Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-06-10
ANTI-SLAyERY BUGtE,
THEODORE PARKER's SERMON.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, Ar SALEM, OHIO.

4hEOOOh6 DEhmuN.
The following is Mr.. Parkcr's address to his
congregation, on the Sunday when Anthony Burns
was imprisoned in the Boston Court House on the
charge Of loving Freedom and escaping from sla-
very.
Frvm Tho Commonwealth.
There was an immense audience at the Music
Hall yesterday to hear the Rev. Theodore Parker.
There general expectation that he would
have Lesson for the Day." and that vast hall,
with its double tier of galleries. could not contain
all the people who sought admttancc. Mr.. Parker
delivered q short extcmpore discourse the sub
ject uppermost in all minds, which we give in full
below. lie then delivered a short discourse on
smother subject When he aroge to pray he read
q arequest for prayers for Durns's delverance.
lie said in substance, 1--WE cannot give his lang
uage precisely that this the old form for such
requests, but he did not like it, It seemed to ask
God TO do our duty. God never backward to
to do his work, and we should do ours. lie could
not ask God to work miracle to deliver Anthony
Burns; although if he should see fit to do so it
should be accepted with proper sentiments of rev.
ercnce and gratitude. He had received the same
request in another form, which he liked better, and
read as follows
To all the Christian Miaiste,S Of tie Church Of
Christ in Boston.
BRoTuHRs: / venture humby to ask an interest
IN your prayers and those Of your congregations,
that may be restored 10 the natural and inaen-
able rights with which am endowed by the Gre
ator and especially to the enjoyment of the bless
iugs Of liberty, which, 1t is sad this Government
was ordained to secure.
..,t ~ ANTHONY BURNS.
Boston Sidve Pen, May "a, 1854.
The discourse which followed his Lesson for
the Day." on the war now agitating Europe,
and the rapacious aud unprincped spirit Of the
men who would hurry us into another war to
aggrandize the slave power, but he had some allus-
ions to the present state Of things in Boston.
Here is one Of them: rr .r.
Boston is in a state Of siege to-day. We arc
living under military rule, in order that we may
serve the spirit Of Slavery, and Boston is hunting
ground for the South, who respects us so much
Our Nicholas Is Virginia kidnOpper. Our ruler
is Judge of Probate"
Mr.. rARKER's DISCOURSE.
have
some words to say in place of the scripture lesson
after the fashion Of the Old Testament prophets
Since last came together, there has been n
MAN STOLEN in this city Of our fathers. 1t is not
the first. it may not be the last. lie is in the
great slave pen Of the City Of Boston. lie is
there, if understand il Alright against the law Of
the Common wealth. which if am rightly inform
cd prohibits the OF the State edidces United
States jas--l may be mistaken. Any forciblC
attempt to take him from that BARRACooN of Bos
ton, would be wholly without use. For, besides
the holiday soluers tnat peIong 70 the Oty oil Dos
.oh anu reauy 70 shoot uo"h uieir prothers III
just cause, OF IN al unjust eause, any uay, "heI
.he cry o9'ernment gives lheni i's command anu
M nquor, uhucrslunu ,ne,c are Vhc nunurgu unu
olBntytour nnrlnes loeeeu IN ine Court-house
every man 81 ,neni lurhlsheu WIN nusset ana =
pAyonse, WIN hls slue-ariis anu tWenty'iour pal
cartriuses' lhey are stationed uiso' IN DuiluIng
very Strong, nhu Wnese nve men, III Passhsc-Wul
haI tne Wiutn oil thls pulpit can aeiend IL "So'hs
nve and twenty or hve hundred. 10 Keep th'
peace, the Mayor, who, the other day, regretted
the arrest OF our brother, Anthony Burns, an'
declared that his sympathies were 'ohoAy with thu
alleged fugitive-and of course wholly against thu
claimant and the Marshal-in order to keep thu
peace oil the city, the Mayor must become corpora
Of the guard for the kidnappers. lie must keel
the peace OF our city and defend these guests o
Boston over the graves the unmonumented grave
OF john Hancock ana samuel Adams MAJ
mas peen kiiied py violence some say ne wa
killed by MS own coadlueors. could easily be
heve IT, There Is evidence enough that they wer
greatly frightened, THESE were not United state
sooers, pu' volunteers from 'ns streets 0, boston
VINO, ior ,neu pay, went into the oonrt-io9se U
sssist IN kidnapping brother man. lhey, say
were 50 cowardly that they could not use the sun
Pic eutiasSes they had IN their hands but smot
rght ana iei'' IKE ignorant ana irlShtehed rnman'
as they were ihey may nave siam their brothe
OF not cannot tell IL is said by some that the
killed him. Another story Is that he was kilie
py hostile hand from without. Some said BY
hN IN