Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-03-25

of the land the pulpit is on the side of slavery.
Who is it that mould the character and feelings Of
the American peoplc2 The clergy stand over the
cradle, they walk by the bedside Of the youth, are
the counsel Of manhood, and the comfort Of age.
They stand at the fountain head Of the American
charactor-and what isthc result2 1t is u country
Inf Wcbsters, of Pierces, of Cushngs, of Mexican
Wars aud Fugitive Slave bills. Men assert that
Garrison is an nAdcl, simply because he said that
the Bible never sanctioned slavery. They accuse
me OF treason, because i say If country cannot
live and exist without slavery. then | curse the
country Our treason is this: We have much
reverence for our fathers of the Revolution that
we do not believe they spent the best seven years
VI their lives in order to build up n nation of by
Focrltes and the only possibility Of whose union
should be to tramplc on the rights Of every sixth
person. The radcalism Of Abolitionists is, that
they undertake to say that this question cannot be
got rid OF as long as men continue to compromise
with slavery. There have been great many pro-
tests and indeed there has never been time when
an antislavery sentiment has not existed in this
country. Garrison looked Mt the slavery question
as one Of right. lie demanded the rights of all
men. lie stood upon tenable basis, and did not
argue from expcdiency. lie said that whether the
negro was up or down, the negro should have a
right to his wife and children; and then Dr..
Spring anu Dr. Dewey said--that is fiat Slasphemy.
1t Is no new principle that utter. These who an
hOunce new principles are not the men who create
agitation in the world. It takes half a generation
to get new ideas to take root in the soil II is the
men who apply principles who create agitation
harrison has created an agitation because he has
attempted to apply the principles of the Dcclara-
ton Of Independence. The Bible Society sustains
slavery and the Sunday School Union occupies lao
better ground. 1t succumbs to the pulpit and dares
not give Bible or tract to the slave. The Slave
Power-.oEc hundred an1 fifty thousand slave ho Id
ers-haye S2O0,000,000 invested in slavery. With
It's immense capital it has bought up the literature
oil the country, and it is banded together by des-
PAIR, Tor 1t knows that the whole world is against
It, 1t has established AN arstocracy over part of
our country, and he's got thrce-flths representa-
tion Tor slave property in Congress. Yet we are
told to get under the shelter of these institutions
ana trust that party organization will eventually do
away with the slave system. Yes when man
can stand in a basket and lii himself up by the
handles The North is wonderfully surprised that
'he south does not stand up to this compact. A
man who lives by stealing can have not great OBJ
lJecuon to lying. have no wish to speak against
the religious institutions Of the country. We can.
not abolish slavery without tho Bible and without
the rclgl0us convictions Of the people against it,
l know of no way of opposing this Money Power
Dy politics The best description Of the politicians
IS IN Latin, IolVic'iS est gHisl Homo ia scrricus
Deo NJ non 96endat diaJoium. What is the politi-
emn? A man who serves God just so far as not to
offend the devil Some Of you have heard that the
politician leads public opinion, and when they
want to change great questions they apply to those
leading men at Washington. They get the desired
change about as much as the Greenlanders get hot
weather by boiling tho thermometer. The youth
seeing the walking beam in motion, imognes that
1T causes the wheels to move. But there is fan
atic below that does the work. The pulpits say
they represent Christianity. ! say they do not
| say that God never made STAKEHOLDER nor
slave. The Shareholders fear Christianity and
fear the Bible else why do they try to prevent
slaves from learning to read it? 1t remains for
this people 10 say Whether Constitution or no
Constituton-Union or no Unon--law or no law
profit or loss--wo will do justice to every man
in the world Times