Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-09-03
REMARKS OF MR.. PILLSBURY.
FIRST DAY. A. NJ.

The FIRST series of resolutions being under
consideration, Parker Pilgbury said: ! have moth
ing prepared to say. assure you srccch-makcrs
next to slaves are the most unfortunate people in
the WORLD, foe it l. expected they will always be-
ready to entertain an audience when nothing is
further from the truth. No persons have to make
greater effort than those whose business it is to
speak. We had II minister in our region once who
was invited to make prayer at a Frccmascn's
celebration. lie was no Mason, and was invited
merely out Of courtesy He prayed that God
would instruct him for what to pray, and that il
there ros aiy Hght in Free Masonry, it might be-
set on Il candlcstick-and not be hid under bush
cl, as it had always been. They demonstrated with
him for hia insinuationa, but he answered "if you
tap barrel, You must take the liquor us it runs"
think the remark is pertinent to my ease.
We have come together to cndcayor to elevate
higher and higher the standard of freedom. We
should begin this year where we left Of last year
We ought not to be satisfied with previous attain
mcnts. This is an age of progress, and we should
be sure We are not violating its demands, Men
dread all change, hate all innovation. We are not
of that class. Our numbers are small this morn
ing, but we are not to DO discouraged by the small
ness of our numbers If we possess any power
over other associations if we arc as we claim, the
effective moving power Of the age our strength
lies in our distinctiycncss We can not gather
strength, by gathering numbers, we are as likely
to do it by sacyiGcing numbers. There are many
men and women in the world and our greatest
calamity would be to be numbered with many Of
them.
What zee have to do, is to hold up the standard
of TRUTH not to gather numbers, but to bear NJ
that standard. Ours is the Christian movement OF
the age All Christians reject us, it is truc in the
language Of II Hebrew poet awe are dcspiscd and
rejected of men," if not "mcn Of sorrows and
acquainted with grief" We have no form on
"comencss" in popular estimation, still we are
the only Christian enterprise in existence in the
land. speak this without arrogance and Will
modesty aud mcckncss do not mean to affirm
that VIC arc all christians in the true sense as nd
yiduals, or that there are not Christians outside o
our organization, | make the claim only for oul
movement. Judge hy the fruit that is borne.
judge all political parties governmental institut
ions, churches and pulpits by the same standard
the fruit they bring forth. We have many enter
priscs in the country; there is the temperance en-
terprisc claiming to be a work Of philanthropy.
claim to be foremost in it's advocacy but the enter
prise has dcgcncratcd into political movement
The Maine Law is thought to be its Messiah.
honor the men who are cndcayoring to enact an,
execute that law but regard it Ms a mistaken
policy. mako these remarks in illustration o
the idea that ours is the only christian moycmcn
OF the age The Temperance movement has com,
to rely upon brute force and violence They strive
IN this way to cast the devils out of the rum-scllcr
land think he must be possessed of devils, o.
Mary Magdalcne has no dcseendants) But th
, Is not the instrumcntality which God has an
pointed.
j. Then there is the Free Soil party composed o
, some brave men, and | do not know but some brnv
women. Its character is of the same kind. il re
lies upon force. When it shall have enacted II Law
without an army navy to enforce it, it will prov
to be no law
1t has come to that, that there is nothing callc
c relormotory, which is not supported by the arm
g OF the nation. Tho Maine Law would bo nothin
/; without it. And the truth is, the ballot,boS am
G the cartridgc-box are to hang ON tho sano belt
lhe ballot is only the paper currency Of which Tn
/ bullet Is the 'pccic redemption tApplause) q
> the church, will say she only claims to be tn
church m""na (which means military (Taugl