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

ry, whether you travel in railroad or steam-
boat, whether you enter the hall of legisln-
ion or read tle columns of newspnper-it
seems to me that such men may point to the
present aspect of the nation, TO their origin
nlly nvowcd purpose, to the pledges aud el-
forts of all your great men against them, aud
allow you to settle to which side the credit
of sngacity and craftsmanship belongs. Ma
pOleon employed himself, at ST. Helena, in
showing how Wellington ought not to have
conquered ut Waterloo. The world has
never got time to listen to the explanation.
Sufficient for them that the Allies Gu
tered Paris. lu like manner, it seems hardly
the province Of defeated Church and Stute
to deny the skill OF measures by which they
have been conquered!
1t may sound strange to some, this claim
for Mr.. Garrison of II profound statesmun-
ship. Men have heard him led mere
fanatic so long, that they nre incompetent to
! Judge him fairly. 'Tho PHRASES men are nc
customcd,' snys Goethe, TO repeat iucessnnt-
| ", end 10y becoming convictions, aud Ossity
the organs of intelligence cannot accept
| you, therefore, as my jury. ] appeal from
Felix to Caesar; from the prejudice of onr
streets to the common sense of the world,
aud to your children.
Every thoughtful aud unparalleled mind
! must see that such an evil us slavery will
! yield only to the most radical treatment. II
/ you consider the work we have 10 do, you
will not think us needlessly aggressive, or
| that we dig down uureusonably deep in lay
| ing the foundations OF our enterprise. a
money power OF two thousand miillOus OF
dollars, as the prices of slaves now range,
held 10y small body of able aud desperate
men; lhnt body raised into political urls
iocracy 10y special constitutional prOyi, iOus !
cotton, the product OF slave labor, forming
the basis OF our whole foreign conmerce,
and the commercial class thus subsidized
the press bought up, the pulpit reduced to
vassulugu, the heart of the common people
chilled by n bitter prejudice against the
hlacs race our Leading men bribed, by um-
biiiOn, either to silence or to open hostility
in such lnnd, on what shall an abolition
list rely? On iUw cold prayers, uere lip
service, and never from the heart? On II
Church Resolution, hidden often in its rec
ord1, aud mellt only as decent cover for
servilny in daily practice? On political
parties, with their superficial influence at
hest, aud seeking, ordinarily, only TO use ex-
isting prrjn,iices to tho best advantage P
Slavery has deeper root here than any nris-
t1rraiir institution has in Europe; aud Pu-
lillc5 IL but the common pulse-heat OF
which Revolution is the fever spnsm. Yet
we have seen European nriStocrncy survive
storms which seemed to reach down TO the
primal strata OF European life. How shall
The Slreaui rise above its fountain? Where
shall our church organizations or parties get
strength Ia niiark iltir great parent aud
mouldrr the Slave Power? Shall the thing
formed say 10 hin that formed il. why hast
thou rnade nir thus? The old Jest of Que
who Iried to li himself ia his own basket is
In, tame picture oithe man who imagines
that, 10y working solely through existing sects
nid parties, he can destroy slavery. Me.
chnnies sny nothing hu, an earthquake strong
enough To move all Egypt, can bring down
the Pyrnmids. 80
Experience hns confirmed these views
Tho nboliiionists who have acted on them
have short method with all unbelicvcrs.-
They hnve but 10 point 10 their own success,
IN contrast with every other mans failure.
10 waken the nation to its real state, and
chain II to the consideration of this one duty,
is half the work. Su much we hnye DONE
Slavery has been mniG the question of this
generation. To stnlile the South TO mad
ness, 20 that every step she takes, in her
blindness, is one sIcp more toward ruin, is
much This we have done. Witness Tex
ms und The Fugitive Slave Law. To have
elaborated for the nation the only plan of re-
demplion, pointed out the only Exodus from
This 'senson oI oItroullcs,' is much. This we
CLAIM tn hnVc done in our motto of hiMEDI-
ATE, UNcoNsTIrUTIoNAL EMANcPATioS oN
TUE SoIL. The closer any siaicsmnnlikr
mind looks into the question, the more favor
our plan finds with il. The Chrisiinn asks
fairly of the lnGd,l, 'lf Religion bo not OF
God, how do you explain its triumph, aud
the history oi'lhe first three ceniuries| Our
question is similar. Ii our agitation has not
been wisely planned aud conducted, explain
for rs the history of lhe last twenty ycnrs?
Experience is a safe light to wall; by, aud he
Is not rash man who expects success in in-
ture from the snmG means which have Sc
cured il in times past.