Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-01-08
From tho Anti. Slavery STANDARD.
The Near Future.

II is the felicity OF tho Aluliliunisis that
there can be no such thing ms an uDibirrcst-
ing or uuinsirciye event, or concurrence
OF events, TO them. Everything is inll ehher
OF prophecy or Of iiihlurrt. This is, in
deed, true of oil men. Every moment is
:" the meeting of two Eieruilies" to every
creature. But the Abolitionist knows aud
feels it,. because he is ever on the outlook to
mark the signs OF the time, TO enquire "nlIut
Of the uightfn aud to wait for the coming
Of the inevitable duyspring. And lie secs
clrurer tliun other men, for he looks with
usellish eyes, aud hopes iur the coming
dawn not because il is 80 bring blessing to
hinsrl IT, hut to others. Therefore le is not
50 np, 10 be deceived by lying prophets. or hy
false ones, rs they who are made blind and
deaf 10y the cngernUss of sclfinicrcsi. lIc
has always heretofore seen more clearly into
The future of Slavery than the secrs of tln
pulpit or Of the market. place. History has
had much ado to overiakc his prediciuns.---
Sho will never lie able to Outstrip ihem till
the goal of Emancipation is reached. For
lle has been bred IN this School of Propherv.
lie knows the subtle and trcacherous nnturc
OF Slavery. lie kuows That Evil must needs
prevail ia any conlcdrrncy with Good. But
he knows, too, that whenever Good and Evil
are confronted in actual conflict, us they must
needs one day he, there can he no question
ms TO the side OH which the Lord and Victory
will be found. -
II is an interesting point OF History at
Which we now stand The Slave Power is
triumphant as il was never before aud its
insoleurc is commensurate with its truInpI.
Its iiinnic sngnciiy, nnde more acute hy long
experience, taught II how to compel tho
homnge OF both tic parties into whirh the
country is politically divided Ench, anxious
tina, tie prcpon,lcrating weight uhich had
turned the trembling balance so often whcn
candidate was weighed against cnndidale,
should lie thrown into its scale, had humhled
itself even beyond the measure of former
humiliation.
Every prominent public man having nny
chHuce ui success lasleued 10 outrun, even,
the demands of tho Slave Power, aud llus
established propagaudist policy fortified
10y DrHcouic code, such MS it had never
entered iulO the hearts of Sayeurrnis 10.
to conceive Of Aud, then, scorniuIly Inss.
ing hy all these suppiicnnts for its favor, the
The Slave Power touches with the sccptcr
one of whose loynly ii needed no prolestu-
llUns to be convinced, aud sci him over nIl
its house. Cass, Buchanan, Douglass,
Marcy, Dickinson, were ell passed by.
OF Webster it did TO, even condescend TO
recognise the existence. Even Scott. though
he oulsIripped the lightning in his nbusemei,t,
could hnrdly obtain the chance Of the defeat
from which il scarcely attempted to defend
him. 1t accepted the silence Of General
Pierce ms u sacrifice of n swceter SAVIOUR than
all their wordy liturgy. set
Always before llis yeur ono Of the pnr.
lies, N least, in the North, made decent
preicntions of hostility to Slave Aggrandze-
ment II was part Of It's political cnpiial ~
assume this virtue, if il had IL not, and with
it 10 set up in business, trading politicians
who were To watch the market aud inveigIe
customers. But, this year, the Wings, under
the lend or hy the compulsion of Mr.. Web
stcr, dsnyowcd these ulh professions on
which they Ind stamped their imnge and
superscriptIon, they called in the issues and
nailed them 10 the counter US liase and coun-
tericit. In their place they drew bills Of
credit on the South, acknowledging, virtual
ly, that Slavery aud whnt represented /, was
the only legal political tender in these Unitcd
States Of America Even the idoli,ry of
the Almighty Dollar seemed to he merged
for The tine III the enthusiasm of this new
religion. But il was in seeming only, for
The duvotees of The new Faith saw in il bur
u republication and reinforcement of the
old. Terms were defined anew. Patriotism
became q cheerful holpiug of one hundred
aud thirteen thousand Shareholders to make
nearly four millions OF as good men MS they
work for them for nothing. Public Duty
was discovered TO mean catching men s,riy-
ing TO reinyest themselves with their huniah-
iIy by flight, and replunging them into
seryitudu and burbafsm. Naiionalism is
admitted TO be joyful submission Of the
whole country 10 the worst aud weakest
part; while e'Seclionalsm is as unqnes,iona-
bly, the desire of restraining Slavery within
lis own place aud not acknowledging h+
universal dominion. Christianity consists
! IN helping TO deny tie Bible aud tho know.
ledge Of itself 10 every sixth American; an