilty is, think that we do not thus value
mau. Nothing is so cheap under heaven
we have murdered and mangled man so
long, have hired him for a shilling day 10
be shot at-hung him on the galows, md
treated him thus in SO many forms, that we
cannot conceive of the degree of iniquiiy
there is in enslaving him. If the STAKEHOLDER
could but view man Us God views him, | tell
you, he would call upon the rocks and
mountains to cover him, as is represented in
the Apocalyptic vision. wish il were poss-
ille for us 10 come nto some Just npprehen-
sion of man aud then we would understand
somewhat the enormity of tho crime, and the
measure of the guilt of slaveholling. said
nothing is so cheap. Why when nan un-
deriukcs to improve an animal, what pains
he takes, he even crosses oceans and goes
clear down to Cochin China TO improve the
blood Of barn-yard fowls, and at that very
moment, his children nre dying before they
come to the nge of five years, through his
ignorance and neglect; and yet it is not
thought of. Man is not estimated so highly
as the beasts of the field. Such are not
competent TO estimate the character Of Sla-
very, aud nm afraid that while we hold
such views, we shall not do much for its
overthrow. Our resolutions say Slavery is a
sin, the greatest sin. Now we send n man
who commits one crime to prison, another to
the galows, thus having our degrees in
crime; and yet we make the man in whose
guilt, is garnered up the guilt of tho violation
of every law which God has made, the most
honorable man in the nation. And the
South calls upon us to fall upon Our faces
aud adore and admire her magnanimity,
when she consents that a lnan be u candidate
for the Presidency, who is not an owner and
buyer and breeder of his fellow men for the
market. This is the way we estimate crime
Now in this Convention we have got to
brand Slavery as the crime of all crimes
The STAKEHOLDER as the criminal of all Grim
inals, and the government that will regard
linn MS fit TO be in the government, as vier
Than the vilest Of all the dcspotisms Of the
old world. The government that will rec
ognize him at all, is government as much
to he eXecrated MS any tyranny the world
ever saw. There is not u man in Ohio, who
would give his son or daughter as the price
of this Union. But we are paying millions
OF sons and daughters as the price. Oh,
when we come to estimate man as we ought,
there will he no wish merely TO separate the
Federal government from slavery. No, we
will sooner sit down with conclave of
devils, than with men coming up from slo-
very, steaming with blood and tears, to leg
islate for the interests of the human race !!
The man who will sit thus does not know
the value of man or of liberty.
Iwould not talk with the STAKEHOLDER about
IIabeos Corpus, trial by jury, etc. If II man
tells me he is a stakeholder, will brand him
ms the veriest wretch this side of the prison
gules Of hell it not beyond. Sit down will
him to legislate for the interests of man =
No. And when we come to estimate man
Alright we shall not think of such thing
Our nation is a monument of crucilixion Of
conscience aud a total annhilntion of moral
character. We have played with these top
les too long. We ought 10 take hold of tho
root of the matter, and learn how fur slave
holding is n crime, ana learning this we
shall learn to cast those guilty of it, forth NJ
vagabonds from human society, I'LL as III,
first great murderer, they are constrained t'
say, "My punishment is greater than ! cal
hear" But as long as he is welcomed tC
the Church, and The Governmental platform
who can expect he will abandon his crimes
1t is time we hogan at the root of the matter
Aud | would TO Heaven, we could begil
where every other Convention has left of
aud 60 on till we brand every man will
universal detestation, who dHres thus lift hi
hand against his brother man.
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