Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-09-17

ncart full of love- yearnihg that they may meet me
On this ground: that may finda response in their
souls which shall give me courage to move onward
in the course of sclfdcnial and, duty whieb this
cause seems so imperativey to demand know
the churches of different denominations aet. with
different power upon the great reforms of the day
The dcnoihinational body to which belong has
Independent Churches. The action of our Church
cannot control the action of another, and have
noticed with great pleasure that as this movement
has progressed, the Churches have come up to the
work, and have passed resolutions to inderse the
Maine Law, and pedgins thsnisolves to 'ts sip
port.
Mrs. vStGj,S would earnestly hope that the
right and Interests of her sex be truly conserved
by those who claim to he their natural protectors.
IChcers.l In her opinion this could not be done
more efficiently than by striving to get the Maine
Law passed. If members of the Society of which
she is representative have not individually suf-
fered from the cffects of ihcnpcrance, they have
suffered in their sisters, and as women, they would
plead their cause. She concluded by earnestly
hoping that every woman would a. the next election,
90 to tic polls watch each man who deposited
vote drd if he did not vote in fiyor of That law to
brand him as coward; and i rccreant to his duty
as a man. Chccrs. She did not believe there
was hardly single woman, who, If she choose to
persevere. cotd not ihiluchce at least one man to
vote IN IaNOr O1 n lTOHlDltiOn vi tilc uu"N.
Women must be on hand at the elections, and
cectioneer: was going to say rote but recolccted
that she catnot do that; and said electi5Hcei--
Cheers.
Mr.. WALIAsrES, of Vermont was the next speak
cr He had ut one time been general in the army
of King Alcohol! lie had been general drunkard
lie stood now General in the Maine Law Army of
Vermont. lie then PROCEEDED to show how SUCCESS
fully the Maine Law has been carried into effect iii
1 RnnIlo lov,A Inptn 1f fhn InI hnr rnfr
filled with criminals, formerly, only OCCASION
al drunkard, and ssch liqor as may be seized, is
now placed in it. They (the Rum Party) are
about to make effort to repeal the law next week,
but he was still Il General, and should be on hand
to defeat thcih. lie had leafned their plan, and
would work the counter wires
Mr.. VAUGHN, compared the Maine Law to the
Point Comfort Churn spoken of in Mao jack
Downing's letters. and which General dickson had
been struck with an account of its remardbe siip-
plicity. Said the General, "If Congress had made
that churn they would have put n hundred wheels
into it. but hern ierh is but wheel and that
smasher.'" The Maine Law, the speaker con-
ceiyed to have but one wheel and tlttt capable of
smashing in the heads of the rum barrels thr0uhOut
the length and breittth Of the land:
Mr.. DEWoLrE, had been delegated to attend the
Half Worlds Temperance Convention, bit he was
frank to admit that his sympathy was with the
iftd to the ladies partcipating in the proceed
ings upon an acknowledged basis Of sqdality.
linn pFTsrDrsr sihtosncsd al tho next speakear,tsa
iindiridual who had psblished the first Temperance
newspaper in the United States: WILLIAM LLOYD
GARRISON of Boston:
Mr.. Garrison stated that III long years past he
had been an active worker in the cause of Temper.
ancc, and though his efforts had been drawn more
especially into other channels of REFORM that yet
his interest in it had been warm ever. When
he was an active worker the tctolaller was uRpcpi
lar and looked dowp Upon. Now he could see
thousands in single Convention engaged rs active
members. If any one thing would disqIalify him
from speaking for Temperance he once, did, it
would be that he unaccGs.oncd to talk upon
Temperance to people who appreciated its value.
But now Chanccllofs Judges, Politicians, Doc
tors of Divinity and oficcseckcrs of all kinds were
coming forward to the work. 1t was certain evil
dence of its growing popularity. At the conclusion
of Mr.. Garrisons remarks, he called upon all who
had either personally or by their relatives been the
sufferers by the use II alcoholic drinks, to rise
Fully two-thirds of the audience responded to his
call
JonS rItRroSf said: have no doubt it is the
opinion of every rumseller in New York that it is
pcriling the whole to bring it into the field Of
politics. take the counsel, and with it, the grorid
that legal prohibition is moral action. I maintain
that there is not fiat antagonisr implied between
moral and political action and now, my argument
is TO that point, would disabusc the community
of the mistake made thereon. What is a moral
act? l do not know how better to define it than
thus,-an act resulting rom; or Consisting in, the
activity Of sorre one of the moral sentiments let it
be manifested Or carried out by whatever instru-
mentality it may: We do not characterize. an act
of the instramentaltg bit of the Ar5titGGs Pardon
the metaphysics OF my arguments; cannot help
it, nor is it ont Of place for there arc before me
metaphysicians, that is, men and women who have
understanding. Letm give an illustration. Sup
pose drunken neighbor goes into the woods, tics
cord roupd tf5 neck, and tG q trfS; aIid hangs
himself. find him so. What shall I do? Leave
him to his libcrty-to his free will to DESTROY him.
self? Humanity says mo-" What do / do p
Perhaps undertake to mite tSa knot; but finding
cannot take out ny jack knife, cut thu tdpes,
and let him down; Is that moral action to save
will take the sense of this sensible meeting
Whoever thinks it is moral action, say ay. fAy
from the whole house. Contrary, no.. Silence.
The ayes have is; it is a moral action. Next let
us sec where lies the morality. In ny iack-knife?
nal organizationf No! l trace it back to the
moral santimijif; the Lore of oiir ntighbor. Am
right? Put 10 the house as before and carried.
We have here another good illustration in the
story of the good Samaritan. Let us vary that
litto let us suppose that, instead Of, one there
NSio SWEhhsS 'i!t' AouiN az pHSouo hBut, cut uOWu
hy baniiiitfi:. The first cries, ATTEND to me .,-
The second cxclaims, "Oh! come first to my add"
Another moans, "Ah give me h6lp!'. What now
does the good Saparatan do? lie puts spurs to
his hors6 dashcs down to .Jericboi finds the council
of that city in session, and cries. Magistrates and
fathers of this city want you to send nurses sur
geons, any kind of aid You can, to make an appro-
priation fol, the sufferers" The magistrates say
:" Yes, there are thousand dollars for their reef
Is that moral action on the part of the magistrates
of Jericho? Voted so by the mcctng.] You say
that is moral in the Jcrichoites? Now, Jericho
was city; city is called in Greek, polls whence
the adjective poiicos ''of acity" whence the words
politics and political, which are applicable to any
municipal corporation, and be used from town
council up to the Congress of tho United States.
ask, is not political npd moral action incumbent in
any corporation. Voted BY the house, There
fore, where municipality takes action in favor of
humanity hereis at once political and moral action.
That is Me ansrer.
ivlh hnrh han IN N 7 10 s,I.,